2013 Conference

The Joseph Roberts Jenkins Center at Norfolk State University and the Hampton History Musuem are hosting a conference focusing on 1619: The Making of America on September 26-27, 2013. This conference follows up on many of the issues raised in the 2012 conference and raises new questions of biology, literature, law, society, race and gender.

The conference will take place at the Hampton Roads Convention Center on Thursday, September 26, 2013 and at Norfolk State University's New Student Center on Friday, September 27th. Each day will feature different scholarly and community leaders speaking on a variety of issues that faced Native Americans, Europeans and Africans in Virginia and beyond.

Registration is now open, and information on accommodations in Norfolk have been posted.

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