2007 LECTURE SERIES

The New York Council for the Humanities awarded the Society a grant for the implementation of a Winter Lecture Series*.  From October through December the Society will host presentations by respected historians on various subjects relating to Long Island  history.  All lectures will take place in the Auditorium at Peconic Landing in Greenport. 

Peconic Landing is a proud supporter of this series.

*  If you are not a resident of Peconic Landing, please call to reserve a place as seating is limited!

OCTOBER 2, 2007  8pm

Joshua Ruff:  "Living the American Dream: Levittown and the Suburban Boom"

OCTOBER 16, 2007  8pm

Jon B. Manbeck  "Swept by Ocean Breezes:  A History of Coney Island"

OCTOBER 30, 2007  8pm

Natalie Naylor  "Theodore Roosevelt's Vanished Haystack:  Farming at Sagamore Hill"

NOVEMBER 13, 2007  8pm

Christopher Ricciardi  "Disappearing Dutch Brooklyn - Where have all the houses Gone?"

NOVEMBER 28, 2007  8pm

Ronald J. Brown  "Divine New York:  A religious History of New York City"

December 11, 2007  8pm

Geoffrey Fleming  "Joosting Around Southold:  A Look at a Family on Maple Lane"

Any views, findings, conclusions or recommendations expressed in this program do not necessarily represent those of the New York State Council for the Humanities or the National Endowments for the Humanities.