Conference for historians of Britain and Ireland held Sept. 26

Posted July 10, 2015 at 4:45 p.m.

BOONE—A one-day conference for historians of Britain and Ireland celebrating the journal ALBION will be held Saturday, Sept. 26, at Appalachian State University. The conference marks 10 years since the final issue of ALBION, the prestigious and influential journal of British studies that was based in the Department of History.

The event will include an address by the former editor of the journal, Dr. Michael Moore, and an exhibition of ALBION archives in the Rhinehart Room, Special Collections, Belk Library and Information Commons.

The conference fee is $30, with checks made out to ASU and sent to Dr. Michael Turner, ASU Box 32072, Boone, N.C. The event is free for Appalachian faculty, staff and students.

Refreshment breaks, lunch and dinner will be provided courtesy of the College of Arts and Sciences, Department of History, Belk Library, Appalachian and Bill Rhinehart.

Dinner places are limited, so please confirm attendance as soon as possible.

For further details, email turnermj@appstate.edu, call 828-262-8102, or write to Dr. Michael Turner, History Department, Anne Belk Hall, Appalachian State University, ASU Box 32072, Boone, NC 28608.

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