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NEW ENGLAND HISTORY ASSOCIATION ANNUAL FALL CONFERENCE

“TEACHING THE 1950s AND THE 1960s”

FRIDAY, OCTOBER 10, 2008

LOCATION: DODD CENTER, UNIVERSITY OF CONNECTICUT, STORRS, CT

Speakers Will Include:

Jack Chatfield, Associate Professor of History, Trinity College: “The 1960s: The Unraveling of America”

Cheryl Greenberg, Paul E. Raether Distinguished Professor of History, Trinity College: “The Struggle for Civil Rights in the United States”

Paul Lauter, Allan K. and Gwendolyn Miles Smith Professor of English, Trinity College: “The Social and Cultural Impact of the Sixties”

Paul Maher, Biographer of Jack Kerouac: “The Historical Significance of the Beat Generation”

Jeffrey Melnick, Associate Professor of American Studies, Babson College: “American Popular Culture of the 1950s and 1960s”

Jeffrey Ogbar, Associate Professor of History, Director: Institute for African American Studies, University of Connecticut: “The Historical Legacy of the Black Panthers”

Scott Tang, Assistant Professor of American Studies, Trinity College: “Cold War Culture”

Plus: Interactive workshop on using historical documents to study the 1950s and the 1960s Interactive workshop on using film and music to study the 1950s and the 1960s

More information will soon be available at the New England History Teachers Association website (www.nehta.net); for additional information contact Stephen Armstrong, conference chair, at Steph17895@aol.com