Copper Strike Symposium Website is Active
Striking miners gather outside the Calumet office of the Western Federaion of Miners in 1913. Photo courtesy Michigan Tech Archives, Image (Photo courtesy of the Michigan Tech Archives)
Retrospection & Respect, the academic symposium that will take place at the historical conclusion of the 1913-1914 Michigan copper miners’ strike, now has an active website through Michigan Tech’s Digital Commons. The website is an updated planning hub that will let all interested stakeholders stay informed about symposium updates, news, schedules, etc. The Call for Papers for the symposium is still active, so if you are interested in speaking at the symposium please submit an abstract by December 16th.
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The call for proposals has been extended to January 6, 2014 (http://blogs.mtu.edu/archives/2013/12/09/call-for-proposals-extended/). Abstract submission is now open and should be submitted via email to copper@mtu.edu, with the subject line “Symposium Proposal.” Abstracts should be no more than 250 words. Accepted paper presentations will be 20 minutes in length.