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7TH MARITIME HERITAGE CONFERENCE
The 7th Maritime Heritage Conference will
take place in the historic southern seaport of Norfolk, Virginia on 27-30
October 2004. The 5th International Ship Preservation Conference will be
included in the meeting. Conference hosts include the Hampton Roads Naval
Museum with the Battleship Wisconsin, The Mariners' Museum, Nauticus - The
National Maritime Center, the Old Coast Guard Station, Old Cape Henry Lighthouse
and the Portsmouth Naval Shipyard Museum. The conference will be headquartered
at the Sheraton Norfolk Waterside Hotel overlooking the harbor. in Norfolk, Virginia, 27-30 October 2004 CALL FOR PAPERS Co-hosts of the conference include the American Lighthouse Coordinating Committee, the Council of American Maritime Museums, the Historic Naval Ships Association, the National Maritime Alliance, the National Maritime Historical Society, the Museum Small Craft Association, the National Park Service, the Naval Historical Center, the Naval Historical Foundation, the North American Society for Oceanic History, the U.S. Lifesaving Service Heritage Association, and the U.S. Lighthouse Society. The Conference Program Committee invites abstracts for individual papers (15-30 minutes in length) and session proposals (three or four papers in 1 ½ hours) on subjects related to any aspect of maritime history. Papers may address a specific subject or aspects of the broader themes of the conference noted below: Oceanic Trade Admiralty Courts Shipbuilding Small Craft Lighthouses Underwater Archeology Lifesaving Stations Ship Preservation Sailors' Life Ashore Maritime Museums Mercantile Port Operations Naval Port Operations Abstracts of papers should be typed on a single page, accompanied by a Curriculum Vitae. Session proposals should provide a brief summary of each paper and include a CV for each of the presenters. Abstracts and proposals are due by 1 March 2004. Send them to Conference Program Chair Joseph C. Mosier, Maritime Heritage Conference, Chrysler Museum of Art, 245 West Olney Road, Norfolk, VA 23510-1587 (telephone: 757 664-6205, fax: 757 664-6201, e-mail: jmosier@chrysler.org). Groups wishing to conduct business meetings are welcome to do so on Monday, 31 October. To reserve facilities contact Conference Chair Captain Channing M. Zucker at the Historic Naval Ships Association, 5245 Cleveland Street #207, Virginia Beach, VA 23462-6505 (telephone 757 499-1044, fax: 757 499-6378, e-mail: hnsa01@aol.com). For updates on the conference program and accommodations, see the Nauticus Web site at www.nauticus.org. |
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