Date: April 30, 2021
Time: 10:30AM ET, 7:30AM PT
Watch live on Facebook: https://www.facebook.com/astronomerswithoutborders
Join our Global Astronomy Month finale presentation with Clive Ruggles (www.cliveruggles.com) Emeritus Professor of Archaeoastronomy at the University of Leicester in the UK, and Director of the UNESCO–IAU “Portal to the Heritage of Astronomy” project (www.astronomicalheritage.net).
Dr. Ruggles will speak about the Portal and how it has been a vital element in UNESCO and the IAU’s joint “Astronomy and World Heritage Initiative”, which has resulted in new astronomical heritage sites recently being included on the World Heritage List, such as Jodrell Bank Observatory in the UK and Risco Caído in Spain’s Canary Islands.
Two years ago, as part of the IAU’s "IAU 100” celebrations, the Portal project launched a new programme allowing members of the public to suggest their own "Places connected to the Sky” for inclusion on the portal, and it is this that Clive will be talking about today.
AWB is excited to be including this project for our community and help promote it across the globe.
Date: Friday, April 30, 2021
Time: 10:30 a.m.