Civil War Conference Program
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(Program is subject to change.)
The Legacy of the Civil War: An Interdisciplinary Conference
Date: November 10–12, 2011
Conference Venue: Chestnut Hill College, The Commonwealth Chateau at Sugarloaf Hill
November 10, Thursday
Pre-Conference Event
Movie and Light Refreshments
The Conspirator (Robin Wright, James McAvoy, Kevin Kline, and Tom Wilkinson)
7:00 p.m. — Chestnut Hill College, The Commonwealth Chateau at Sugarloaf Hill
November 11, Friday
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| 8:30 - 10:00 |
Breakfast / Conference Registration |
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| 10:00 - 11:30 |
Session I Panel I Salon A
Preserving the Past: Diaries & Battlefields
Session I Panel II Salon B
American Diversity and the Civil War: Reconciling Splits Within Minority Communities
Session I Panel III Grand Salon
Strategy and Leadership in the North
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| 11:30 - 1:45 |
Informal Lunch/Lecture by Dr. Donald Cresswell of The Philadelphia Print Shop
“Printed Portraits of Abraham Lincoln: The Strong Image” |
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| 2:00 - 3:30 |
Session II Panel I Salon A
The Civil War’s Legacy for Women I
Session II Panel II Salon B
The Civil War Legacies for the Law and the Constitution
Session II Panel III Grand Salon
Interpreting the Declaration’s Assertion that “All Men Are Created Equal”
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| 4:00–5:15 |
Session III Panel I Salon A
The Legacy of Camp William Penn
Session III Panel II Salon B
The Legacy of the Disabled Veterans of the Civil War
Session III Panel III Grand Salon
The Civil War's Legacy for Women II
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| 8:00 |
Conference Address
“Legacies of Appomattox: Lee’s Surrender in History and Memory”
Elizabeth Varon, Ph.D.
Professor of History, University of Virginia |
November 12, Saturday
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| 8:30–9:00 |
Breakfast |
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| 9:00–10:30 |
Session I Panel I Salon A
American Diversity and the Civil War: The Irish Community
Session I Panel II Salon B
Post-War Sectional Reconciliation
Session I Panel III Grand Salon
Preserving the Past Through Visual Images
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| 11:00–12:30 |
Session II Panel I Salon A
Andersonville Confederate Prison: Victims/Perpetrators
Session II Panel II Salon B
Civil Wars: A Comparative Perspective
Session II Panel III Grand Salon
The Civil War in American Culture
Session II Panel IV Library
The Civil Rights Movement
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| 2:00 |
Conference Address
"Lincoln and the Civil War"
Michael Burlingame, Ph.D.
Chancellor Naomi B. Lynn Distinguished Chair in Lincoln Studies
University of Illinois at Springfield
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