Ina Vanden Berghe

Ina Vanden Berghe has a Masters degree in Industrial Sciences. She has been working for the Research Department, Section Materials & Techniques at the Royal Institute for Cultural Heritage in Brussels since 1998. Her specialisation is the material technical study of organic material in historical and archaeological textiles and manuscripts. In 2006, she became responsible for research on textile objects. She took part in several international bilateral research partnerships and research projects, such as the by FP6 supported project “Access, Research and Technology for the Conservation of the European Cultural Heritage (Eu-Artech)”, contributing to the creation of a European network on research of organic materials, dyes in particular, and the dissemination of expertise in this field. Since 2007, she is Belgian co-beneficiary in “Clothing and Identities: New perspectives on textiles in the Roman Empire (DressID)”, a five year project supported by the EC-Culture Programme as spokesperson for the study group concerning dyes and dating, mainly focussing on the study of dyes and dye technology in the historical and geographical context of the Roman Empire. Since 2009, Ina Vanden Berghe has been the Royal Institute for Cultural Heritage’s representative in the project “Cultural Heritage Advanced Research Infrastructures: Synergy for a Multidisciplinary Approach to Conservation/Restoration (CHARISMA)”, where her main involvement is situated in the joint research activity on ‘Innovative methods & instrumentation for laboratory research’.

Opening and Enhancing the Use of the Archives of European Cultural Heritage Institutions: abstract

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