In June 2011, the Stowe Society will be hosting a conference at Bowdoin College in Brunswick, Maine, to celebrate Stowe’s bicentennial. The conference will feature one or more keynote speakers, concurrent sessions that examine not only Stowe’s literary works and political activity, but also her literary influence throughout the nineteenth century and the role of prominent members of her family – Henry Ward Beecher, Calvin Stowe, and Catherine Beecher. We have decided to hold the Bicentennial conference at Bowdoin College to recognize the important role the college and its environs played in Stowe’s literary and political career. Bowdoin will be featuring an exhibit featuring its Stowe holdings at the Hawthorne-Longfellow library in conjunction with the conference and will host a walking tour of the Stowe House on Federal Street and the First Parish Church on Maine Street, buildings which were pivotal to the writing of Uncle Tom’s Cabin. We hope to gather up to 150-200 participants who will be housed in the newly renovated residence halls of Bowdoin College. All inquiries can be directed to Tess Chakkalakal, Asst. Professor, Africana Studies, Bowdoin College.