ONEONTA, N.Y. -- The seventeenth International James Fenimore Cooper Conference and Seminar will be presented by the English Department of the SUNY College at Oneonta from July 12 through July 17. The seminar theme for this year is "Global Cooper," and sessions will focus on Cooper's European novels and travel writings and their influence on his thinking about American culture and politics.
Dr. Lance Schachterle, President of the James Fenimore Cooper Society and
editor-in-chief of the "Writings of James Fenimore Cooper" series, will
present this year's keynote address.
Since 1978, the International James Fenimore Cooper Conference has attracted
scholars from across the country and around the world to the SUNY Oneonta
campus to present papers on the significance of America's first novelist.
More information about the conference and seminar is available on the web
at
www.oneonta.edu/academics/english/conferences/cooperconference.html or
from Dr. Roger Hecht of the SUNY Oneonta English Department at (607)
436-3446.
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For more information about the College, please call the Community Relations Office at (607) 436-2748 or send e-mail to Carol Blazina, Vice President for Community Relations.SUNY College at Oneonta - Ravine Parkway - Oneonta, NY 13820 - 607.436.3500
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