THIS WEEK!!

RESEARCHING NEW YORK 2003: PERSPECTIVES ON EMPIRE STATE HISTORY

November 20 & 21, 2003
Campus Center, Uptown Campus
University at Albany, SUNY

Register at [log in to unmask] or at the door. The conference program and
registration information are available at
http://nystatehistory.org/researchny.

Highlights of this year's Conference include:

Rockwell Kent: His Life and Times ~ A film screening and discussion.
With Frederick Lewis, producer, writer and director of the film.

Thursday evening, 7:00 PM Standish Room
Science Library, University at Albany
This event is free and open to the public. Conference attendees are invited
to a reception preceding the screening.  Rockwell Kent, painter, author,
illustrator, social activist, and adventurer lived much of his life in the
Adirondack Mountains. This documentary chronicles the many dimensions of
Kent's life and adventures. Further information about Kent as well as images
of some of his work are at the Plattsburgh State Art
Museum --http://organizations.plattsburgh.edu/museum/rkent1.htm

"One False Assumption [About the Iroquois Indians]and Logic Does the Rest"
by Laurence
Hauptman, Distinguished University Professor, SUNY New Paltz at lunch on
Friday.

For further information about these events or any other questions about
the conference, please contact us at [log in to unmask] or call
518-442-4488.

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