<!DOCTYPE html PUBLIC "-//W3C//DTD HTML 4.01 Transitional//EN">
<html>
<head>
</head>
<body bgcolor="#ffffff" text="#000000">
<b>Material Culture, Craft & Community: Call For Papers Reminder</b>
<table border="0" cellpadding="0" cellspacing="2">
<tbody>
<tr>
<td align="right"><b>Location:</b></td>
<td><a
href="http://www.h-net.org/announce/geography.cgi?geography=Canada&location=Alberta">Alberta</a>,
<a
href="http://www.h-net.org/announce/geography.cgi?geography=Canada">Canada</a></td>
</tr>
<tr>
<td align="right"><br>
</td>
<td><br>
</td>
</tr>
<tr>
<td align="right"><br>
</td>
<td><br>
</td>
</tr>
<tr>
<td align="right"><br>
</td>
<td><br>
</td>
</tr>
</tbody>
</table>
<table width="90%">
<tbody>
<tr>
<td>This is a reminder that submissions to the Material Culture,
Craft
& Community: Negotiating Objects Across Time and Space Conference
are due OCTOBER 10, 2010.
<p> 20-21 May 2011<br>
University of Alberta<br>
Material Culture Institute</p>
<p>This interdisciplinary conference will explore the varied
expressions
of craft – material, cultural, social – in past and present societies.
Craft practice has a rich history and remains vibrant today, sustaining
communities while negotiating cultures. Craft-made goods were, and are,
created for domestic or institutional use, for local or international
markets. They express gender roles and cultural aspirations, sustain
economies, and express aesthetic values and skills of making. Craft
practice has long defined communities and groups, and continues to do
so in the midst of global trade networks. Moreover, the flow of ideas,
goods, and peoples animate the making, circulation, and meaning of
craft goods. These and other issues will be addressed over the course
of the conference.</p>
<p>Keynote Speaker: <br>
Laurel Thatcher Ulrich, Harvard University</p>
<p>Confirmed Speakers:<br>
Eiluned Edwards, London College of Fashion, UK </p>
<p>Edward S Cooke, Yale University<br>
Janice Helland, Queen’s University, Kingston<br>
Laura Peers, Pitt Rivers Museum, Oxford<br>
Ruth Phillips, Carleton University, Ottawa<br>
Call for Papers:<br>
Paper proposals and full panels are invited on topics ranging from the
history to present practice of craft, issues of production, use, and
trade of craft, and the construction and interpretation of the meanings
of craft, in the context of personal interactions, local communities,
national groups, modes of international circulation, and forms of
cultural context. </p>
<p>Graduate students are encouraged to apply with either single
papers or
panels. Three graduate proposals will be selected for a special
graduate plenary session, in addition to those papers selected for
concurrent sessions. </p>
<p>Proposals are invited from all disciplines. The proposal
package should
include a paper summary of 150-200 words and a two-page CV. Proposals
must be received by 10 October 2010.* The program will be announced 1
November 2010. Registration will open on 15 December 2010. <br>
Conference Organizer: Beverly Lemire, Department of History &
Classics and Department of Human Ecology, University of Alberta<br>
Proposals should be sent to: <a class="moz-txt-link-abbreviated" href="mailto:material.culture@ualberta.ca">material.culture@ualberta.ca</a> </p>
<p></p>
</td>
</tr>
</tbody>
</table>
<table bgcolor="#eeeeee" border="0" cellpadding="4" cellspacing="0"
width="90%">
<tbody>
<tr>
<td bgcolor="#330066" valign="top" width="1"><img
src="cid:part1.08050208.08090603@kulturad.org" alt="" height="1"
width="1"></td>
<td width="100%">
Beverly Lemire
<br>
Department of History & Classics and Department of Human Ecology
<br>
University of Alberta
<br>
<a class="moz-txt-link-abbreviated" href="mailto:lemire@ualberta.ca">lemire@ualberta.ca</a> <br>
Email: <a href="mailto:sarah.waurechen@queensu.ca">sarah.waurechen@queensu.ca</a><br>
Visit the website at <a href="http://material.culture@ualberta.ca">http://material.culture@ualberta.ca
</a></td>
</tr>
</tbody>
</table>
</body>
</html>