For those who are interested, please contact the HSSC. Carol >X-Sent-Via: DakotaCom.NET >Delivered-To: [email protected] >X-Mailer: Microsoft Outlook IMO, Build 9.0.2416 (9.0.2910.0) >Importance: Normal >X-Authentication-Info: Submitted using SMTP AUTH at out003.verizon.net from > [4.60.63.209] at Sat, 21 Feb 2004 20:29:17 -0600 >Approved-By: "Denise S. Spooner" <[email protected]> >Date: Sat, 21 Feb 2004 18:29:57 -0800 >Reply-To: H-California <[email protected]> >Sender: H-NET List on California Studies <[email protected]> >From: "Denise S. Spooner" <[email protected]> >Subject: Hidden in Plain Sight: LA History Through the Built Environment > (Conf.) >To: [email protected] >X-Spam-Status: No, hits=-0.2 required=5.0 > tests=APPROVED_BY,AWL,FROM_ENDS_IN_NUMS,MSGID_GOOD_EXCHANGE > version=2.55 >X-Spam-Level: >X-Spam-Checker-Version: SpamAssassin 2.55 (1.174.2.19-2003-05-19-exp) > >The Historical Society of Southern California is pleased to present its >Ninth Annual History Conference at the Autry National Center, formerly the >Autry Museum of Western Heritage. > >When: Saturday, 6 March 2004 8:30 AM - 5 :00 PM > >Designed for teachers, students, academic historians, and the lay public >these conferences explore the people and events that have shaped modern Los >Angeles. > >This year's conference will take us through the region's history via a >vehicle that wields a unique power: the built environment. As a source for >understanding our historical past the built environment provides a level of >immediacy that written sources, in particular, do not. The past truly comes >alive when we realize that the places in which today we stand, study, work, >worship, and play--some exceptional, most quite ordinary--were once the >sites whereupon the dreams, the fortunes, and the conflicts of the Angelenos >who came before us were lived out. > >The Program Highlights: > >Keynote: Dana Cuff, Prof. Dept. of Architecture & Urban Design, UCLA >"Lost in L.A.: Neighborhood Remnants of Architecture, Politics, and Daily >Life" > >Carolyn Kozo Cole, Curator of Photographs, LA Public Library >"The Power of Place: Documenting the Neighborhoods of Los Angeles" > >William Estrada, curator, El Pueblo de Los Angeles Historic Monument >"Sacred and Contested Space: The Los Angeles Plaza" > >Thomas Andrews, Executive Director, Historical Society of Southern >California >Presentation of the 2004 O'Flaherty Teaching Awards > >Lunch > >Marsha Kinder, Prof. of Critical Studies, USC >"Designing a Digital City Symphony on Los Angeles History" > >Susan Phillips, Prof. of Anthropology & Urban Studies, Pitzer College >"Pachuco, Hobo, Union Logo: Historical Graffiti in L.A." > >Daniel Widener, Asst. Prof. of History, UC San Diego >"Waiting for the Song: Soundscapes of Insurgent L.A." > >Door Prizes and Wine and Cheese Reception > > > >Deadline for registration with lunch: 1 March 2004 > >Fee: $45 Regular; $35 ANC/HSSC members; $25 Teachers >Visa & Mastercard accepted or pay by check > >Please indicate your choice of sandwich for lunch: meat or vegetarian. > >Send payment to: >Historical Society of Southern California >200 East Aveneue 43 >Los Angeles, CA 90031 > >For more information, phone HSSC at (323) 222-0546 >or visit the HSSC website: www.socalhistory.org or email HSSC at >[email protected] Carol De Priest <mailto:[email protected]> Honest Intellectual Inquiry <http://www.dakotacom.net/~depriest> Live as if you were to die tomorrow. Learn as if you were to live forever. ----Gandhi