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"Memory Places: Rethinking Historic Landscapes in Native American and Colonial New England." Christine M. DeLucia, Assistant Professor of History at Mount Holyoke College, July 30, 2016, sponsored by the Bidwell House Museum.
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July 30
History Talk: Memory Places: Rethinking Historic Landscapes in Native American and Colonial New England by Christine M. DeLucia, Assistant Professor of History at Mount Holyoke College. A sense of “place” has mattered immensely to Native Americans, and also to colonists who entered into this ancient terrain with aspirations for new societies. Swamps, freshwater springs, cliffs, woodland paths, home-sites, signified different things to these communities, leading to tension or outright conflict. DeLucia connects landscapes of today’s Northeast with much deeper pasts, and uses the concept of collective memory to explore alternative understandings of the grounds and material traces around us. Held at Tyringham Union Church, Main Road, Tyringham. 10 a.m.
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Bidwell History Talk: Memory Places: Rethinking Historic Landscapes in Native American and Colonial New England
On Saturday, July 30 at 10 am Christine M. DeLucia, Assistant Professor of History at Mount Holyoke College, will give a talk entitled Memory Places: Rethinking Historic Landscapes in Native American and Colonial New England as part of the Bidwell House Museum History Talk series. The talk will take place at the Tyringham Church.
A sense of “place” has mattered immensely to Native Americans, and also to colonists who entered into this ancient terrain with aspirations for new societies. Swamps, freshwater springs, cliffs, woodland paths, home-sites, signified different things to these communities, leading to tension or outright conflict. DeLucia connects landscapes of today’s Northeast with much deeper pasts, and uses the concept of collective memory to explore alternative understandings of the grounds and material traces around us.
Christine DeLucia is an Assistant Professor of History at Mount Holyoke College. Her research and teaching examine Native American and colonial encounters in the Northeast/New England, particularly during the late 17th-century conflict of King Philip’s War. She traces how violence has continued to shape memory, land, identity, and politics for Native and settler communities. DeLucia received her A.B. from Harvard and a Ph.D. in American Studies from Yale.
The Bidwell House Museum History Talks are held at Tyringham Union Church, Main Road, Tyringham at 10 a.m. Suggested donation $15 per person, $10 for members of the museum.
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