[OR_Archaeology] Association for Gravestone Studies - conference, scholarship and awards announcements

[POULEY John * OPRD]

2019 AGS Conference to be in North Carolina

The AGS 2019 Annual Meeting and Conference  will be held at Gardner-Webb University, Boiling Springs, North Carolina on June 25-30.

Held in a different location each year since 1978, the conference features lectures, demonstrations, exhibits, conservation and documentation workshops, classroom sessions, slide presentations, and guided cemetery tours.

Registration will open in Spring 2019. Click here<http://r20.rs6.net/tn.jsp?f=001Zju8IPkfcN727tYWtTfOp63Bdd7JFOGwCvasx0JYwn5NOCZKqME_7fHIhwWOYgTgAz-qGSFAGUQyZw3ASk1hIQLIU_KhaSrVZDtLUlewrpukoQwcahqX2jgNqzzJXr1A4P6gZqNm3r8s60-K2JRX2E5-AVfhXW1Xa4lNzi2mooBuyL5SaCNKg3ZsWsidhRrmkBiPPWxFWLWRY9kHL6tqO-mDYv7o4g8jHc64nfuTjTt_klHHQqzCLw==&c=e1rTHjkSKUm_atCH4zwzxROkSeJBgR_raEZeyKSfKMEmEScLFYLyPg==&ch=N8F2RTDQZLq-TyPCpXv7ORkqbvLLz3H9h6IiZ38C2jDX-5-ltF3waQ==> to see a video about Garder-Webb University.

NOTE: The Elisabeth Walton Potter Oregon Heritage Preservation Scholarship<https://www.oregon.gov/oprd/HCD/FINASST/pages/scholarships.aspx#EWPOH_Preservation_Scholarship> offered by Oregon Heritage can be used to attend this conference.


2019 AGS Conferences Scholarship for Students

STUDENTS: Have you been doing research on gravestones, cemeteries, or a closely related topic?  Would you like an opportunity to attend the next Association for Gravestone Studies Conference and Annual Meeting as a guest of AGS?  Enter the AGS Student Scholarship Competition.

The next AGS Conference will be held at Gardner-Webb University, Boiling Springs, North Carolina, June 25-30.

Requirements: The applicant must be a graduate or undergraduate student at an accredited college or university, as well as a member of the Association for Gravestone Studies. A student membership is just $25 per year and includes the next published issue of Markers, four issues of the AGS Quarterly, and more.

Application: Each applicant should submit a proposal for a twenty-minute presentation: a scholarly paper suitable for delivery at an academic conference, or a report of comparable quality on an on-going research project, to be presented at the Friday evening lecture session. PowerPoint is the preferred presentation medium.

Each entry should include the title, a summary or abstract and a PDF of the PowerPoint program, as well as a letter of recommendation from an academic adviser. Your entry should consist of a cover letter, with attachments, emailed to
info at gravestonestudies.org<mailto:info at gravestonestudies.org>.

The award will cover registration and activities fees, plus room and board for the full conference (about $525) and will include a cash prize of $200, which will be presented at the conference.

Deadline: March 31, 2019

Call for Nominations: Forbes Award and Oakley Certificates of Merit

AGS is seeking proposals for the 2019 Forbes and Oakley Awards. The deadline for applications is December 1, 2018. Awards will be presented at the 2019 Conference in Boiling Springs, North Carolina. Visit www.gravestonestudies.org <http://r20.rs6.net/tn.jsp?f=001Zju8IPkfcN727tYWtTfOp63Bdd7JFOGwCvasx0JYwn5NOCZKqME_7Xu0PPLxJ1xHx2QHq9tHJIZAVolkyu5gYuadKSvqW7l0QBD5foPbBrpWT-ZxNNJ4mz8xb01CmTZzuxqPFXBRgFQ1xVxBU35_8OXjPaVHF8J_dwD7abURivqtI7rg9yvoHg==&c=e1rTHjkSKUm_atCH4zwzxROkSeJBgR_raEZeyKSfKMEmEScLFYLyPg==&ch=N8F2RTDQZLq-TyPCpXv7ORkqbvLLz3H9h6IiZ38C2jDX-5-ltF3waQ==> and click on "Awards" for descriptions and nomination forms.

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