Groundbreaking Conference About The History of Staten Island, New York
 
"Staten Island, New York, in American History and 21st Century Education"
 
College of Staten Island (CUNY), Center for the Arts
 
March 19-20, 2011
 
Teachers, curators, librarians, scholars, historians, students, and the 
general public are invited to enjoy a two-day event with over 80 
presentations, including panels on various themes from Dutch colonial 
architecture to contemporary politics, from war memorials to the history 
of local parks, including the 10th anniversary of the closing of Fresh 
Kills. Other special panels include archeology, archives and museum 
studies, transportation history, immigration, pedagogy, Jewish and 
Catholic history, the American Revolution, 19th century reform movements, 
the civil rights movement, and LGBTQ history, among others.
 
Our keynotes are Ms. Carmen Farina, former Deputy Chancellor of NYC Public 
Schools who will speak on Saturday March 19 to the topic "Making 
Connections: Social Studies as a Vehicle for Understanding Ourselves and 
the World" and the preeminent historian of New York City Dr. Kenneth T. 
Jackson of Columbia University who will speak on Sunday March 20 to the 
topic "Emerging from the Shadow: Staten Island and the Challenge of the 
21st Century." The plenary session for the conference will feature a round 
table chaired by New York State Historian Robert Weible and featuring the 
five New York City Borough Historians discussing "1898: New York City's 
Consolidation and its Ramifications."
 
There will also be a book exhibit with seventeen publishers displaying 
their titles.
 
This conference is co-sponsored by SI 350, Inc., the College of Staten 
Island (CUNY), Wagner College, St. John's University, and the Staten 
Island Foundation.
 
For information about registration and content see our website at 
www.si350.org.
 
Thank you and we hope to see you at the conference!
 
Dr. Phillip Papas
Associate Professor of History
Union County College
Co-chair, SI 350 Academic Conference/Education Symposium Committee
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