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Call for Papers
2007 Western Frontier Symposium

Location: Johnstown, New York 
Symposium Date: October 19-21, 2007
Call for Papers Deadline:  January 16, 2007  

Symposium Title: 
	Agents of Change in Colonial New York: Sir William Johnson's
World

Sponsored by:	New York State Office of Parks, Recreation and Historic
Preservation Mohawk Valley Heritage Corridor Commission
Fulton-Montgomery Community College 
New York Archives Partnership Trust 
and related historic sites in the Mohawk Valley 

In the second half of the eighteenth century, the Mohawk Valley of
Upstate New York was a microcosm of the changes reshaping North
America.
Iroquois homelands west and north of Albany were being populated by
people of Dutch, Anglo-Irish-Scots, and Palatine German heritage.  A
new
culture was rising from the interactions and confrontations of these
nations.

Sir William Johnson was a central figure in this story from his
arrival
in 1738 to his death in 1774.   Local rivalries and alliances
continued
to influence loyalties when the American Revolution broke out and
continued long after peace was declared.  

This symposium seeks to promote the latest analytical scholarship on
the
development of the Mohawk Valley Region in colonial Upstate New York.
Particular emphasis will be placed on the personal, professional and
cultural relationships among Sir William Johnson, Major General Philip
Schuyler, Brig. General Nicolas Herkimer, the people of the Six
Nations,
and others in developing a unique Mohawk Valley culture.

All presentations will be open to the public and the use of visuals is
strongly encouraged.  Scholars from multiple disciplines are urged to
participate.  Selected papers may be published by the New York State
Historical Association quarterly journal, New York History. 
Additional
symposium information can be found at
http://www.oldfortjohnson.org/symposium.html 

Send Proposals to:

Robin Campbell, Associate Curator
New York State Bureau of Historic Sites
PO Box 219
Waterford, NY 12188
518-237-8643 ext. 3235
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Wanda Burch, Site Manger
Johnson Hall State Historic Site
139 Hall Avenue
Johnstown, NY 12095
518-762-8712 [phone]
518-762-2330 [fax]
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