***************************************************************** Putting University Collections to Work in Research and Teaching UMACs 9th International Conference 10th-13th September 2009, UC Berkeley, California http://hearstmuseum.berkeley.edu/meetings/umac/index.shtml ****************************************************************** CONFERENCE PROGRAM http://hearstmuseum.berkeley.edu/meetings/umac/program.shtml REGISTER BEFORE AUGUST 10 Lower early registration price end on August 10. Take advantage of cheaper fees. https://umac2009.wufoo.com/forms/z7x4m1/ BOOK NOW YOUR HOTEL ROOM Some rooms are still available at each of the 3 Hotels on a first-come, first-served basis at special rates for conference participants. Make your reservation now, Hotel rooms near the campus fill up quickly! PARTICIPANTS BIOGRAPHIES http://hearstmuseum.berkeley.edu/meetings/umac/participantbios.shtml ***POSTERS: we have room available for more poster presenters. To submit your request, please contact Mark Meadow: [log in to unmask] PARTICIPATION We welcome your participation to the Conference. Please send this message to all Faculty members, Graduate and Undergraduate Students in your Department that might be interested in the Conference. ON THE CONFERENCE Centering on the unique role of museums and collections within universities, UMAC invited UC Berkeley to host this Conference in recognition of the work of the multi campus research project Microcosms: Objects of Knowledge, co-directed by UC Berkeley Anthropology Professor Rosemary Joyce, and UC Santa Barbara Art History Professors Mark Meadow and Bruce Robertson. Their joint research into the history of modern object collecting and its critical role in the origins of university disciplines engaged each UC campus in compiling a database of research collection that demonstrates that the holdings of UC form a modern version of the sixteen-century ideal of the universal collection. The conference will bring central attention to the research accomplished at Berkeley and other UC campuses by the group of faculty and graduate students engaged in this research project, in a comparative international framework that will facilitate a focus on the intellectual implications. Among the presenters will be UC Berkeley faculty and graduate students from various departments on campus, including History, Art History, Classics, and Near Eastern Studies, all of which have students and faculty engaged in related research. UMAC The University Museums and Collections International Committee is dedicated to: Clarify the role, requirements and relationships of university museums and collections with the university and its communities Assist the preservation of academic and cultural heritage Promote university museums and collections within governments and their agencies, institutes of learning, the broad museum sector, the professions, business and the population generally Provide advice and guidelines for those collections which are emerging, isolated, deteriorating or otherwise in need Facilitate international and regional collaboration to stimulate networking, partnerships and research and to initiate exchanges of artifacts, exhibitions, standards, practices and other information Encourage staff in charge of university collections to participate in museological training, mentorship and career development - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - Change ICOM-L subscription options, unsubscribe, and search the archives at: http://home.ease.lsoft.com/archives/icom-l.html