 | This 1857 illustration of Los Angeles is part of a series of "California Views" by Kachel & Dresel. It is featured in the brochure for the "Frontier Cities" conference. |
The first half of a two-part conference on “Frontier Cities” will
be held at Yale Friday and Saturday, Sept. 28 and 29, in Rm. 211 of the Hall of Graduate Studies, 320 York St.
T H I S
Part one of two-part conference
will explore ‘Frontier Cities’
The conference is jointly sponsored by the Howard R. Lamar Center for the Study
of Frontiers and Borders at Yale and the St. Louis Mercantile Library Association,
University of Missouri-St. Louis. The second half of the conference will take
place Feb. 29-March 1 in St. Louis.
“Phrases such as ‘frontier cities’ or ‘urban frontier’ still
have a strange ring to them,” write the conference organizers. “They
contradict our image of isolated and self-sufficient pioneers. However, towns
and cities, gathering places and trading centers, were always an important part
of any and all frontiers.”
They add: “When we consider the importance of place on the frontier and
identify which frontier settlements were ‘cities,’ and which were
not, we can sharpen our understanding of the frontier, empire, and the development
of the international economy in the early modern world.”
The keynote address, “Defining the Frontier City in the Early Modern
World,” will be presented at 5 p.m. on Friday by Alan Gallay of Ohio
State University. Gallay will discuss what constitutes a “frontier city,” focusing
in particular on Philadelphia, Charles Town, Santa Fe, Quebec, Detroit, Manila, Ouidah and Potosa. A reception will follow his talk at the Beinecke
Rare Book and Manuscript Library, which is located at 121 Wall St.
On Saturday, four historians will give papers on specific places: Monteal,
Lima, New Orleans, Kodiak and Sitka. They will consider how urban spaces incorporated
colonial and indigenous peoples and how such “frontier cities” both
conformed to and confounded imperial plans and policies.
All the events are free and open to the public.
For further information and a complete conference, visit www.yale.edu/lamarcenter,
call (203) 432-2328 or send e-mail to lamarcenter@yale.edu.
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