"The Company Strikes Back" seminar Sept. 25 in Albany ?The Company Strikes Back: the 1673 Recovery of New Netherland? is the theme of the 33rd Annual New Netherland Seminar, Saturday, Sept. 25, presented by the New Netherland Institute (NNI) in the Carole Huxley Theatre in the New York State Museum building. How could the Restoration of government by New Netherland take place against the world power of England? Eminent scholars will give presentations on various aspects of the question throughout the day. Registration begins at 8:30 a.m., for $50 or $25 with student ID. A box lunch may be ordered in advance for $10. The welcome reception and dinner at 6 p.m. at the University Club costs $65. More information is available at the website www.newnetherlandinstitute.org or by email to nyslfnn@mail.nysed.gov. The NNI is a membership organization formed in support of the New Netherland Research Center (NNRC), located in the New York State Library in Albany. The NNI raises funds and administers grants such as the matching gift of ?200,000 presented by Crown Prince Willem Alexander and the Crown Princess Maxima of the Netherlands. The NNRC is based on the New Netherland Project of translating 17th-century Dutch documents as its core, with Charles Th. Gehring, Ph.D. as its director. ###