This notice might be of interest to readers of the Conch-L Net.
Henk K. Mienis
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From: Janice Voltzow <[log in to unmask]>
To: Mollusca <[log in to unmask]>
Sent: Tuesday, June 26, 2001 5:02 PM
Subject: mollusca History of shells


> Readers of the American Malacological Society newsletter might be
> interested to learn about a two-part conference seminar this coming
> fall, a multi-disciplinary look at shells in the 18th century, as
> described in the enclosed attachment.  The papers range from malacology,
>
> taxonomy and the history of science on the one hand, to social history,
> the history of art and architecture, and buildings conservation on the
> other.  Among the speakers are two of your past presidents, one of your
> honorary life members, and comparably distinguished figures from the
> other disciplines represented.  As far as we can tell, this is the first
>
> time that people from the scientific and art history sides have been
> brought together on the subject.  We are hoping that the occasion will
> prove to be informative--and a great deal of fun.  Through your
> newsletter or otherwise, I very much hope that your membership can be
> alerted in time.
>
> With thanks,
> Arch Elias
>
> A. C. Elias, Jr.
> seminar chair
> [East Central group, American Society for 18th-Century Studies]
>
>
>
>
>
> EAST CENTRAL  AMERICAN SOCIETY FOR 18TH-CENTURY STUDIES
> Annual conference, Cape May, New Jersey, 18-21 Oct. 2001
>
>
> Special seminars, with exhibit:
>
>              The COLLECTOR'S CABINET, the GROTTO, and the NATURAL
> PHILOSOPHER:
>                                  SEASHELLS in the 18TH CENTURY
>
>
> *Session I.*  Sat. 20 Oct., 1:30-3:00 pm
>
> R. J. CLEEVELY (palaeontology, The Natural History Museum, London).
> "From Curiosity
> Cabinet to the Beginnings of Scientific Order:  Conchology in the 18th
> Century."
>
> TIM KNOX (Architectural Historian, The National Trust, London).  "`A
> Thousand
> Snails':  Grottoes and Shellwork in 18th-Century England."
>
> ROBERT ROBERTSON (malacology, Academy of Natural Sciences,
> Philadelphia).  "Rumphius
> and the Pearly Nautilus."
>
>
> *Session II.*  Sat. 20 Oct., 3:15-4:45 pm
>
> DIANA REYNELL (artist and conservator, London).  "Approaches to Grotto
> Restoration."
>
> E. ALISON KAY (zoology, University of Hawaii, Honolulu).  "What's In a
> Name?:  Three
> Hundred Names for Cowries, 1701-1798."
>
> DAVID PERMAN (publisher and independent scholar, Ware, Herts.).  "John
> Scott's Shell
> Grotto at Amwell."
>
> ALAN J. KOHN (zoology, University of Washington, Seattle).  "From
> Linnaeus to
> Lamarck:  Molluscs and 18th-Century Glimpses Towards Evolution."
>
>
> *Concurrent exhibit,* Sat. Oct. 20 only, by SUE HOBBS (Sue Hobbs
> Specimen Shells,
> Cape May), of shell species favored by 18th-century collectors and
> grotto-builders.
>
>
> *Conference costs:*  $40 registration fee for the full 3 1/2 days (half
> off for
> graduate students), $20 for the Saturday sessions only.  All conferees
> must be
> EC-ASECS members ($10/year individual, $15/year joint, $5/year
> student).  For
> registration forms contact the Executive Secretary, Dr. LINDA E.
> MERIANS, at 75-49
> 113th Street, Apt. 2, Forest Hills, NY 11375, email "[log in to unmask]".
>
>
> For guidance, assistance, support and encouragement in organizing the
> seminars,
> EC-ASECS extends special thanks to S. Peter Dance (Carlisle), Arthur
> MacGregor
> (Ashmolean Museum, Oxford), T. C. Barnard (Hertford College, Oxford),
> Kathie Way
> (Natural History Museum, London), E. M. Beekman (Univ. of Massachusetts,
> Amherst),
> Elizabeth McCutcheon (Univ. of Hawaii), Edward McParland (Trinity
> College, Dublin),
> the Knight of Glin (Irish Georgian Society), James Howley (Howley
> Harrington
> Architects, Dublin), Sarah Saunders-Davies (Romsey, Hants.), Stephen Jay
> Gould
> (Agassiz Museum, Harvard), Maureen Mulvihill (Princeton Reasearch
> Forum), Margaret
> Powell (Lewis Walpole Library, Yale), David J. Hancock (Univ. of
> Michigan), Julia
> Moore Converse (Univ. of Pennsylvania), Daniel Traister (Univ. of
> Pennsylvania),
> David Vander Meulen (Univ. of Virginia), Geoffrey Sill (Rutgers/Camden),
> Linda E.
> Merians (SUNY/Stony Brook), James E. May (Penn State/DuBois) and the
> EC-ASECS
> Executive Board, as well as the speakers and exhibitor themselves.
>
>