Emancipation and Race in the Age of Lincoln Conference As part of the Washington, D.C. citywide Emancipation Day, the ALBC and Howard University will host a national conference exploring the domestic and international dimensions of emancipation. Each day will feature panel discussions and an evening performance. April 16, 2009 - Day 1: Challenges to Slavery I. Panel One: Ideological Origins of Emancipation
Presenters: Christopher Brown (Columbia
John Stauffer (Harvard)
Manisha Sinha (Amherst)
James Stewart (Macalester) II. Panel Discussion Two: Challenges on the Ground
Presenters: Richard Blackett (Vanderbilt)
Susan O’Donovan (Harvard)
Aylviane Diouf (Schomburg) A tribute to John Hope Franklin and a performance form Howard University Division of Fine Arts will cap the night. Dr. Lonnie Bunch, Director of the National Museum of African American History and Culture will deliever the keynote address. April 17, 2009 - Day 2: Emancipation and Revolution I. Panel One: Comparative Emancipations
Presenters: Laurent Dubois (Duke)
Kim Butler (Rutgers)
Jeffrey Kerr-Ritchie (Howard)
Gordon Gill (Oberlin) II. Panel Two: Comparative Emancipations in the U.S.
Presenters: Joseph Reidy (Howard)
Kate Masur (Northwestern)
Dylan Penningroth (Northwestern) III. Panel Three: Emancipation in the District of Columbia
Presenters: Peter Hanes (National Park Service)
C.R. Gibbs (community historian)
Clarence Davis (District of Columbia Archives) Evening Program
Discussion and Performance featuring Anthony Randolph and Dr. Sais Kamaladiin of Department of Music at Howard University. April 18 - Day 3: The Meaning of Emancipation Panel One: Conveying Ideas of Race and Emancipation at Lincoln Sites
Presenters: Rick Beard (Lincoln Library & Museum)
Frank Milligan (Lincoln Cottage)
Tim Townshend (National Park Service)
Panel Two: Legacies of the Civil War: A Roundtable Discussion
Potential Presenters: David Blight(Yale)
Fitzhugh Brundage (UNC - Chapel Hill)
Kirk Savage (U. of Pittsburgh)
Micki McElya (U. Alabama) The evening will finish with a one-man performance of “Frederick Douglass” by Andre DeShields. |
