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"Imagining the Past, Remembering the Future"
Newport, Rhode Island -- June 21 - 25, 2000
The Sixth Edith Wharton Society Conference
Co-Sponsored by Salve Regina University, Newport, Rhode Island
Carole Shaffer-Koros, Sharon Shaloo, Annette Zilversmit, Conference Directors
The conference will be housed in period buildings on the campus of Salve Regina University, with supplemental rooms available in local hotels and B & Bs. Participants may take advantage of Preservation Society tours of the nearby Bellevue Avenue mansions and of Historical Society walking tours of the Cliff Walk and the Newport of Wharton's youth. Dramatic readings, performances of period music, and films are scheduled in the evenings.
For information and registration forms, contact Dr. Carole Shaffer-Koros,
Director, MA in Liberal Studies, Kean University, Union, NJ, 07083. Fax: (908) 289-1067. Email:ckoros@home.com. Please include your postal address and telephone number.