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Conference announcement posted by request.
--Moderator, NYHIST-L
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The 29th Conference on New York State History
June 5-7 2008
Skidmore College
Saratoga Springs, New York
Sponsored by
New York State Historical Association
In collaboration with
New York State Archives Partnership Trust
Co-sponsored by
New York Council for the Humanities
More than 60 papers on various topics in New York history will be presented
over three days. For the complete Conference program:
http://www.nyhistory.com/cnysh/2008CNYSHprogram.htm
Some of the highlights will be:
The annual Wendell Tripp Lecture at lunch on Friday June 6th, "An Acceptable
Refreshment: Eating and Drinking in the Hudson Valley, 1780-1860," by Martin
Bruegel of the Institut National de la Recherche Agronomique, France.
Friday evening we will have a guest speaker sponsored by New York Council
for the Humanities. Kevin Baker, the author of the historical novels
_Dreamland_, _Paradise Alley_, and _Sometimes You See It Coming_ will speak
about New York State history in his books.
Thursday, June 5th will be a full day of workshops and methodology sessions.
Included are a County/Borough Historians' Workshop with Robert W. Arnold and
Carol Kammen and an Educators' Workshop sponsored by the Upstate History
Alliance.
On June 7th, Saturday afternoon, join us for a behind the scenes visit to
Fort Ticonderoga, one of North America's most important points of conflict,
a battleground during both the French and Indian and Revolutionary wars. A
walking tour of the Carillon Battlefield will be followed by two options,
resources at Fort Ticonderoga for studying the French and Indian War, and
construction and destruction of Carillon/Fort Ticonderoga, 1755-59. The
underwater archeologist Joseph W. Zarzynski of Bateaux Below will present a
program on "Lake George's Sunken Fleet of 1758 and Its Role in the French
and Indian War."
Saturday afternoon ends with a picnic dinner overlooking the majestic
Champlain Valley.
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