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Conferences/Events
XIVth ICMM CONGRESS
Annapolis USA
29 September to 2 October 2009
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MARITIME PEOPLE - 9th North Sea History Conference
Organised by the Association of North Sea Cities & The Maritime Museum Network
Hosted by Stavanger Maritime Museum; 5-7 September 2008
Who were, and are, maritime people in the North Sea region? In what ways, and why, have their lives and work changed over time? To what degree have the fortunes of maritime people differed in different areas of the North Sea region? How have nation states and transnational connections shaped the work and welfare of maritime people?
www.northseanetwork.com
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International Conference for Island and Coastal Museums - ISLAND AND COASTAL HERITAGE - A VITAL PART OF EUROPEAN IDENTITY.
Looking at climate change challenges, social sustainability, island/coastal museums network and the European dimension.
Haugesund, Norway 10-13 October 2008.
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CALL FOR PAPERS ... Maritime identities: museum, communal and personal uses of heritage
A session at the Theoretical Archaeology Group (TAG) 2008 conference
being held at University of Southampton, UK on 15-17 December 2008
Details
20-minute papers are invited for presentation at this session.
Please submit abstracts (500 words max) directly to the TAG web site by Monday 1 September 2008
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14th Forum of Maritime Heritage of the Mediterranean
October 2008, Seixal Portugal. The annual gathering of the Association of Maritime Museums of the Mediterranean.
More information: ecomuseu@cm-seixal.pt
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The 2009 Annual Conference of the
North American Society for Oceanic History, Steamship Historical Society of America and
National Maritime Historical Society.
May 14-17, 2009.
Call for Papers
Hosted by the California Maritime Academy, CSU
Vallejo, California
“Ports, Forts and Sports: Maritime Economy, Defense and Recreation through Time and across Space,” the 28th Annual Conference of the North American Society for Oceanic History (NASOH) co-sponsored by the National Maritime Historical Society and Steamship Historical Society of America, will be hosted by the California Maritime Academy in Vallejo, California, The Conference Program Committee invites proposals for papers and sessions exploring all fields of study related to saltwater or navigable freshwater environments. Suggested areas of research include, but are not restricted to, archeology and anthropology, arts and sciences, history, and/or museum exhibitions. Proposals that identify the unique characteristics and influence of maritime economy, defense and recreation in the Pacific and other ocean regions are especially encouraged.
The Program Committee welcomes the submission of individual papers and full sessions, preferring panels with three papers and a chair. Proposals should include a brief abstract of 500 words for each paper, plus a one-page abstract for proposed panels, and a brief bio of 200 words for each participant, including chairs. Graduate students are strongly encouraged to submit proposals for presentations. Accommodations for PowerPoint presentations will be provided; however, any other requirements, including audio-visual equipment, special outlets, or accommodations for disabilities should be included in the proposal. Scholars interested in chairing sessions are welcome to send a brief bio to the Program Committee Co-chairs. Please note that all participants must register for the conference. Specific questions may be directed to Program Committee Co-Chair, Bill Thiesen at thiesen@earthlink.net. The deadline for submissions is December 1st, 2008. For further information, visit NASOH’s web site at www.nasoh.org and click on the “Annual Conference” button.
Send or email submissions to the two Program Committee Co-Chairs listed below:
Victor T. Mastone James M. Allan
Board of Underwater Archaeological Saint Mary’s College of California
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Commonwealth of Massachusetts Department of Anthropology
251 Causeway Street, Suite 800 PO Box 4613
1928 Saint Mary’s Road
Boston, MA 02114 Moraga, CA 94556
victor.mastone@state.ma.us jallan@stmarys-ca.edu
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ICMM Congress 2009
28 September to 2 October 2009 (Monday to Friday) at Annapolis . A range of accommodation will be offered to fit every budget. Includes day trips to the Smithsonian Institution in Washington, DC, and the Chesapeake Bay Maritime Museum in St. Michaels, Maryland. Optional pre-conference day trips to Baltimore and Washington, and a post-conference trip excursion to Newport News, Norfolk, Williamsburg and Jamestown, Virginia.
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Corrosion of Historic Ships
5 – 9 September 2011, Mariehamn, Åland Islands, and Turku Finland.
The four mast barque POMMERN – allegedly the last ship of this type that is preserved totally unchanged since she was built in Glasgow in 1903 – suffers from corrosion where she is permanently moored as a museum ship in Mariehamn. Mariehamn, still dominated by maritime ventures and cherishing its maritime traditions, is perhaps the only place in the world where the opinion columns of the daily newspapers for months on end debate the pros and cons of methods to preserve a museum ship. POMMERN’s rig is in good condition, well maintained and operated by enthusiasts every summer. Her hull has undergone repairs this winter in a local shipyard. Welding in riveted constructions, the expression “totally unchanged” and long term preservation “dry” or “wet” seem to be the concern of a majority of the Åland Islanders.
POMMERN being its most valuable symbol, Mariehamn has decided to arrange an international conference on corrosion of historic ships. The conference will be part of the celebrations of the town’s 150th birthday in September 2011. One of the co-organizers is the Åland Maritime Museum, another is the Forum Marinum maritime quarters of Turku in mainland Finland. Turku will be the Cultural Capital of Europe that year. Forum Marinum has several museum ships including the fully rigged ship SUOMEN JOUTSEN ex. LAËNNEC, ex. OLDENBURG.
According to current plans the conference will begin in Mariehamn with a reception aboard POMMERN on 5 September and it will end in Turku on 9 September. The afternoon and early evening of the 7 September will be spent aboard one of the large Baltic ferries taking the participants to Turku. Aboard the ship a session on corrosion prevention and ship husbandry on modern merchant ships will be held and excursions are planned. Naturally there will be good food and a possibility to view a good number of the 20,000 islands between Mariehamn and Turku.
A couple of years ago, a study of the corrosion problems of historic ships was initiated in Mariehamn. Some thirty ships world wide and a number of independent experts participated. The idea of a conference was born and vividly supported in that group. The organizers would appreciate advance, non-committing notifications from potential participants. Those expressing their interest will be put on the mailing list and receive detailed information in due course. This is also a call for papers. Those interested should at this stage present a short synopsis only of the proposed paper in digital form.
Contact: j.r.orjans@aland.net J.R. Örjans, Skarvgränd 4, AX-22100 Mariehamn, Åland, Finland |
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XIIIth Triennial ICMM Congress (2007) (report) |
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The Mediterranean Maritime History Network celebrated its 2nd Conference " Making Waves in the Mediterranean "
A group of historians working on Mediterranean maritime history met at the Third International Congress of Maritime History in Esbjerg (Denmark), in August 2000, and decided on a number of measures to try to bring scholars working in this area of study closer together.
The principal aim of the MMHN is to act as a clearing - house for the exchange of information concerning research currently underway relating to Mediterranean maritime history topics. The MMHN centres on the period from the thirteenth century to the twentieth century and subscribes to a wide concept of maritime history to include the following categories:
1. The use of the resources of the sea and what lies beneath it, including fishing and related activities, and the economic and social life of the communities dependent upon them.
2. The sea as a means of communication, namely the carriage of people, goods and ideas, and the structures associated with this phenomenon, such as ports and the communities within which these are lodged. This category is the broadest in maritime history and includes: sea-borne trade; shipping in all its facets, as well as ancillary institutions such as insurance, finance and registers; navigation; sea-related labour; island and port communities; and so on.
3. The sea as a medium for the projection of power. This means naval power, strategy and technology; government policies relating to the control of the sea and its resources; as well as commerce-raiding, corsairing and piracy.
4. The use of the sea for scientific purposes via oceanography, climatology and so on, as well as government policies regarding marine science and technology in a historical perspective.
5. The sea as a space for leisure. This refers, first and foremost, to the Mediterranean 's premier economic activity, namely tourism. The sea and the coast conceived as a regenerative environment and a focus for recreation in general and the practice of aquatic sports in particular.
6. Last but not least, the sea as a source of inspiration in culture and ideology: this includes, for example, the role of the sea in art and literature, as well as the sea in a nation's self-image.
In May 2006 the MMHN celebrated its second conference at Messina/Taormina, Sicily . Over 100 papers by researchers from Algeria, Australia, Belgium, Cyprus, France, Greece, Hungary, Israel, Italy, Malta, the Netherlands, Spain, Tunisia, Turkey, the United Kingdom, the Ukraine, and the USA dealing with a range of aspects of the maritime history of the Mediterranean were on the programme on this occasion. This constituted a threefold increase on the number of papers presented in Malta four years previously.
The conference was particularly notable for the number of young researchers participating with contributions on some very novel areas of study, the informal and enjoyable atmosphere which permitted scholars to renew friendships and make new acquaintances, and the superb Sicilian hospitality and cuisine. Reduced versions of the papers are gradually being placed online at http://home.um.edu.mt/medinst/mmhn/academic_programme.html
Hard copies of the proceedings of all papers are to be published in Italian while a special issue of the University of Malta 's Journal of Mediterranean Studies (Vol. 16, No.2, 2006) will bring together a selection of the papers in English and French. 9/06 |
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Technical Conference on Maritime Subjects held in Portugal
On 28 February 2008, the Ecomuseu Municipal do Seixal, in collaboration with the Instituto de Museus e da Conservação and the Museu de Marinha, hosted a technical conference on maritime subjects and counted with the participation of a great number of museums and cultural entities related to the maritime sector.
The objectives of the meeting were to exchange experiences on maritime museum programs with the aim of activating joint work and a stable cooperation network; to share know-how to enhance methodology, in general, and particularly focused on documentation and information as tools to protect and valorize tangible and intangible maritime heritage; and finally, to debate on transversal actions related to natural and cultural heritage, as means to attain a sustainable environment.
The first session of the conference dealt with the role of communities when dealing with the recognition of maritime cultural heritage and the way in which museums selects and includes this heritage into their collections. The second session centered on the different ways in which museums collaborate with other partners and what type of communication actions should be developed to effectively reach the public.
The third session was entitled “Action lines in network”, and related to concrete actions and means of finding funding to work in cooperation at a local, national and international level.
The Ecomuseu Municipal do Seixal emphasized on the need to foster dissemination and communication between museums and proposed the elaboration of a calendar on museum activities to enhance information among maritime museums and related institutions.
In line with this goal, the Ecomuseu will organize next October 2008 in Seixal the 14th Forum of Maritime Heritage of the Mediterranean, the annual gathering of the Association of Maritime Museums of the Mediterranean. The event will centre
on inventory and promotion of maritime and fluvial heritage as well as the role of museums and community participation. For further information: ecomuseu@cm-seixal.pt
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