The New Jersey Project’s

Spring Conference 2006 /

ALANA Conference 2006

Recovering the Past: History Then and Now

Monmouth University, West Long Branch, New Jersey • Friday, April 7, 2006

8:30 - 9:30 REGISTRATION AND COFFEE - Woodrow Wilson Auditorium

9:30 - 12:00 MORNING PLENARY

How Women’s History Became History

Ellen Carol DuBois, Professor, History, University of California at Los Angeles

Imprints of Latina History: 1565 to the Present

Virginia Sánchez Korrol, Professor, History/Puerto Rican and Latino Studies, Brooklyn College

12:00 - 1:00 BUFFET LUNCH

1:00 - 2:30 CONCURRENT WORKSHOPS

and

2:45 - 4:15 Strong People Don’t Need Strong Leaders: Women, Culture, and the Freedom Movement

Craig Werner, Professor, Afro-American Studies, University of Wisconsin-Madison

Whose History, Whose Voice? Asian/Asian American Women and the Politics of the Past

Patti Duncan, Assistant Professor, Women’s Studies, Portland State University

Integrating LGBTG History into Our Curriculum and Courses

Leisa D. Meyer, Associate Professor, History, College of William and Mary

Constructing a Latina Curriculum: Forging Transnational Terrain in Women’s History

(1:00 - 2:30 only)

Virginia Sánchez Korrol, Professor, History/Puerto Rican and Latino Studies, Brooklyn College

Women’s History Crosses Borders: The Transnational Turn

(2:45 - 4:15 only)

Ellen Carol DuBois, Professor, History, University of California at Los Angeles

Project conferences are designed as faculty development experiences; except in unusual

circumstances, participation is not open to undergraduate students.

DIRECTIONS AND PARKING

From the Garden State Parkway: Take Exit 105. The Parkway off-ramp leads directly onto Rt. 36 East. Continue on Rt. 36 East aproximately three miles to Rt. 71 South. After approximately one mile, Rt. 71 will fork left and become Cedar Avenue. Continue on Cedar Avenue to Larchwood Avenue, a stoplight intersection on the near side of the campus. Turn right onto Larchwood Ave. and proceed past (on your left) a softball field, a field hockey field, a football field, and a baseball field, and then turn left into the Employee/Commuter Parking lot. Tell the parking attendant that you're here for the New Jersey Project Conference, and ask him/her to direct you to lot 13, 14, or 18.

From the New Jersey Turnpike, from southern points: Take Turnpike North to Exit 7A. After the toll plaza, take I-195 East to Shore Points. Approaching Belmar, I-195 becomes NJ Rt. 138. After crossing the Garden State Parkway, exit right on NJ Rt. 18 North, marked Eatontown. Take the Deal Road exit and drive east to the intersection at Monmouth Road. Turn left and proceed to the third traffic light, which is Cedar Avenue. Turn right onto Cedar (also labeled NJ Rt. 71 South) and follow it to Larchwood Avenue, a stoplight intersection on the near side of the campus. Turn right onto Larchwood Ave. and proceed past (on your left) a softball field, a field hockey field, a football field, and a baseball field, and then turn left into the Employee/Commuter Parking lot. Tell the parking attendant that you're here for the New Jersey Project Conference, and ask him/her to direct you to lot 13, 14, or 18.

From the New Jersey Turnpike, from northern points: Take the Turnpike southbound to Exit 11, entering the Garden State Parkway South. Take Exit 105 and follow directions above.

For additional information (a campus map is also available), please visit http://www.monmouth.edu/about/ ataglance/directions.asp or call the Project office. The NJ Transit North Jersey Coast Line train does stop in Long Branch, a 1.5-mile taxi ride to the MU campus.

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Registration fee ($30 until March 29, $35 thereafter) includes continental breakfast, lunch, and conference materials. For further information, including need for special accommodations or need-based registration rates, call 973-720-2296. Return form below with check payable to “The New Jersey Project.”

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Mail to: The New Jersey Project, William Paterson University, Wayne, NJ 07470 / Fax to: 973-720-2974