Here is the draft program for the Ulster-American Heritage Symposium to be held at Western Carolina University, Cullowhee NC June 25-26-27: THURSDAY June 24 Pre-conference event, Blackpowder shooting demonstration and cookout at the historic Cataloochee Ranch (_http://www.cataloocheeranch.com_ (http://www.cataloocheeranch.com) ) FRIDAY June 25 8:00 Registration 10:00-11:30 "The Scotch-Irish in America Today: Numbers, Distribution and Identity." Brian Walker, School of Politics, Queens University Belfast, Northern Ireland "Revisiting the Plantation of Ulster: the 400th Anniversary of the Plantation of Ulster." John Young, Department of History, University of Strathclyde, Glasgow, Scotland 12:00-2:00 Lunch 2:00-3:15 "Ethnicity, Partisanship, and Competition: The Roots of Tumult during the Franklin Statehood Movement, 1784- 1788." Kevin Barksdale, Department of History, Marshall University, Huntington, West Virginia "Planter Elites and Scotch-Irish Immigrants in the South Carolina Upstate, 1774." Ben Rubin, Department of History, Western Carolina University, Cullowhee, NC 3:15-3:30 Break 3:30-4:45 "Baltimore and Belfast: Between Two Revolutions." Richard MacMaster, Center for Scotch-Irish Studies and University of Florida "The Great Valley Road of Virginia: Shenandoah Landscapes from Prehistory to the Present." Warren Hofstra, Shenandoah University, Winchester, Virginia. 6:00 Dinner 8:00 Entertainment SATURDAY June 26 8:30-9:45 "'Said to Have left His Wife in Ireland': Adultery, Bigamy and Desertion in Ulster Presbyterian Migration to Pennsylvania, 1780-1815." Peter Gilmore, "Ulster Quakers on the Move - A Census of early Friends from Ulster, and Tracking their Migration to the Delaware River Valley and Beyond." Steven W. Morrison, Thurston Regional Planning Council, Olympia, Washington 9:45-10:00 Break 10:00-11:30 "Ulster American Migration and its Twentieth- Century Historians." Paddy Fitzgerald, Centre for Migration Studies at the Ulster-American Folk Park "Ulster-American Heritage and the Premiership of Terence O'Neill (1963-69)." Brian Lambkin, Centre for Migration Studies at the Ulster-American Folk Park 12:00-2:00 Lunch 2:00-3:15 "The Theme of Migration in the New Ulster Museum History Gallery." Trevor Parkhill, Ulster Museum "From America to Belfast: The poetry of Padraic Gregory," Patrick Gregory, BBC. 3:15-3:30 Break 3:30-4:45 "Intelligence." Joanne McKay, North Carolina State University. "John Stuart and George Galphin's America." Michael Morris, Dalton College, Georgia 6:00 Banquet, Keynote address, Turlough McConnell, Irish America Magazine 8:00 Entertainment SUNDAY June 27 9:45-11:00 "Wayfaring Strangers: The Connections of the Music of Ulster and Scotland and the Appalachians." Doug and Darcy Orr, Warren Wilson College 11:00-12:00 Wrap-up, Co-chairs, Warren Hofstra and Brian Lambkin
-----Original Message----- From: [email protected] To: [email protected] Sent: Tue, Mar 23, 2010 2:10 pm Subject: [S-I] UAHS Cullowhee NC June 25-27 Here is the draft program for the Ulster-American Heritage Symposium to be eld at Western Carolina University, Cullowhee NC June 25-26-27: HURSDAY June 24 Pre-conference event, Blackpowder shooting emonstration and cookout at the historic Cataloochee Ranch _http://www.cataloocheeranch.com_ (http://www.cataloocheeranch.com) ) RIDAY June 25 :00 Registration 0:00-11:30 "The Scotch-Irish in America Today: Numbers, istribution and Identity." Brian Walker, School of Politics, Queens niversity Belfast, Northern Ireland Revisiting the Plantation of Ulster: the 400th nniversary of the Plantation of Ulster." John Young, Department of istory, University of Strathclyde, Glasgow, Scotland 2:00-2:00 Lunch :00-3:15 "Ethnicity, Partisanship, and Competition: The oots of Tumult during the Franklin Statehood Movement, 1784- 788." Kevin Barksdale, Department of History, Marshall University, untington, West Virginia Planter Elites and Scotch-Irish Immigrants in he South Carolina Upstate, 1774." Ben Rubin, Department of istory, Western Carolina University, Cullowhee, NC :15-3:30 Break :30-4:45 "Baltimore and Belfast: Between Two Revolutions." ichard MacMaster, Center for Scotch-Irish Studies and University of lorida The Great Valley Road of Virginia: Shenandoah andscapes from Prehistory to the Present." Warren Hofstra, henandoah University, Winchester, Virginia. :00 Dinner :00 Entertainment ATURDAY June 26 :30-9:45 "'Said to Have left His Wife in Ireland': Adultery, igamy and Desertion in Ulster Presbyterian Migration to ennsylvania, 1780-1815." Peter Gilmore, Ulster Quakers on the Move - A Census of early riends from Ulster, and Tracking their Migration to the Delaware iver Valley and Beyond." teven W. Morrison, Thurston Regional Planning Council, Olympia, ashington :45-10:00 Break 0:00-11:30 "Ulster American Migration and its Twentieth- entury Historians." Paddy Fitzgerald, Centre for Migration Studies t the Ulster-American Folk Park Ulster-American Heritage and the Premiership f Terence O'Neill (1963-69)." Brian Lambkin, Centre for Migration tudies at the Ulster-American Folk Park 2:00-2:00 Lunch :00-3:15 "The Theme of Migration in the New Ulster useum History Gallery." Trevor Parkhill, Ulster Museum >From America to Belfast: The poetry of Padraic regory," Patrick Gregory, BBC. :15-3:30 Break :30-4:45 "Intelligence." Joanne McKay, North Carolina State niversity. John Stuart and George Galphin's America." ichael Morris, Dalton College, Georgia :00 Banquet, Keynote address, Turlough McConnell, Irish merica Magazine :00 Entertainment UNDAY June 27 :45-11:00 "Wayfaring Strangers: The Connections of the usic of Ulster and Scotland and the Appalachians." Doug and arcy Orr, Warren Wilson College 1:00-12:00 Wrap-up, Co-chairs, Warren Hofstra and Brian ambkin ------------------------------ o unsubscribe from the list, please send an email to [email protected] ith the word 'unsubscribe' without the quotes in the subject and the body of he message