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This is the University of Rochester.
When presented with the opportunity to ask a question about Robin Hood,
the first question is almost always: Was he real?
Historians--local, amateur, professional--
have made a kind of obsession out of finding the real Robin Hood,
proving, apparently, that he's real, to justify their attraction to the outlaw hero.
In October, October 22-25,
the University of Rochester in concert with
the International Association for Robin Hood Studies
will sponsor a conference that addresses
the whole range of media that Robin Hood has appeared in,
and that tries to examine what the sources of that appeal were,
why it is that Robin Hood keeps coming back.
In particular, there will be a program of operattas, arias and songs,
there'll be a screening of the earliest "Robin Hood" to survive on film, in a newly restored copy,
and finally, the screening of the just restored 1922 Douglas Fairbanks "Robin Hood"
made through a collaboration of the Museum of Modern Art and the George Eastman House.
The entire event should have the widest possible appeal, and should go a long way
towards demonstrating not just how academics find Robin Hood interesting,
but how Robin Hood brought pleasure to the generations who went before us.