Regional Roundup -- Upcoming Events of Interest

Museum Expedition No. 17, sponsored by the Alabama Museum of Natural History, runs from June 18 through July 15, 1995, with each session beginning on Sunday afternoon and ending the following Saturday. This year the Expedition goes to Fusihatchee, a 17th-century Indian site near Wetumpka, Alabama. It offers a unique summer field experience for high school students, teachers, parents, and other interested adults. It provides hands-on scientific field research in the areas of geology, archaeology, biology, and practical ecology. For more information call 205-348-2319.

The Center for Appalachian Studies at East Tennessee State University has announced plans to edit the Encyclopedia of Appalachia. At present the Center is organizing the advisory committee and editorial board for this multidisciplinary project, which will result in a comprehensive reference work on the Appalachian Region. Scholars interested in contributing entries or becoming involved in some other feature of the project should send a letter and brief vita to the following: Jean Haskell Speer Director, CASS, East Tennessee State University, Box 70556, Johnson City, TN 37614; telephone 615-929-5348; Fax 615-929-6340; E-mail:speerj@ETSU.easttennst.edu.

Diggs Gallery at Winston-Salem State University, Old Salem Inc., and the Museum of Early Southern Decorative Arts have issued a call for papers for a conference entitled "The African Impact on the Material Culture of the Americas" to be held in the spring of 1996. Deadline for submission of proposals of three pages and a short vita is June 30, 1995.

The conference will address the presence of African influences in the Americas through artifacts, using objects (including art, decorative arts, architecture, and other aspects of material culture) as primary resource data.

To submit a proposal or learn more about the conference write Bradford L. Rauschenberg, Director of Research, Museum of Early Southern Decorative Arts, P.O. Box 10310, Winston-Salem, NC 27108.

Institute for Southern Studies Celebrates 25 Years

The Institute for Southern Studies in Durham, North Carolina, is celebrating its 25th anniversary. As part of the celebration, the Institute is seeking 2,500 Voices for Change in its membership. The Institute is a nonprofit organization that gathers information and statistics on the South with the purpose of bringing about social and economic change. For more information contact the Institute for Southern Studies, P.O. Box 531, Durham, NC 27702; telephone 919-419-8311; fax 919-419-8315.

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