CFP: The Future of Holocaust Studies

The Future of Holocaust Studies
Southampton and Winchester
29-31 July 2013
http://thefutureofholocauststudies.wordpress.com/

As we approach the 70th anniversary of the liberation of the camps in 2014 and 2015, the era of the living witnesses to the events of the Holocaust is drawing to a close. This conference will explore current and future trends in Holocaust studies, assessing the discipline after 70 years of historical research and its popular dissemination, and 70 years of cultural production, Holocaust education and musealisation. What is the current relationship between the Holocaust in history, memory and culture? How is this being informed and problematised by other genocides, past and present? What will be the future of Holocaust studies?

This major international conference is organised in conjunction with Holocaust Studies: A Journal of Culture and History, the Universities of Southampton, Winchester, Edinburgh, Chester and London (the Institute of Education’s Centre for Holocaust Education), the Holocaust Educational Trust and the Higher Education Academy. We invite contributions that address the production, exhibition, and reception of all forms of Holocaust representation, from history writing through museums, films and television to classical and popular music, internet and videogames, literature, fine and performing arts. Moreover, the conference aims to debate and discuss these issues as challenges that we all face as educators and researchers, and to encourage engagement with these provocative questions through exchange between academics and practitioners, scholars and teachers, being aware that the questions, challenges and roles listed here often also coincide. Are the demands of the classroom reflected in the questions posed by researchers – and vice versa? How and to what extent can recent cultural approaches to the Holocaust be used by educators? What are their strengths and limitations as teaching tools?

This will be a residential conference over three days. There will be some funding available for bursaries for postgraduates and other scholars whose home institutions cannot meet conference costs.

We welcome individual paper and panel proposals which address the future of Holocaust studies in any relevant discipline. We envisage focusing particularly on the areas of historiography, museums and public history and, broadly defined, culture.

Individual proposals of no more than 300 words, and brief biographies of no more than 100 words, should be sent to:
thefutureofholocauststudies@gmail.com by 16 November 2012.

Organising Committee:
Dr James Jordan (University of Southampton)
Professor Tom Lawson (University of Winchester)
Dr Emiliano Perra (University of Winchester)
Dr Hannah Holtschneider (University of Edinburgh)
Dr Tim Grady (University of Chester)
Kay Andrews (Centre for Holocaust Education, University of London)
Peter D’Sena (Higher Education Academy)
Alex Maws (Holocaust Education Trust)

CfP: Museums and Human Rights

Museums and Human Rights
FIHRM 2012 – 3rd International Conference
International Slavery Museum, Liverpool, UK
8-10 October 2012

The Federation of International Human Rights Museums (FIHRM) is delighted to invite you to its third international conference taking place at the International Slavery Museum in Liverpool, UK under the theme of: Museums and Human Rights

It is five years since the opening of the International Slavery Museum. In that time, the view has become more widespread that museums should play an active role in fighting for human rights, and there are now many museums around the world that are active in this field. In this conference we want to consider the ways in which museums have – or  have not – made progress. We wish to look at recent and current examples of progressive work, in terms of combating gender and ethnic inequalities, discrimination and other human rights abuses.

When?
8-10 October 2012

Where?
International Slavery Museum, Liverpool, UK

Proposals
We invite you to submit proposals for case studies, presentations on the above theme. For more information, please see visit the FIHRM website at www.fihrm.org

Registration
Information on registration will be available soon on the FIHRM website at http://www.fihrm.org

Bursary Scheme
FIHRM runs a bursary scheme with the aim to allow a number of museum professionals to participate in the conference that would otherwise not be able to due to lack of funding. More information can be found at http://www.fihrm.org.

 

CfP: The Socially Purposeful Museum

Museum 2012: The Socially Purposeful Museum
National Museum of History, Taipei, Taiwan
20-22 November 2012

An international conference organised by the National Taipei University of Education, the University of Leicester’s Research Centre for Museums and Galleries, National Museums Liverpool and the National Museum of History,
Taipei.

Building on the success of the Museum 2010 and Museum 2011 events, this conference explores the notion of the socially purposeful museum – a dynamic, vital institution that has rich relationships with diverse audiences; that nurtures participatory and co-creative practice and is part of people’s everyday lives; that seeks to foster progressive social values and, at the same time, is widely recognised as a site for dialogue and debate; that works collaboratively with a range of institutions within and beyond the cultural sector to engender vibrant, inclusive and more just societies .

„Museum 2012” will be a forum for museum practitioners, leaders and policy makers, researchers, academics and students to share ideas and discuss strategies around three interlinked themes;

Growing audiences: How can museums strengthen relationships with existing audiences and, at the same time, open up to new audiences that have traditionally been under-represented in most institutions’ visitor profiles? What roles are marketing and public relations playing in embedding museums in community, social and political life? What strategies support museums in becoming more highly valued by diverse stakeholders, more visible and talked about?

Partnerships and participatory practice: How are partnerships with agencies beyond the cultural sector transforming the practices, roles and impacts of museums? What opportunities and challenges are presented by initiatives that enable communities to actively shape the future direction of museums?

Contemporary issues and difficult histories: How are museums, galleries and heritage sites engaging audiences in debates surrounding difficult histories and contemporary social issues? How are museums responding to (and seeking to impact) global and local concerns from environmental degradation and health inequalities to human rights and censorship? What strategies are museums deploying to address controversial, contested and challenging social and political issues?

Confirmed keynote speakers include:

David Fleming, Director, National Museums Liverpool
Catharine Braithwaite, media relations and strategic marketing specialist and Associate Lecturer, School of Museum Studies, University of Leicester
Lisa Lee, Director, Jane Addams Hull House Museum, Chicago
Andrew McIntyre, Principal Consultant and co-founder of Morris Hargreaves McIntyre
Jocelyn Dodd, Director, Research Centre for Museums and Galleries
Richard Sandell, Head of Museum Studies, University of Leicester

Call for proposals

„Museum 2012” will feature different kinds of format for sharing ideas and engaging delegates. Alongside keynote presentations and conference papers from leaders in the field will be panel discussions that bring together people from different professional backgrounds, countries and viewpoints; discussions between representatives from communities/ partner bodies outside the culture sector and museum professionals with whom they have collaborated; and inspiring visits to museums. We welcome proposals for presentations and other kinds of session that address the conference themes.

Call for proposals Document
Conference Proposal Form
Please complete a conference proposal form and submit to Dr. Yung-Neng Lin museum2012@gmail.com by 10 May 2012.

Enquiries and requests for Proposal Forms may be sent to: Dr Yung-Neng Lin, National Taipei University of Education (museum2012@gmail.com) or Jocelyn Dodd, Research Centre for Museums and Galleries (jad25@le.ac.uk)

We will notify you of the outcome of your proposal by the end of May 2012.

We anticipate that selected papers will be published to accompany Museum 2012 and authors will be asked to submit papers of between 2000 and 5000 words by 30 September 2012 by email to Dr. Yung-Neng Lin.