The 33rd Conference on New York State History is an annual meeting of historians, librarians, archivists, educators, and community members who are interested in the history, people, and culture of New York State and who want to share information and ideas about historical research and programming.
Each year the Conference brings together several hundred interested scholars and students at a different location. The 2012 Conference will meet at Niagara University, June 14-16.
The keynote speaker will be Alan Taylor of UC-Davis, Pulitzer Prize winning author of The Civil War of 1812, William Cooper’s Town, and The Divided Ground: Indians, Settlers, and the Northern Borderland of the American Revolution, among others.
The Tripp Lecture for 2012 will be given by Karim Tiro of Xavier University: “A Sorry Tale: Natives, Settlers, and Salmon in Upstate New York, 1800-1900.”
There will be more than 60 other presentations and exhibits.
The conference is sponsored by New York State Historical Association and the New York State Archives Partnership Trust, with the support of the New York Council for the Humanities and Niagara University.
Registration will be available online beginning April 1. To register by mail, email [email protected] or call (607) 547-1453.
2012 Conference Registration Fees:
NYSHA/NYS Archives Partnership Trust members: $70 early registration discount through May 18, $95 beginning May 19
Non-members: $90 early registration discount through May 18, $115 beginning May 19
The conference schedule and more information is available online.
The conference looks great and it looks like the program committee has done a fabulous job. The costs are extremely reasonable however the fee of $70, the gas and tolls for over 200 miles of travel, $37 for lunch & dinner (assuming that the attendee pays for the other meals) and more than reasonably priced rooms at $42 a night is just over 3/4 of our annual budget.