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Subject: Society for the History of Discoveries - Annual Meeting -
Papers and Speakers
Date: Wed 29 Jun 2005
From: SHD Web <[log in to unmask]>
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The Society for the History of Discoveries (SHD) is holding its 46th
Annual Meeting in Colonial Williamsburg and Newport News, Virginia, from
October 6-8, 2005.

1. SHD MEETING PAPER SESSIONS - NAMES & TOPICS.
Now at
http://www.sochistdisc.org/annual_meetings/annual_2005/annual_meeting_2005.htm
you will find the entire program, including the names and titles of all
the papers that will be delivered.

2. SHD MEETING REGISTRATION.
Register now for the SHD Meeting. The registration fee increases for all
mailings postmarked September 1 or later. See the meeting website at
http://www.sochistdisc.org/annual_meetings/annual_2005/annual_meeting_2005.htm
for a downloadable registration form.

3. SHD 2005 ESSAY CONTEST.
Carol Urness reports that the 2005 winner of the SHD writing contest is
Alice Storey, for her paper "Layers of Discovery: Exploration and
Innovation in Oceania." Alice is a student in Anthropology at the
University of Auckland, New Zealand.

4. The symposium "Mapping Colonial America" has been organized by
Colonial Williamsburg from October 4-6, 2005, the several days
immediately prior to the SHD Meeting. Information about that symposium,
including registration details, is linked at the meeting website noted
above.

Regards,

Tom Sander

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Thomas F. Sander
SHD Web Content Manager
P.O. Box 10793
Burke, VA 22009-0793 USA

Tel: 703-426-2880 Fax: 703-426-2881
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