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2009 Abbeville Institute Summer School

SEVENTH ANNUAL ABBEVILLE INSTITUTE SUMMER SCHOOL
"THE MEANING AND LEGACY OF RECONSTRCUTION"
St. Christopher Conference Center 2810 Seabrook Island, Johns Island, SC 29455-6219 (843) 768-0429
July 19-24, 2009
SUNDAY, JULY 19
4:00-6:00 Registration and Conviviality, The Temple
6:00-7:00 Supper
7:00-7:30 "The Southern Political Tradition," Prof. Carey Roberts
7:30-8:30 "Reconstruction: An Overview, " Prof. Clyde Wilson
MONDAY, JULY 20
8:00-9:00 Breakfast
9:00-10:00 "Reconstruction as a Problem in Statesmanship," Prof. Clyde Wilson
10:15-11:15 "The Unwelcome Result: Determining the Number of Black Deaths due to War and Reconstruction," Prof. Cary Roberts
11:30-12:30 "Reconstruction in the Experience of the Southern People," Prof. Clyde Wilson
12:30-1:15 Dinner
1:00-4:00 Free Time
4:00-5:00 "The Economic Cost of Reconstruction," Dr. John Devanny
5:15-6:15 "The Human Cost of Reconstruction," Dr. John Devanny
6:30-7:30 Supper
7:30- Conviviality, Music and Song
TUESDAY, JULY 21
8:00-9:00 Breakfast
9:00-10:00 "What was the 'Construction' in Reconstruction?" Eric Richardson
10:15-11:15 "The Victor's Definition of Race: How Radical Reconstruction Divided Southern Society Along the Color Line," Eric Richardson
11:30-12:30 "Better Than Slavery? Contraband Camps and Abuses at the Hands of Liberators," Dr. Troy Kickler
12:30-1:15 Dinner
1:15-4:00 Free Time
4:00-5:00 "Definitions of a Good American: The Northern Influence on the First Free Generation of African Americans," Dr. Troy Kickler
5:15-6:15 "More Baptist Than Black: A History of Black Baptists in Reconstruction," Dr. Troy Kickler
6:30-7:30 Supper
7:30- Conviviality, Music, and Song
WEDNESDAY, JULY 22
8:00-9:00 Breakfast
9:00-10:00 "William Gilmore Simms on Reconstruction," Prof. David Aiken
10:15-11:15 "Reconstruction's Legacy in U.S. Occupation Policy After WW I & II," Jonathan White
11:30-12:45 Dinner
12:45- Tour of Charleston
7:00-8:30 Supper at A. W. Shucks
8:30- Return to St. Christopher Conference Center
THURSDAY, JULY 23
8:00-9:00 Breakfast
9:00-10:00 "Constitutional Reconstruction: The Fourteenth Amendment and Its Legacy," Prof. Donald Livingston
10:15-11:15 "Constitutional Reconstruction: Texas vs. White, and Its Legacy " Dr. John Emison
11:30:12:30 Panel Discussion with Faculty and Students on Constitutional Reconstruction and its Legacy
12:30-1:15 Dinner
1:15-3:30 Free Time
3:30-4:30 "The Lost Cause Movement and the War Against Leviathan," Prof. Jack Trotter
4:45-6:30 Panel Discussion with Faculty and Students on the Meaning and Legacy of Reconstruction
6:30-7:30 Supper
7:30- Conviviality
FRIDAY, JULY 24 Departure (Breakfast must be reserved individually)

 

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