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Subject: Hagley Library Call for Papers/
Date: Mon, 28 Feb 2011 14:58:35 -0500
From: Carol Lockman<[log in to unmask]>



Call for papers for conference Nov. 17 and 18, 2011


The Life of New Materials


Paper proposals are invited for a conference on Nov. 17 and 18, 2011
that will explore the lives of the new materials that have made possible
many of the technological advances of our age. Whether based on plant,
metal, chemical, or nano technologies, the development, use, re-use, and
disposal of new materials is an embedded feature of our industrial
society. The focus of this conference is to understand the relationships
from which new materials emerge, and which they in turn often refashion.
We are especially interested in proposals that focus on the life history
of a new material: its biography, use cycle, place in supply chains, or
features as material culture. We encourage papers to address the reasons
and methods for development of a new material; its design, manufacture,
testing, and subsequent incorporation into final products or already
existing technologies; its reuse or disposal after completion of its
primary purpose; and its impact - anticipated or not - on subsequent
innovations. Exploration of the creation of new materials should situate
those scientific and technological processes within the commercial,
institutional, or social contexts that lead to their development.
Papers should be historical and based on original research, and may
consider any region of the world after 1900. Submissions should include
a brief c.v. and an abstract for the proposed paper that is no more than
500 words in length. The deadline for proposals is April 1, 2011. Please
go to www.pachs.net/newmaterials<http://www.pachs.net/newmaterials>  to
submit a proposal. Travel support will be available for those presenting
at the conference.

The conference is jointly sponsored by the Center for the History of
Business, Technology and Society at the Hagley Museum and Library, the
Arnold and Mabel Beckman Center for the History of Chemistry at the
Chemical Heritage Foundation (CHF), and the Philadelphia Area Center for
History of Science (PACHS). Sessions will take place at Hagley in
Wilmington, Delaware and at CHF in Philadelphia. Questions about this
conference may be directed to Dr. Roger Horowitz,
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Carol Ressler Lockman
Center for the History of Business, Technology,&  Society
Hagley Museum&  Library
PO Box 3630
Wilmington DE  19807


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