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University of Pittsburgh Conference Site Locations (Campus Map)
Cathedral of Learning (CL)	Frick FIne Arts (FFA)	Wesley W. Posvar (WWPH)	William Pitt Union (WPU)

Program - Thursday Schedule

Thursday, Oct. 11
Time	Session	Location
2:00 - 8:00	Conference Registration- Cathedral of Learning	Fifth Floor English Dept.
3:45 - 5:15	Session 1. Adoption Memoirs, Classic and New Chair: Marianne Novy, English and Women’s Studies, University of Pittsburgh Jean Strauss, from Beneath a Tall Tree Lorraine Dusky, from Birthmark Carol Schaefer, from The Other Mother Emily Hipchen, English, University of West Georgia, from Coming Apart Together: Fragments of an Adoption	CL 501

5:00 - 6:00	Get-acquainted Reception (light refreshments)	CL 512

6:00 - 8:00	Dinner (on your own)

8:00 p.m.	Session 2. Welcome: Nicole Constable Anthropology and Associate Dean of Arts and Schiences, University of Pittsburgh Introduction: Frayda Cohen, Anthropology, University of Pittsburgh Keynote: Emily Prager - “Adoption --A Two-Way Street” Response: Toby Alice Volkman, Editor Cultures of Transnational Adoption	CL 501

Convener: Marianne Novy
Email: adoptnew@pitt.edu
Web site: www.english.pitt.edu/events/adoptionandculture

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