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Archives and Public History Program First Friday Brown Bag Lunch Discussion: Dec. 3

The NYU Archives and Public History Program first Friday brown bag lunch series presents:

– Oral History in New York: Planning, Implementation and Use –

Friday December 3, 12:00-2:00pm
King Juan Carlos Center (53 Washington Square South), Room 607
The Archives and Public History brown bag lunch series continues on Friday, December 3rd for a panel discussion featuring oral historians from the New York area. Speakers will discuss their recent and ongoing projects as well as the diverse uses of oral history in exhibits, research projects and education.

Please RSVP to Margaret Fraser at mfraser522@gmail.com by Wednesday, December 1.
Speakers include:
  • Amy Starecheski, Columbia Oral History Research Office, recently worked on the Telling Lives Project in Chinatown and currently working with squatters
  • Sady Sullivan, Director of Oral History at the Brooklyn Historical Society
  • Nina Talbot, artist and oral historian, recently curated the exhibit “Painting Brooklyn Stories of Immigration and Survival” at the Brooklyn Historical Society

The Archives and Public History Program first Friday brown bag lunch series is organized in part by the NYU student chapter of the Society of American Archivists

SAA Meeting 2011 — Program and Poster Presentations

The 2011 Student Program Subcommittee is accepting proposals for two special sessions dedicated to student scholarship during SAA’s Annual Meeting in Chicago, August 22-27, 2011.

Work from both master’s and doctoral students will be considered. Proposals that address the program theme are especially encouraged.

Program Theme
SAA celebrates its 75th Anniversary in 2011, an occasion that offers a wonderful opportunity to take a good look around – at SAA and its role as a professional organization, at the archives profession and its intersections with other professions and domains, and at ourselves as professionals in an evolving global information environment. The theme for the 2011 Annual Meeting is “ARCHIVES 360◦.”

Graduate Student Paper Session
The work of three current archives students will be selected for presentation during a traditional open session format. Each speaker will be allotted 15 minutes to present a paper. Thirty minutes will be reserved for audience questions and discussion. Proposals may relate to the student’s research interests as well as research pertinent to the profession. Incorporating the Annual Meeting theme into proposals is highly encouraged. Participant selection will be based on the quality of proposals submitted. Presenters and topics will be listed in the Preliminary Program.

Graduate Student Poster Session
The 11th annual Graduate Student Poster Session will showcase the work of both individual students and SAA Student Chapters.

Individual posters may describe applied or theoretical research that is completed or underway; discuss interesting collections with which students have worked; or report on archives and records projects in which students have participated (e.g., development of finding aids, public outreach, database construction, etc.). Incorporating the Annual Meeting theme into proposals is highly encouraged. Submissions should focus on research or activity conducted within the previous academic year (Fall 2010-Summer 2011).

Student Chapter posters may describe chapter activities, events, and/or other involvement with the archives and records professions. Incorporating the Annual Meeting theme into the poster proposals is highly encouraged. A single representative should coordinate the submission of each Student Chapter proposal.

Submission Instructions and Deadlines
Submissions must include the following:

Your name, postal address, telephone number, and email address;
The name and address of your college or university;
Your degree program (e.g., M.A, MLIS, PhD, etc.);
A one-sentence statement affirming your commitment to attend the 2011 Annual Meeting and present your paper/poster in person if selected;
For paper proposals: Your paper title and a 250-word abstract, plus a copy of your resume and/or curriculum vitae;
For poster proposals: A brief desc-ription of your poster topic (not to exceed 250 words) and a brief introduction about your chapter and its activities.
SAA encourages broad participation in its annual meeting. Presenters are limited to participating in one session. Presenters include speakers, session chairs, and commentators. Please alert the 2011 Student Program Subcommittee if you have agreed to participate in another accepted proposal.

Proposals must be received no later than January 21, 2011, and must be sent electronically to:

2011 Student Program Subcommittee
studentsessions@archivists.org

If you have any questions, please contact Subcommittee Chair Brenda Gunn at bgunn@austin.utexas.edu.

Peter J. Wosh
Director, Archives/Public History Program
History Department
New York University
53 Washington Square South
Room 503
New York NY 10012
Phone: (212) 998-8601
Fax: (212) 995-4017
http://aphdigital.org
http://history.fas.nyu.edu/object/history.gradprog.archivespublichistory.html

Invite to VHP Open House & Mixer during SAA

What:

Veterans History Project Open House & Mixer – SAA 2010

 

The nation’s largest oral history project, the Veterans History Project holds 70,000 first-hand accounts of veterans from World War I through Iraq and Afghanistan.  Created by Congress in 2000, VHP resides within the Library’s American Folklife Center, and works with folklorists, community organizations, Members of Congress and volunteers across the country to collect the oral histories, letters, photographs, artwork, and home movie footage of veterans. Hundreds of collections arrive each month.

 

As part of our tenth anniversary, VHP invites SAA attendees to join us for an Open House at our Information Center in the Library of Congress Madison Building. View collections, learn about our project, meet members of our processing and collections development teams, and watch excerpts of oral history.

 

Following the Open House, join VHP and the SAA Oral History Section for a happy hour mixer at Capitol Lounge, a Capitol Hill fixture.

 

Interested participants are also encouraged to register for a tour of the American Folklife Center at either 3 or 4 p.m. in the Library’s Jefferson building.

 

Where:

Library of Congress

James Madison Memorial Building

Room 109

101 Independence Ave. SE

Washington, D.C. 20540-4615

 

When:  

Tuesday, August 10, 2010

3:30 – 5:00 p.m., Open House (Library of Congress Madison Building #109)

5:00 p.m. – 8:00 p.m., Mixer (Capitol Lounge, on Capitol Hill)

 

Contact:

http://www.loc.gov/vets

vohp@loc.gov

(202) 707-4916 or (888) 371-5848

Directions:

http://www.loc.gov/visit/directions.html

http://www.capitolloungedc.com/location

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