Two CFPs I want to remember

1. "Memories and Violence" (due date for article, August 1)
2. 7th Intercultural Rhetoric and Discourse Conference (due date for abstract, November 1, 2011)

A couple of interesting posts on the management of history

I have nothing at this point to add to these posts; I just found them interesting:

• "Managing History in China" (井底之蛙)
  About problems with the management of the Forbidden City: "China has lots of history. 5,000 years of it, in fact. Historical Preservation, or Cultural Resources Management, or whatever you want to call it is something they have less of as shown by recent events in the Great Within. Basically, the Beijing Forbidden City Cultural Development Company has been accused of setting up a special club for rich people inside the Forbidden City. ..."
• "Mixing Up Taipei's History" (Patrick Cowsill)
  About the possibly ideologically motivated historical inaccuracies in the official English description of the Red House, a historical landmark in Taipei.