1966 Dartmouth Literacy Conference

The Dartmouth Literacy conference started on August 20, 1966, and lasted a little over three weeks until September 16, 1966. The meetings original name was "Anglo-American Conference on the Teaching and Learning of English", but with the conference occurring at Dartmouth college it became widely known as "The Dartmouth Seminar". The Seminar was the foundation of change for the teaching of English and literature in the United States and the United Kingdom.