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Conference on the Role and Works of Piero Gazzola (1908-1979) Verona, November 28-29, 2008 Piero Gazzola, an Architectural Heritage Strategy in the Second Half of the Twentieth Century. Knowledge, Protection and Promotion in Italy and Abroad. Call for papers The conference in Verona will be an opportunity to provide a historical context with renewed critical and documentary evidence on the role played by Gazzola, to focus on research produced and to have the most updated and complete profile possible of Gazzola. Along with analysis of important national and international events, and the review of regulations and charters of restoration, it is necessary to reconsider his works as the result of a public bureaucrat involved in daily heritage management; it is here that Gazzola's "experimental" side regarding preservation and guardianship comes out. One of the main objectives of the conference is to bring together historical research produced to the date, fostering dialogue between researchers and real witnesses from the era. Research thus far carried out has drawn on the wealth of Piero Gazzola's archives and library which have been preserved by Pia and Gianandrea Gazzola, President and Advisor to the Piero Gazzola Archive Association, however there is still much ground left uncovered. It is also for this reason that a call for papers is being announced: to investigate the main aspects of the Gazzola's roles and works, as well as other important personages, works, events and themes in some way related to his wide-ranging activity. To this end, and together with the major contributions focusing Gazzola, work on public figures and case studies linked to Gazzola may be proposed, and papers will be considered from different areas dealing with similar situations where the experiences, theoretical context and working methods are analogous to those of Gazzola. We are looking for contributions and research on monument site complexes and urban realities that are directly or indirectly pertinent, and that refer to the years between the war and the seventies; this may include studies on related bureaucrats, architects, researchers and cultural representatives, where there is a demonstrable and fertile working relationship with Gazzola and interested parties from the period. The call for papers relates to the main themes of the conference as follows: * The importance of the Milan cultural milieu on his training and his intellectual technical activity (in a professional and academic context); * Post-war preservation strategies for monuments (documentary campaign for reconstruction, "passive protection"); * Definition of methods and theoretical output on architectural restoration (in single works and drafting of guidelines); * Inventory and guardianship of historical centres and the landscape (analysis instruments, active conservation measures, restriction policies); * The role of cultural promoter, at the national and international levels (contact networks with associations and cultural organizations, organizer/curator of congresses and journals) * Reclaiming cultural heritage and museums (organization of shows and collections, museum projects); * Scientific/Educational activity (teaching of restoration and history of architecture, monument research, training of restoration architects). Proposed abstracts (2000 keystrokes) must be sent via email to: [log in to unmask] no later than May 23, 2008. Approvals will be sent out starting starting in the middle of June 2008, and a draft of the conference programme will first be issued at the beginning of October 2008. The conference's proceedings will be published. Papers may be presented in any of the official languages of the conference: Italian and English (simultaneous translations will be provided).