Conference: CULTURES IN CONFLICT: THE SEVEN YEARS' WAR IN NORTH AMERICA, Shenandoah University, October 21-23, 2004.  The Seven Years' War, also known as the French and Indian War, has often been called the war for empire because the conflict redrafted the imperial map of North America and set the geographical and political pattern of the American Revolution and the political settlement it imposed on the continent.  For Native Americans the conflict was more a war for the defense of homelands and the political alliances protecting them.  This conference explores these issues through the history of cultural encounter, accommodation, and conflict during one of the defining events of the eighteenth century.  Chaired by Warren R. Hofstra and Joseph W. Whitehorne, the conference will be keynoted by Fred Anderson and includes presentations and comments by René Chartrand, Catherine Desbarats, Jonathan Dull, Alison Games, Donald Graves, Eric Hinderaker, Woody Holton, Paul Mapp, Gregory Nobles, and Timothy Shannon.  Sponsors include The Knowledge Point, Shenandoah University's History and Tourism Center; The War for Empire Inc.; Lord Fairfax Community College; and the Community History Project of Shenandoah University.  For more information and registration materials contact: Sandy Snyder at 540-535-3543 or [log in to unmask]   Web page, conference tab at:  http://www.theknowledgepoint.org
 
 

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