Possible themes may include:
- History of museums;
- Theory of museums;
- Museum education: theory, history, practice;
- Museology as applied discipline.

The Program of the International Academic Conference Download

The conference will take place in Saint-Petersburg, 19 � 21 May 2010.

Deadline for application (which should include name, degree, position, place of work, theme of paper, phone number) is January 25, 2010. Deadline for paper submission is May 1, 2010.

Paper should not exceed the limit of 30 000 signs (with space characters), while the abstract the 1 000 signs (with space characters).

Conference fee (including accommodation in double room of University Hotel) is 150 euro.

E-mail: museology-spu@mail.ru
Phone number in Saint-Petersburg � +7 (812) 323-52-06.

Organizing committee

Maiorov Alexander Vyacheslavovich - Doctor of Historical Sciences, professor, Head of the Chair of Museology of the Department of History of Saint Petersburg State University (Cochairman).

Dolak Jan – PhDr., Head of UNESCO Chair of Museology and World Heritage, Masaryk University (Brno, Czech Republic) (Cochairman).

Vilinbahov Georgy Vadimovich – Doctor of Historical Sciences, chairman of heraldic council under the president of Russian Federation, state king-of-arms of Russian Federation, deputy director of the State Hermitage.

Maranda Lynn – 1st vice-president of ICOFOM, curator emeritus of Museum of Vancouver

Gubankov Anton Nikolaevich – chairman of Committee for Culture of Saint-Petersburg

Znamenov Vadim Valentinovich – Honoured Culture worker of Russian Federation, President of the State Museum Culture Reserve «Peterhof».

Tretyakov Nikolai Sergeevich – Honoured culture worker of Russian Federation, PhD, associate professor, Director of the State Museum Culture Reserve «Pavlovsk».

Burov Nikolay Vitalievich – Director of the State Monument Museum «St. Isaac's Cathedral».

Karlov Ivan Ivanovich – PhD, deputy director of the State Russian Museum.

Davis Ann – PhD, Director and Professor The Nickle Arts Museum by University of Calgary.

Sundieva Anneta Alfredovna – PhD, Head of the Chair of Museology of the Department of Culturology of Russian State University for the Humanities (Moscow)

Voitovich Leonty Viktorovich – Doctor of Historical Sciences, professor, Head of  the Chair of Medieval History of Department of History of L’vov National University named after I. Franko. (L’vov, Ukraine).

Bespalaya Maria Arkadievna – Doctor of Historical Sciences, professor, Head of the Chair of History and Museum Studies of Belarus’ State University of culture and arts (Minsk, Belarus’).

Ananiev Vitaly Gennadievich - PhD, senior lecturer of the Chair of Museology of the Department of History of Saint Petersburg State University (executive secretary).