MESDA Conference on American Material Culture
October 28-30, 2010
Madison-Morgan Cultural Center, Madison, Georgia

The Museum of Early Southern Decorative Arts seeks papers for its biennial
MESDA Conference in American Material Culture.  The MESDA Conference
provides the only major forum for scholarly presentation and interaction on
American material culture and decorative arts.  Moderators include Dr.
Bernard L. Herman, George B. Tindall Professor, Department of American
Studies, the University of North Carolina, Chapel Hill; Dale L. Couch,
curator of decorative arts, the Georgia Museum of Art, and director of the
Henry D. Green Center for the Study of the Decorative Arts; and Dr. Maurie
D. McInnis, associate professor,  Art History, the University of Virginia.  

Papers on topics relating to early American and southern material culture
are encouraged from Scholars, curators, and graduate students in American
studies, southern studies, decorative arts, history, art history and other
fields.  Subjects with an interdisciplinary approach to the study of
material culture are highly encouraged.

Proposals will be accepted for individual papers or for panel sessions.
Paper proposals must include the author's name, the paper title, a one-page
abstract and the author's curriculum vitae.  Session proposals must include
a chair, list of presenters, cover letter, a one-page summary of the session
theme, presenter curriculum vitae, and abstracts for all papers.

The deadline for proposals is May 15, 2010.

Notification of acceptance will be received by June 15, 2010.  Accepted
papers must be submitted in full by September 1, 2010.

Electronic submissions in MS Word format are preferred.  Please send
proposals to: [log in to unmask] 

Or via US Mail to:
Sally Gant
MESDA Conference on American Material Culture
924 South Main Street
Winston-Salem, NC 27101

The MESDA Conference in American Material Culture provides the only major
forum for scholarly presentation and interaction on American material
culture and decorative arts. In 2010 it will be held at the Madison-Morgan
Cultural Center in Madison, Georgia.  In addition to a keynote address by
Dr. Bernard L. Herman, George B. Tindall Professor, Department of American
Studies, the University of North Carolina, Chapel Hill, the conference also
includes a day of field trips to regional material culture and decorative
arts collections in the Georgia Piedmont.

For more information on the MESDA Conference as it becomes available visit
http://www.MESDA.org/conference   

Daniel K. Ackermann 

Associate Curator 
Museum of Early Southern Decorative Arts
& Old Salem Toy Museum Collections 

www.MESDA.org
www.OldSalem.org 

Old Salem Museums & Gardens 
924 South Main Street
Winston-Salem, NC 27101 
(Tel) 336-721-7372 (Fax) 336-721-7367 
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