Conferences
This
page features conferences, workshops, training seminars, and
meetings in support of diverse historic preservation issues
and related fields. To submit an upcoming event for posting,
contact Brian Joyner,
phone: 202/354-2276.
August 2009
African American Association of Museums, Baton Rouge, LA
The theme of the African American Association of Museum's Annual Conference is A Call to Home: Reimagining Our Institutions August 19-21, 2009. The AAAM conference will address the strategic importance of creating effective partnerships, attracting visitation and promotion when you are off the beaten path, and creating unique interpretive experiences for small staff and all-volunteer institutions. The heritage preservation and creative tourism fields will have a dynamic presence in pre-conference workshops, conference sessions and related programs.
For more information, visit AAAM's conference webpage.
September 2009
ASLA Annual Meeting, Chicago, IL
Landscape architecture professionals from around the globe will gather September 18- 21, 2009 in Chicago for the American Society of Landscape Architects(ASLA) Annual Meeting & Expo. The meeting will feature more than 120 education sessions, field sessions, and tours over four days. Register now for the most important landscape architecture event of the year. For more information, visit the ASLA Meeting webpage.
October 2009
National Trust National Preservation Conference, Nashville, TN
The National Trust for Historic Preservation is hosting its annual national conference in Nashville, October 13-17, 2009. This year's theme is Sustaining the Future in Harmony with Our Past. Get inspired with new ways to sustain your own community and organization at the National Preservation Conference. Discuss the latest research and strategies to place preservation at the center of green practices. Learn what tools your colleagues in the field are using in their hometowns by joining 2,000 of them in Nashville. Get the invigorating education and networking that is the hallmark of the National Preservation Conference. In addition, our discussions will be informed by the cutting-edge research and policy advocacy of the National Trust’s Sustainability Initiative. You’ll return home with new ideas and a fresh perspective on preservation’s role in sustainability, the new economy, and in telling everyone’s stories – Sustaining the Future in Harmony with our Pasts.
For more information, visit the Trust's conference webpage.
March 2010
National Council on Public History, Portland, OR
Currents of Change, the National Council on Public History's 2010 annual meeting celebrates the organization's 30th anniversary. The meeting will be held simultaneously with the American Society for Environmental History's annual meeting, on March 10-14, 2010, in Portland, OR.
The program committee is accepting session proposals online and in paper copy. The deadline for submissions is June 30, 2009. For more information about the meeting and proposals, visit NCPH's meeting webpage.
April 2010
Organization of American Historians, Washington, DC
The 103rd Meeting of the Organization of American Historians (OAH) will take place April 7-10, 2010 in Washington, DC. American Culturre, American Democracy is the theme of the annual meeting, seeking to cover the full chronological sweep of the American past, from pre-Columbian years to the 21st century, and the rich thematic diversity that has come to characterize contemporary American history writing and teaching.
The meeting will be held at the Hilton Washington. For more information, visit OAH's meeting webpage.
Society for American Archaeology, St. Louis, MO
The Society for American Archaeology (SAA) will host its 75th annual meeting on April 14-18, 2010 in St. Louis. The program committee is accepting submissions of papers until September 10, 2009. For more information, visit the SAA Annual Meeting website.
May 2010
American Association of Museums, Los Angeles, CA
The American Association of Museums will host its annual conference on May 23-27 in Los Angeles. Museums Without Borders will be the theme.
AAM is accepting proposals for sessions. The entire submission process will now be online only. Anyone can submit a proposal, you do not have to be a member of AAM. Just follow the Session Proposal Guidelines.
The online form does not have spell check or formatting options and there are size limits to most description fields. Type your proposal in Word, run spell check and make any formatting changes (like bold, italics or underlines) there. The proposal can then be copied and pasted in to the appropriate section of the proposal form. For more information, visit AAM Conference wepage.
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