H-Connecticut serves as a communications center and discussion forum for Connecticut’s history and heritage communities. Sponsored by the Office of the State Historian, H-Connecticut promotes the free exchange of ideas, as well as collaborative endeavors, among the state’s historians, educators, museum professionals, genealogists, preservationists, archivists, historical interpreters, and others interested in the history of the Nutmeg state.

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Discussion published by Martha McNamara on Tuesday, December 13, 2016

CFP Deadline Extended: The Art of Remembrance: Family, Art and Memory in New England

CALL FOR PAPERS

Deadline Extended: December 19th, 2016.

The Art of Remembrance: Family, Art and Memory in New England

A one-day symposium sponsored by Historic Deerfield, Inc. and the Grace Slack McNeil Program for Studies in American Art at Wellesley College.

Date: Saturday, March 18th, 2017

Location: Historic Deerfield, Deerfield, MA

Discussion published by Fawn Gillespie on Tuesday, April 5, 2016

An Assault on History: Cultural Heritage Sites in Iraq and Syria in the Age of ISIS

A presentation: An Assault on History: Cultural Heritage Sites in Iraq and Syria in the Age of ISIS, will be given at the Hagaman Memorial Library at 227 Main Street in East Haven CT,  April 7th at 7 p.m. by Prof. Eckart Frahm, Professor of Assyriology at Yale University. The presentation concerns the destruction of heritage sites and antiquities.