Annual Symposium Explores Baseball Through Cultural Lens

The National Baseball Hall of Fame and Museum co-hosts the Annual Symposium on Baseball and American Culture with SUNY-Oneonta each June in Cooperstown.

The 2012 event will take place May 30 - June 1 featuring keynote speaker: John Thorn, official Historian of Major League Baseball. 

Registration Form (pdf)

The three-day event annually features more than 40 presentations discussing baseball’s effect on American culture, including academics and presenters from around the country.

Registration is $160 for participants in the Hall of Fame's Membership Program, $100 for Undergraduate/Graduate Students (with student ID), and $175 for all others.

For more information please contact Hall of Fame Librarian Jim Gates at (607) 547-0311.

2011 Cooperstown Symposium featured more than 130 researchers