IAU Commission C4 on World Heritage and Astronomy
This is the temporary webpage of the International Astronomical Union’s Commission C4, a Commission of IAU Division C — Education, Outreach and Heritage.
The Organising Committee is as follows:
President: Clive Ruggles (UK)
Vice-President and President-elect: Gudrun Wolfschmidt (Germany)
Secretary: Roger Ferlet (France)
Siramas Komonjinda (Thailand)
Mikhail Marov (Russia)
Malcolm Smith (Chile)
A new Organising Committee will be in place following the IAU’s 30th General Assembly in Vienna in August 2018.
The Commission works on behalf of the IAU together with UNESCO to implement the Astronomy and World Heritage Thematic Initiative.
The Commission has six Working Groups, as follows:
WG1 “WINDOWS TO THE UNIVERSE”: HIGH-MOUNTAIN OBSERVATORIES, AND OTHER ASTRONOMICAL SITES OF THE LATE 20th AND EARLY 21st CENTURIES (Joint with Commission B7)
CHAIR: Chris Smith (Chile); CO-CHAIR: Rémi Cabanac (France)
WG2 CLASSICAL OBSERVATORIES FROM THE RENAISSANCE TO THE 20TH CENTURY
CHAIR: Gudrun Wolfschmidt (Germany)
WG3 HERITAGE OF SPACE EXPLORATION
CHAIR: Mikhail Marov (Russian Federation)
WG4 ASTRONOMICAL HERITAGE IN DANGER
CHAIR: Alejandro López (Argentina)
WG5 INTANGIBLE HERITAGE (Joint with Commission C1)
CHAIR: Duane Hamacher (Australia)
WGAAC ARCHAEOASTRONOMY AND ASTRONOMY IN CULTURE (Joint with Commission C3)
CHAIR: Steve Gullberg (USA)