(mailing address added, proposal due date corrected) Hancock Shaker Village is pleased to announce a call for papers for the 2002 Shaker Seminar, scheduled for July 21-26, 2002, at Enfield Shaker Village and Canterbury Shaker Village, New Hampshire. The Seminar is in its 28th year, a "moveable feast" that visits the sites of former Shaker villages and history museums with Shaker collections. The Seminar's mission is to share new insights in Shaker studies and encourage dialogue between scholars, collectors, and persons interested in the study of American communal sects and religious studies, material culture, gender studies, music, and museum studies related to Shaker history. This call for papers and registration for the Shaker Seminar are open to all interested persons. Partial scholarships for Seminar registration are available to graduate and undergraduate students. For the 2002 Shaker Seminar, we are especially interested in presentations that focus on the Canterbury and Enfield, New Hampshire communities. Papers addressing broader Shaker studies will also be considered. Presentations should be 30 - 60 minutes and take one of three formats: * Lecture or Illustrated Lecture: a single presenter shares information on a topic with or without related slides. * Panel Discussion: more than one speaker discusses a topic, often with contrasting perspectives. Each panel must have a chairperson who is responsible for organizing and managing the panel. * Workshop: presenter(s) teach special skills in a small group(15-25) setting. Workshops should include appropriate materials. Length can be from one to eight hours (with breaks). The Hancock Shaker Village Seminar Committee will assign all session times and dates. We will try to honor requests for specific dates and/or times when possible. Presenters are encouraged to register for the full Seminar. An honorarium or discounted registration fee is offered to all presenters. Proposals should include a 125-word typed abstract of the session, title, length of session, and complete name and appropriate contact information of presenter. Deadline for submitting proposals is March 15, 2002. Send to: Seminar Committee, Hancock Shaker Village, PO Box 927, Pittsfield, MA 01202 . For more information on the Shaker Seminar, registration and/or call for papers, please contact Todd Burdick, Director of Interpretation & Education, Hancock Shaker Village, 413-443-0188, or Sharon Koomler, Program Coordinator, Shaker Seminar, [log in to unmask] ========================================================= Important Subscriber Information: The Museum-L FAQ file is located at http://www.finalchapter.com/museum-l-faq/ . You may obtain detailed information about the listserv commands by sending a one line e-mail message to [log in to unmask] . The body of the message should read "help" (without the quotes). If you decide to leave Museum-L, please send a one line e-mail message to [log in to unmask] . The body of the message should read "Signoff Museum-L" (without the quotes).