Symposium Details
Date: Saturday, November 4, 2017
Time: 8:30 a.m. to 6:30 p.m.
Location: Carbone Auditorium, ECJSC Building
Registration Deadline: October 15, 2017
Note: Program fee includes meals and post-symposium reception
Time: 8:30 a.m. to 6:30 p.m.
Location: Carbone Auditorium, ECJSC Building
Registration Deadline: October 15, 2017
Note: Program fee includes meals and post-symposium reception
SCHEDULE
| 8:30–9:00 | Breakfast |
| 9:00-9:15 | David Wittner, Utica College Center for Historical Research Introductory Remarks |
| 9:15-10:15 | Craig Williams, New York State Museum “The Erie Canal—The Early Years” |
| 10:20-11:20 | John Busch, Independent Historian “Steaming at Both Ends: How the First High Technology Super-Charged the First Years of the Erie Canal” |
| 11:30-11:45 | Coffee Break |
| 11:45-12:45 | Ann Norton Greene, University of Pennsylvania “The Erie Canal: Making and Maintaining New Natures” |
| 12:45-1:45 | Lunch |
| 2:00-2:50 | Susan Brewer, University of Wisconsin-Stevens Point "Homeland Lost: The Erie Canal and the Oneidas" |
| 3:00-3:50 | Pamela Vittorio, Parsons School of Design, The New School “The Erie Canal and the Woman Suffrage Movement: From Boats to Votes” |
| 4:00-4:15 | Coffee Break |
| 4:15-5:15 | Craobh Dugan, “The Irish and the Erie Canal” Program Details Mike Carroll, Flute, Whistle, Concertina, Vocals Sue Romero – Bodhran, Vocals Ed Campbell – Fiddle, Guitar, and Vocals Skip Mansur – Tenor Banjo, Bouzouki, Vocals Bill Fahy – Clawhammer Banjo, Mandolin, Vocals |
| 5:30-6:30 | Closing Reception |
