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.