REGISTRATION NOW OPEN
ROOTS AND BRANCHES: MIGRATIONS TO THE LOWER OHIO AND MISSISSIPPI VALLEY
Southern Illinois University Carbondale
Dunn Richmond Center - 150 E. Pleasant Hill Road
March 4-6, 2010
The Center for Delta Studies at Southern Illinois University Carbondale is hosting a regional conference on the cultural and natural heritage of the lower Ohio and Mississippi Valley. We welcome professionals, students, local historians and naturalists, and all others interested in the subject.
The conference consists of 4 invited panels, with volunteered posters, exhibits, and performances following each panel. Members of Dance Discovery, a dance troupe that researches and performs French Colonial and early American dances and music will lead a dance workshop. Other workshops and posters deal with traditional music, migrant workers in the region, Sears Roebuck houses, anda variety of other topics.
There is a free tour on Saturday to the internationally recognized Cache River Wetlands, with a no-host lunch at a local winery. Register as soon as possible to reserve space on the tour.
Please distribute this announcement to anyone you think might be interested. For more information, see the conference call http://www.siuc.edu/~delta/ on the Center website
Registration is open at https://www.dce.siu.edu/index.php/Conferences/Roots-Branches-Migrations-to-the-Lower-Ohio-and-Mississippi-Valley. The basic registration fee, which includes a Thursday and Friday lunch, will be $50. A limited number of partial scholarships are available for students and others of limited means.
Please email any queries to Kayeleigh Sharp, sharpka@siu.edu
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