Conferences

Conference Opportunity: Museum Storage Conference in Philadelphia, PA

Behind the Scenes: Exploring Museum Collections Storage
presented by the Conservation Center for Art & Historic Artifacts

ABOUT THE PROGRAM
Museums caring for cultural collections frequently seek innovative yet practical ways to maximize use of storage areas, enhance current facilities, and incorporate technology into storage solutions. Participants in this two-day conference will hear experts in design, space planning, environmental control, and conservation speak about methods and applications to improve museum collection storage spaces. Sessions will include case studies that demonstrate how museums of various sizes have implemented storage initiatives.This conference is intended for staff involved in collections care, planning, and management in museums, including directors and administrators, collections managers, curators, and facilities managers. Sessions include:

· Essentials of managing museum collections storage

· Allocating resources and funding

· Space planning

· Environmental considerations

· Factors for selecting off-site storage

· Retrofitting less than ideal spaces

· Reimagining storage through open access

· Moving collections

· Using technology to identify storage needs

· November 8 – 9, 2017


HOSTED & CO-SPONSORED BY:
Mütter Museum of The College of Physicians of Philadelphia (Day One) and the Philadelphia Museum of Art (Day Two)

LOCATIONS & TIMES
November 8 (Day One)
Mütter Museum of The College of Physicians of Philadelphia
19 South 22nd Street
Philadelphia, PA 19103
www.muttermuseum.org

8:30am – 9:00am Registration & Refreshments
9:00am – 5:00pm Program
5:30pm – 7:30pm CCAHA Open House

Join us behind-the-scenes at CCAHA. CCAHA's conservation staff will display a variety of artifacts treated in the lab, from rare books to fine art. Light refreshments will be served.

November 9 (Day Two)
Philadelphia Museum of Art
2525 Pennsylvania Avenue
Perelman Building
Philadelphia, PA 19130
www.philamuseum.org

9:00am – 9:15am Registration & Refreshments
9:15am – 4:30pm Program

SPEAKERS TO DATE
Laurence Bauer, Principal, Schwartz/Silver
Walt Crimm, Principal, Walt Crimm Associates
Kurt Christian, Collections Manager, Philadelphia Museum of Art
Jason Crabill, Manager of Curatorial Services, Ohio History Connection
Anna Dhody, Curator, Mütter Museum of The College of Physicians of Philadelphia
Lowell Flanders, Collections Manager, Mütter Museum of The College of Physicians of Philadelphia
Emily Kaplan, Conservator, Smithsonian National Museum of the American Indian
Simon Lambert, Preservation Development Advisor, Conservation Institute, Department of Canadian Heritage
Stephanie Mach, Collections Assistant, Penn Museum
Renée McDade, Assistant Registrar for the Collection, Philadelphia Museum of Art
Rachael Perkins Arenstein, Conservator, A.M. Art Conservation, LLC
Todd Topper, Collections Library Project Manager, Ohio History Connection

REGISTRATION & FEES
$250 CCAHA members
$300 Non-members
$200 Students (student ID required at registration)

Registration Deadline: Two weeks before program. If you have special needs, please contact CCAHA at least three weeks before the program so accommodations can be made.

Click here to register. (http://conta.cc/2oV57X8)

NAASA Conference Registration Now Open for Tulsa, OK, October 25-29, 2017

Registration for the 21st Biennial NAASA Conference is now open! Please see the latest NAASA newsletter Volume 21.4 (July 2017) available through our website www.nativearts.org for more information about the program of events, including the keynote speaker and plenary session.

Here is the link to our Eventzilla page http://naasa2017.eventzilla.net/ for conference registration and membership renewal.

Register now for Tulsa, OK, October 25-29, 2017, early bird rate available until 8th September!

Upcoming Conference: Pulling Together - Collections Trust 2017 Conference

Being responsible for collections management can feel like ploughing a lone furrow. But it’s actually a museum-wide task that needs everyone to pull together – from the governing body to the people on the front desk.

This year’s Collections Trust conference considers the human side of documentation systems, the people who capture and share information that gives museum objects meaning.

Dates
Wednesday 20 September 2017: pre-conference evening meet-up
Thursday 21 September 2017: registration and refreshments: 9:30am, conference: 10:00am – 5:00pm

Venue
The Hospitium, Museum Gardens, York

See the Conference FAQs for further details.

Keynote: The Craft of People-Wrangling, Dr Eve Poole
Working within an organisation can sometimes feel dis-empowering. We often imagine that those above us, or in clearer roles, are more able to make things happen. In fact, leadership is the same at all levels: it is the daily craft of getting things done through others, often with little real power, but through the skillful use of influence and charm. This inspiring keynote will explore the main skills involved, and suggest an approach to them that is easy to master but offers real traction.

Dr Eve Poole specialises in leadership at Ashridge Business School and has also taught on the Clore Leadership Programme since its foundation. Before she joined Ashridge in 2002, her career involved working for the Church Commissioners and for Deloitte Consulting, where she specialised in change management for the financial services sector. At Ashridge she has pioneered a new approach to the accelerated development of leaders, using ground-breaking neurobiological research, which she has tuned into a practical toolkit. She blogs for several thinktanks, and has recorded a popular TEDx about her latest book, Leadersmithing.

Buy your ticket. Click on this link for the conference FAQs with details of venues, recommended hotel and networking dinner. Join the mailing list or follow us on Twitter for updates on the programme launch.

ATALM 2017: Earn Certificates in Library Services or Collections Care

With funding from the Institute of Museum and Library Services, the Association of Tribal Archives, Libraries, and Museums is offering expanded professional development opportunities for attendees at the 2017 International Conference of Indigenous Archives, Libraries, and Museums in New Mexico (October 10-12). Participants accepted into the program may choose a Certificate in Collections Care or a Certificate in Library Services.

Participants enrolled in the program must:
Be registered for the ATALM conference and have lodging
Attend advance webinars and preparatory activities
Attend pre-determined conference workshops and sessions
Complete or undertake a take home activity within three months

Eligible candidates include:
Staff members of tribal archives, libraries, museums, historic preservation offices, and language programs.
Staff members of non-tribal cultural institutions who are tribally enrolled, or working directly with Native collections.
Students enrolled in college-level library, museum, or archival programs with access to a tribal archive, library, or museum.

Participation is by application. Up to 40 participants will be accepted into the program. Applications will be accepted until the program reaches capacity.

Apply HERE.

Registration Open: 2017 ATALM International Conference

2017 International Conference of Indigenous Archives, Libraries, and Museums
Native Strong: Sustaining Culture in Challenging Times
October 9-12, 2017
Tamaya Hyatt Regency, Santa Ana Pueblo, New Mexico

Registration for the 2017 International Conference of Indigenous Archives, Libraries, and Museums is now officially open. Until August 1, registration is $300 for Members and $325 for non-members. This includes two breakfasts and two lunches. You may add pre-conference, evening, and post-conference events for an additional fee. After August 1, registration is $350 for members and $375 for non-members.

This year's conference features:
-5 tours to museums and libraries, including opportunities not available to the general public
-6 full-day and 2 half-day workshops taught by the nation’s leading experts in their respective fields
-2 full conference days featuring more than 100 concurrent sessions, forums, and listening opportunities
-1 certificate-based Collections Care Program (applications will be available on August 1)
-1 certificate-based Library Management Program (applications will be available on August 1)
-4 evening events

To learn more, download the Program Book or Schedule at a Glance.

To register, book a hotel room, volunteer at the conference, join the "Guardians of Culture" membership group, nominate a person or organization for a "Guardians of Culture" award, or sign up as an exhibitor, follow these links: 

Register
Hyatt Regency Tamaya Resort and Spa
Volunteer
Contribute
Join
Exhibit, Advertise or Sponsor an Event
Guardians of Culture Awards

The 2017 International Conference of Indigenous Archives, Libraries, and Museums is sponsored by the Association of Tribal Archives, Libraries, and Museums. Major funding is provided by the Institute of Museum and Library Services. Artwork, "Native Strong" is by Warren Montoya (Santa Clara/Santa Ana Pueblo).

Upcoming Conference: Museums and Their Publics at Sites of Conflicted History

The conference will explore the role of museums in negotiating new public histories in societies in transition, as old narratives and historical policies are questioned and stories once silenced are given voice. Of special interest is how the historical narratives constructed in museums help to shape new social relations in a dynamically changing present.

Scholars in various disciplines (anthropology, sociology, history, memory studies, museology, art history, and political science, among others) and museum professionals, including curators and museum educators, are invited to discuss the role of museums in negotiating contested histories in relation to their publics.

Read more.

Contact
If you have questions, doubts or you need any help, please write at geop@polin.pl

Register
The conference is open for public, please register here..

Curatorial Dreaming Workshop 
Advance registration is required. Space is limited.
Time: 14 March 2017, 1:30-4:30
Place: POLIN Museum of the History of Polish Jews, Warsaw

Call for Proposals: AAA Community Engagement Grants

AAA Community Engagement Grants offers two $1,000 grants for AAA sections to support events that engage communities and extend Anthropology’s reach beyond the annual meeting. There are no restrictions on the kind of event that may be proposed, but the funds must be used only for rental of off-site space in the annual meeting host city or for an honorarium for a community leader. The event must be open to all AAA meeting attendees.

Please provide a proposal including the following information to Kim Baker, AAA Manager, Organizational Governance (kbaker@americananthro.org) by March 28 2017.
Event Name:
Proposed By:
Proposed Location:
Community Partners:
Contact Person at Event Site:
Section Contact[s], and Section Treasurer:

Description of the event (no more than 200 words). Indicate how the event will contribute to our ability to engage local communities, enrich the annual meeting, or build partnerships with local organizations.
Funds Requested:

Grant proposals must be submitted through one of the 40 sections of the AAA, and will be reviewed by the AAA Section Assembly Executive Committee at its spring meeting.

Questions? Contact Carolyn Lesorogol , AAA Section Assembly Executive and AAA Executive Board Member (clesorogol@wustl.edu ) or Kim Baker (kbaker@americananthro.org )

Last Call for Session Proposals: “Museum Anthropology Futures” Conference

Call for Session Proposals: “Museum Anthropology Futures” Conference (due March 1)
Council for Museum Anthropology Inaugural Conference
May 25-27, 2017 at Concordia University, Montreal, Quebec, Canada

The Council for Museum Anthropology is seeking submissions for its inaugural conference taking place in Montreal from May 25-27, 2017. This will not be your traditional conference experience! “Museum Anthropology Futures” seeks to spark critical reflection and discussion on (1) the state of museum anthropology as an academic discipline; (2) innovative methods for the use of collections; (3) exhibition experiments that engage with anthropological research; and (4) museums as significant sites for grappling with pressing social concerns such as immigration, inequality, racism, colonial legacies, heritage preservation, cultural identities, representation, and creativity as productive responses to these.

The conference will have several sessions each day that all participants will attend, as well as one period each day with breakout sessions like workshops and formats that would benefit from a more intimate setting for dialogue and collaboration.

We are seeking session proposals that are different than the usual call for papers - see session descriptions below. Feel free to email us with questions at museumfutures2017@gmail.com.

More information here. 

Call for Session Proposals: “Museum Anthropology Futures” Conference (due March 1)

Call for Session Proposals: “Museum Anthropology Futures” Conference (due March 1)
Council for Museum Anthropology Inaugural Conference
May 25-27, 2017 at Concordia University, Montreal, Quebec, Canada

The Council for Museum Anthropology is seeking submissions for its inaugural conference taking place in Montreal from May 25-27, 2017. This will not be your traditional conference experience! “Museum Anthropology Futures” seeks to spark critical reflection and discussion on (1) the state of museum anthropology as an academic discipline; (2) innovative methods for the use of collections; (3) exhibition experiments that engage with anthropological research; and (4) museums as significant sites for grappling with pressing social concerns such as immigration, inequality, racism, colonial legacies, heritage preservation, cultural identities, representation, and creativity as productive responses to these.

The conference will have several sessions each day that all participants will attend, as well as one period each day with breakout sessions like workshops and formats that would benefit from a more intimate setting for dialogue and collaboration.

We are seeking session proposals that are different than the usual call for papers - see session descriptions below. Feel free to email us with questions at museumfutures2017@gmail.com.

Updates available at our Facebook page, https://www.facebook.com/MuseumFutures/

Email your session proposal to museumfutures2017@gmail.com by March 1, 2017

Please provide the following information in your email text, no attachment:
1) Your name, title, home institution (if applicable), and email address
2) Your proposed session format (see below)
3) The title of your session
4) Additional session participants if a group submission (title and email address)
5) A description of your session (max 150 words) Specific requirements for each format below.
6) What you hope to achieve in presenting/participating in this session (1-3 sentences)
7) What you believe this session can contribute to museum futures (1-3 sentences)

***Please note: Some Workshops and Pre-circulated Paper sessions will be by registration only due to limited capacity. All other sessions are open to all conference participants. For example, Roundtable or PechaKucha-style sessions will have several presenters who discuss their work, and the audience attending the session is invited to listen and ask questions or give feedback.***

SESSION FORMATS

Roundtable - Group submission
Description: Each person presents for 5 to 7 minutes about a common topic related to the conference themes. Often there is a moderator who provides questions for the panel to respond to. Audience engagement is encouraged. Example topics include: decolonizing museology, learning from mistakes, digital museology, teaching museum anthropology, emergent media, rethinking collections, artists in museums, curatorial brainstorming, etc.
Best for: Engaging discussion around a theme or topic.
Submission requirement: Describe your topic and a list of two to five panelists.

PechaKucha-style Presentation – Individual Submission
Description:  A talk that is based on 20 slides, 20 seconds per slide, no text (about 7 minutes). Lightning rounds of 4 or 5 PechaKucha-style presentations will be grouped thematically with plenty of time for discussion. (For more information on this style of presentation, visit www.pechakucha.org)
Best for: Getting feedback or sparking discussion about a project, idea, or research.
Submission requirement: Describe the content of your presentation.

Pre-Circulated Papers Session – Group or individual submission
Description: Closed session to presenters. 5 to 8 participants. All participants will circulate and read each other’s papers prior to the conference and bring comments and feedback to the session. During the session, each participant will make a two to five minute presentation related to their paper and invite group discussion. Individual submissions will be grouped together by conference organizers.
Best for: Preparing a written work for publication. Individuals who may want to publish together or get extended feedback on their written work from others in their field. 
Submission requirement: Group submission: include a brief description of the content of each paper and current status towards completion. Individual submission: 100-150 word description and current status towards completion. Include intended publication venue, if known.

Workshop – Group or Individual Submission
Description: An open or closed session, depending on capacity. There should be a product at the end (an exhibit proposal, sample labels, a grant proposal, an outline of a white paper, a syllabi or reading list, compiled feedback, etc.). Presentation format is open and can include small-group work, materials (presenter must provide), etc.
Best for: Building skills, sharing knowledge, working closely with colleagues, producing something you can walk away with.
Submission requirement: Explain the content and aim of the workshop, how you will organize the time, how you will present to or teach the participants, the minimum and maximum number of participants possible for the workshop, and what will be produced in the end.  Be sure to include what kind of space and technology do you need for your workshop.

Problem Solving Session – Group or Individual Submission
Description: The session starts with a presentation about the problem, and invites participants to weigh in. This session is aimed to bring people together around a particular problem or challenge that you seek to address. As a group, you provide discussion and models for an audience. As an individual submission, you seek an audience/practitioners who can think through the issue with you. The aim is to produce a list of action items at the close of the session. This can be achieved in the group as a whole or through small group work.
Best for: Brainstorming solutions or approaches to a problem in curating, teaching, scholarship, research, etc. You can use this kind of session to refine position papers into manifestos, tool-kits, action plans, etc.
Submission requirement: The session title should be the problem or question that you would like to tackle. Describe how you will present the problem, how you will organize the time, and how you will structure the participation of audience. If an individual submission, include in your description what category of specialist you believe would be helpful to address it (for example, curators who have worked with Oceanic collections, anthropologists who have experience in teaching material culture in the classroom, etc.).

Pop Up Exhibit/Poster/Digital Project/Multimedia Presentation– Individual Submission 
Description: A poster or multimedia projection that presents a proposed display, exhibit, or existing project, or sparks a themed conversation, etc. If an exhibit, for example, consider including a clear thesis, target audience identification, exhibit goals, main points around the theme, supporting images, proposed programming associated with the exhibition, and/or proposed forms of visitor engagement. Space for these projects will be allotted based on availability and need. For a technology-rich space available for use see: http://capsl.cerev.ca/facilities-equipment/
Best for: Presenting an exhibit, draft exhibit, project, or other visual material for feedback.
Submission requirement: Describe the title and content of the work. Indicate physical space and technological requirements. For example, if a projection does it need audio speakers? If a poster, what are the dimensions?

Birds of a Feather/Themed Lunch Table – Individual Submission
Description: There will be some tables marked with identified themes when we gather to eat to encourage informal talks around a common topic of interest. There is no presentation, simply a facilitator who will lead introductions and offer some prepared questions to help move the conversation forward. 
Best for: Brainstorming, introductions, meeting new people in the field, networking. Please note: a “career advice” themed table(s) is already scheduled.
Submission requirement: Describe your proposed theme.

Film Screening - Group or Individual submission
Description: Film screening and moderated Q&A. The subject of the film should relate in some way to museums and the other themes of conference. Film shorts are encouraged.
Best for: Getting feedback and sharing your or others’ work.
Submission requirement: Describe the film, including length, genre, and content, as well as your role in making the film (if applicable), and how it fits into the conference themes. If additional people involved in making the film will attend, explain their roles and how they will participate in the session.


Submissions are due March 1; we will contact you by March 31 regarding the status of your submission. 



We look forward to receiving your submissions and seeing in what new directions you will lead our field during our first conference.  We couldn’t do this without your support and participation. Thank you!

CMA Conference Committee
Erica Lehrer (Concordia University)
Jen Shannon (University of Colorado Museum of Natural History)
Joshua A. Bell (National Museum of Natural History, Smithsonian Institution)
John P. Lukavic (Denver Art Museum)


Support for the Museum Anthropology Futures Conference comes from the
Council for Museum Anthropology and the Social Science and Humanities Council of Canada.


  

Conference Announcement: Inaugural Int'l Conference of the Council for Museum Anthropology: "Museum Anthropology Futures"

Inaugural Int'l Conference of the Council for Museum Anthropology: "Museum Anthropology Futures"
May 25-27th, 2017 at Concordia University, Montreal, QC

This conference invites museum anthropologists (academics, students, and museum professionals), artists, art historians, as well as other curators and community thinkers and actors for 2.5 days of stimulating sessions, sustained knowledge exchange, and museum visits. “Museum Anthropology Futures” seeks to spark critical reflection and discussions on (1) the state of museum anthropology as an academic discipline; (2) innovative methods around the use of collections; (3) exhibition experiments that engage with anthropological research; and (4) the use of museums to effectively take on pressing social concerns such as immigration, inequality, racism, colonial legacies, heritage preservation, and cultural identities, representation, and creativity as productive responses to these.

This will not be your traditional conference experience! “Museum Anthropology Futures” is designed to facilitate focused, frank, vivid conversations (roundtables, workshops, pecha kucha sessions, pop-up exhibits) and engage a broad public through keynotes and the dissemination of textual and audio-visual reportage in a range of media (press, podcasts, twitter, websites) during the post-conference period.

If you have any questions, please email the organizing committee here. 
Conference Organizing committee:
-Erica Lehrer (Concordia University)
-Jen Shannon (University of Colorado Museum of Natural History and University of Colorado, Boulder)
-Joshua A. Bell (National Museum of Natural History, Smithsonian Institution)
-John P. Lukavic (Denver Art Museum)

In order to help the planning committee please respond to this brief, two question survey to let us know how likely you are to attend "Museum Anthropology Futures:"

Conference Opportunity: Transforming Public History from Charleston to the Atlantic Word"

Conference Updates and Upcoming CFP Deadline on December 15th!
"Transforming Public History from Charleston to the Atlantic Word"
College of Charleston, Charleston, South Carolina, June 14-17, 2017

Hosted by the Avery Research Center for African American History and Culture, the Carolina Lowcountry and Atlantic World Program, the Addlestone Library, and the Race and Social Justice Initiative at the College of Charleston

Conference planners are seeking proposals for workshops, roundtable discussions, panels, and individual papers from public history professionals, scholars, educators, librarians, archivists, and artists that address issues surrounding the interpretation, preservation, memorialization, commemoration, and public application of major themes in local, regional, and Atlantic World history. Based on the United Nation’s declaration of 2015-2024 as the International Decade for People of African Descent, and the conference location in Charleston, South Carolina, on the second anniversary of the tragic shooting at the Mother Emanuel Church, the conference will particularly highlight speakers and topics relevant to transforming practices of interpreting the history of slavery and its race and class legacies in Charleston and historically interconnected local, regional, and international sites.

Featured Speakers include:
Keynote Lecture: Dr. Lonnie Bunch, Director of the Smithsonian's National Museum for African American History and Culture
Mr. Michael Allen, National Park Service
Dr. Ana Lucia Araujo, Howard University
Dr. Richard Benjamin, International Slavery Museum, Liverpool
Ms. Alissandra Cummins, Barbados Museum & Historical Society
Dr. Rex Ellis, Smithsonian's National Museum of African American History and Culture
Ms. Makiba Foster, Schomburg Center for Research in Black Culture
Dr. Bayo Holsey, Rutgers University
Dr. Ned Kaufman, Kaufman Heritage Conservation
Mr. Caryl Phillips, Author and Playwright
Ms. Fath Davis Ruffins, Smithsonian's National Museum of American History

For more information about how to submit a proposal, click here.

For questions or concerns contact Dr. Mary Battle at averyconferences@gmail.com

Updates
June 14th Conference Workshop Options include:
“Giving Voice to Long-Silenced Millions: Interpreting Slavery on Historic Sites,” 9 am-5 pm
Led by: Kristin Gallas, Tracing Center, Author of Interpreting Slavery at Museums and Historic Sites

“Facilitated Dialogue on Social Justice and Public History,” 9am-5 pm
Led by: Braden Paynter, The International Coalition of Sites of Conscience

“Historical Documentation and the African American Experience,” 9 am-12 pm
Led by: Miranda Mims and Steven G. Fullwood, Schomburg Center for Research in Black Culture