Heritage in Conflict and Consensus

Event Details

Time: November 9, 2009 to November 10, 2009
Location: University of Massachusetts Amherst, Campus Center
Street: University of Massachusetts Amherst
City/Town: Amherst
Website or Map: http://www.umass.edu/chs/ne...
Phone: 413-545-5939
Event Type: international, workshop
Organized By: Elizabeth Chilton and Neil Silberman
Latest Activity: Aug 5

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Event Description

CALL FOR PAPER AND POSTER ABSTRACTS
for an International Workshop on

Heritage in Conflict and Consensus:
New Approaches to the Social, Political, and Religious Impact of Public Heritage in the 21st Century

November 9-10, 2009
UMass Amherst, MA

Organized by:
The UMass Amherst Center for Heritage and Society

Co-sponsored by:
The Institute for Advanced Theology, Bard College
Cultural Heritage Center at Penn

With the Support of:
The Archaeological Institute of America,
The Brothertown Indian Nation,
ICOMOS International Committee on Interpretation and Presentation,
The National Center for Preservation Technology and Training,
and UNESCO Museum International

The goals of this international workshop are to offer global perspectives on selected themes of Heritage in Conflict and to develop a long-term working group to formulate research and policy agendas for the future. Participants will include specialists in historic preservation, architecture, anthropology, archaeology, sociology, conflict resolution, public history, and heritage management as well as leaders and representatives of affected communities from Europe, the Americas, South Africa, and the Middle East.

The workshop will include plenary presentations, roundtable discussions, case study presentations, and posters. Selected presentations and contributions to this event will be published in a special thematic issue of UNESCO Museum International.

Major themes of heritage in conflict and consensus include: community heritage, religious heritage, diasporic heritage, and issues concerning human remains.

Abstracts for poster presentations and short case studies (15 minutes) on these themes will be accepted until September 1. They should be a maximum of 300 words, in English, and be submitted online. Notification of acceptance will be sent by October 1. Conference registration for presenters and attendees is now open! Early bird registration ends on September 1.

http://www.umass.edu/chs/news/workshop.html