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From: EDIS Curatorial <EDIS_Curatorial@nps.gov>
CALL FOR PAPERS
"INTERPRETING EDISON"
JUNE 25-27, 1997
In recognition of the 150th anniversary of Thomas A. Edison's birth, the National Park Service, Edison National Historic Site; the Organization of American Historians and the New Jersey Studies Academic Alliance will sponsor a conference, "Interpreting Edison," on June 25-27, 1997.
This conference, which will be held at Rutgers University in Newark and at the Edison Site in West Orange, NJ, will convene educators, museum curators, interpreters, scholars from a variety of disciplines and the public for a critical examination of Edison's impact on innovation, manufacturing, business and popular culture. The conference will also explore Edison's role as inventor, entrepreneur and cultural figure; the role of his laboratories in Newark, Menlo Park, West Orange and Fort Myers in the development of technology and science; and the role of the National Park Service and other agencies in preserving and interpreting the Edison story.
Conference organizers invite the submission of proposals for papers or panels on any of these or related historical and cultural themes. Proposals dealing with Edison's impact on the motion picture industry are especially welcome.
The Edison conference offers museum interpreters, scholars and classroom educators an opportunity to discuss more generally the history of science and technology, and its interpretation in museums, historic sites and school curricula. To achieve this objective, conference organizers also invite proposals for workshops or seminars designed to help educators use cultural resources to teach the history of science and technology. These workshops do not necessarily have to relate to Edison.
Edison NHS plans to publish selections from the conference in a proceedings volume. The deadline for submission of all proposals is July 31, 1996. Conference planners will notify speakers by early September 19967. Please send proposals and a brief c.v. or resume to:
Leonard DeGraaf Edison National Historic Site Main Street and Lakeside Avenue West Orange, New Jersey 07052 201-736-0550, ext 22 INTERNET: EDIS_Curatorial@nps.gov