The Ename Center for Public Archaeology and Heritage Presentation received a medallion for its outstanding role in the international image building of the Province of East Flanders. The nomination of the Ename Center for its meritorious achievements was made public on the annual new years reception of the province on the 11th of January 2010.
'DVD Project Casus Belli: Oudenaarde 1708' has been selected at the 8th Festival International du Film Archéologique to be held in Brussels from 5 to 8 November 2009.
Through a workshop on heritage interpretation, The Ename Center will participate in the two-yearly international conference DISH 2009, short for Digital Strategies for Heritage.
Kortrijk’s Beguinage (beguine convent) was added to UNESCO’s World Heritage List on 2 December 1998, along with 12 other, representative, Flemish beguinages. The inscription gave the Flemish beguinages international recognition as world heritage sites because of their 'outstanding universal value'.
Former factory buildings, typical alleys, Flanders’ first social houses, mansions and managers’ dwellings with an extremely varied and sometimes even extravagant architecture, exceptional Art Deco countryhouses… If you wander around Ronse, you simply cannot miss them! And you will also understand the city’s major challenge: how can it continue to develop without destroying its unique past?
In May 1940 – at the beginning of the Second World War – the small town of Vinkt in the Belgian province of East-Flanders became the scene of a most gruesome event. During the violent combat in Vinkt and neighboring Meigem, many people on both sides of the front were killed. In the resulting chaos and confusion, the German soldiers vented their rage on the civilian population.
As a result of on-going contacts between The Ename Center and the Spanish Research Group on Materiality, Archaeology and Heritage (MAP) of the University of Castilla-La Mancha (Spain), one of MAP’s researchers, Victor M. Lopez-Menchero, got the opportunity to come to Ename for a 3-month stay. And he sure is enjoying the experience: ‘It is a great honour to share knowledge with other European researchers in one of the world’s most prestigious research centres in Public Archaeology and Heritage Presentation.’
The DVD Project Casus Belli was officially presented to the public on Monday 18th of May 2009. It shows the archaeological research on the historical battlefield dating from 1708 as well as the first results thereof. For the making of this product the Ename Center for Public Archaeology and Heritage Presentation received the support of the Flemish Government and of the VCM Contact Forum of Heritage Associations. For the first time in Flanders attention is drawn to the heritage value of pre-modern battlefields.
The fifth edition of the Annual Ename International Colloquium took place from the 18th to the 20th of March 2009. The theme was “Climates of Heritage Conservation”. For the first time the colloquium was held at two locations: Ghent and Ostend. Specialists from all over the world met to discuss the consequences of climate change for heritage care with a focus on Public Engagement and Social Innovation.
The Ename Center Plays a Major Role in an International Interpretation Initiative. On 4 October 2008, the 16th General Assembly of ICOMOS meeting in Quebec, Canada officially ratified the Charter for the Interpretation and Presentation of Cultural Heritage Sites (known across the world as the "Ename Charter"). This text now takes its place as the 12th official charter adopted by ICOMOS since its establishment in 1965 (www.enamecharter.org).
