Hi All -

I'm preparing a paper proposal for the upcoming annual conference,
"Researching New York: Perspectives on Empire State History," to be held
November 21-22 at SUNY-Albany.  If anyone would be interested in preparing
a panel proposal on related topics, please let me know.  The deadline for
proposals is July 15.  Further information, including the "Call for Papers"
can be found at the conference website - http://nystatehistory.org/researchny

My paper will focus on the work undertaken by schools/centers of radical
education in the post-WW1 years, with a particular focus on socialist
institutions such as the Rand School of Social Science and the Socialist
Sunday Schools located in NYC. My Ph.D. dissertation examined the efforts
of the Lusk Committee to investigate and eliminate the threat posed by such
radical organizations; so my interest in their work comes naturally.

If anyone has a related topic of interest--perhaps pertaining to education
in New York State, political radicalism, or state regulation, and would
like to develop a panel (or serve as chair or commentator) please let me know.

Thanks in advance--

Todd

Dr. Todd Pfannestiel
Department of History
Clarion University
840 Wood Street
Clarion, PA  16214

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