CALL FOR PAPERS

AUTHENTICITY AND PLACES OF MEMORY:
PROBLEMS, POTENTIALS, AND CHALLENGES

June 4th to June 8th, 2003
Stublicke Toplice, Republic of Croatia

To celebrate the 50th anniversary of the establishment of the Memorial Museum
of
Josip Broz Tito, today open air museum the Old Village Museum in Kumrovec,
Croatia in cooperation with the Ministry of Culture of the Republic of Croatia
cordially invites you to participate in a symposium entitled Authenticity and
Places of Memory: Problems, Potentials and Challenges which will be held from
June 4th to 8th, 2003.

As societies on a variety of scales continue to experience the dizzying and
often disorienting effects of globalization, they are increasingly turning to
an
idealized past (invented or real) to define both who they are and their place
in
a rapidly changing world. Places of memory, because of their perceived ability
to make the past tangible and more accessible, have emerged as controversial
centers where these processes of definition and redefinition occur. To reflect
this growing importance and to acknowledge the interdisciplinary and
international nature of research on places of memory (e.g. museums and
memorials) experts working in a diverse array of fields including, but not
limited to, museology, anthropology, history, geography, architecture,
sociology, tourism studies and education are encouraged to attend.

The goal of the symposium is to facilitate dialogue between scholars and museum
experts working in different cultural contexts whose research addresses issues
surrounding authenticity and places of memory from both an applied and
theoretical perspective.

The following and similar topics are invited:

Reconstruction and Restoration
Preservation and Conservation
Representing and Defining Authenticity
Remembering and Forgetting
Museum Pedagogy
The Role of Museums in Cultural Tourism
Official versus Vernacular Memories
Experiencing Authenticity
Interpretation and Commemoration

Participants are requested to please submit a title and brief abstract
(150-200
words) of their presentation to the following address no later than February
28,
2003.

Museums of Croatian Zagorje
Old Village Museum
49295 Kumrovec
Republic of Croatia
Tel: ++ 049 553 107
Fax: ++ 049 500 477
e-mail: dunja.sariczg.hinet.hr

Publication Plans: There are plans for the publication of selected conference
papers in an edited, international volume.

PARTICIPATION FEE: 260 EUR - INCLUDES:
1. Lunches and dinners at the Matija Gubec Hotel
2. Coffee breaks
3 Lunch in Krašic'
4. Conference dinner at the Zelenjak restaurant
5. Transport
7. Symposium materials, cover charges of museums
8. 2 interpreters - English/Croatian

HOTEL ACCOMMODATION PRICE : PER PERSON:
1. Single bedroom: stay/breakfast: 39,33 EUR
2. Double bedroom: stay/breakfast: 31,06 EUR

POTENTIAL PARTICIPANTS ARE KINDLY REQUESTED TO SUBMIT VIA E-MAIL
OR FAX A TITLE AND BRIEF ABSTRACT OF THEIR PRESENTATION AS WELL AS COMPLETED
APPLICATION FORMS TO THE ADDRESS OF THE MUSEUM NO LATER THAN March 15,2003.

Museums of Croatian Zagorje
Old Village Museum
49295 Kumrovec
Republic of Croatia
Tel: ++049 553 107
Fax: ++ 049 500 477
e-mail: dunja.sariczg.hinet.hr

Payments are to be deposited into the following foreign currency account
number:
2391004-1100026577