Conference presentation opportunities
Kristen Whitson
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Call for Workshop Proposals - MAC in Chicago 2023
Are you planning to attend the Midwest Archives Conference Annual Meeting in Chicago in 2023? Do you have expertise in a topic that you would like to share with other members?
The MAC Education Committee is accepting proposals for half-day workshops to be taught in Chicago on Thursday, April 16, 2023, from 8 am to noon. Workshop topics that address all aspects of electronic records, project management, records management, grant writing, DEI in collections and services, and accessibility are encouraged, but all topics will be considered. Please consider submitting a proposal!
Questions? Please contact MAC Education Committee co-chairs Carrie Schwier (clsc...@iu.edu) or Ryan Leimkuehler (rlei...@ksu.edu).
Please note: MAC does not reimburse travel or accommodation fees for annual meeting workshop presenters, but they will receive an honorarium of $250 for individuals, or $300 divided among multiple presenters.
To submit proposals, please use this MAC 2023 Workshop Proposal Form: https://forms.gle/4DBmo5GsYoUDkjkU6
The deadline for submitting workshop proposals is November 16, 2022.
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The Society of American Archivists will be meeting in Washington, D.C. and virtually July 22-29, 2023, and is seeking proposals related to the theme of “Work in Common/Work Toward Commons”: Our worlds, and our profession, have been reshaped not just by ongoing public health crises, but by racial and gender violence, climate disasters, political stratification, and economic upheavals. In many ways we cannot return to what was before, and perhaps—in some ways—we should not desire this return. As we reflect on the reshaping of our lives and work, we are called to ask: what are we building together? In refusing to accept the “new norm,” how can we envision our profession differently? How can the shifts in archives—not just over the last two years, but over the last decade—make space for us to examine and radically redefine our approaches to infrastructure, labor, and sustainability (both in terms of archival work, but also in terms of sustaining our own well-being)? We need one another now more than ever.
Interested in submitting a proposal? Interested in finding others with whom to collaborate on a proposal? The full call and a link to a Google spreadsheet to help with collaboration is available on the SAA website (https://www2.archivists.org/am2023/program/call-for-program-proposals).
Note that all submissions must be received by Friday, December 2 at 11:59 CT. A pdf version of the submission form is available on the website, but all session proposals must be received through the online submission form, which will be available no later than November 15.
Thanks,
Kristen
