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William Moss

Chef d'équipe-archéologue
Ville de Québec
Participates in 1 Session
William Moss has been Chief Archæologist for the City of Québec since 1985 where he coordinates municipal archæological heritage management for this UNESCO World Heritage City, the first such position in Canada. Mr. Moss has worked as an archæologist in England (Royal Ontario Museum, Peterborough; Royal Albert Memorial Museum, Exeter) and, in the province of Québec, for Parks Canada and the provincial Culture and Communications Department. He is a sessional lecturer at Laval University and is regularly to speak across Québec and abroad. A past president of the Society for Historical Archæology, Mr. Moss is active in several learned societies; he is a fellow of the Society of Antiquaries of London. He has received several awards from the tourist industry for his activities as a conference organizer. He has published widely, notably as guest editor of a thematic issue on the early modern period in Québec City simultaneously published in French (“L’archéologie récente des débuts de Québec”, Archéologiques, vol. 22) and in English (“The recent archæology of the early modern period in Québec City”, Post-Medieval Archæology, 43:1) in 2009. A publication on urban archæology around the world (Urban Archæology, Municipal Government and Local Planning: Preserving Heritage within the Commonwealth of Nations and the United States), jointly edited with Sherene Baugher and Douglas Appler, will be published in 2016. More than 200 studies – many of which have been published by the CÉLAT or in learned journals – have been prepared under his direction as Chief Archæologist. The projects carried out under his supervision have contributed to the conservation and development of numerous sites and have generated an important body of knowledge that has been successfully communicated to the local population.. Laval University awarded him an honorary Ph.D. in 2014 for his contribution to the knowledge of, the protection and the development of Québec City’s archæological heritage.

Sessions in which William Moss participates

Monday 6 June, 2016

Time Zone: (GMT-05:00) Eastern Time (US & Canada)
9:00
9:00

Paper

William Moss, Ville de Québec (Participant)

Archaeology has many faces. It is often recognized as a tool for economic development even though it may sometimes be accompanied by tales of ne...

Sessions in which William Moss attends

Saturday 4 June, 2016

Time Zone: (GMT-05:00) Eastern Time (US & Canada)
18:30
18:30
Keynote: Is Tangible to Intangible as Formal is to Informal ? (Michael Herzfeld)
1 hour 30 minutes, 18:30 - 20:00
Signup required

UQAM, pavillon Judith-Jasmin (J) - Salle Alfred-Laliberté

Keynote with simultaneous translation / Conférence avec traduction simultanée

Prof. Michael Herzfeld, Harvard University (Participant)

Prof. Laurajane Smith, Australian National University (Moderator)

Most of what we experience as heritage emerges into conscious recognition through a complex mixture of political and ideological filters, including...

Sunday 5 June, 2016

Time Zone: (GMT-05:00) Eastern Time (US & Canada)
7:00
7:00
Registration
6 hours, 7:00 - 13:00

UQAM, pavillon J.-A. De Sève (DS) - DS Main hall

14:00
14:00
Keynote: Renaming, Removal, Recontextualization of Heritage: Purging History, Claiming the Present, Imagining the Future? (What Change-Role for Heritage Professionals?) (James Count Early)
1 hour 30 minutes, 14:00 - 15:30
Signup required

Musée des Beaux-Ars de Montréal - Cummings Auditorium

Keynote with simultaneous translation / Conférence avec traduction simultanée

Prof. James Count Early, Smithsonian Center for Folklife and Cultural Heritage, United States (Participant)

Prof. Michelle L. Stefano, University of Maryland, American Studies, United States (Moderator)

"What does heritage change?" is a multifaceted  question to which the answer(s) are in primary respects related to real-life negotiations among dif...

Monday 6 June, 2016

Time Zone: (GMT-05:00) Eastern Time (US & Canada)
7:00
7:00
Registration
10 hours, 7:00 - 17:00

Concordia, Engineering, Computer Science and Visual Arts Integrated Complex Building (EV) - EV 1.116

15:30
15:30
Keynote: Il n'est de patrimoine qu'au futur...| Only in the future will it be heritage... (Xavier Greffe)
1 hour 30 minutes, 15:30 - 17:00
Signup required

Concordia, John Molson School of Business Building (MB) - MB 1.210

Keynote with simultaneous translation / Conférence avec traduction simultanée

Prof. Xavier Greffe, University paris I (Participant)

Luc-Normand Tellier, UQAM (Moderator)

Le patrimoine fait aujourd’hui l’objet d’attentions autant que d’agressions et de destructions. Cela peut s’expliquer par les difficultés de son id...

Tuesday 7 June, 2016

Time Zone: (GMT-05:00) Eastern Time (US & Canada)
13:30
13:30
(in)significance: Values and Valuing in Heritage
1 hour 30 minutes, 13:30 - 15:00

Concordia, John Molson School of Business Building (MB) - MB 2.430

Roundtable

Prof. Tracy Ireland (Participant)

Prof. Tracy Ireland (Moderator)

Dr Steve Brown, The University of Sydney (Participant)

Dr Steve Brown, The University of Sydney (Moderator)

Prof. Christina Cameron, University of Montreal (Participant)

The roundtable will explore ideas around the concept of insignificance. That is, how things are judged to be unimportant, not worthy of conserva...