Dear MARMAMers, I am offering to have your PR, advertising, and scholarly information disseminated at my Whaling History Conference in Cologne, Germany, on 10 - 12 November 2006. The updated program is found below. Currently, ie about two weeks prior to the Conference, there are 60 registrations from 13 countries, including the Philippines, Hawaii, and both American continents, besides many European countries. So 80 to 100 copies would certainly do. Please note that this is a conference on the humanities, not on the science of whales and seals! So I will be happy to disseminate advertising, promotional & educational material, leaflets, brochures, offprints, badges, posters (folded to A4 format max), etc., from maritime museums, maritime publishers, scholarly institutions and researchers, all preferably with a distinct focus on marine mammal-related exploitation, culture and human societies. Material from whale-watching enterprizes is eligible for dissemination too. Please do not send anything on cetacean or pinniped science, biology, behaviour, ecology, genetics, etc., if it does not predominantly pertain to the HISTORY of whale- and seal-related science. Whaler-bashing of any kind (such as press releases and other publications from anti-whaling organisations, individuals, institutions, or government bodies pursuing such a policy) are not eligible for dissemination. Needless to say, there's no chance of having us print out and distribute your PDF's, nor will attachments or links be forwarded to registered participants by email. Any PRINTED material you wish to be included in the conference packs must quickly be shipped to the following address, to arrive in Cologne, Germany, prior to 9 November: Dieter Kuesgen Whaling Conference Office Im Riephagen 10 51069 Cologne Germany The following Custom Contents Declaration is mandatory for items shipped from outside the EU: EDUCATIONAL MATERIAL FOR FREE DISTRIBUTION Please note that conference organizers and assistants cannot bother with clearing shipments declared otherwise through customs. Please note that you are advised to announce your mailings - clearly indicating the declared sender with full mailing address - to: Kkuesgen at t-online.de and Barthval at t-online.de (Edit if you are not a spammer) Mailings not announced that way will be returned to sender. Thanks for your interest. Kindest regards Klaus Barthelmess Whaling Research Project Cologne, Germany Barthval at t-online.de (Edit if you are not a spammer) SEVENTH COLOGNE WHALING MEETING Cologne, Germany 10 – 12 November 2006 The triennial Cologne Whaling Meetings are one of only two regular international conferences on the cultural history of human-cetacean relations, worldwide, from prehistoric times to the present day. Two weeks prior to the Seventh Conference, there are about sixty registrations from 13 countries. Friday evening starts with the traditional „greasy gossip“, a casual warm-up reunion in a Cologne pub, where you can meet old friends and make new ones from all over the whaling world. Saturday will feature an all-day conference programme of eight presentations, with coffee and lunch breaks in between. There will be a Saturday night dinner (at participants’ own expense), followed by a concert of whaling-related music. Sunday morning will be devoted to four more presentations. The conference will close around 1:30 PM. As usual, participants can expect to see a specially arranged exhibition. Current plans aim at compiling a pioneering, ambitious exhibition on „Baleen in Art and Artifacts from Seven Centuries“. The participation fee will be 75 Euros, and will cover break snacks and beverages, as well as the conference pack including a souvenir. The dinner on Saturday is at participants’ own expense. Requests for an invitation to participate may still be directed to the organizer (Barthelmess), outlining your specific interest in whaling. PROGRAM Friday, 10 November 2006 18:00 Casual warm-up reunion of conference participants for „greasy gossip “ at Cologne pub, location to be announced to registered participants Saturday, 11 November 2006 Conference venue to be announced to registered participants 09:00 admission & registration 09:30 Klaus Barthelmess, Cologne: opening remarks 09:40 Vicki E. Szabo, PhD, Western Carolina University, Cullowhee: The archaeology of medieval whale use: new approaches 10:25 Dr. Uwe Schnall, formerly German Maritime Museum, Bremerhaven: Whale food, Vinland, Anno 1002: The literary tradition of the first whale recorded to have been eaten in the New World 11:10 coffee break 11: 25 Ingvar Svanberg, University of Uppsala, Sweden: Troll whales in Scandinavian folklore and mythology 12:15 Jorge Guzman-Gutierrez, PhD, visiting scholar, Scott Polar Research Institute, Cambridge, & ambassadorial secretary, Embassy of Chile in Oslo: Whales and whalers of the Southern Seas: Testimonies from cartography and travel accounts of the 16th and 17th centuries 12:55 lunch break 14:00 Karin Gille-Linne, historian, & Sandra Juwig, architect, Hannoversch Münden, Germany: How did the narwhal get to Hannoversch Münden? Carvings in 17th-century half-timbering in the South of Lower Saxony, Germany 14:45 Nicholas Redman, Worldwide Whale Bone Inventory Project, Teddington, England: The whale bone inventory project – progress report 15:30 coffee break 15:45 Thierry du Pasquier, whaling historian, Paris: The changing uses of baleen in people’s daily lives 16:30 Tony Dumitru, Nantucket Historical Association: Whaling and the spermaceti candle industry on Nantucket 17:15 adjourn 19:30 dinner buffet at Restaurant, location to be announced to registered participants 21:00 approx. Stuart M. Frank, PhD, director emeritus, Kendall Institute of the New Bedford Whaling Museum, Massachusetts: Concert: „Shakespeare and the Gingham Gown, or, a sailor’s night on the town“ Sunday, 12 November 2006 location at previous day’s conference venue 09:30 conference venue opens 09:55 Klaus Barthelmess, Cologne: hangover remarks 10:00 Joost Schokkenbroek, Nederlands Scheepvaart Museum, Amsterdam: Too hot to handle? Dutch whaling and seal hunting in the Arctic during the nineteenth century 10:45 Susan Lebo, PhD, Bishop Museum, Honolulu, Hawaii: Nineteenth-century whaling trade with Pacific indigenous communities 11:30 coffee break 11:45 Jan-Erik Ringstad, Christensen’s Whaling Museum, Sandefjord, Norway: Whaling on my mind: Did whaling affect the mentality of the people in Sandefjord? 12:30 Klaus Barthelmess, Cologne: An international campaign against whaling and sealing prior to World War One [supernumerary, in case a presenter drops out at short notice: Stuart Frank, PhD, director emeritus, Kendall Institute of the New Bedford Whaling Museum, Massachusetts: topic t.b.a.] 13:15 Klaus Barthelmess: Closing remarks, adjourn till November 2009 Klaus Barthelmess Whaling Research Project Cologne, Germany Barthval at t-online.de (Edit if you are not a spammer)