‘John Skene conference registration is open’

   

Registration is open for the John Skene conference in New Jersey! The event last year was something of a rehearsal, but this time will be the real thing. Click here for tickets information. Send email here for more info. From the publicity:

John Skene:

Masonic Influences

on the Development

of Early America

August 18-19

New Jersey

Friday, August 18

6:30 p.m. Meet & Greet

Courtyard by Marriott

30 Western Drive, Westampton

Attire: Tastefully Casual

Saturday, August 19

9:30 Memorial Service

Peachfield

180 Burrs Road, Westampton

Attire: Tastefully Casual for guests; Jacket & Tie for hosts/staff

11 a.m. Lunch

Crescent Shriners International

700 Highland Drive, Westampton

Attire: Tastefully Casual for guests; Jacket & Tie for hosts/staff

Following Lunch: Seminar

Speakers include:

Robert L.D. Cooper is a Scottish Freemason as well as a recognized historian and expert on Scottish Freemasonry. He has authored numerous books and articles on Freemasonry and lectured in Masonic lodges and other venues across the world.

Steven Bullock is professor of history at Worcester Polytechnic Institute and is the author of Revolutionary Brotherhood: Freemasonry and the Transformation of the American Social Order, 1730-1840. Professor Bullock has spoken widely to academic and public groups; commented on Masonry and American history on ABC and NPR; and appeared in documentaries airing on History and National Geographic channels, Channel Four (France), and elsewhere.

Robert Johnson is the host of Whence Came You?, a Masonic podcast, and is co-author of It’s Business Time: Adapting a Corporate Path for Freemasonry. He serves on the Grand Lodge of Illinois Masonic Education Committee.

Robert Howard is a student of history, served (2016) as Grand Historian of the Grand Lodge of New Jersey, and is a Past Master of New Jersey Lodge of Masonic Research and Education 1786. He has written a number of articles for the New Jersey Freemason, facilitated the Grand Lodge’s mentoring program, and has made a number of Masonic presentations to lodges around the state.

Erich M. Huhn is Secretary of New Jersey Lodge of Masonic Research and Education 1786. He is the author of New Jersey’s Masonic Lodges, and is a Ph.D. Candidate in History and Culture at Drew University in New Jersey.

7 p.m. Dinner