10th Maritime Heritage Conference Save the Date! Organizers of the 10th Maritime Heritage Conference recently announ ced the date and venue for the triennial event: 17-2 1 September 2014 in Norfolk, VA. Nauticus, the science and technology center and hom e to the Battleship Wisconsin and the H ampton Roads Naval Museum, is the principal host. Co nference sessions and presem ations will be held in the Norfolk Waterside Marriott. Naval Historical Foundation program director Dr. David Winkler will serve as the program chairman-a call for papers announcement will go out in the coming months. The Maritime Heritage Co nference is hosted by multiple organizations and institutions associated with maritim e heritage and covers a wide ran ge of topics, wit h the overall goal of seekin g to reawaken the general co nsciousness of what the maritime world has meant (and means) to all of us. Museums, universities, government agencies, and non-profit historical and heritage societies large and small send their leaders and staff members to the co nference to
share with-and learn from-one another. Networking opportunities abound. The last tim e the co nference was held in Norfolk, more than 500 people attended. At past co nferences , sessions covered the fo llowing: international trade, oceanic immi gratio ns, m aritime law, shipbui lding, small craft history and preservation, li ghthouses and lifesaving stations, whaling, underwater archaeology, historic ships and prese rvation , sailors' lives at sea and as ho re, African-Am erican maritime history, maritime museums and organizations, mercantile & naval ports, naval hi sto ry, sea literature, native maritime cultures, marin e arr and sea music, maritim e education, sail training and tall ships, M arine Sanctuaries and Protected Areas, and other topics related to global maritime heritage. The co nference them e, keynote speakers, and other details will be forthcoming. Pl ease save the date and keep yo ur eye our for ways yo u can participate. Check the NMHS webs ite at www.seahisrory.org fo r details as they em erge in the coming months. J,
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