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<div dir="ltr">Hi Everyone, <div><br></div><div>The Call for Papers Deadline for the 2018 American Institute for Conservation (AIC) meeting has been extended to <b>Tuesday, September 19th </b>(11:59pm). As a reminder, there will be a few concurrent general sessions, including one devoted to care and conservation of natural history materials(!!). I've only been attending these meetings for less than 10 years, so I don't know <i>for sure</i>, but this might be the first time there's been a whole session devoted to these collections. </div><div><br></div><div>See below for more information (I'll copy in the specific call for nat. hist. abstracts). </div><div>-Fran </div><div><div class="gmail_quote"><br><br><u></u><div style="font-family:arial,sans-serif;font-size:10pt">
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<p style="text-align:center"><span style="font-size:14px"><span style="font-family:"trebuchet ms",helvetica,sans-serif"><strong>The</strong> <strong>Call for Papers Deadline has been Extended to 11:59 p.m. on September 19, 2017</strong></span></span></p>
<p><span style="font-size:14px"><span style="font-family:"trebuchet ms",helvetica,sans-serif">Thank you to everyone who has already submitted an abstract. The response to the “<strong><span style="background:white;font-weight:normal">Materials Matters 2018</span></strong>” theme has been strong, and we have received many abstracts. We have decided to extend the deadline to September 19<sup>th</sup> because we have heard from members needing more time to finalize their abstracts; some of these requests have come from members in Florida, who are facing communication issues dues to Irma. </span></span></p>
<p><span style="font-size:14px"><span style="font-family:"trebuchet ms",helvetica,sans-serif"><span style="background:white">To submit your abstract and for additional information, please visit the </span><a href="https://urldefense.proofpoint.com/v2/url?u=http-3A__www.conservation-2Dus.org_annual-2Dmeeting_call-2Dfor-2Dsubmissions_&d=DwMFaQ&c=cjytLXgP8ixuoHflwc-poQ&r=LpYc_Z_iN1KRw0hheb3x6-8MJUMu482qfHowpGYJqwc&m=jYYi36ttHWXxe3sC5KuzE4R-ff0b2OBIsrnnKItZusk&s=yrUBQoKYV-4XKbE_psiwL2TycFmf2BgZ7MS7I6-iIRY&e=" target="_blank"><span style="background:white">Call for Papers webpage</span></a><span style="background:white">. You can start your abstract in our online portal, save it and finalize it in another session. I encourage you to start your abstract before September 19, to make sure that you can access the system and fully understand the process. Please contact me at </span><a href="mailto:rseyler@conservation-us.org" target="_blank"><span style="background:white">rseyler@conservation-us.org</span></a><span style="background:white"> with any questions.</span></span></span></p>
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<p style="margin-bottom:0.0001pt;line-height:normal"><span style="font-size:14px"><span style="font-family:"trebuchet ms",helvetica,sans-serif"><strong>The 46th AIC Annual Meeting will be held in Houston, TX, on May 29-June 2, 2018.</strong><br>
<strong><span style="background:white;font-weight:normal">The theme for the main conference is: “Materials Matters 2018.”</span></strong> <span style="background:white">Papers are solicited that demonstrate the impact of material studies – or studies of materials – on the conservation profession, including the emergence of innovative treatments, new ways of “looking” and “seeing,” shifts in decision-making and desired outcomes, and changes in collection care strategies. Also welcome are explorations of the impact of trending “materiality” studies in related disciplines including archaeology, museum and curatorial fields, and art history among others. Topics can include, but are not limited to: cutting-edge imaging and analysis techniques of materials, new materials having conservation applications, revelations about the meaning and significance of materials within an artist’s work, and improved methods of authentication. Four concurrent general session sub-themes have been identified with more to be identified based on the submissions.</span></span></span></p>
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<strong style="color:rgb(0,0,0);font-family:Arial,Helvetica,sans-serif;font-size:12px">Materials in Natural History Collections – Care and Conservation<br><br></strong><span style="color:rgb(0,0,0);font-family:Arial,Helvetica,sans-serif;font-size:12px">Natural history collections encompass almost every kind of material, from floral and faunal specimens, to field notebooks, taxidermy animals, and gems and minerals. For this session, we welcome papers focusing on the care and conservation of materials which fall outside typical fine art material norms.</span><br style="color:rgb(0,0,0);font-family:Arial,Helvetica,sans-serif;font-size:12px"><p style="margin-bottom:0.0001pt;line-height:normal"><span style="font-size:14px"><span style="font-family:"trebuchet ms",helvetica,sans-serif"><br></span></span></p><p style="margin-bottom:0.0001pt;line-height:normal"><span style="font-size:14px"><span style="font-family:"trebuchet ms",helvetica,sans-serif">We look forward to welcoming you to Houston.</span></span></p>
<p style="margin-bottom:0.0001pt;line-height:normal"><span style="font-size:14px"><span style="font-family:"trebuchet ms",helvetica,sans-serif"><span><span>Sincerely,</span></span></span></span><br>
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<p style="margin-bottom:0.0001pt;line-height:normal"><span style="font-size:14px"><span style="font-family:"trebuchet ms",helvetica,sans-serif"><span><em>Ruth Seyler</em><br>
<em>Meetings and Advocacy Director</em></span></span></span></p>
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