Icomos International Scientific Committee on 20th Century Heritage

20/09/2026

How can twentieth-century heritage adapt to climate change, evolving standards and changing community needs, without losing what makes it significant?
Join us for the ISC20C 2026 Annual Colloquium:
ADAPTIVE FUTURES
Living with 20th-Century Heritage in a Changing World
📅 Friday, 16 October 2026
🕝 02:30 PM–05:30 PM (MYT/GMT+8)
📍 Borneo Cultures Museum, Kuching
💻 In person and online
🎟️ Open to the public | Free admission | Limited seating; registration is on a first-come, first-served basis.
Through seven international case studies, practitioners and researchers will explore:
• Climate resilience, adaptation and mitigation for modern heritage
• Living heritage and social values
• Community participation and inclusive interpretation
• Adaptive reuse and the continuity of use
Whether you work in conservation, architecture, engineering, planning, policy, research or community heritage, or are simply interested in the places that shape everyday life, you are warmly invited to join us.
Register using the Non-Members Colloquium Registration Form on the event website:
https://miklweb.wixsite.com/isc20c-agm-ac-2026 or click here
Kuching2026

25/06/2026

📢 Call for Abstracts – Deadline Extended!

The submission deadline for the ICOMOS ISC20C 2026 Annual Colloquium has been extended to 15 July 2026.

🗓️ 16 October 2026
📍 Kuching, Sarawak, Malaysia

Theme: Adaptive Futures: Living with 20th-Century Heritage in a Changing World

We welcome abstracts (250–300 words) on topics including climate resilience, adaptation, living heritage, social values, and innovative approaches to conserving 20th-century heritage.

🔗 More information via the QR code or the event website.

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27/05/2026

✨ We are delighted to finally present the program and open the registration for the full-day seminar RETHINKING 20c NORDIC HERITAGE – Framework for Future Practice, taking place at Konventum in Helsingør, Denmark
Join experts from across the Nordic region, our keynote speaker Susan Macdonald (Head of Field Projects, Getty Conservation Institute & Co-President, ICOMOS ISC20C) and moderator Vaidas Petrulis, Kaunas University of Technology for a day of discussion, fresh perspectives, and networking on the future of 20th-century heritage
Together, we will explore how the new 20th Century Historic Thematic Framework (20cHTF) can help rethink, broaden and strengthen heritage practice in a Nordic context.
🔗 Read more: https://danmark.icomos.org/508-2/
📝 Sign up for the seminar: https://icomos.safeticket.dk/rethinking20cnordicheritage
This event is organized by ICOMOS Denmark, ICOMOS International Scientific Committee on 20th Century Heritage (ISC20C), and our valued partners. Partners: ICOMOS Finland, ICOMOS Sweden, ICOMOS Norway, Faroe Islands National Museum, Museum of Åland and Property Board of Åland.
Supported by The A.P Møller Foundation, The Nordic Culture Fund, ICOMOS Sweden

21/05/2026

ISC20C 2026 Annual Colloquium
Adaptive Futures: Living with 20th-Century Heritage in a Changing World

16 October 2026
Kuching, Sarawak, Malaysia

Abstracts are invited on 20th-century heritage, climate resilience, adaptation, mitigation, living heritage and social values.

Submission deadline: 1 July 2026
Submit to: [email protected]

More information, key dates and submission guidelines are available on the website:
https://miklweb.wixsite.com/isc20c-agm-ac-2026

Kuching2026

06/05/2026

🔴 Heritage Alert 🔴
ICOMOS, together with its International Scientific Committee on 20th Century Heritage (ISC20C) is issuing a worldwide Heritage Alert to amplify awareness of the threat to the in Chișinău, Republic of Moldova.
🏗️ The new U.S. Embassy development should preserve this important heritage, not demolish it. By thoughtfully integrating the remaining historic elements into the new design, this project could set a powerful international example of modern development and historic preservation working hand in hand.
❗ICOMOS is urging stronger legal protections for the site and its individual elements due to their significance as a rare surviving example of socialist realist sports architecture in Eastern Europe. The site’s preservation is critical for national memory and international scholarship.
Help us amplify the call to save Chișinău’s Republican Stadium: https://buff.ly/FQlCX2V

Maia Sandu Alexandru Munteanu

🔴 Heritage Alert 🔴

ICOMOS, together with its International Scientific Committee on 20th Century Heritage (ISC20C) is issuing a worldwide Heritage Alert to amplify awareness of the threat to the in Chișinău, Republic of Moldova.

🏗️ The new U.S. Embassy development should preserve this important heritage, not demolish it. By thoughtfully integrating the remaining historic elements into the new design, this project could set a powerful international example of modern development and historic preservation working hand in hand.

❗ICOMOS is urging stronger legal protections for the site and its individual elements due to their significance as a rare surviving example of socialist realist sports architecture in Eastern Europe. The site’s preservation is critical for national memory and international scholarship.

Help us amplify the call to save Chișinău’s Republican Stadium: https://buff.ly/FQlCX2V



Maia Sandu Alexandru Munteanu