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AAH NEWSLETTER
No. 36 (Summer 1999)

CONFERENCES & WORKSHOPS OF REGIONAL INTEREST


ATLANTIC ASSOCIATION OF HISTORIANS 1999 CONFERENCE
"The Uses and Abuses of Public History" will be the theme of this year's annual conference of the Atlantic Association of Historians, hosted by the University of Prince Edward Island in Charlottetown, PEI on October 2-3, 1999. Public history, or history as it is practiced outside the formal academic setting, is a growing area of interest in Canada. Charlottetown is a particularly appropriate location for a conference on public history. The 1999 conference will draw on the collaborative efforts of a number of organizations with an interest in public history - Parks Canada, the Department of Veterans Affairs, the Confederation Centre of the Arts, and the P.E.I Museum and Heritage Foundation. The keynote speaker will be Dr. Christopher Moore of Toronto, whose works on Louisbourg and the Charlottetown Conference are outstanding examples of 'public' history at its best. As well, a panel with David Frank, Alan MacEachern, Margaret Conrad, and Phylis LeBlanc will address public history in the region. Social events will include an opening reception on Friday evening, a second reception on Saturday at Beaconsfield, an outstanding architectural treasure on the Charlottetown waterfront, and headquarters of the PEI Museum and Heritage Foundation. The gastronomic highlight of the weekend will be supper at the Old Glasgow Mill Restaurant just outside Charlottetown, followed by entertainment by our colleague, storyteller David Weale.

Reserve the date now for what promises to be an interesting and enjoyable weekend. Please note that there are numerous conferences taking place in Charlottetown at the same time as the Atlantic Association of Historians 1999 Conference. It is strongly recommended that you make accommodation arrangements well in advance of the conference date to ensure you are able to find suitable lodgings. (A few hotels and inns are already fully booked for the weekend of the conference).

For further information, contact Andrew Robb, Dept. of History, UPEI (tel.: 902-566-0692; fax 628-4323; e-mail: robb@upei.ca) or visit the new Association web site (www.umoncton.ca/aah-aha/an_meet.html).


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