Overview
Savannah is a prime setting to explore aspects of the cultural landscape of the city, Lowcountry rice and cotton plantations, German settlement patterns, post-bellum African-American communities, and coastal livelihood and recreation. Established in 1733, the city has one of the largest historic districts in the United States with a fascinating plan and a remarkable, largely 19th-century urban fabric.
Conference themes
Themes to be addressed include:
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The following registration options are a la carte and can be signed up for individually, without further obligation, by using one of the registration options above.
Hilton Savannah DeSoto Hotel, 15 E. Liberty St.
Located in the heart of the National Historic Landmark District, the 15-story hotel is 20 minutes from the Savannah/Hilton Head International Airport, has 246 rooms and offers all the necessities for the VAF conference.
For reservations, contact Hilton at 800-426-8483 or www.hilton.com. Refer to group code VAF.
Effective February 15, 2007, the conference hotel is sold out. Click for a list of area hotels.
Conference themes
Themes to be addressed include:
- The high and low, ideal and real: architectural and social sorting in the city
- African-American identity (antebellum plantation, downtown, postbellum to the present: residential, educational, religious, civic, commercial)
- Coastal landscapes (rice cultivation, shrimping, oystering, recreation, trade)
- Creole architecture
- German settlement patterns
- Plantations then and now
- Landscapes of faith
Register online or mail or fax registration.
The following registration options are a la carte and can be signed up for individually, without further obligation, by using one of the registration options above.
- Savannah Day, March 29, with more than 100 houses, churches, institutions and commercial buildings open across the National Historic Landmark District.
- Savannah Tour 1 "African-American and Coastal Communities," March 30.
- Savannah Tour 2 "African-American and Coastal Communities," March 30.
- Savannah Tour 3 "Industrial, African-American and Coastal Communities," March 30.
- West Tour "Inland Between the Savannah and the Ogeechee," March 30.
- South Tour "South Along the Georgia Coast," March 30.
Hilton Savannah DeSoto Hotel, 15 E. Liberty St.
Located in the heart of the National Historic Landmark District, the 15-story hotel is 20 minutes from the Savannah/Hilton Head International Airport, has 246 rooms and offers all the necessities for the VAF conference.
For reservations, contact Hilton at 800-426-8483 or www.hilton.com. Refer to group code VAF.
Effective February 15, 2007, the conference hotel is sold out. Click for a list of area hotels.
