Friday, January 29, 2010

6:00 pm

Reception
Meet the speakers and view the companion exhibition
The Historic New Orleans Collection
533 Royal Street

Saturday, January 30, 2010

Omni Royal Orleans Hotel • 621 St. Louis Street
8:00 a.m. – 3:30 p.m.

8:00 am	Registration
8:45 am	Welcome Priscilla Lawrence, Executive Director The Historic New Orleans Collection Introduction Mark Fernandez, Symposium Moderator Professor of History, Loyola University New Orleans
9:00 am	*The Creole City—Its Character and Characters* Christina Vella, Historian, New Orleans
9:45 am	Break
10:00 am	*The Brothers Laffite and the Smugglers of the Orleans Territory* William C. Davis, Director of Programs for the Virginia Center for Civil War Studies Virginia Tech
10:45 am	*"This Awful Lesson": Torture and Testimony in the Great Louisiana Slave Revolt of 1811* Robert L. Paquette, Publius Virgilius Rogers Professor of History Hamilton College (Clinton, New York)
11:30 am	Lunch (on your own)
1:00 pm	Invitation to Symposium 2011
1:15 pm	*The Dreamers: Ambitious "Americans" in Territorial New Orleans* Lo Faber, Doctoral Candidate Princeton University
2:00 p.m.	Break
2:15 pm	Gens de Couleur Libre in Territorial New Orleans Jennifer M. Spear, Assistant Professor of History Simon Fraser University (Burnaby, British Columbia)
3:15 pm	Moderator’s Comments and Closing Remarks

Williams Research Center • 410 Chartres Street

4:00 pm

Post-conference Reception
Meet the speakers and ask questions

Registration information

THNOC Member	$60
Early Registrant (on or before January 8)	$60
Late Registrant (after January 8)	$75
Student /Teacher (on or before January 8)	$35
Student/Teacher (after January 8)	$45

online registration by Regonline

Cancellation Policy

To cancel your registration, submit a written statement with your name, e-mail address, and/or telephone number to wrc@hnoc.org or to the Williams Research Center, 410 Chartres Street, New Orleans, LA 70130. Cancellations may also be faxed to (504) 598-7168. Cancellation notices must be received on or before January 15, 2010 to receive a refund.

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The Historic New Orleans Collection
533 Royal St.
New Orleans, LA
70130

504-523-4662
504-598-7108 FAX

Contact email: wrc@hnoc.org

The Williams Research Center
410 Chartres Street
New Orleans, LA
70130

504-598-7171
504-598-7168 Fax

Contact email: wrc@hnoc.org

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Getting Here

From the West
Take I-10 West to Exit 235A (Vieux Carre) onto Orleans Ave. Get in the far left lane.
At the French Quarter via Toulouse St. sign U-turn onto Toulouse St.
Go 5 blocks and take a right onto Royal St.
The Historic New Orleans Collection is halfway up the block on your right at 533 Royal St.

To go to the Williams Research Center continue up Royal St. two blocks.
Turn left on Conti St. and go one block.
Turn left on Chartres St. The Williams Research Center is halfway up the block on the right at 410 Chartres St.

From the West
Take I-10 East to Exit 235A (Orleans Ave.). Turn left onto Orleans Ave.
Get in the far left lane. Cross Claiborne Ave. and continue southward.
At the French Quarter via Toulouse St. sign U-turn onto Toulouse St.
Go 5 blocks and take a right onto Royal St.
The Historic New Orleans Collection is halfway up the block on the right at 533 Royal St.

To go to the Williams Research Center continue up Royal St. two blocks.
Turn left on Conti St. and go one block.
Turn left on Chartres St. The Williams Research Center is halfway up the block on the right at 410 Chartres St.

Map
To Royal St. Complex
To Williams Research Center

Parking
Plenty of public parking is available nearby, with the closest lots located on the 500 block of Chartres St. and the 500 block of Conti St. Other lots are available on Decatur St. by the Mississippi River.

533 Royal Street • New Orleans, LA 70130
504-523-4662 Hours: Tuesday - Saturday 9:30 - 4:30
Royal Street Complex also open on Sunday 10:30 - 4:30

410 Chartres Street • New Orleans, LA 70130
504-523-4662