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Call for Papers: Understanding British Portraits Annual Seminar, National Portrait Gallery, London, 25 November 2015 (deadline for submissions Friday 12 June) Understanding British Portraits is an active network with free membership for professionals working with British portraits including curators, museum learning professionals, researchers, academics and conservators. We aim to enhance the knowledge and understanding of portraits in all media in British collections, for the benefit of future research, exhibitions, interpretation, display and learning programmes. This year's Annual Seminar will take place on Wednesday 25 November at the National Portrait Gallery, London. It aims to highlight current scholarly research, museum-based learning programmes, conservation discoveries and curatorial practice relating to British portraits of all media and time periods. We are now inviting proposals for 20-minute papers from museum professionals, scholars, conservators, and independent researchers which focus on these areas, and seek to share innovation, challenges, or best practice case studies. Please send your abstract (max. 300 words) with a short biographical note (max. 100 words) in Word format to [log in to unmask] before Friday 12 June. For full details please see >> http://www.britishportraits.org.uk/events/annual-seminar-2015/ Caroline Pegum, Researcher/Co-ordinator, Understanding British Portraits network www.britishportraits.org.uk National Portrait Gallery, St Martin's Place, London WC2H 0HE T 020 7321 6427 www.npg.org.uk<http://www.npg.org.uk/> Normal working days: Monday - Thursday [UBP logo - email copy copy copy] click here<http://www.npg.org.uk/whatson/news2/newsletter-sign-up.php> to register for the Gallery's e-newsletter This e-mail, and any attachment, is intended only for the attention of the addressee(s). Its unauthorised use, disclosure, storage or copying is not permitted. If you are not the intended recipient, please destroy all copies and inform the sender by return e-mail. P Please consider the environment; do you really need to print this email? + + + + + + + + + + + + + + + + + + + + GEM list: Contact the list owner for assistance at [log in to unmask] For information about joining, leaving and suspending mail (eg during a holiday) see the list website at https://www.jiscmail.ac.uk/cgi-bin/webadmin?A0=GEM + + + + + + + + + + + + + + + + + + + +