The Hudson River Valley Institute (HRVI) and Marist College, in collaboration with the Museum at Bethel Woods and the New York State Museum, Office of State History present a conference commemorating the 50th anniversary of the Woodstock Music and Art Festival and the social history of the decade leading up to the actual Woodstock event at Bethel, New York.
Thursday, June 13 & Friday, June 14, 2019 Marist College Conference Registration Fee: $50 (Thursday's welcome reception, Friday's breakfast, lunch, and closing reception included in conference fee)
We hope you'll join us for this special commemorative two-day event!
Below is a schedule of events:
Thursday, June 13
9:00 a.m. - Bus trip to Bethel Woods Center for the Arts (bus trip is optional and is NOT included in conference fee, additional cost is $30 and pre-registration is required; space is limited. See below for additional information)
3:00 p.m. - Registration; Murray Student Center
4:00 - 5:15 p.m. - Session I: The Vietnam War and The Peace Movement
The Vietnam War Revisited Dr. Robert Brigham, Vassar College Woodstock, Vietnam and Movement Mr. Jeff Jones, Environmental Strategist and Consultant, former member of the Weather Underground The Other Side of the Hill COL (Ret.) James R. McDonough
Moderator: Dr. Kristin Bayer, Marist College
5:30 - 6:30 p.m. - Welcome Reception
7:00 p.m. - Keynote Lecture* Woodstock Revelations: Fifty Years Later Dr. Douglas Brinkley, Rice University Author: American Moonshot: John F. Kennedy and the Great Space Race
*Keynote is free and open to the public with RSVP
Friday, June 14
8:00 - 9:00 a.m. - Registration and Continental Breakfast; Murray Student Center
9:00 - 10:30 a.m. - Session II: Civil Rights & Black Power:
Black Power Cadets: How African-American Students Defeated President Nixon's Confederate Monument and Changed West Point Dr. COL Ty Seidule, United States Military Academy The Revolution Has Come: Black Power, Gender, and the Black Panther Party in Oakland Dr. Robyn Spencer, Lehman College Dr. Quincy T. Mills, Vassar College, Associate Professor and Director of Africana Studies
10:45 a.m. - 12:00 p.m. - Session III: The Challenges of Second Wave Feminism
The 1960s Women's Liberation Movement: A Personal Political Perspective Ms. Carol Hanisch, Redstockings; activist The Struggle for Equality Culture Dr. Jennifer Lemak, New York State Museum, Equal Rights Amendment Campaign
Becoming Challenges: Miss America, Miss Black America and Women's Liberation Micki McElya, University of Connecticut
Moderator: Dr. Robyn Rosen, Marist College
12:15 - 1:45 p.m. - Lunch & Keynote Lecture
The 60's: From Memory to History Dr. David Farber, University of Kansas
2:00 - 3:30 p.m. - Session IV: Back to Land/Communal Living
Astronauts of Inner-Space: The Millbrook Commune and the 1960s Mr. Devin Lander, New York State Historian We've Got to Get Ourselves Back to the Garden: From Communes to Homesteads in the Rural Counterculture Dr. Kate Daloz, author A New Chapter on the Land: The Catholic Worker Farm in Tivoli, 1964-1979 Dr. Sally Dwyer-McNulty, Marist College Moderator: Devin Lander, New York State Historian
3:45 - 5:15 p.m. - Session V: Music and the Sixties Counterculture
Too Bright for Memory to Hold: Why We Should Not Memorialize the Sixties Dr. Nicholas Bromell, University of Massachusetts Amherst Music as a Rival of the State Mr. Mat Callahan, author, musician Money and Media at the Revolution Mr. Joe Hagan, journalist
Moderator: Dr. Steven Garabedian, Marist College
5:30 - 6:30 p.m. - Closing Reception
7:00 p.m. - Panel Discussion
We Are Golden: A Woodstock Anniversary Panel Discussion
Moderator: Mr. Wade Lawrence, Museum Director at the Museum at Bethel Woods
Information on Bus Trip to Bethel Woods*
9:00 a.m. - 3:30 p.m. $30 per person
The Museum at Bethel Woods is located in Sullivan County, New York, approximately 1.5 hours from the Marist campus. The bus will depart from Marist promptly at 9 a.m. and return to campus by 3:30 p.m.
Greeted at the museum by Museum Director and Senior Curator, Wade Lawrence, the tour will include the main exhibit, the museum's 2019 special exhibit, and a short walk to the overlook area at the top of the historic Woodstock festival field. Lunch will be provided on site and is included in your bus trip registration.
photos courtesy of Bethel Woods Center for the Arts
*All registrants for the Bethel Woods Museum trip MUST meet at Marist and take the bus to the grounds; no other vehicle entry to the grounds will be permitted by Bethel Woods.
Conference rates have been secured at the following hotels in Poughkeepsie:
Courtyard Marriott Poughkeepsie 2641 South Road Poughkeepsie, New York (845) 485-6336 Click here to reserve your room now!
Residence Inn Poughkeepsie 2525 South Road Poughkeepsie, New York (845) 463-4343 Click here to reserve your room now!
Holiday Inn Express 2750 South Road Poughkeepsie, New York 1-888-HOLIDAY Click here* to reserve your room now! *you must reference the code "MAR" when booking online or via phone
Hampton Inn & Suites by Hilton* 2361 South Road Poughkeepsie, New York (845) 463-7500 *guests should contact the hotel directly, press "0" and ask for the "Marist Woodstock Conference" rate
For a list of additional hotel accommodations in the Hudson River Valley, click here.