The Shenandoah Valley Regional Studies Seminar explores topics pertinent to the history of the Valley. Scholars from colleges, universities, museums, libraries, and other institutions present their research here. The general public is welcome to attend.
Shenandoah Valley Regional Studies Seminar
Co-Sponsored with Lord Fairfax Community College
Meetings begin at 3:35 p.m. in Jackson Hall Room 107 at James Madison University , unless otherwise announced. Most take place on the third Friday of the month. For directions, see http://www.jmu.edu/jmuweb/directions/
Coming Next in 2009-10
15 January— Christina Wulf, Department of History, James Madison University, “From the Birth of an Industry to the End of an Era: What Avtex Fibers Front Royal, Inc. can tell us about 20th century America”
19 February— Hannah Kelley, Department of History, Clark University, "Education for Eternity: Religion and Morality in Virginia Women's Education, 1861-1920."
19 March— Tiffany Cole, Department of History, James Madison University, “Moonshining in Rockingham County, Virginia: A Case Study on Oral Traditions and Folkways”
16 April—Scott Jost, Department of Art, Bridgewater College, “Source and Confluence: Photographing the Chesapeake Bay Watershed"
Earlier This Season
18 September— Kevin Borg, Department of History, James Madison University, "The Community as Classroom: exploring Enterprise and Society in New South Harrisonburg"
16 October— Dan McDermott, Historical Geographer, Department of Applied Technologies (emeritus), Montgomery College, “Settling the Backcountry: The Case of Western Maryland and the Cumberland Valley”
13 November—Sarah Thomas, School of Architecture, University of Virginia, "Slavery in Shenandoah County: Buildings and Landscapes"
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