Wednesday October 27th is World Day for Audiovisual Heritage!

Please join the Moving Image Archiving and Preservation (MIAP) Program and
the Department of Cinema Studies at NYU’s Tisch School of the Arts in a day
of programming that includes an evening presentation of rare archival films
organized by current MIAP students and a 1 hour info session for
prospective students who are considering graduate study in audiovisual
archiving and preservation. More information on both events can be found
below.

MIAP Information Session- Hosted by MIAP Director Howard Besser. October
27th, 430-530pm. 665 Broadway Conference Room. New York, NY 10012. An
opportunity to learn more about MIAP and the benefits of graduate study in
audiovisual archiving/preservation. To RSVP, please email
tisch.preservation@nyu.edu . MIAP website www.nyu.edu/tisch/preservation

Cinema Studies Department Special Event: Odds and Ends from the Archive:
Celebrating Unesco’s World Day for Audiovisual Heritage 6:15pm
721 Broadway, Room 674, New York, NY 10012

UNESCO, the United Nations Educational, Scientific, and Cultural
Organization, has deemed October 27th to be World Day for Audiovisual
Heritage, a day for raising awareness of the urgent need to preserve
mankind’s vulnerable audiovisual documents. In recognition of this day,
second-year Moving Image and Archiving & Preservation students present an
evening of rare archival gems culled from their recent travels and research
projects. Selections will include films from the University of South
Carolina, University of Alaska, the Smithsonian Institution, University of
Hawaii, the Sacramento Historical Society, the Academy of Motion Picture
Arts and Sciences, and others.
http://cinema.tisch.nyu.edu/object/csfall2010wednesdays.html

Peter J. Wosh
Director, Archives/Public History Program
History Department
New York University
53 Washington Square South
Room 503
New York NY 10012
Phone: (212) 998-8601
Fax: (212) 995-4017
http://aphdigital.org
http://history.fas.nyu.edu/object/history.gradprog.archivespublichistory.html