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Researching New York Conference Details Announced

November 12, 2014 by Editorial Staff Leave a Comment

Researching NY ConferenceThe 2014 Researching New York conference, “Identities in New York: Imagining, Constructing, Exploring,” will be held November 20-21, 2014 at the University at Albany.

This year’s conference will feature Richard Norton Smith who will present “On His Own Terms: A Life of Nelson Rockefeller” on Thursday evening. The keynote luncheon address on Friday will be “The Making of a Myth: Seneca Falls Unraveled” by Lisa Tetrault of Carnegie Mellon University. On Friday afternoon a live performance by the Capital Repertory Theatre of “The Workers of the Erie Canal: They Built America” will take place in UAlbany’s Performing Arts Center.

The full conference schedule is available online.

The 2014 Researching New York conference is presented by the University at Albany History Department in partnership with the History Graduate Student Association and the New York State Archives Partnership Trust as part of New York State History Month.

Researching New York brings together historians, researchers, archivists, museum curators, librarians, graduate students, teachers, Web and multimedia producers, and documentarians to share their work on New York State history. If you have any questions or comments, please contact  resrchny@albany.edu.

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Filed Under: Events, History Tagged With: Albany, Conferences, Erie Canal, Labor History, Researching New York Conference, Seneca Falls, SUNY Albany

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