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apologies for cross-posting --------------------------- REMINDER - Call for Papers Museums and Restitution International Conference 8-9 July 2010, University of Manchester http://www.manchester.ac.uk/museumsandrestitution/ Deadline for abstracts: *Friday 11th December 2009* Museums and Restitution is a two-day international conference organised by the Centre for Museology and The Manchester Museum at the University of Manchester. The conference examines the issue of restitution in relation to the changing role and authority of the museum, focussing on new ways in which these institutions are addressing the subject. It will bring together museum professionals and academics from a wide range of fields (including museology, archaeology, anthropology, art history and cultural policy) to share ideas on contemporary approaches to restitution from the viewpoint of museums. Possible themes: - New museums, new developments - Visual, knowledge and digital repatriation - Authority and power: voices listened to, voices heard - Beyond ownership? Loans, travelling exhibitions, exchanges - Reflections on returns Confirmed Keynote Speakers: - Prof. Piotr Bienkowski (Former Deputy Director, The Manchester Museum); Title of Keynote: "Authority and the Power of Place: Exploring the Legitimacy of Authorised and Alternative Voices in the Restitution Discourse". - Prof. Anthony Shelton (Director, The University of British Columbia Museum of Anthropology); Title of Keynote: "After Dispossession: Heritage, Longing and Anomie in the New Global Homeland" Provisional Keynote Speakers: - Tristram Besterman (freelance advisor on museums and culture, formerly Director of the Manchester Museum); - Prof. James Cuno (Director of the Art Institute of Chicago); - Prof. Dimitrios Pantermalis (President of the new Acropolis Museum, Athens); Please send a title and a short proposal of no more than 300 words and biographical details to Louise Tythacott [log in to unmask] and Kostas Arvanitis [log in to unmask] Deadline for Abstracts: Friday 11th December 2009 - - - - - - - - - - - - - Dr Konstantinos Arvanitis Lecturer in Museology Centre for Museology The University of Manchester Tel.: +44 161 2753018 http://www.manchester.ac.uk/museology/ - - - - - Blog: http://digitalheritage.wordpress.com Twitter: http://twitter.com/kostis43 Flickr: http://www.flickr.com/centre4museology Bookmarks: http://del.icio.us/centre4museology