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Mark Watson

Deputy Head of Industrial Heritage
Historic Environment Scotland
Participates in 2 items

Born in Dundee, Scotland, Mark took degrees in History (Oxford) and Industrial Archaeology in Ironbridge (Birmingham), worked in museums and then joined what is now Historic Environment Scotland, managing change to historic buildings and conservation areas across Scotland. He wrote the nomination for New Lanark’s inclusion in the UNESCO World Heritage List (inscribed 2001) and part of that for the Forth Bridge (2015). He has provided ICOMOS desk reviews of World Heritage nominations and carried out one field assessment. In at the start of two Europa Nostra award-winning projects, (Knockando and Stanley Mills in Scotland) he is currently the UK national rep for The International Committee for the Conservation of the Industrial Heritage (TICCIH) and researches textile mill history, architecture, adaptive re-use and industrial heritage. He is collaborating on the TICCIH global thematic study on Textile Industries. "The Heritage of the Textile Industry" by Heike Oevermann, Bartosz M Walczak and Mark Watson (2022), available online: http://repozytorium.p.lodz.pl/handle/11652/4237

Documents

Mark Watson.pdf (49.5KB)

Sessions in which Mark Watson participates

Thursday 1 September, 2022

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

Friday 2 September, 2022

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Sessions in which Mark Watson attends

Sunday 28 August, 2022

Time Zone: (GMT-05:00) Eastern Time (US & Canada)
7:45 AM
7:45 AM
  • Getaway in Montérégie
  • Available
  • UQAM, pavillon J.-A. De Sève (DS) - DS Registration table (meeting point)
  • 7:45 AM - 4:00 PM  | 8 hours 15 minutes
  • A one-day itinerary on the opening day of the conference will allow visitors to discover
  • Tour
5:00 PM
5:00 PM
  • Opening ceremony
  • Signup required
  • UQAM, Cœur des sciences - Agora Hydro-Québec
  • 5:00 PM - 7:00 PM  | 2 hours
  • Join the conference organisers and TICCIH board members for a welcome cocktail and some festive words of introduction, in the former forge of th...
  • Cocktail

Tuesday 30 August, 2022

Time Zone: (GMT-05:00) Eastern Time (US & Canada)
9:00 AM
9:00 AM
5:30 PM
5:30 PM
  • Public lecture: Industrial heritage as agent of gentrification?
  • Available
  • UQAM, pavillon J.-A. De Sève (DS) - DS-R510
  • 5:30 PM - 7:00 PM  | 1 hour 30 minutes
  • Efforts to preserve industrial heritage occurs in a socio-economic and political context. But what is being pres...
  • Keynote with simultaneous translation / Conférence avec traduction simultanée

Wednesday 31 August, 2022

Time Zone: (GMT-05:00) Eastern Time (US & Canada)
1:00 PM
1:00 PM
3:15 PM
3:15 PM
5:30 PM
5:30 PM
Prof. Laurajane Smith
Speaker
Australian National Univ...
Professor and Head of th...

Thursday 1 September, 2022

Time Zone: (GMT-05:00) Eastern Time (US & Canada)
9:00 AM
9:00 AM
9:30 AM
9:30 AM
10:00 AM
10:00 AM
12:30 PM
12:30 PM
3:30 PM
3:30 PM
5:30 PM
5:30 PM

Friday 2 September, 2022

Time Zone: (GMT-05:00) Eastern Time (US & Canada)
9:00 AM
9:00 AM
11:00 AM
11:00 AM
1:00 PM
1:00 PM
3:30 PM
3:30 PM
Cathy Stanton
Speaker
Tufts University
Distinguished Senior Lec...