CALENDAR See our special insert between pages 21 and 22 for upcoming events commemorating the War of 1812 bicentennial. EXHIBITS
FESTIVALS, EVENTS, L ECTURES, ETC.
•The Rockets' Red Glare, The war of 1812 in Connecticut, 6 July tho ugh 201 2
•"The Whaling Expedition of Ulysses 1937-38," lecture by author Peter Capelotti, 1 M arch at the New Bedfo rd Whaling M useum. Part of rhe museum's weekly speaker series. See their website fo r other speakers in 20 12. (18 Johnny Cake Hill, New Bedford, MA 02740; Ph . 508 9970046; www.whalingmuseum.o rg) •NMHS Washington Awards Dinner, 12 April at rhe National Press Club in Washington, D C. (See page 10 fo r derails) •Beaufort Music Festival, 11 - 12 May 201 2, on the waterfron t in downtown Beaufo rt, NC. (www. beaufo rrmusicfes rival. com)
at the Lyman Allyn Art Museum in New London, CT (www.lymanallyn.org) •Jack London Photographer, over 50 images documenting events in the Pacific, thro ugh 3 December 201 2 at the San Diego Maritime Museum (l492 North H arbor D r., San Diego, CA 92 101 ; www. sdmaritime.org)
•American Society of Marine Artists 15th National Exhibition, 2011-2013, traveling to : Alabama, Texas, Califo rnia, Oregon, and M innesora. Mo bile M useum of Art in AL, 19 January-8 April 201 2 (www. mobilemuseumofart.com ; ASMA, www.americansocietyofmarineartists.com) •Sea Battles of the war of 1812, An Exhibition of 25 O il Paintings by H ans Skalagard, opens in February 201 2 (11 3 H arbor Way, Santa Barbara, CA 93 109; www. sbmm. org) •Treasures from the Collections, opens 3 1 March; and Restoring a Past, Charting a Future, opens 28 April at Mystic Seaport M useum (75 Greenmanville Ave., Mystic, CT 06355; www.mys ricseaport. org)
•Push and Pull: Life on Chesapeake Tugboats, 2 1 April thro ugh 201 4 at the Chesapeake Bay Maritime Museum (2 13 N. Talbot Street, St. M ichaels, MD 2 1663; Ph. 4 10 745 -29 16; www.cbmm. org)
•Always Good Ships: A Tribute to 125 Years ofNewport News Shipbuilding, at The Mariners' Museum (MM, 100 M useum Dr. , Newport News, VA 23606; Ph. 7 57 596-2222; www.marinersmus eum .org) •FreePort {No. 004}: Peter Hutton, exhibition of his film, At Sea, thro ugh 27 M arch at the Peabody Essex M useum in Salem, MA. (1 6 1 Essex Stree t, Salem, MA 01 970; www.pem. org) •Lighthouses and Legends, pam tmgs from the Burrichrer/Kierlin Marine Arr Collection, 25 March- 19 October 2012 at the M innesota Marine Art M useum (8 00 Riverview D rive, Win ona, MN 55987; Ph. 507 474-6626; www. minne sotamarineart.org)
CONFERENCES AND SYMPOSIUMS
• 'The Tides of War: Navies, Privateers, Pirates-Aggression on the High Seas," the 55rh Annual M issouri Valley History Conference, 1-3 March in O maha, NE (www. unomaha.edu/ mvhc/index.php) •New Researchers in Maritime History Conference 2012, 9- 10 March at the Riverside M useum, Glasgow. (www. mari timehistory.org.uk) •The War of 1812 Bicentennial Conference Series: Part I, "Origins and the War at Sea," 27-29 Sep tember 201 2 in St. John, N ew Brunswick. H osted by the Gregg Centre fo r the Study of War and Society, the Canadi an-American Studies Program of the University of M aine, and the N ew Brunswick Museum. CALL FOR PAPERS deadline is 1 April. (Email Dr. Marc Milner at milner@unb.ca fo r more information) •Sea Literature, History, and Culture: National Conference of rhe Popular Culture Association and the American Culture Association (PCA/ACA), 11- 14 April in Boston, MA. (http://pcaaca.org/ conference/narional.php) •"Sea-Changes"-A Maritime Conference in the Humanities, 12-14 April at rhe Massachusetts Maritime Academy in Buzzards Bay, MA. (http: //naurilus.mari time.edu/) • Herreshoff Classic Yacht Symposium, 2 1 April in Bristol, RI. (Herreshoff M a-
rine Museum, 1 Burnside St., Bristol, RI; 02809; www. herreshoff.org) •North American Society for Oceanic History Annual Conference, 22- 26 April in Galvesto n, TX, held jointly with the Council of American Mari rime Museums . Theme: "The M ultifaceted Maritime Wo rld." (www.nasoh. org) •Mercator Revisited: Cartography in theAge of Discovery, Annual Meeting of rhe American Studies Association, 25-28 April in Sint-Niklaas, Belgium (www. mercatorcon ference201 2.be/) •"The History and Future of the Maritime Experience," 40rh Annual M aritime History Symposium, 28 April at the M aine Maritime Museum (243 Washington St., Bath, ME 04530; Ph. 207 44313 16; www.mainemaritimemuseum .org) •National Maritime Historical Society Annual Meeting, 18-19 May in Salem , MA. (See page 8 fo r derails or visit N MHS online at www.seahistory.org) •Community and the Sea in the Age of Sail, 24-25 May at Aalborg University, Denmark. (For derails, email Johan Heinsen at heinsen@cgs.aau.dk or Torben Kjersgaard N ielsen at rkn@cgs.aau.dk.) •Conference on the Watercraft of Aboriginal and Torres Strait Islander Peoples, 30 M ay-1 June, at the Australian National Maritime Museum, Sydney. (www. anmm.gov.au/sire/page. cfm?u= 1921) •"Bermuda Dockyard and the War of 1812," Confe rence sponsored by the Naval Dockyards Society and the National M useum of Bermuda, 7-12 June (http:// nds201 2bermuda.wo rdpress.com) •Ninth International Conference of the History of Oceanography, 12-16 July 201 2 in Athens, Greece. (For infor mation, see www.seok. gr or contact the local organizer, Dr. Geo rge Vlahakis, at vlahakis@ yahoo.com) •"Maritime History between the Public and Academia: The Challenges Ahead," 46rh annual confe rence sponsored by the Centre for M aritime Historical Studies at Exeter, 1-2 September at the University of Exeter, UK. (For information contact M aria Fusaro: M .Fusaro@exeter. ac.uk)