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.