This is a reminder that the Third International Conference on Russian 
America is scheduled for August 8-12 in Irkutsk, Russia.  It is being 
hosted by the Taltsi Museum of Architecture and Ethography, along with 
collaborating American and Russian institutions.  Note that the deadline 
for papers has been extended.  Participants may bring papers with them 
to the conference in August, so long as they submit a title and 
biographical information ASAP.  For more information, go to the website 
of the Joint Siberian-Alaskan Research Group on Russian America 
(JSARGRA) at http://home.gci.net/~sncnuka/JSARGRA/index.html.  This long 
overdue conference follows those held in Sitka, Alaska in 1979 and 1987.

Dave McMahan
Alaska State Archaeologist
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