Hello Historical Archaeologists,
We are pleased to announce that the 11th Annual Midwest Historical Archaeology Conference will be held October 9-10, 2015 at the Mill City Museum (http://www.millcitymuseum.org/) in Minneapolis, Minnesota. Friday evening will include a reception and a keynote address by Dr. Paul Shackel (University of Maryland). Please visit https://stcloudstate.co1.qualtrics.com/SE/?SID=SV_8BbAEuHp3nFIyWN to register for the conference. Please see the Call for Papers below to submit an abstract. Please feel free to forward the conference announcement and Call for Papers to anyone who might be interested.
The 2015 MHAC Conference Committee
Rob Mann – St. Cloud State University
Katherine Hayes – University of Minnesota
Bruce Koenen – Office of the State Archaeologist
Jeremy Nienow – Nienow Cultural Consultants LLC
Call for Papers
11th Annual Midwest Historical Archaeology Conference
Minneapolis, Minnesota
Friday October 9 – Saturday October10, 2015
We welcome papers and posters that highlight the following conference themes:
• Immigration/labor.
• Contemporary heritage representations.
• Rivers as agents.
The conference themes this year are inspired by our venue, the Mill City Museum. Located in the ruins of a former flour mill, the museum seeks to interpret and educate about the labor of the mill, and explores the lives of its laborers, many of whom were recent immigrants. The mill itself was powered by the Mississippi River, without which the industries of Minneapolis would not exist. How do we interpret the lives of laborers and immigrants, and what impacts to our interpretations have? Likewise, how should we regard the power and agency of the river in creating this and other historic contexts? We seek presentations and discussions that broadly relate to these questions.
PAPERS
Paper presentations will be given as “Ignite-style” talks (http://igniteshow.com). Ignite talks are fast-paced presentations in which speakers are given 5 minutes and no more than 20 slides to make their points. Ignite-style papers will be presented during the Morning Session on Saturday.
Ignite-style paper presenters will lead Knowledge Cafés, a series of roundtable discussions with audience members, during the Saturday Afternoon Session. At set intervals each “pod” of audience members will rotate to another roundtable.
POSTERS
A concurrent poster session will be held during the Saturday Afternoon Session. Poster authors are expected to set up their own displays.
ABSTRACTS
Abstracts for both papers and posters are currently being accepted. Please limit abstracts to 200 words or less. Please submit your paper/poster title, name and affiliation, and abstract here: https://stcloudstate.co1.qualtrics.com/SE/?SID=SV_8BbAEuHp3nFIyWN by August 31, 2015. If you have questions or need additional information please contact Rob Mann ([log in to unmask]<mailto:[log in to unmask]>).
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Rob Mann, Ph.D.
Assistant Professor of Anthropology
Department of Sociology and Anthropology
St. Cloud State University
252 Stewart Hall
720 4th Avenue South
St. Cloud, Minnesota 56301
phone: 320-308-4181
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