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• June 23          1-4 pm, Smith College, Northampton
• July 7              1-4 pm, Smith College, Northampton

Summer 2008 Colloquia

9 am - 3:30 pm, Smith College, Northampton

• June 24-26: U.S. Immigration, 1920-2008
• July 8-10: Civil Rights Movement, 1940-1970
• July 22-24: Constitutional Debates: Intellectual Roots, 1780s Northampton, and Issues Today
• July 29-3: Issues in Recent History: Women’s Movement, Conservative Movement, and The New Economy

    *Lunch will be provided each day.

Presenters include… 

• Joyce Avrech Berkman, Professor of History,  UMass-Amherst  (Issues in Recent History): Co-editor of American Women and the Vote, 1837-1965, and author of other works on women’s history.  Co-director of the Valley Women’s History Collaborative. 

• Kerry Buckley, Executive Director, Historic Northampton Museum and Education Center  (Constitutional Debates): Editor of A Place Called Paradise: Culture & Community in Northampton, Massachusetts, and author of other works on Northampton history.

• Robert Forrant, Professor of Regional Economic and Social Development, UMass-Lowell  (Issues in Recent History): Editor/author on regional development, and on industrial development and decline in the Connecticut River Valley. 

• Daniel Gordon, Professor of History, UMass-Amherst  (Constitutional Debates): Author on The Enlightenment, comparative constitutional history, and contemporary constitutional issues. 

• Bruce Laurie, Professor of History, UMass-Amherst  (Issues in Recent History): Co-author of The Rise of Conservatism in America, 1945-2000: A Brief History with Documents, and author of several works on labor history. 

• Amilcar Shabazz, Associate Professor of Afro-American Studies, UMass-Amherst  (Civil Rights): Author of several works on the history of African Americans in the education, cultural and political movements, and comparative studies in the African world. 

• K. Scott Wong, Professor of History, Williams College  (Immigration): Author of Americans First: Chinese Americans and the Second World War, “Immigration and Race: The Politics and Rhetoric of Exclusion,” and other works. 

Presenters will also include Kelley Brown, Irene LaRoche, Sandy Roth, Michael Sullivan, and other area teachers and HEC specialists experienced with history education, educational technology, special needs students, and project-based learning. 

Site
Most sessions will be held on the campus of Smith College in Northampton, MA.

Directions to Smith College

• From the South: Northampton is on Route I-91 in Massachusetts. Take Exit 18, and follow Route 5 north into the center of town. Turn left onto Route 9. Continue through the main shopping area of Northampton. Turn left on West Street (Highway 66). In the first block, look for the Smith College Parking Garage on the left.
• From the North: From I-91 South, take Exit 20, and follow onto Route 5 south into the center of town. At the intersection of Route 5 and Route 9 (Main Street), turn right onto Route 9. Then follow the same directions as above from Route 9 to campus.
• From the East or West via the Massachusetts Turnpike: Northampton is on Route I-91 North (Mass Pike exit 4). Once on I-91, follow the directions above for visitors from the south.

Parking
We will provide a parking pass for the Smith College Parking Garage. 

Hotels
Best Western Northampton
Under $100.
117 Conz Street
Northampton, MA 01060
413 586-1500

Clarion Hotel Northampton
$100 and up.  
1 Atwood Drive
Northampton  MA  01060
413 586-1211

Hampton Inn Hadley
Under $100. 
24 Bay Road
Hadley, MA 01035
413 586-4851

Images courtesy Library of Congress and the Architect of the Capitol.