Events & Workshops
From Lima to Canton: Traditional Chinese Painting Materials and Techniques
NTU London Campus, October 2025
This all- day workshop focused on the evidence of traditional Chinese painting materials and techniques which has been obtained using scientific analysis during the From Lima to Canton Research Project.
From Lima to Canton: New Digital Tools for Painting Analysis
National Archives, March 2025
A half day symposium to introduce a new workflow and digital tools for the analysis of large amounts and different types of data, which have been developed during the From Lima to Canton Research Project
From Lima to Canton: New Digital Tools for Painting Analysis
Library of Congress, June 2024
A half day symposium on the U.K. Arts and Humanities Research Council (AHRC) and the U.S. NEH funded project “From Lima to Canton and Beyond: An AI-aided Heritage Materials Research Platform for Studying Globalization through Art.”
Pancho Fierro Analysis Study Day
Hispanic Society Museum & Library, June 2024
A dissemination event in which the ISAAC Research Centre explained the research and methods used for the From Lima to Canton project. Following the presentation, there was an opportunity to see the instruments and new software that enables efficient data collection and visualization in analysing works from the Hispanic Society collections.
Science & Heritage Interdisciplinary Research Workshop
March 2019
An interdisciplinary workshop organised by ISAAC in the framework of the European Research Infrastructure for Heritage Science (E-RIHS). The event aimed to bring together those engaged in the study of heritage from different backgrounds (historians, curators, archaeologists, conservators and heritage scientists) to illustrate how science can address a wide range of research questions related to heritage objects and to foster interdisciplinary collaboration.
Introduction to an AI-aided Heritage Materials Research Platform
National Museum of Asian Art, Washington DC, June 2024
An interactive workshop to introduce the novel workflow developed as part of the From Lima to Canton research project which streamlines the use of a mobile laboratory for data collection (MOLAB) followed by a use of a digital platform for data analysis, visualization and collaboration.
European Research Infrastructure for Heritage Science (E-RIHS) dissemination day
NTU, March 2019
An event organised by the ISAAC Research Centre to discover how the E-RIHS plays a connecting role in the global community of heritage science.
An interdisciplinary workshop on the application of the latest imaging and analytical science to the conservation, art history and archaeological enquires related to the Silk Road heritage is funded by Research Councils UK to foster links with China on science and heritage projects. The workshop brought together practitioners from a wide range of disciplines from science and conservation to archaeology and history.