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john chadwick
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>From: [log in to unmask] (Guy Hermann)
>Subject: Race, Ethnicity, and Power in Maritime America
>
>Mystic Seaport is pleased to announce an upcoming conference called "Race,
>Ethnicity and Power in Maritime America" to be held at Mystic Seaport in
>Mystic, Connecticut, September 14-17, 1995.  This message gives a brief
>summary, more information is available at:
>http://www.pcnet.com/~mystic/repma.html
>
>The conference is sponsored by the Connecticut Afro-American Historical
>Society, the New England Association of American Studies and Mystic
>Seaport, the Museum of America and the sea.
>
>"Race, Ethnicity and Power in Maritime America" is designed to expand the
>boundaries of the American maritime story and foster communication between
>scholars, museums and the public regarding race and ethnicity.  Scheduled
>topics include:  sailors and rivermen in slavery and freedom; racial and
>national identity in the maritime world; labor struggles in the 19th and
>20th centuries; American Indians; Cape Verdean's; the U. S. Navy; Amistad;
>and the character of maritime communities.  The concluding roundtable topic
>on Sept. 17 will be "New Directions in Maritime Studies."
>
>The event  will include presentations and panel sessions on various topics
>by researchers from around the country representing such diverse fields as
>maritime history and urban studies. The unifying theme will be the
>relationship between race, ethnicity and maritime communities, considered
>the original microcosms of cross-culture in America.  The presentations
>will be published following the conference.
>
>Registration is $75, $65 for museum members, $15 for students. Inexpensive
>student housing is available.
>
>The conference is funded in part by the Connecticut Humanities Council and
>Conde Nast.
>
>To find out more about the conference write to:
>
>REPMA, Mystic Seaport
>75 Greenmanville Ave.
>Mystic, Ct. 06350.
>
>Or see our World Wide Web page at:
>
>http://www.pcnet.com/~mystic/repma.html
>
>Or contact Susan O'Donnell at [log in to unmask]