INFO FOR THE 2012 PNW HISTORY CONFERENCE OCTOBER 19-20

A reminder that online registration and program schedule information for the 2012 Pacific Northwest History Conference  “From Civil War to Civil Rights” and associated workshops on Friday and Saturday, October 19-20, 2012 at the Washington State History Museum in Tacoma are now available at:  http://www.washingtonhistory.org/heritageServices/conferences.aspx. There are special registration rates for Washington State Historical Society Members and for enrolled students.  Registration deadline is October 15, 2012. Don’t miss the two concurrent pre-conference workshops:   “Researching Civil War History in the Northwest” with Dr. Lorraine McConaghy and “Researching Civil Rights History in the Northwest” with Dr. Trevor Griffey on Friday morning, October 19, 2012. The conference program features notable regional historians presenting on Northwest Civil War and Civil Rights History topics beginning on Friday afternoon October 19, 2012.  The plenary speaker on Saturday, October 20, 2012 will be Dr. David Blight, noted author and historian.  He is Class of 1954 Professor of American History at Yale University and Director of the Gilder Lehrman Center for the Study of Slavery, Resistance, and Abolition at Yale.   Dr. Blight is the author of Race and Reunion: The Civil War in American Memory and American Oracle: The Civil War in the Civil Rights Era.  NEW!  Conference registrants are invited to provide brochures about northwest historical museums and programs as part of a resource area at the event.  Contact conference coordinator Shanna Stevenson at shanna.stevenson@wshs.wa.gov or 360-586-0171 to participate. Please join us for this important conference!