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Conferences you should know about!

October 6, 2012 / / 0 Comments

Everyone’s talking aNEMA NEMA NEMA in the run up  to their conference this November, (and for good reason, it’s a great opportunity to meet and chat with the people who are coming up with ideas and moving the cogs in our regional museum community.) But it’s hardly the only conferences! I grabbed just three of the conferences I heard about this week and took a closer look:

 

MUSEUM NEXT (May 2013)

Europe’s biggest conference about the digital side of museums has issued an open call for papers (deadline November 1). While they  won’t fly you to Amsterdam, they will offer you free admission to the conference, and who doesn’t want to go to Amsterdam?! Also, for those of us on a grad school budget, this is still a great example of a robust website which you should be reading anyway with fantastic articles and even a number of their past conference sessions posted to Vimeo. Find out more: http://www.museumnext.org/conference/conference.html

 

 

HISTORIC HOUSES IN LOS ANGELES (November 6-9, 2012)

The Artifact, its Context, and their Narrative: Multidisciplinary Conservation in Historic House Museums.

This collaborative conference tours and examines the care of and potential for historic houses on the other coast. Two days of site visits and two days of lectures. Of course, we’re unsurprised that one of the keynote speakers is from Historic New England. It’s a great, really focused conference if you can make it. If you can’t, try scoping out the speaker and presentation list. If you’ve got a burning question about historic houses, think of this as a list of people who have really volunteered to be experts and spent time synthesizing an issue. Check out  the papers and sessions presented.  Find out more: https://www.uscarchitecture.com/demhist#demhist_topics

 

 

 

HUMANITIES CONFERENCE in Budapest (June 19-21, 2012)

Another daydream location, this conference is held annually around the world. BUT, even if Budapest is out of your price range, they do offer opportunities to present virtually or submit in absentia papers to their journal. (Call for papers deadline is November 12)  This is a great interdisciplinary conference, with online and on-site sessions, which examines new ways to teach and research across disciplines with speakers from around the world. Find out more: http://thehumanities.com/the-conference

 

What do you think? What other conferences are out there and how else can we get more from them?

Boston National EMP Workshop

October 1, 2012 / / 0 Comments

From the Boston EMPs. If you’re not on their mailing list, shoot an email to the address below.

On October 15th we will be hosting another National EMP workshop.  The workshop will be based on curriculum developed by AAM and presented by Dan Yaeger, the Executive Director of NEMA (New England Museum Association).  Dan will be speaking about Networking and Personal Branding. The workshop will take place at the Tufts University Art Gallery at 5:45pm.  The presentation will begin at 6pm and may last two hours depending on participation and questions.

Please meet in the gallery at 5:45pm.  We will then go down to a classroom space where the workshop will take place.  You can find directions to the galley on this website :http://artgallery.tufts.edu/plan/directionsParking.htm

These EMP Career Workshops are free to AAM members and require pre-registration via the AAM website.  In addition to registering on the AAM website, please email us at BostonEMPS@gmail.comas well.

The registration website is currently being created.  Please stay tuned for more details and a link.

“Critical Conversations: The State of History in the National Park Service”

September 26, 2012 / / 0 Comments

Great event, free to the public. Check it out, and if you go, write us a recap for the blog! The report they’re talking about can be found here.

“Critical Conversations: The State of History in the National Park Service”

In 2012, the Organization of American Historians released a report
critically examining the state of history in the National Parks.  Imperiled
Promise: The State of History in the National Park Service reveals the
findings of four historians who embarked on the study in 2008.  The report
identifies and addresses thirteen areas of concern.  Our discussions will
focus on the History/Interpretation Divide; Partnerships for History; Fixed
and Fearful Interpretation; and Civic Engagement.

At “Critical Conversations,” NPS staff tasked with the myriad
responsibilities of engaging the public with the past at the nation’s
parks– interpreters, historians, curators, and their colleagues-will
reflect on the report and its implications, and brainstorm ways to meet
identified challenges.  What will it take for the NPS to “recommit to
history,” and where we might go from here?

Join NPS staff and the UMass Boston History Department for an afternoon of
two consecutive roundtable discussions where participants will reflect on
the major findings of the OAH report; discussion with the audience will
follow.

The roundtable discussions will be followed by a reception.

Where: Massachusetts Archives
220 Morrissey Blvd., Columbia Point, Boston
3rd floor, Room 315

When: Friday, November 2, 2012

Time: 1:00-6:00 pm

Free and open to the public.  Parking available.

Co-sponsored by University of Massachusetts Boston History Department, and
Boston National Historical Park

Questions:  contact Jane Becker, History Department, UMass Boston
jane.becker@umb.edu

Informal Dinner Discussion at NEMA

September 21, 2012 / / 0 Comments

Shameless plug time! If you’re headed to NEMA, and you’re a Young or Emerging Professional, I have a suggestion for you. On Thursday night, if you don’t feel moved to purchase a ticket to go to a museum event (and they can be pricey, especially on a student budget!) come hang out at the Bluebird Restaurant in Burlington. It’s going to be great. I’m not just saying that because as a co-chair of the NEMA YEPs, I’m co-hosting this event along with Kate Laurel Burgess-McIntosh of Revitalizing Historic Sites Through Contemporary Art. Here are the details:

Push the Envelope, Break the Mold, Climb Out of the Box: Set Yourself Apart for Success 

Evening Dinner and Discussion: Thursday, November 8, Bluebird Restaurant

Open to all museum professionals at all levels;
recommended especially for Young and Emerging Museum Professionals

Especially designed for those who are seeking creative ways to approach job searching and networking, this open forum dialogue will provide opportunities for participants to brainstorm and discuss ways to set themselves apart in an increasingly challenging field. Talk to professionals with all levels of experience—be it fellow job seekers, those with more experience in the field, students, consultants, and more—and learn ways to highlight your skills, create a career plan and goals, and emphasize your unique qualities when applying for positions, interviewing, climbing up the ladder, and, ultimately, setting yourself apart.

AASLH Call for Proposals

September 17, 2012 / / 0 Comments

The American Association for State and Local History has issued a call for proposals for its 2013 Annual Meeting in Birmingham, Alabama, and they’ve got a really terrific theme. Here’s what they have to say:

Birmingham is a city which has reoriented its history, inspiring international human rights movements. It is the perfect place to think & talk about how stories of ordinary people and extraordinary change inspire and inform us, our publics, and our programs and outreach.

Focusing on the famous names of history neglects the unnamed people who insisted on their rights, worked together, and who were anything but ordinary in their courage and resolve. Founded in 1871 as a transportation and industrial center of the New South, Birmingham was nicknamed the “Magic City” for its fast growth. And it was the center of a movement that caught the attention of the world and led to the 1964 Civil Rights Act and the Birmingham Pledge to eliminate prejudice. The 1963 Birmingham Summer transformed the city and changed the United States.

Session and Workshop proposals are now being accepted.

Fifty years after hundreds of young people stood solid for freedom. Fifty years after King’s “Letter from Birmingham Jail” articulated principles of nonviolence. Fifty years later we ask: If history is the example, the provocateur, and the context—how do we best use it today? How do you incorporate stories of ordinary people’s extraordinary lives in your institution? How can we build programs that deal directly with issues, making history interesting, relevant, useful, and human? What interesting and unusual techniques do you use to fulfill your organization’s mission? What kinds of program ideas are you trying out that are a little different than what you’ve always done? How do you encourage active involvement from your public? What have you tried that hasn’t been as successful as you want? How do you take the history your organization uses and connect it to people’s lives?  How is change reflected in your institution’s programs? What ideas and examples are there in local history that can inspire us?

Visit the 2013 AASLH Annual Meeting website for more information and to download a session proposal with instructions.

Proposals for sessions or workshops for the 2013 Annual Meeting must be submitted on a Call for Proposals form. You may submit the form via email, fax, or mail.

Deadline: November 16, 2012

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