2009-01-13 - 2009-01-14

EVENTS AND ANNOUNCEMENTS FROM H-NET

This index comprises selected entries from H-Net's events database
on the indicated dates. For further entries see:
http://www.h-net.org/announce/

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The following announcements were posted to the H-Net web site
between 2009-01-13 and 2009-01-14.

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Title: Cosmic Enthusiasm - The cultural impact of space
exploration on the Soviet Union and Eastern Europe since the
1950s
Date: 2009-01-22
Description: International conference, January 22-24, 2009.
University of Basel, Historisches Seminar, Hirschgsslein 21,
4051 Basel, SwitzerlandOrganizers: Monica Rthers, Carmen
Scheide, Julia Richers, Eva Maurer (Basel / Fribourg /
Konstanz) Since the successful launch of the first satellite
Sputnik in October ...
Contact: organizersspacecultures.net
URL: www.spacecultures.net
Announcement ID: 166189
http://www.h-net.org/announce/show.cgi?ID=166189

Title: SYMPOSIUM "INSTRUMENTS OF PASSION"
Location: New York
Date: 2009-02-06
Description: A SYMPOSIUM INSTRUMENTS OF PASSION: MUSIC, PAINTING,
AND THE CONTEST OF THE ARTS The Metropolitan Museum of Art
Columbia University Organized by Lydia Goehr and Klaus Krger
The program is a collaboration among The Metropolitan Museum of
Art, New York, Columbia University, New York, and, Freie Univer
...
Contact: lg131columbia.edu
Announcement ID: 166158
http://www.h-net.org/announce/show.cgi?ID=166158

Title: Mapping Visual Diversity in Canada: Historical and
Contemporary Photographic Perspectives
Date: 2009-02-23
Description: Mapping Visual Diversity in Canada: Historical and
Contemporary Photographic Perspectives A one-day conference
organised by the London Conference for Canadian Studies in
association with the Eccles Centre for American Studies Monday
23rd February, 2009. 9.30-5.00 British Library Conference
Centre, E ...
Contact: r.dennisgeog.ucl.ac.uk
Announcement ID: 166247
http://www.h-net.org/announce/show.cgi?ID=166247

Title: Visual Conflicts: Art History and the Formation of
Political Memory
Date: 2009-03-07
Description: A one-day conference at University College London on
Saturday, 7 March 2009. The conference will explore ways in
which visual culture has engaged with armed conflict and
politically-motivated acts of violence of all types. It aims to
provide a platform for developing links between issues of
memory f ...
Contact: paul.foxucl.ac.uk
URL: www.ucl.ac.uk/art-history/research
Announcement ID: 166244
http://www.h-net.org/announce/show.cgi?ID=166244

Title: Interdisciplinarity in the Arts and Humanities: Research,
Policy, Publishing
Date: 2009-03-20
Description: This conference sets out to consider the emergence of
interdisciplinary research within the Arts and Humanities
during the last 40 years. Emerging out of the political, social
and cultural ambitions of a changing western world from the
1960s onwards, interdisciplinarity within the academy became a
m ...
Contact: juliette.kristensenmac.com
URL: www.journalofvisualculture.org/5.html
Announcement ID: 166175
http://www.h-net.org/announce/show.cgi?ID=166175

Title: Call for Papers for ICRN conference
Location: Alberta
Date: 2009-07-02
Description: Exploring Cultural Perspectives Conference, Calgary
2009This international conference will focus on the
interconnections among academic disciplines. Our main themes
are Childhood and Youth, Education, Liberty and Human
Trafficking, Multiculturalism, Diversity and Interculturalism,
Anthorpology, Soci ...
Contact: arletteicrn.ca or registaricrn.ca
URL: www.icrn.ca
Announcement ID: 166245
http://www.h-net.org/announce/show.cgi?ID=166245