Roanoke Colonies Research Newsletter
Volume 5.2 (May 1998)

Roanoke Colonization: An Interdisciplinary Conference September 10-11, 1998 Manteo, NC

The Roanoke Colonies Research Office and the Southern Coastal Heritage Program will sponsor “Roanoke Colonization: An Interdisciplinary Conference” at the Pioneer Theater in Manteo, North Carolina, September 10-11, 1998. The program includes presentations by researchers working in a variety of fields and on a number of different projects:

Archaeology at Roanoke Island, 1895-1998:
“Talcott Williams, ‘Pinky’ Harrington, and Other Searches for the Lost Colony,” Bennie C. Keel, Southeast Archeological Center, National Parks Service; “Lane’s Fort Revisited,” Nicholas Luccketti and William Kelso, Association for the Preservation of Virginia Antiquities; “Croatan and Dasamongwepeuk: Native American Ceramics at Fort Raleigh,” David Phelps, Coastal Archaeology Office, East Carolina University; “Where-oh-Where Can the Lost Colony Be?” Mark Mathis, North Carolina Office of State Archaeology.

Literary and Cultural Studies of Roanoke Colonization:
“Johne White’s Moste Excellente Adventure: A Colonial Rule Brittania,” Lorraine Hale Robinson, Department of English, East Carolina University; “The Literary Treatment of Virginia Dare,” Kelley Griffith, Department of English, University of North Carolina—Greensboro; “The Lost Colony of Roanoke Island as Metaphor and Means for Contemporary Legends of Celebrated Loss in Eastern North Carolina,” Karen Baldwin, Folklore Archives/Department of English, East Carolina University.

The Roanoke Colonies and the European World:
“Invaded or Traded?: Three Models for Explaining the Presence of Iberian Olive Jars at Fort Raleigh and Other British Colonial Sites,” John J. Mintz, Raleigh, North Carolina, and Thomas E. Beaman, Jr., Phelps Archaeology Laboratory, East Carolina University; “The Art of Sixteenth-Century Navigation: A Hands-On Approach,” Simon Spaulding, Living History Programs, Tryon Palace Historic Sites and Gardens; “Strangers in a Strange Land: Patterns of European Colonization in the New World,” Charles Ewen, Department of Anthropology, East Carolina University.

The Roanoke Colonies and Native Americans:
“Exchange and Violence at Roanoke Island,” Seth Mallios, Jamestown Rediscovery; “Indian Leagues and the Roanoke Colonies, Thomas C. Parramore, Emeritus, Meredith College; “The Nubile Savage: Pocahontas as Heathen Convert and Virgilian Bride,” Christopher Hodgkins, Department of English, University of North Carolina—Greensboro.

The Figures of Roanoke Colonization:
“Simon Fernandez: A New Look at an Old Villain,” Olivia A. Isil, Greenville, North Carolina; “John White and the Roanoke Colonization Investors,” lebame houston, Manteo, North Carolina; “Ralph Lane and the Rhetoric of Identity Creation,” E. Thomson Shields, Jr., Roanoke Colonies Research Office, East Carolina University; “The Role of Ralph Lane in Ralegh’s Virginia,” Sue Maxwell, Durham, England.

Mineralogy and the Roanoke Colonies:
“RoanokeIsland, Jamestown, and Copper, or How Thomas Hariot Saved Jamestown,” Nicholas Luccketti, Association for the Preservation of Virginia Antiquities; “German Mineral Specialists in Elizabethan England and Early English America,” Gary C. Grassl, Silver Hill, Maryland.

New Directions For Roanoke Colonization-Related Archaeology:
“The Roanoke Sagas: Lane’s Fort and Port Ferdinando,” Fred Willard, Buxton, North Carolina; “A Progress Report on the Croatan Project,” David Phelps, Coastal Archaeology Office, East Carolina University; “Talking Trees and Historical Mysteries,” Dennis Blanton, Center for Archaeological Research, College of William & Mary. While most of the program has been set, there is still room for one or two more presentations. Anyone interested in presenting who did not submit a proposal is encouraged to contact the Roanoke Colonies Research Office as soon as possible.

All sessions will be open to the public; there is no registration fee for the conference. Information on the conference, including presentation times, conference rates at local hotels and motels, and travel suggestions will be sent to everyone on the Roanoke Colonies Research Newsletter mailing list in mid-July. Anyone not on the mailing list and interested in receiving conference information should contact the Roanoke Colonies Research Office.

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