Welcome to the website of the IAU’s new Commission C.C4 World Heritage & Astronomy,
a Commission of IAU Division C — Education, Outreach and Heritage.
A new Organising Committee is in place since Sept. 2021:
President: Juan Antonio Belmonte Avilés (Spain)
Vice President and President-Elect: Michael Burton (UK)
Immediate Past President: Gudrun Wolfschmidt (Germany)
Secretary: Lydia Sonia Cidale (Argentina)
Lydia Sonia Cidale (Argentina)
Premana W. Premadi (Indonesia)
Areg M. Mickaelian (Armenia)
A. César González-García (Spain)
Ian Glass (South Africa)
The Commission works on behalf of the IAU together with UNESCO
to implement the Astronomy and World Heritage Thematic Initiative.
The Commission has four Working Groups, as follows:
C.C4.WG WINDOWS TO THE UNIVERSE - CLASSICAL AND MODERN OBSERVATORIES
CHAIR: Gudrun Wolfschmidt (Germany)
C.C4.WG ASTRONOMICAL HERITAGE IN DANGER
CHAIR: Alejandro López (Argentina)
C.C4.WG INTANGIBLE HERITAGE
(Joint with Commission C1)
CHAIR: Duane Hamacher (Australia)
Inter-Commission C.C4 WGAAC ARCHAEOASTRONOMY AND ASTRONOMY IN CULTURE
(Joint with Commission C1-C2-C3)
CHAIR: Steven R. Gullberg (USA)
Organising Committee - 2018-2021 since IAU General Assembly in Vienna
President: Gudrun Wolfschmidt (Germany)
Vice President and President-Elect: Juan Belmonte (Spain)
Immediate Past President: Clive Ruggles (UK)
Secretary: Roger Ferlet (France)
Siramas Komonjinda (Thailand)
Ioannis Liritzis (Greece)
Areg Mickaelian (Armenia)
The Commission had four Working Groups, as follows:
C.C4.WG CLASSICAL OBSERVATORIES FROM THE RENAISSANCE TO THE 20TH CENTURY
CHAIR: Matthias Hünsch (Germany)
C.C4.WG ASTRONOMICAL HERITAGE IN DANGER
CHAIR: Alejandro López (Argentina)
C.C4.WG INTANGIBLE HERITAGE (Joint with Commission C1)
CHAIR: Duane Hamacher (Australia)
Inter-Commission C.C4 WGAAC ARCHAEOASTRONOMY AND ASTRONOMY IN CULTURE
(Joint with Commission C1-C2-C3)
CHAIR: Steven R. Gullberg (USA)
STOP PRESS! The second ICOMOS–IAU Thematic Study on astronomical heritage has been published on 30 June 2017. The e-book version (PDF) is available for free download: standard version (19 Mb) or high-resolution version (214 Mb). For further information see the Ocarina Books website. A limited printed version will be available in the coming months.
This site is currently under development, as are pages for the new Working Groups. In the meantime, please see the Portal to the Heritage of Astronomy for all information relating to the Initiative.