Conference on Coastal Fortifications, Portugal November 2008

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Subject: Call for Papers: Conference on Coastal Fortifications

> Coastal Fortifications: From the Beginning to Modern Time.
> The VIII International Conference on Military Monuments, Faro,
> Algarve, Portugal. 27-29 November 2008 Sponsored by the Associacao
> Portuguers dos Amigos dos Castelos and the Universidade do Algarve.
>
> Call for Abstracts. Deadline 30 April 2008. Acceptances will be
> notified by 30 June 2008.
>
> Conference will consist of four thematic sessions: Historiography;
> Structural elements and construction; Restoration and protection of
> its environemntal and landscape context; and Cultural intervention
and
> re-use.
>
> Abstracts to be 250 words max, in English or Portuguese, and will be
> accompanied by a one-page Bio of the author. Abstracts must include
> author(s) name(s) e-mail conatct; title, a concise statement of the
> issue; and a smummary of the major conclusions, and an indication of
> the session in which the paper will be included. No communications to

> exceed 20 m.
>
> Send all correspondence to _congresso@amigoscastelos.org.pt_
(mailto:congresso@amigoscastelos.org.pt)
> Fax: +351 210 805 342
>

Tom Wheaton
_trwheaton@gmail.com_ (mailto:trwheaton@gmail.com)