BETHLEHEM, Pa. \u2014 Organizers have canceled an international symposium that was to be held next month centered around the city\u2019s recent inclusion as a World Heritage Site for its preserved Moravian settlement.<\/p>\n
They announced the cancellation Thursday.<\/p>\n
\u201cThis decision was not made lightly,\u201d Moravian Church Settlements said on its website.<\/p>\n
\u201cLike many organizations, we are responding to a complex and rapidly changing landscape that has made traditional event planning especially difficult.\u201d<\/p>\n
Moravian Church Settlements website<\/p>\n
\u201cIn recent months, a combination of factors including increased financial pressures on individuals and institutions, evolving travel restrictions, and uncertainty surrounding federal and cultural heritage funding, has created significant challenges for large-scale in-person convenings across our sector.<\/p>\n
\u201cLike many organizations, we are responding to a complex and rapidly changing landscape that has made traditional event planning especially difficult.\u201d<\/p>\n
‘Explore the past, present, future’<\/p>\n
The symposium was being organized by the International Council on Monuments and Sites USA.<\/p>\n
It was to mark the organization\u2019s 60th anniversary and celebrate America\u2019s newest UNESCO World Heritage Site in Bethlehem from June 4-6.<\/p>\n
The three-day conference was set for Moravian University\u2019s Foy Concert Hall.<\/p>\n
The university, which oversees the Moravian Church Settlements group, previously said the conference would \u201cbring together leading preservation experts to explore the past, present, and future of cultural heritage conservation in the United States.<\/p>\n
\u201cThe symposium will feature distinguished speakers, panel discussions, and opportunities for professional networking in one of the nation\u2019s most significant historic locations,\u201d organizers previously said.<\/p>\n
Bethlehem\u2019s roughly 10-acre Moravian Church settlement \u2014 which led to the founding of the city \u2014 was designated a UNESCO World Heritage Site last year.<\/p>\n
It was included among other Moravian sites in Christiansfeld, Denmark; Gracehill, Northern Ireland; and Herrnhut, Germany.<\/p>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"BETHLEHEM, Pa. \u2014 Organizers have canceled an international symposium that was to be held next month centered around…\n","protected":false},"author":2,"featured_media":4391,"comment_status":"","ping_status":"","sticky":false,"template":"","format":"standard","meta":{"footnotes":""},"categories":[14],"tags":[153,155,154,4005,4004,4006,4007,4008],"class_list":["post-4390","post","type-post","status-publish","format-standard","has-post-thumbnail","category-bethlehem","tag-bethlehem","tag-bethlehem-headlines","tag-bethlehem-news","tag-bethlehem-world-heritage-meeting-canceled","tag-international-council-on-monuments-and-sites-usa","tag-unesco-world-heritage-site-bethlehem","tag-world-heritage-symposium-bethlehem","tag-world-heritage-symposium-canceled"],"_links":{"self":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/us-pa\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/4390","targetHints":{"allow":["GET"]}}],"collection":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/us-pa\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts"}],"about":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/us-pa\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/types\/post"}],"author":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/us-pa\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/users\/2"}],"replies":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/us-pa\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/comments?post=4390"}],"version-history":[{"count":0,"href":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/us-pa\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/4390\/revisions"}],"wp:featuredmedia":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/us-pa\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/media\/4391"}],"wp:attachment":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/us-pa\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/media?parent=4390"}],"wp:term":[{"taxonomy":"category","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/us-pa\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/categories?post=4390"},{"taxonomy":"post_tag","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/us-pa\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/tags?post=4390"}],"curies":[{"name":"wp","href":"https:\/\/api.w.org\/{rel}","templated":true}]}}