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Call for Papers: International Council of Museums-CC Natural History Collections Working Group Newsletter The Natural History Collections Working Group (NHWG) invitessubmissions for its latest annual newsletter (Issue No. 17). Contributions should explore issues relating to the conservation of Natural History collections.   This may include, but is not limited to topics from zoology, botany, entomology, mineralogy and/or palaeontology. Solutions for a range of issues with materials in natural history conservation are encouraged, including verdigris, wet collections, pesticides, repatriation, storage and packaging, security, and preventive conservation. http://cool.conservation-us.org/byform/mailing-lists/cdl/2012/0372.html Papers highlighting ethical issues and collaborative research are also encouraged. Please email abstracts of no more than 200 words by Tuesday May 15,2012, to nhwg.newsletter.17 [at] gmail__com Please ensure the names, addresses and emails of all auth...

Call for Papers: 59th Annual Meeting of the Society for French Historical Studies--Theme: Nature and Technology in French History 59th Annual Meeting of the Society for French Historical Studies Massachusetts Institute of Technology / Harvard University Cambridge, Massachusetts / April 4-6, 2013 The 59th Annual Society for French Historical Studies conference will be held at the Cambridge Marriott Hotel in Kendall Square, Cambridge MA, from Thursday, April 4, through Saturday, April 6, 2013.   It will be hosted jointly by the Massachusetts Institute of Technology and Harvard University.   Jeff Ravel (MIT) and Mary Lewis(Harvard) are the co-organizers. All sessions will be held at the Cambridge Marriott Hotel, Harvard, and the Massachusetts Institute of Technology.   The hotel is located adjacent to the MIT campus in Kendall Square, a rapidly developing area of East Cambridge that is home to many high-tech companies and interesting restaurants and businesses. Harva...

DESIGN/HISTORY/REVOLUTION CONFERENCE @PARSONS NEW SCHOOL FOR DESIGN AND NEW SCHOOL FOR SOCIAL RESEARCH APRIL 27th and 28th, 2012 Kellen Auditorium, 66 5th Avenue http://designhistoryrevolution.wordpress.com/ Whether by providing agitprop for revolutionary movements, an aesthetics of empire, or a language for numerous avant-gardes, design has changed the world. But how? Why? And under what conditions? We propose a consideration of design as an historical agent, a contested category, and a mode of historical analysis. This interdisciplinary conference aims to explore these questions and open up new possibilities for understanding the relationships among design, history and revolution. Casting a wide net, we define our terms broadly. Papers will examine the roles of design in generating, shaping, remembering or challenging moments of social, political, economic, aesthetic, intellectual, technological, religious, and other upheaval. We consider a range of historical periods (ancient,...

Registration is now open for the: Reading Artifacts Summer Institute Location: Canada Science and Technology Museum, Ottawa, Ontario, Canada Dates: August 13-17, 2012 Registration Deadline: June 15, 2012 Presented by: Canada Science and Technology Museums Corporation (CSTMC) Discover alternative historical perspectives and methods in the midst of Canada's largest collection in science, medicine and technology. Our annual artifact sessions in the CSTM storage facility bring together Canadian and international scholars from across the disciplinary spectrum. Participants immerse themselves in our collections, gaining renewed appreciation for artifacts and the multiple, unpredictable stories they tell. Guest Faculty for 2012: Allison C. Marsh, Assistant Professor of History, University of South Carolina, Public History Program (Museum Studies) The Reading Artifacts Summer Institute is for: - Graduate Students - Post-docs - Faculty interested in teaching history through artifac...

The Institute of African Studies at Emory University invites you to our upcoming conference, "Health, Development, and Humanitarian Crises in Post-Colonial Africa," held in Atlanta this April 20-21. All are welcome.   For more information and details on individual papers, please visit our website at www.ias.emory.edu/home . Health, Development, and Humanitarian Crises in Post-Colonial Africa Jones Room, Woodruff Library April 20-21, 2012 Conference Schedule Friday, April 20 Lori Leonard (Johns Hopkins) David Anderson (Oxford) Alice Weimers (Johns Hopkins) James Webb (Colby) Sharon Abramowitz (Florida) Shobana Shankar (Georgetown) Sheryl McCurdy (Texas-Houston) Saturday, April 21 Craig Hadley (Emory) Jennifer Tappan (Portland State) Joshua Garoon (Chicago) Petur Waldorff (McGill) Meredeth Turshen (Rutgers) Thomas Crick (Carter Center) Sarah Yerian (Emory) Lauren Carruth (College of the Atlantic) Bonnie Fullard (Emory) Sorayya Khan (Royal Holloway) Woodruff...