Round-up of Conference Alerts
Here's a quick round-up of conference announcements from conferencealerts.com (see sidebar for link). Some may have appeared before on The Attic, but I think most of them are new:
Upheavals of Memory: Defining, Imagining, Creating, Contesting
27 to 28 April 2007
Dublin, Ireland, Dublin, Ireland
Website: http://www.ucd.ie/hii/conferences.htm
Contact name: Organizing committee
To examine the identical, oppositional, complementary, and contradictory boundaries of the powers of remembrance across various disciplines. This event focuses on the overarching theme of identity, memory, and meaning
Organized by: UCD Humanities Institute of Ireland
Deadline for abstracts/proposals: 16 February 2007
Heritage and the Environment
20 to 23 June 2007
Isle of Skye, Scotland, United Kingdom
Website: http://www.smo.uhi.ac.uk/mce2007/index.php
Contact name: Professor Fiona McLean
This conference will examine the relationship of people and the environment. It is multidisciplinary in scope, covering all aspects of heritage, from natural to cultural and tangible to intangible.
Organized by: Sabhal Mor Ostaig and Glasgow Caledonian University
Deadline for abstracts/proposals: 19 January 2007
International Symposium on Studies on Historical Heritage
17 to 21 September 2007
Antalya, Turkey
Website: http://www.shh07.yildiz.edu.tr
Contact name: Organizing Committee
Organized by: Yildiz Technical University, Research Centre for Preservation of Historical Heritage
Deadline for abstracts/proposals: 26 January 2007
'Fear of the Unknown': Can gallery interpretation help visitors learn about art and material culture?
13 to 15 March 2008
London, United Kingdom
Website: http://www.vam.ac.uk
Contact name: Adult Learning
This conference will address the question of how gallery interpretation can help visitors learn about art and material culture, presenting new research and opening up debate about the role of interpretation.
Organized by: Victoria & Albert Museum
Deadline for abstracts/proposals: 23 February 2007
Upheavals of Memory: Defining, Imagining, Creating, Contesting
27 to 28 April 2007
Dublin, Ireland, Dublin, Ireland
Website: http://www.ucd.ie/hii/conferences.htm
Contact name: Organizing committee
To examine the identical, oppositional, complementary, and contradictory boundaries of the powers of remembrance across various disciplines. This event focuses on the overarching theme of identity, memory, and meaning
Organized by: UCD Humanities Institute of Ireland
Deadline for abstracts/proposals: 16 February 2007
Heritage and the Environment
20 to 23 June 2007
Isle of Skye, Scotland, United Kingdom
Website: http://www.smo.uhi.ac.uk/mce2007/index.php
Contact name: Professor Fiona McLean
This conference will examine the relationship of people and the environment. It is multidisciplinary in scope, covering all aspects of heritage, from natural to cultural and tangible to intangible.
Organized by: Sabhal Mor Ostaig and Glasgow Caledonian University
Deadline for abstracts/proposals: 19 January 2007
International Symposium on Studies on Historical Heritage
17 to 21 September 2007
Antalya, Turkey
Website: http://www.shh07.yildiz.edu.tr
Contact name: Organizing Committee
Organized by: Yildiz Technical University, Research Centre for Preservation of Historical Heritage
Deadline for abstracts/proposals: 26 January 2007
'Fear of the Unknown': Can gallery interpretation help visitors learn about art and material culture?
13 to 15 March 2008
London, United Kingdom
Website: http://www.vam.ac.uk
Contact name: Adult Learning
This conference will address the question of how gallery interpretation can help visitors learn about art and material culture, presenting new research and opening up debate about the role of interpretation.
Organized by: Victoria & Albert Museum
Deadline for abstracts/proposals: 23 February 2007
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