Upcoming Events, Conferences, and Educational Opportunities

A number of announcements about upcoming lectures, conferences, and educational opportunities have come our way, and we wanted to pass them along:

-- Thursday, February 8, 6:30 PM, Troy Public Library: A presentation on The Capital District's Underground Railroad Story. Learn through pictures and documentation about the citizens who assisted those seeking freedom from slavery and about the freedom seekers who settled in or passed through the Capital District. Presented by Paul and Mary Liz Stewart of the Underground Railroad History Project of the Capital Region, Inc. The program is free and open to the public, but prior registration is required. To register, stop by the information desk in the Main Library or call 274-7071. The Underground Railroad History Project of the Capital Region is also holding a conference, whose theme will be Uncovering the Voices of Women, on February 23-25 at the College of St. Rose in Albany (details are on the web site).

-- March 7-10, Hynes Convention Center, Boston, MA: Traditional Building Exhibition and Conference "the only national trade show and conference for historic homeowners, architects, designers, contractors and developers, planners, building owners and craftsmen involved in historic restoration, renovation, and traditionally-inspired new design and construction." Includes 80 seminars, workshops, panel discussions and tours of Boston's famous historic landmarks as well as hundreds of exhibitioners and suppliers of historically accurate products and services.

-- March 8-11, PSFS/Loews Hotel, Philadelphia, PA: 2007 American Institute of Architects Historic Resources Committee conference. This will be AIA HRC's first conference collaboration with the Association of Collegiate Schools of Architecture (ACSA). Entitled "Fresh Air," the conference will feature sessions on historic preservation and provide a window into the future of architecture education and practice.

-- March 9-11, New York City, NY: Historic Districts Council Preserving the Past, Planning the Future conference. The conference will address the question of given the ambitious housing and development plans currently being pursued and the expected population increase in the next few decades, what will happen to the historic neighborhoods of New York City over the next generation? A distinguished group of preservationists, planners, artists, architects, educators and developers from New York City’s five boroughs and beyond will be presenting their views in a series of three panel discussions: “The Greening of Preservation,” “Smart(?) Growth: Brooklyn in the 21st Century” and “The Future of New York: With Preservation or Without?” Additional information is on the HDC's web site.

-- June 5 - August 8, Nantucket, MA: Preservation Institute 2007 - Summer Program in Historic Preservation. For those who would like to spend their summer learning at the beach! The curriculum is "project oriented, addressing current community concerns. Off-island field trips to New Bedford and Newburyport are included and students earn nine graduate credit hours of course work in preservation theory and practice; graphic and photo archival documentation; and historic research and building analysis. Resident faculty are supplemented by numerous guest speakers.