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Fifth
Annual Abbeville Institute Summer School
"The
Origin and Character of Southern Identity"
June
11– 15, 2007, Seabrook Island, South Carolina
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Recent Scholarship of
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2007 Summer School Program
| Monday, June 11 |
| 4:00 - 6:30 pm |
Registration |
| 6:30 - 7:30 |
Supper |
| 7:30 - 8:30 |
"The Origin of New England Sectional Nationalism,"Dr.
Donald Livingston, Emory University |
| Tuesday, June 12 |
| 8:00 am |
Breakfast |
| 9:00 - 10:00 |
"New England Cultural Imperialism," Prof. Donald Livingston, Emory University |
| 10:30 - 11:30 |
"W.G. Simms and the Celtic Base of Southern Culture," Prof. James Kibler, University of Georgia |
| 12:00- 1:00 pm |
Dinner |
| 1:00 - 3:30 |
Free Time |
| 3:30 - 4:30 |
"Poe's Battle with Puritan Boston," Prof. James Kibler, University of Georgia |
| 5:00 - 6:00 |
"Charles Fraser: Remembering Charleston's Ante-bellum Greatness," Prof. David Aiken, College of Charleston |
| 6:30 |
Supper |
| 8:00 |
Slide Presentation on the architecture, gardens, and literary heritage of Charleston in preparation for the tour on Wednesday, Prof. James Kibler, University of Georgia |
| Wednesday, June 13 |
| 8:00 am |
Breakfast |
| 9:00 - 10:00 |
"Alice Huger Smith: The Moral and Spiritual Victory of the Defeated South," Prof. David Aiken, College of Charleston |
| 10:30 - 11:30 |
"Basil Gildersleeve's 'A Southerner in the Peloponnesian War'," Prof. William Wilson, University of Virginia |
| 12:00 pm - |
Leave conference site for a tour of Charleston (brown bag lunch) |
| 6:00 |
Supper in Charleston at A.W. Shucks and return to conference sit |
| Thursday, June 14 |
| 8:00am |
Breakfast |
| 9:00 - 10:00 |
"Basil Gildersleeve's, 'The Creed of the Old South'," Professor William Wilson, University of Virginia |
| 10:30 - 11:30 |
"Society Before Government," Professor Clyde Wilson, University of South Carolina, Emeritus |
| 12:00 - 1:00 pm |
Dinner |
| 1:00 - 3:00 |
Free Time |
| 3:00 - 4:00 |
"The South and the West," Professor Clyde Wilson, University of South Carolina, Emeritus |
| 4:30 - 6:00 |
Round Table Discussion |
| 6:30 - |
Supper |
| 8:00 |
Southern and Celtic Music played by Deborah Brinson on the Celtic Harp |
| Friday, June 15 |
| 8:00 - 9:00 am |
Breakfast
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