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CALL FOR PAPERS
MESDA CONFERENCE ON AMERICAN MATERIAL CULTURE
October 9, 10 and 11, 2008
The Museum of Early Southern Decorative Arts presents its sixth
biennial conference for recent research in early American material
culture and decorative arts on October 9 - 11, 2008
The conference provides a major forum for scholarly presentation
and interaction on American material culture and decorative arts.
In addition to a keynote address by Edward S. Cooke, Jr.,
Professor of American Decorative Arts and Material Culture at Yale
University, the conference includes a day of field trips to regional
material culture and decorative arts collections and the Gordon Seminar,
a day of paper presentations on topics in American material culture.
Session moderators will be Dr. Cooke, Dr. Katherine C. Grier, University
of Delaware and Dr. David Lubin, Wake Forest University.
Scholars and graduate students in fields related to American and
particularly southern material culture are invited to submit proposals
for presentation at the Gordon Seminar.
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, one-page summary of the session theme, presenter
curriculum vitae, and abstracts for all papers.
Deadline for proposals: May 16
Notification of acceptance: June 13
Accepted papers submitted in full: September 1
Proposals for individual papers or panel sessions may be sent to
Sally Gant, MESDA Conference, P. O. Box 10310, Winston-Salem, NC
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Electronic submission in Word format is preferred.
Sally Gant
Director of Education and Special Programs
The Museum of Early Southern Decorative Arts (MESDA)
Old Salem Museums & Gardens
Post Office Box 10310
924 S. Main Street
Winston-Salem, North Carolina 27108
336-721-7361
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