Juan David Sarmiento, Mariacamila Vanegas and Cristián Sánchez, who are students in the Cultural Heritage Studies Faculties, received financial support for the development of projects of appropriation, valuation, and significance of Cultural Heritage.
Four experts in Conservation and Restoration of Movable Cultural Heritage of our alma mater worked for more than 45 days. They worked on the preparations of the transfer of Bolivar’s Sword during the inauguration of the president, Gustavo Petro, to the Plaza de Bolívar.
The Faculty of Cultural Heritage Studies and the Library worked together to organise the first week of investigation for students, and professors of Universidad Externado de Colombia.
Since 2017, the Specialisation in Sustainability of Cultural Institutions, Faculty of Cultural Heritage Studies, of Universidad Externado de Colombia has been developing dozens of professionals. The focus of study has been the management and administration of resources in cultural institutions, with the aim of planning their continuity over time.
Two professors gathered around un tintico [a small black Colombia coffee] – it doesn’t seem like a particularly exceptional moment. In fact, professors drinking tinto has for many years been a well rooted habit for its ability to provide us with meeting places, between the breaks from our academic activities, to reflect on education and – very often – on life itself. However, a thing that is different is when the motivating factor is grabbing a tintico with Javier Uribe: the experience is perceived differently.
Teresa Bedman y Francisco Martín, well-known Egyptologists from the Institute of Ancient Egyptian Studies will form part of the group of teachers in charge of the Introduction to Eguptology course offered by the Faculty of Cultural Heritage at the Externado University.
Every 27th of January since 2012 International Restoration and Conservation Day is celebrated. The date was first established at the XVIII International Congress for the Conservation of Cultural Assets in 2011, in Granada, Spain.
During the second semester of 2021, the Faculty of Cultural Heritage Studies reactivated several face-to-face activities for the students of the Archaeology and Conservation careers with the aim of putting into practice the theoretical knowledge acquired in the video-conference classes and, in addition, to progressively restore confidence and tranquility in front of these physical encounters.
The fourth edition of this conference focused on strategies to connect, empower and transform cultural heritage took place on November 12.
During 2020 and 2021, the Innovation Lab (Co-Lab) of the Ministry of Education developed two calls, with the objective of identifying good practices in educational innovation and digital transformation in Higher Education Institutions.