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McGill University and the State University of New York, Plattsburgh invite interested scholars to attend this year's first meeting of a regional seminar on early American history and culture.
Dr. Timothy Breen (Gettysburg College) will present a paper on "The Importance of Being Peter: Self-Invention, Performance, and Impersonation in Peter Williamson's Atlantic World."
The session will be held at the McGill Institute for the Study of Canada, Room 201, 3643 Peel Street, in downtown Montréal, from 3:00-5:00 on Monday, October 23.
For a copy of the paper, and to RSVP for the seminar or for the dinner that follows, please contact Catherine Desbarats (catherine.desbarats@mcgill.ca) or Jim Rice (ricejd@plattsburgh.edu).
To get to the Institute for the Study of Canada From the South:
*Take highway 15 onto Champlain Bridge.
*Take exit for "Centre-ville/downtown" right after Bridge (avoid "Ile des Soeurs" turnoff, however).
*Bonaventure highway turns into University Street.
*Stay on University Street until Sherbrooke Street.
*Left (West) on Sherbrooke St.
A*Right (North) on Peel Street.
*MISC is a few buildings up from the corner of Peel St. and Sherbrooke St on right hand side.
*Metered parking available on Street; Parking is also available on the campus for $12.00 per day (entry at Roddick Gates on Sherbrooke Street just west of University St.); There is another paying parking lot at the corner of Peel St. and Ave. Docteur Penfield, just up from MISC.
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