From: "Seymour, Janet I - WHS" <Janet.Seymour@wisconsinhistory.org> Date: Fri, 24 Feb 2012 13:43:32 -0600 Subject: FW: Vernacular Architecture Forum conference in Madison Message-ID: <488E289A5C909049B0E55F6B651B5B3502468DD674AB@MEWMAD0PC01G02.accounts.wistate.us>
2012 Meeting of the Vernacular Architecture Forum (VAF)
Madison, Wisconsin
June 6-10, 2012
With the theme "Nature + City: Vernacular Buildings & Landscapes of the Upp
er Midwest," the annual meeting of the Vernacular Architecture Forum will b
e based on Madison, Wisconsin – the site of the state Capitol and Wiscons
in’s flagship University. The conference will kick off on Wednesday even
ing, June 6th, with a keynote lecture by William Cronon, Frederick Jackson
Turner and Vilas Research Professor of History, Geography, and Environmenta
l Studies at the recently-restored Majestic Theater. The heart of the confe
rence will take place on June 7 and 8 (Thursday and Friday) with two all-da
y field tours. These tours will tell the story of southwestern and south-ce
ntral Wisconsin—a region that has linked the rural hinterlands to the cit
y of Madison as its center over the past 180 years. The focus on Saturday
will be a day of papers and roundtables, capped off by a closing banquet at
the University of Wisconsin’s Student Union.
For more information on the conference tours and papers as well as to regis
ter online, please visit the conference website at:
http://www.union.wisc.edu/vaf2012/
For questions, please contact vaf@union.wisc.edu<mailto:vaf@union.wisc.edu>
.
Daina Penkiunas
National Register Coordinator
Wisconsin Historical Society
816 State St
Madison WI 53706
608-264-6501
608-264-6504 (fax)
daina.penkiunas@wisconsinhistory.org<mailto:<mailto:daina.penkiunas@wisconsinhistor
y.org>
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