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The Shaker Seminar is a series of seminars starting in 1973. The Seminar is open to all Shaker scholars and includes visits to each Shaker site and in-depth lectures each year. The Seminar rotates between the Shaker sites each year. | The Shaker Seminar is a series of seminars starting in 1973. The Seminar is open to all Shaker scholars and includes visits to each Shaker site and in-depth lectures each year. The Seminar rotates between the Shaker sites each year. | ||
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| + | The Shaker Seminar is a yearly meeting of the world's top Shaker researchers, museum curators, | ||
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| + | The seminar was started in 1975 by Berkshire Comunity College, and has been run since then by BCC, Hancock Shaker Village and now in conjunction with Hamilton College. The seminar is held at alternating Shaker sites including special visits to the last remaining Shaker community at Sabbath Day Lake, Maine, and includes many others who knew the Shakers who have since passed on as well as the major Shaker collectors. The yearly seminar includes lectures, special site visits and always includes a health dose of Shaker music. | ||
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Revision as of 01:40, 2 May 2013
Shaker Seminar
The Shaker Seminar is a series of seminars starting in 1973. The Seminar is open to all Shaker scholars and includes visits to each Shaker site and in-depth lectures each year. The Seminar rotates between the Shaker sites each year.
The Shaker Seminar is a yearly meeting of the world's top Shaker researchers, museum curators, collectors and other afficiandos.
The seminar was started in 1975 by Berkshire Comunity College, and has been run since then by BCC, Hancock Shaker Village and now in conjunction with Hamilton College. The seminar is held at alternating Shaker sites including special visits to the last remaining Shaker community at Sabbath Day Lake, Maine, and includes many others who knew the Shakers who have since passed on as well as the major Shaker collectors. The yearly seminar includes lectures, special site visits and always includes a health dose of Shaker music.