Politics, Diplomacy and Trade on the New York Frontier - History Symposium

Five national experts descend on the Fort to uncover the secrets of the 18th-century New York frontier. 

Speakers: 

Michael Laramie - King George’s War on Lake Ontario

Jon Parmenter - Reconsidering Fort Niagara in the Context of Haudenosaunee Territoriality, 1700-1765

Maeve Kane - Shirts Powdered Red: Gender, Trade, and Diplomacy

Richard Weyhing - A Thing That Could Disturb the Union of Two Great Crowns: Niagara, Oswego and the Struggle for the Great Lakes in an Age of Empire

Kevin Gélinas - Arms and Attire on the Frontier: The Material Culture of French Soldiers in the Upper Country, 1683–1760

Registration opens March 1