Researching New York 2005: Perspectives on Empire State History 
November 17th and 18th, Campus Center, University at Albany, Uptown Campus
Highlighting the Women of New York 

Featured Events include:

Film Screening & Discussion: "Josiah Allen's Wife: The Marietta Holley Story." After the screening, co-creators and producers Kate H. Winter & Melanie Smith Golding will discuss how they came to know and tell the story of the North Country's "female Mark Twain." Thursday, November 17, 2005 ~ Standish Room, Science Library ~ Open to the public.
    
Keynote address: "Untidy Origins: A Story of Woman's Rights in Antebellum New York," noon Friday. Penn State University Professor Lori D. Ginzberg draws on her just published book, exploring why six Jefferson County women, two years before the landmark 1848 Seneca Falls Convention, presented a petition to the NY State Constitutional Convention accusing the state government of departing from "true democratic principles" by denying women the right to vote. Conference registration is required.

Closing Plenary: Rethinking Martin Van Buren, a roundtable discussion led by Sean Wilentz with Jonathan Earle, University of Kansas, Reeve Huston, Duke University, and Patricia West, Martin Van Buren National Historic Site. Sponsored by the Organization of American Historians, the National Park Service, and the Center for Applied Historical Research, University at Albany, as part of the current effort to evaluate interpretive themes and research at Martin Van Buren National Historic Site in Kinderhook, NY. Friday, 4:45PM, Standish Room, Science Library.

Learn more about the entire conference program and how to register at the Conference Web site at http://nystatehistory.org/researchny/rsny.html. 

Researching New York 2005 is sponsored by:   The Department of History and The History Graduate Student Organization, University at Albany, State University of New York and The New York State Archives Partnership Trust.