SYMPOSIUM UPDATES:
Kirk Swinehart has had to withdraw from the symposium program
due to medical issues. His session time will be divided between a later
start on Sunday and additional time for the final presentation on the
Johnson Papers Legacy Project.
Oren Lyons will be at an Indigenous Peoples Conference in Sweden in October and is unable to attend. His place on Sunday’s Haudensaunee panel will be taken by Dan Longboat (Mohawk), Assistant Professor & Director of the Indigenous Environmental Studies Program at Trent University, Peterborough, Ontario, Canada.
All symposium sessions will be held in the FMCC Theater
and broadcast to nearby viewing rooms.
Free admission to presentations and exhibit
FRIDAY, OCT 19
5:30–7:30 Enhanced Conference Reception at Johnson Hall State Historic Site
(pre-registration required)
SATURDAY, OCTOBER 20
8 am – 7 pm “Re-Envisioning History”
Exhibit & bookstore open, FMCC Theater & Gallery
8:45-9:00 Opening Welcome
9:00-10:00 Alan Taylor, Ph.D.
Professor of History, University of California at Davis
"The Divided Ground: Indians, Settlers, and the Mohawk Valley in the Years Before the American Revolution”
10:00-10:30 William J. Campbell, Ph.D.
McMaster University. Canada
“Convergence of Interests: William Johnson, George Croghan, the Six Nations, and the 1768 Treaty of Fort Stanwix”
10:30-11:00 Break
11:00-12:00 Timothy J. Shannon, Ph.D.
Associate. Professor of History, Gettysburg College, PA
“Development of European-Indian Relations in the Mohawk Valley, c. 1730-1770”
12:00-12:30 Thomas L. Nesbitt, P.L.S.
Professional Land Surveyor
“Johnson’s Road to Lake George”
12:30-1:30 Lunch Break – on your own
1:30 –2:30 Colin G. Calloway, Ph.D.
Professor of History & Samson Occom Professor of Native American Studies, Dartmouth College, NH
“Sir William Johnson, Highland Scots, and American Indians”
2:30-3:00 Noel Levee
City Historian, Johnstown NY
“Soldiers in Independent Companies”
3:00-3:30 Break
3:30-4:00 Thomas S. Abler, Ph.D.
Professor of Anthropology, University of Waterloo, Ontario
(with Arthur Einhorn & George Hamell)
"Guy Johnson, Benjamin West, and Cohoes Falls: Issues of (Mis)Identification"
4:00-4:30 G. Peter Jemison
Seneca artist, Site Manager, Gonondagan State Historic Site “Hanondagonyes: Town Destroyer” (video and discussion)
4:30-5:00 Geoffrey Harding
Eastern Frontier artist, Burt NY
“Re-Envisioning History: The Art of Making the Past Present”
5:00 –7:30 “Re-Envisioning History” FMCC GALLERY EXHIBIT & RECEPTION
7:30- 9:30 18th Century DINNER at Union Hall Restaurant
(pre-registration required) SOLD OUT.
SUNDAY, OCTOBER 21
8 am-1 pm “Re-Envisioning History”
Exhibit & Bookstore open, FMCC Perrella Gallery
9:00 Wanda Burch
Site Manager, Johnson Hall State Historic Site
“ Sir William’s World: Formed by His Own Hands”
9:15-10:15 Fintan O’Toole
Irish Times columnist, Dublin, Ireland
“An Irish Member of the Bear Clan: Sir William Johnson as a Cultural Connector”
10:15-10:45 Cynthia G. Falk, Ph.D.
Associate Professor, Cooperstown Graduate Program, SUNY Oneonta “Rum, Forts, Flour and the Mohawk Valley Herkimers”
10:45-11:15 Break
11:15-11:45 David Preston, Ph.D.
Assistant Professor, History, The Citadel, SC
“We Intend to live our lifetime together as brothers”: The Worlds of European & Iroquois Settlers in the Mohawk Valley”
11:45-12:30 Rick Hill (Tuscarora), Paul Williams, Esq. (Onondaga), and Dan Roronhiake:wen Longboat
"A Lasting Relationship: Sir William Johnson and the Haudenosaunee"
12:30-1:00 Nick Westbrook
Vice-Chair, French & Indian Wars 250th Anniversary Commemoration Commission, Director, Fort Ticonderoga
“The Johnson Papers Legacy Project”
Final Wrap-up
1-5 PM OPEN HOUSE TOURS OF HISTORIC SITES
(Driving Tour maps available at Symposium)
Saratoga National Historical Park / NPS Visitor Center, Stillwater
Schuyler House, Schuylerville
Schuyler Mansion State Historic Site. Albany
Crailo State Historic Site, Rensselaer
Mabee Farm, Rotterdam Junction
Old Stone Fort Museum, Schoharie
Palatine House, Schoharie
Iroquois Indian Museum, Schoharie
Site of Mohawk Lower Castle, Schoharie Crossing SHS, Ft. Hunter
Old Fort Johnson National Historic Landmark, Ft. Johnson
Caughnawaga Mohawk Village / National Kateri Shrine, Fonda
Johnson Hall State Historic Site, Johnstown
Arkell Museum, Canajoharie
Van Alstyne House, Canajoharie
Fort Plain Museum, Fort Plain
Palatine Church, Nelliston
Fort Klock, St. Johnsville
Nellis Tavern / Palatine Settlement Society, St. Johnsville
Indian Castle Church, Little Falls
Herkimer Home State Historic Site, Little Falls
Fort Herkimer Church, Mohawk
Fort Stanwix National Monument, Rome
"RE-ENVISIONING HISTORY” Exhibit
Perrella Gallery, FMCC
A concurrent exhibit, “Re-Envisioning History” will open on October 20th., with a special reception at 5pm. The Month-long exhibit features the work of contemporary artists Geoffrey Harding, Robert Griffing, Debra Grover, Bert Ducey, Ray Helmicki, Michael Galban, Eileen Sammons and Peter Jemison who bring the eighteenth century world to life. Books and Art Prints will be available for purchase.
Enhance your symposium experience
Register for an optional conference package that enables you to attend a pre-symposium reception at Johnson Hall State Historic Site on Friday night and includes a box lunch on Saturday, a printed copy of all symposium presentations, guaranteed theater seating (up to 15 minutes before opening) and a special conference bag – all for $45.00. Pre-registration for this package is required. Use attached form.
Enjoy an 18th Century Dinner
A limited number of tickets are available for an 18th Century Dinner at Union Hall in Johnstown, Saturday Oct 20, 7:30-9:00 pm. Eighteenth century attire is optional. Menu will feature local specialties typical of Sir William Johnson’s hospitality. $35 per person.
SOLD OUT