“Quintessential Queens” Conference – October 4th at Queens College

Quintessential Queens will gather academics, government employees, college and high school students, and the public to learn about the place of Queens in the world, the nation, and the city. Lectures will cover the borough broadly, including the evolution of Queens and its defining events, its landscape and natural places, its demographics, its neighborhoods, its long history of welcoming immigrants, and its place in literature and popular culture.

Standing alone, the borough of Queens would be America’s fourth largest city. Yet, as one of New York’s five boroughs, it doesn’t always receive the recognition it deserves for its vitality, diversity, and cultural heritage.Quintessential Queens: Celebrating America’s Fourth Largest City is an all-day conference that celebrates both this remarkable borough and the 75th anniversary of one of its most important institutions, Queens College of the City University of New York.

Queens College has long been among the intellectual and cultural centers of this borough of more than two million people. Quintessential Queenswill gather academics, government employees, college and high school students, and the public to learn about the place of Queens in the world, the nation, and the city. Lectures will cover the borough broadly, including the evolution of Queens and its defining events, its landscape and natural places, its demographics, its neighborhoods, its long history of welcoming immigrants, and its place in literature and popular culture.

Posters and displays of important work going on at the college and at other institutions will be featured. The event will conclude with a cocktail hour featuring the music and foods of Queens.