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May 4-6, 2012 Princeton Institute for International and Regional Studies In the first issue of the journal Veshch-Objet-Gegenstand, which appeared 90 years ago in Berlin, the avant-gardist El Lissitsky placed the object at the center of the artistic and social concerns of the day: “We have called our review Object because for us art means the creation of new ‘objects.’ … Every organized work—be

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Here’s what’s up at the National Council on Public History. Action Alert!  Please sign the “Yes We Scan” petition asking the Obama administration to create a commission to explore the scope, costs, and benefits of digitizing ALL federal records holdings. https://wwws.whitehouse.gov/petitions/!/petition/start-national-effort-digitize-all-public-government-info/15vthgVB Student Volunteers -

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"Rising to the Challenge: History of Education and the Pursuit of Relevance" 18-21 OCTOBER 2012 VANCOUVER, BRITISH COLUMBIA, CANADA CHEA invites proposals for its 2012 conference in VANCOUVER, BC, 18-21 October, sponsored by the Faculty of Education at the University of British Columbia. The challenge for academic research to be “relevant” is a familiar one. Governmental funding agencies,

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SPECIAL ISSUE:  TEACHING UNDER ATTACK The editors of Transformations seek articles (5,000-10,000 words) and media essays (overviews on books, film, video, performance, art, music, websites, etc. 3,000 to 5,000 words) and items for an occasional feature, “The Material Culture of Teaching,” which offer historical perspectives on pedagogy or examine material practices/artifacts of pedagogy. This

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ARTEFACTS is an international network of academic and museum-based scholars of science, technology and medicine interested in promoting the use of objects in research. The network was established in 1996 and since then has held annual conferences examining the role of artefacts in the making of science and technology and related areas. The next conference will be held in Edinburgh, Scotland, 7–9

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Material Culture Review invites contributions to its special issue "Objects in Motion," which takes up the 2011-2012 theme of Yale University's Material Culture Study Group. A forum for scholars to engage with artifacts, ideas and methodologies, Yale's Material Culture Study Group is currently exploring the ways that the movement, dispersion, renewal or adaptation of cultural objects shapes our

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In association with the Institute for Historical Research, the Oral History Society’s inaugural Spring School in Oral History will be held in London on 26-28 April 2012. It is open to all who are interested in using oral history, especially in the context of higher education. Numbers are strictly limited and early application is recommended.For more information see http://www.history.ac.uk/

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Here’s what’s up at the National Council on Public History. NCPH/OAH Annual Meeting Program Now Available Online! See all that's in store for the 2012 NCPH/OAH annual meeting in Milwaukee! The Program is now available online in PDF format.  Hard copies will be mailed to members of both organizations today.  Register by April 1 for discounted rates.  http://ncph.org/cms/conferences/2012-

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Here’s what’s up at the National Council on Public History.  Registration Now Open! -- Milwaukee 2012 Meeting Online registration has begun for the NCPH/Organization of American Historians joint conference, April 18-22. Members of both groups receive the member discount and will get a printed Program by mail in January.  http://annualmeeting.oah.org/registration/ NCPH Election has Begun 

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We invite international submissions for inclusion in this forthcoming book being published by MuseumsEtc in late spring of 2012.College and university museums originated out of the desire to teach with, and learn from, original objects. These museums today aim to be active participants in the teaching life of their campus communities and vital sites for learning, interdisciplinary dialogue and

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The deadline is approaching for submitting articles or reviews for the next issue of the journal Museums & Social Issues. Tentatively titled "Eating Together," the issue will examine the intersection of museum practice and access to and changing traditions associated with food. We would like to highlight programing and exhibits exploring food access, eating practices, sustainability, preservation

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The International Federation for Public History was created in 2010 and aims at encouraging, promoting, and coordinating research, practice, and teaching in Public History. Public History is a field in the historical sciences made up of professionals who undertake historical work in a variety of public and private settings for different kinds of audiences. Public historians base their

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Here’s what’s up at the National Council on Public History. December Newsletter is Here Public History News this month includes Viewsharing, History Ventures and entrepreneurial thinking, reports from our many active committees, board actions, news about the International Federation for Public History, and more. Members’ print copies are in the mail. http://ncph.org/cms/wp-content/uploads/

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Leiden University, 15 – 17 February 2012 The conference ‘Cultures of Anatomical Collections’ will explore anatomical preparations and collections (preparations of human material as well as wax and other models) as important parts of cultural heritage. This means that we treat them in a similar way as we would examine other historical artifacts stored in today’s museum. Although the history of

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NCPH is a proud member of the National Coalition for History, which has issued the following alert. FY ’12 Federal Funding Decisions At Final Stage–Action Needed Now!  The House and Senate are concluding year-end negotiations over Fiscal Year 2012 spending levels. It is important if you care about funding for agencies such as the National Endowment for the Humanities and National Historical

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It's time for the 2012 International Museums & Mobile Survey - the international research project that explores the museum community's current use and ambitions with mobile technology tools. Last year over 700 responses were received. Just 5 minutes of your valuable time could help thousands of museum professionals. Click here to begin: https://www.surveymonkey.com/s/82BQ3LD For more information

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The American Antiquarian Society (AAS) invites applications for its 2012-13 visiting academic fellowships. At least three AAS-National Endowment for the Humanities fellowships will be awarded for periods extending from four to twelve months.  Long-term fellowships are intended for scholars beyond the doctorate; senior and mid-careerscholars are particularly encouraged to apply. Over thirty

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Objects in Motion: Globalizing Technology Artefacts: Studies in the History of Science and Technology, Vol. 8Smithsonian Institution Scholarly Press, 2013  Deadline for Proposal: December 12, 2011 We invite proposals from scholars in the history of science, technology, and medicine, science and technology studies, material culture, museum and cultural studies for innovative contributions that

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June 19-22, 2012 Porto, Portugal Heritage 2012, 3rd International Conference on Heritage and Sustainable Development follows the path of the previous editions: it aims at establishing a state of the art event regarding the relationships between forms and kinds of heritage and the framework of sustainable development concepts.  Environment, economics, society

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Hosted by the European Association of Social Anthropologists Conference 2012 Nanterre University, France, 10/07/2012 – 13/07/2012 Deadline: 28 November 2011 Museums always seem to provide their visitors with definite and confident narratives about the past, thus making strong claims towards ordering the present and the future. However, the past life of objects, collections and of museums

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The Massachusetts Historical Society will award two long-term MHS-NEH fellowships for the academic year 2012-2013. MHS-NEH fellowships are made possible by an award from the National Endowment for the Humanities, an independent federal agency. The stipend, governed by an NEH formula, will be $4,200 per month for a minimum of four months and a maximum of twelve months. The Society will supplement

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The Community Exhibits Program at the Legislative Assembly of Ontario invites community museums, archives, art organizations, and other cultural institutions to create an exhibit for one of the display cases in the Legislative Building.  Welcoming over 250,000 visitors each year, the Legislative Building is a great place to share your community's stories with visitors from all over Ontario

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Material Matters, Winterthur Museum, Garden & Library Saturday, April 14, 2012 The Center for Material Culture Studies at the University of Delaware invites submissions for papers to be given at the Tenth Annual Material Culture Symposium for Emerging Scholars. Focus: Object-based research has the potential to expand and even reinvent our understanding of culture and history. In honor of the

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Call for Proposals“Knowing your Public(s)—The Significance of Audiences in Public History”2013 Annual Meeting, National Council on Public HistoryOttawa, Ontario, Canada, April 17-20, 2013 In 2013 the National Council on Public History will meet at the Delta Ottawa City Centre, in the heart of downtown Ottawa, Canada, with Canada’s Parliament buildings, historic ByWard market, national museums and

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Winterthur Museum, Garden & Library is pleased to announce its Research Fellowship Program for 2012-13. Winterthur offers an extensive program of short- and long-term fellowships open to academic, independent, and museum scholars, including advanced graduate students, to support research in material culture, architecture, decorative arts, design, consumer culture, garden and landscape studies,

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MuseumNext is Europe’s big conference on social and digital media within the museumsector. We believe that technology is changing the expectations of museum audiences. Theyno longer want to have information just broadcasted at them, they want to create, to curateand to co-produce experiences. In 2012 MuseumNext will be held in Barcelona, in partnershipwith three of Spain’s leading museums, Centre

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It is an exciting time to be a public historian and a good moment to join the National Council on Public History (NCPH). Public historians and their work are everywhere these days. A public historian was one of two historians recently to receive a MacArthur Foundation “genius” Fellowship. Filmmakers Ken Burns and Lynn Novick have just aired their latest creation, Prohibition, on PBS stations

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AASLH, Crossroads: Exploring Vibrant ConnectionsBetween People & Place, Annual MeetingOctober 3-6, 2012 (Salt Lake City, Utah, US)http://aaslh.org/2012CallforProposals.htm Material Cultures in the Space Between, 1914-1945 June 14-16, 2012 (Providence, Rhode Island, US)http://www.spacebetweensociety.org/SBSConference.html  Come Together: Digital Collaboration in the Academy& Beyond May 11-13,

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We are seeking potential authors to contribute to the Practicing Oral History series, edited by Nancy MacKay of San Jose State University. The success of the first book in the series, Story Bridges: A Guide for Conducting Intergenerational Oral History Projects, by Angela Zusman, indicates that additional innovative volumes about community oral history projects are long overdue. Museums,

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Material MattersWinterthur Museum, Garden & LibrarySaturday, April 14, 2012 The Center for Material Culture Studies at the University of Delawareinvites submissions for papers to be given at the Tenth Annual MaterialCulture Symposium for Emerging Scholars. Focus: Object-based research has the potential to expand and even reinventour understanding of culture and history. In honor of the tenth

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The Society for History in the Federal Government (SHFG) seeks nominations for its 2012 John Wesley Powell Prize for excellence in the field of historic preservation. The prize commemorates the explorer and federal administrator whose work demonstrated early recognition of the importance of historic preservation and historical display. In 2012, the prize will be awarded to an individual or to

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A Two Day Interdisciplinary Postgraduate Symposium at the School of Museum Studies, University of Leicester, March 27th-28th, 2012 In everyday life, the chance to dream, to imagine, to explore the idea of the museum is limited, leaving many museums reacting to change, rather than being able to think about how the museum could be. This Symposium will give museum researchers, students and

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"The UGR Turned On Its Head - Old Themes, New Directions” Organized by Underground Railroad History Project of the Capital Region, Inc. April 13 - 15, 2012 at Russell Sage College, Troy, New York New research on the Underground Railroad, slavery, abolition and the 19th century period has the potential to turn what we know about the Underground Railroad on its head. Old assumptions such as "

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As 2012 marks the 200th anniversary of the start of the War of 1812, the 2012 AAO conference programme will take as its theme "Conflict and Commemoration."  This timely theme provides an opportunity for archivists to explore the intersection of our mission and work with conflict, in its broadest sense, and commemoration.     Archives across the province house collections that document the

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The seminar meets alternate Tuesdays 12-2pm in the CRASSH Seminar Room onMill Lane. A light lunch will be provided. The eighteenth century was the century of 'stuff.' Public production,collection, display and consumption of objects grew in influence,popularity, and scale. The form, function, and use of objects, ranging fromscientific and musical instruments to weaponry and furnishings

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Working Groups and the Poster Session—Milwaukee 2012 If you missed out on a session proposal for the next NCPH annual meeting, never fear, there are more opportunities to participate. On September 15, we will issue the call for Working Groups and one for the Poster Session. There will be 11 Working Groups at the conference; the general description is here… http://ncph.org/cms/conferences/

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Connecting People, Places and Stories:New Strategies for Conservation in a Changing World.14th INTO ConferenceCo-hosted by the Heritage Canada Foundation (HCF)and The Land Conservancy of BC (TLC) Victoria, BC – October 12-15, 2011 Fairmont Empress Hotel & Victoria Conference Centre Two Conferences. One Registration. Over 800 delegates.Heads up! Your INTO Conference Registration also gives you

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An Interdisciplinary Postgraduate SymposiumSchool of Museum Studies, University of Leicester March 27-28th, 2012 In everyday life, the chance to dream, to imagine, to explore the ideaof the museum is limited, leaving many museums reacting to change,rather than being able to think about how the museum could be. ThisSymposium will give museum researchers, students and practitioners theopportunity

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Museums & Social Issues is a peer-reviewed journal published by Left Coast Press, Inc. The journal provides a forum for discourse about social issues and the engagement of museums in those issues. Articles draw from inside and outside the museum field. Contact us if you are interested in submitting, reviewing or helping with any of these topics Articles and reviews are submitted through our

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Public History 2036: The Next 25 Years – September 23-24,2011 (Amherst, Massachusetts)See www.umass.edu/history, and check the column "News and Events."Public History of Science and Technology-Sept 11-14, 2011Columbia, South Carolina)For more information, please visit the conference website athttp://www.cas.sc.edu/hist/conf/phst/.The Pacific War 1941-5: Heritage, Legacies, Culture – December5-7,

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The Hartman Center for Sales, Advertising & Marketing History at DukeUniversity announces the debut of the ROAD 2.0 website. ROAD 2.0(Resource of Outdoor Advertising Descriptions) includes over 30,000images of outdoor advertising and related topics found in the HartmanCenter's collections. Keyword searchable and browseable, the ROAD2.0 database of images allows users to learn more about

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The field of historical consciousness is one of the richest areas of thought and study in the humanities and social sciences. This conference will focus on both the concept of historical consciousness and how representations of the past help us to make sense of the present. Divided into three sections, the conference will consider the challenges historians face in engaging the public in a

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How should we remember the Civil War? This monthwww.SouthernCultures.org continues to answer the question of theSesquicentennial with more featured content-an essay from Louis D.Rubin, "Refighting the Civil War: General Longstreet and Me."The Civil War and its aftermath have always been important subjectsfor Southern Cultures, and we're marking the War's Sesquicentennialwith special content in

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International Journal of Intangible Heritage seeks to be aninter-communicative and interdisciplinary channel for scholarlyresearch on intangible heritage around the world with respect to itspreservation, transmission and promotion. With critical academicarticles, provocative viewpoints and reviews, the IJIH, apeer-reviewed academic journal tries to enrich discourses onintangible heritage that

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http://www.oah.org/awards/awards.leopold.index.html*SUBMISSION DEADLINE: OCTOBER 1, 2011*The Richard W. Leopold Prize was designed to improve contacts andinterrelationships within the historical profession where anincreasing number of history-trained scholars hold distinguishedpositions in governmental agencies. This prize recognizes thesignificant historical work being done by historians outside

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The Centre for the Historical Record is a new initiative at Kingston University which promotes collaborative research and knowledge exchange between historians, archivists, curators, heritage providers and the public. By acting as a forum for debate the CHR also plans to provide a central location where historians, other professional and public researchers, and all those who are devoted to

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September 14-17, 2011Richmond, Virginia, USRegister by July 29 for the Early Bird RateJoin the largest gathering of history professionals for networking,ground-breaking sessions, and special events in Richmond, one of ournation’s most history-rich cities.This year's theme is Commemoration: The Promise of Remembrance andNew Beginnings. As interpreters of our nation’s past, our field searchesfor

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The Special Collections Research Center at the Syracuse UniversityLibrary has unveiled a new website, http://www.plastics.syr.edu/, devoted to its significant Plastics Collection. The website is a treasuretrove of information and images of the more than 2,000 artifacts in thePlastics Collection, the largest university-based resource on the historyof plastics. The site also links to more than 40

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The Oral History Forum is seeking submissions to a special issueaddressing Oral History and Education, entitled "Making EducationalOral Histories in the 21st Century," guest edited by the EducationalResearch Unit, Making Histories: Narrative and Collective Memoryin Education, in the Faculty of Education at the University of Ottawa.Those interested can find the CFP and more information at:

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"The Materials of American Studies," December 2012.Bill Brown observes that by the end of the nineteenth century, “theinvention, production, distribution and consumption of things rathersuddenly came to define a national culture” [Sense of Things 4]. Thisissue of the Australasian Journal of American Studies, “TheMaterials of American Studies,” explores the role of objects inunderstanding,

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Change Over Time is a new, semiannual journal focused onpublishing original, peer-reviewed research papers and review articleson the history, theory, and praxis of conservation and the builtenvironment. Each issue is dedicated to a particular theme as a methodto promote critical discourse on contemporary conservation issues frommultiple perspectives both within the field and across

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The program for the joint Association of Midwest Museums and theIllinois Association of Museums 2011 conference is now available here. The conference is scheduled for July 24-27 at the fabulous PalmerHouse Hilton Hotel in downtown Chicago, Illinois. The early-birdregistration deadline is Friday, June 17, 2011. For your convenience,you can download a registration form.As a reminder, AMM and IAM

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Copenhagen 29-30 September.‘The Sensuous Object’ is an interdisciplinary, participatory workshopconcerned with ways we actually engage with objects and aimed atresearchers in all disciplines interested in the materiality of actualartefacts and ways of understanding objects through all the senses.Read more here.

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The Baylor University Institute for Oral History invites you to join its online, live audio workshop, "Getting Started with Oral History." The interactive workshop will provide 6 hours of instruction on 2 consecutive Wednesdays in July 2011: July 13 and July 20, from 10:00 a.m. CDST to 1:00 p.m. CDST. You may take part in the workshop from the convenience of your home or office computer

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The Museum of Art and History is seeking unpaid interns to work ondesigning several participatory on-site and online projects. Beloware details from museum director Nina Simon's blog post describingwhat she's looking for.

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May 12 - June 6, 2011RomaniaThis will be the sixth time this course AN450 Anthropological FieldSchool is offered in Romania. However, since the April 7, 2011 courseannouncement, some significant changes in course content and structurehave been made.If you are interested in the visual/digital representation andanalysis of culture and cultural information, this course is anopportunity to consider.

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We invite international submissions to be included in this forthcomingbook, which will be published by MuseumsEtc in Autumn 2011.The book will be edited by Peter Davies, Cultural Policy Advisor toCanterbury City Council, who has a long-standing interest in howstrategy and policy can create a more sustainable museum sector. Withan interest in disposals born from a growing understanding of thevalue

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Royal Holloway Department of History 2011 Hayes Robinson LectureProfessor Sir Keith Thomas (University of Oxford)Each year in March a distinguished international historian is invitedto give the Hayes Robinson lecture, in celebration of History at RoyalHolloway. The lecture series was re-launched in 1992/3, under abenefaction from the estate of Margaret Hayes Robinson. She was acongenial and

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Developing History LeadersThe field of public history is experiencing rapid and major change,and a new generation of leaders will soon be stepping up to set thecourse for the future of America’s history organizations.Do you want to:• Play a greater role in your institution and the field?• Improve yourself as a leader?• Help shape the future of public history?For over 50 years, the Seminar for

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August 22-28, 2011 Kristiansand, NorwayICR Annual Conference co-hosted by ICOM NorwayContact: Ms Susan Hanna, shanna@state.pa.usRegistration - Contact: Mr Rune Holbek: ruh@vaf.noDetails on the conference programme and registration atwww.icr-icom.orgICR believes that regional museums excel at bringing localcooking habits to the forefront and sharing rich sources oftangible and intangible culinary

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September 21-23, 2011Graz, AustriaMuseumsakademie JoanneumIn cooperation with International Council of Museums andCollections of Arms and Military history and the Styrian ArmouryRepresentations of war and violence in museums mainly oscillatebetween the fascination of terror and its instruments, on the onehand, and the educational initiative to explain violence and byexplaining it to make it

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May 12-15, 2011Los Angeles, California, USAlms 2011 is the third international conference focused on public,private, academic, and grassroots archives collecting and preservingmaterials of all types from LGBT communities to ensure our historysurvives unchanged.The June L. Mazer Lesbian Archiveswww.mazerlesbianarchives.orgEmail: almsconf2011@gmail.comVisit the website at http://www.rsvpbook.com/

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Melbourne, Australia 14-17 February 2012 This conference aims to bring together scholars working on historical justice and on memory. It is trying to promote conversations across disciplinary boundaries – for example, between historians and lawyers, anthropologists and philosophers, sociologists and cinema studies scholars, heritage scholars and psychologists, human geographers and

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August 15-19, 2011Canada Science and Technology Museum (CSTM)Collection & Research Division and Conservation ServicesAre you tired of traditional accounts of science and technology?Discover alternative historical perspectives and methods in the midstof Canada’s largest collection in science, medicine and technology.Our annual artifact sessions in the CSTM storage facility bring togetherCanadian

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Beginning in Spring 2011, the journal Heritage Management will berenamed Heritage & Society, and will be edited by Elizabeth S.Chilton and Neil A. Silberman with the University of MassachusettsAmherst, and will feature a new editorial board.Heritage & Society will be a global, peer-reviewed journal thatprovides a forum for scholarly, professional, and community reflectionon the cultural,

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The University of South Carolina will host a conference September11‐14, 2011 to address the interaction of history, science, and thepublic. This conference seeks to examine: What role does the historyof science play in the public’s understanding of science and technology?What is the role of museums, libraries, television documentaries, andpopular writing in educating audiences about science? How

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The Coalition is pleased to announce our participation in two upcoming opportunities with the UMass Amherst Center for Heritage & Society.First, the international conference “Why Does the Past Matter?” explores how preservation and heritage affect culture, economics, identity, ecology and civil society. Co-sponsored by the Coalition, the conference brings together almost 200 speakers from 34

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The Ashmolean Museum is pleased to announce its Call for Papers forthe conference 'Early Modern Merchants as Collectors' to be held at themuseum 15-16 June 2012. The CFP is available at the conference website.Scholars working on merchants in any area of the globe during the earlymodern period and on any collecting category, including scientific andmedical, are encouraged to submit proposals. The

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Museum History Journal, now in it fourth volume, is soliciting newsubmissions for volumes 5 and 6, to appear in 2012 and 2013 (eachvolume includes two issues, published in January and July). Forspecific submission guidelines and other information, please visit theLeft Coast Press website.Museum History Journal is an international, peer-reviewed journal ofcritical, evaluative histories related to

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American Historical Association Invites Nominations for theHerbert Feis Award for Distinguished Contributions to Public HistoryThe terms of the award define both "contribution" and "public history"broadly. Contributions could, for example, include work as theadministrator of a public history group or agency (such as ahistorical society, a historic site, or a community history project)or as the

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April 6-9, 2011Philadelphia,Pennsylvaniahttp://conference.archimuse.com/mw2011Unconference Sessions: Thursday April 7, 2011Each year at MW we set aside some time on the first day for discussionof pressing issues and questions. Come prepared to propose anunconference session, or to actively participate in one.Crit Rooms at MW2011: Friday April 8, 2011Bring your site to the Crit Room or the Mobile

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This summer, come join history teachers, curriculum leaders, and museum educators from across Canada for an exciting immersion experience at the University of British Columbia in beautiful Vancouver, BC. UBC’s Faculty of Education is offering a week-long summer institute that will take you on an exploration of historical thinking, while examining the themes of immigration and aboriginality.

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New website provides the most comprehensive, online nationalcollection of historic artifacts, photographs, paintings, and documentsin the U.S.Anyone interested in the future of museums on the Internet will wantto look at the new National Portal to Historic Collections, arevolutionary system that allows searches through dozens of historiccollections, from small local museums to collections of

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THATCamp NCPH “Public History in a Digital, Collaborative Realm” Wednesday, April 6, 9:00 am - 5:00 pm, Grand Central Room (Crowne Plaza) Tickets - $21 (registration closes March 15; limit 65 participants) Reading Artifacts: A Workshop in Material Culture Wednesday, April 6, 12:30 pm – 4:00 pm, Museum of Commerce Classroom (Village) Tickets - $27 (Limit 25 participants

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The inaugural edition of the Digital Humanities Blog Carnival is liveand online. Visit us to read 18 blog posts about the state of the digital humanities.

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We are soliciting chapter proposals for an edited volume about there-creation of history and American public memory. From the battlesfought for the War of Independence, to the first gay pride parade in1969, to the election of the first African American president of theUnited States, the history and legacy of republican ideals andidentities are often played out in the commemoration, celebration,

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nderstanding the ways in which societies have experienced multipleforms of violence has been at the forefront of a number of academicdebates in the last few decades. Of great importance to these debatesis the question of how a violent past is socially articulated in thepresent. How do societies and specific communities render meaningful aviolent past? How is the process of memorializing connected

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June 7-9, 2011 Gambier, Ohio, USIf you are doing an oral history project or are thinking about doingone, you should apply to attend this year's Oral History Institute,June 7-9 on the beautiful campus of Kenyon College in Gambier, Ohio.The program trains participants in planning and conducting successfuloral history projects. Emphasizing hands-on experience, topicscovered in the

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The 2011 Summer Institute for the Editing of Historical Documents willbe held 8-12 August at the Massachusetts Historical Society in Boston.The Institute will be funded by the National Historical Publications andRecords Commission through a grant to the Association for DocumentaryEditing.Resident faculty members will be Margaret A. Hogan (senior editor, theAdams Papers) and Beverly Wilson Palmer

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April 15-16, 2011 (Cambridge, UK)The 12th Cambridge Heritage Seminar is seeking papers that explore howwe choose to commemorate and the impact that this has on our ownmemories and identities, and thus on heritage. Further information andthe full call for papers may be found on our website:http://www.arch.cam.ac.uk/heritage-seminar/chs12/There are 3 ways of taking part in this seminar: presenting

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July 5-29, 2011 (New York, New York, US) American Material Culture: Nineteenth-Century New YorkNEH Summer Institute for College and University TeachersObjects matter. Material culture scholars use artifactual evidencesuch as consumer goods, architecture, clothing, landscape, decorativearts, and many other types of material.The Bard Graduate Center will host a four-week NEH Summer Institute

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The Canadian Committee on Public History invites nominations for theinaugural Public History Prize, to be awarded at the Annual Meeting ofthe Canadian Historical Association in Fredericton. The award willrecognize work that achieves high standards of original research,scholarship, and presentation; brings an innovative public historycontribution to its audience; and serves as a model for future

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April 2, 2011, Chicago, IllinoisMasters and doctoral graduate students in public history are invitedto submit proposals to present individual research projects or publichistory field work at Loyola’s 7th Annual History Graduate StudentConference. The goal of this conference is to provide an opportunityfor students to gain experience presenting original research projectsand field work and receive

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I am compiling and editing a book of original essays on the challengesmuseums are facing in addressing their educational mandates withintheir multiple societal roles. Public museums, including those dealingwith historical events such as racial violence, war, human rightsinjustice, for example, seek to simultaneously advance their role aseducational and historically-authorized institutions

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The Board of Montreal Museum Directors launches its 25th anniversary by opening a new gateway into Montreal museums and culture with its new iPhone and iPod touch app Montreal Museums. Mobile users can visit the App Store and download the app for free. Now all in one place: exhibitions, works of art and museum circuits are at the fingertips of mobile users. Frequent updates allow users to stay

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Now is the time to submit a proposal to the Community Memories Program for virtualmuseum.ca. Give a voice to your stories and share their treasures outside the walls of your museum! The Call for proposals is open until March 14th, 2011. The Community Memories Program strengthens the capacity of smaller museums (five employees or less) to create content for the Web by supporting the development

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*New this Year!--Board Development 101 WebinarAASLH's Board Development training is now a live webinar! CarolynBrackett from the National Trust for Historic Preservation will teachthis interactive webinar designed to give you the best instruction forboard development and management. Interact with peers, submitquestions, and receive instant feedback on all your board relatedmatters.Register now

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The Great Lakes Naval Museum internship program allows for internswith numerous interests, strengths, and goals to gain practical, hands-onmuseum experience at the United States Navy's newest museum. Asan official Department of the Navy Museum, the Great Lakes NavalMuseum's mission is to select, collect, preserve, and interpret the historyof the US Navy with particular emphasis on the Navy's only

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A quick start guide for those interested in finding more informationabout things digital that might relate to cultural heritage is provided@DHAnswers. @DHAnswers is a collaborative project of theAssociation for Computers and the Humanities (ACH) and theChronicle of Higher Education's ProfHacker. We're building acommunity-based Q&A board for digital humanities questions that need(just a little)

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The International Conference for Culture and Heritage OnlineApril 6-9, 2011, Philadelphia, Pennsylvania, USAhttp://conference.archimuse.com/mw2011--MW2011 Program OnlineThe program for MW2011 is now available on the conferenceweb site, featuring contributions of more than 165 people from 15countries. See http://bit.ly/hTwMuy for details.--Register OnlineRegistration for Museums and the Web 2011

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Did your organization do something amazing this year?Every year, AASLH bestows the Leadership in History Awards inrecognition of excellence in the field of state and local history.The Leadership in History Awards was established to encouragestandards of excellence in the collection, preservation, andinterpretation of state and local history in order to make the pastmore meaningful to all

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We would like to announce the launch of the Historical Justice andMemory Research Network and invite all researchers working onissues of historical justice and memory to join and to contribute tothe network website. We are researchers who have been workingon issues of historical justice and memory in Indonesia, Australiaand Germany. Much of the scholarship in our field is centred oncase studies.

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The Museums Assistance Program (MAP) Guidelines and ApplicationForms for 2011-2012 are now available online. Applications for allcomponents (except the Exhibition Circulation Fund and Canada FranceAccord) must be postmarked by 14 January 2011 and directed to:Museums Assistance ProgramDepartment of Canadian Heritage150 John St., Suite 400Toronto, ON M5V 3T6The program guidelines and application

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CCI, ICCROM and ICN have partnered to offer a courseentitled Reducing Risks to Cultural Heritage. This unique courseblends mentorship, distance learning and face-to-face instructionto teach the methodology of incorporating the most recentknowledge of risk management into actual practice. You willlearn how to apply to your own institution the standard steps ofrisk management, including a context

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* Young Canada Works in Heritage Organizations* Young Canada Works at Building Careers in HeritageThe Canadian Museums Association (CMA) in partnership with theDepartment of Canadian Heritage is pleased to announce the launch ofboth the Young Canada Works summer student and graduate internshipprograms for 2011-2012.CMA will accept applications for the YCW summer student andinternship programs

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Crossing Borders/Building Communities -- Real and ImaginedHistoric Pensacola, April 6-9, 2011www.ncph.org/cms/conferences/2011-annual-meeting/

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Delta Chelsea Hotel, TorontoJune 1-4, 2011Amidst the backdrop of this world-class city, take the opportunityto hear directly from your archival peers about current archivaltrends, exciting new ventures, and emerging thoughts on archivaltheory. Also participate in annual favorites such as the East/Westballgame, the Opening Night Gala, and the Saturday night dinnerand dance.In addition, the

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NEH Summer Institute for College and University TeachersAt the Bard Graduate Center, New York City, July 5-29, 2011Objects matter. Material culture scholars use artifactual evidence suchas consumer goods, architecture, clothing, landscape, decorative arts,and many other types of material.The Bard Graduate Center will host a four-week NEH Summer Instituteon American Material Culture. The

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The second annual Culture Days event will take place September 30-October 2, 2011. Meanwhile, start planning! Start talking aboutCulture Days ideas for your organization or community and browsethe blog for tips and ideas on how to plan a great activity and getinvolved in 2011. Stay tuned for news, tips and updates on the onlineregistration system for 2011 through the newsletter.A report about the

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Arts Council England is to take over some of the key responsibilities that help keep museums and libraries across the UK running. The new role for the organisation fulfills some of the functions carried out by the recently axed Museums, Libraries and Archives Council (MLA). In July, Culture Secretary Jeremy Hunt said the MLA would lose its funding and be abolished.

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