TWELFTH ANNUAL ABBEVILLE INSTITUTE SCHOLAR’S CONFERENCE

“The Crisis of American National Identity and the Southern tradition”

Liberty University
Lynchburg, Virginia
October 30-November 2

THURSDAY, OCTOBER 30
5:00-6:30 Registration and Reception
6:30-7:30 “‘Chivalry-Democracy’ and California Identity to 1865,” Peter Heffner

FRIDAY, OCTOBER 31
9:00-10:00 “The Transformation of American Citizenship via the Crucible of Civil War,” Marshall DeRosa
10:00-11:00 “The Crisis of American National Identity: Then (1860) and Now,” Donald
Livingston
11:00-12:00 (Open Discussion of the crisis of American identity)

12:00-1:30 Dinner

1:30-2:30 “Twenty Million Gone: The Southern Diaspora,” Clyde Wilson
3:00-4:00 “Judge Joseph Story, the Common Law, and the Invention of American
Nationhood”
4:30-5:30 “‘Historically as Certain as Our Revolution Itself: The Nullifiers and History”

SATURDAY, NOVEMBER 1
9:00-10:00 “The Upper South Perspective on the Christian Sabbath and Civil Liberty, 1825-
1837″ Forrest Marion
10:00-11:00 “The Treasures of the Kingdom: The Rights of Communities in Early Modern Europe and the American Republic”
11:00-12:00 “Loss, Abandonment, and the Southern Tradition,” John Devanny

12:00-6:00 (Box lunch trip to Appomattox and Confederate Museum nearby. Drive to Appomattox is about 40 minutes).
6:00-7:00 Banquet
7:00-8:00 “The People of the State in Convention Assembled: The Mechanics of Secession” Jonathan White

PLACE. All events will be held on the terrace level of the Jerry Falwell Library except for the morning session Saturday which will be held in the Hancock Welcome Center.

PARKING. Parking is reserved for conference participants in the Parking Garage on campus. Students will be at the Parking Garage to give tickets and directions on Thursday before registration (beginning at 5:00) and on Friday morning before the first session (beginning at 9:00). Be sure to allow time to walk to the Falwell Library (about 10 minutes). It is important that we all assemble on time. Those who arrive after these times, must go to the Hancock Visitor’s Center to secure a parking ticket. The ticket is good for the whole conference.

CAMPUS MAP LINKED BELOW

2014 SC map

QUESTIONS. Carey Roberts 479- 964- 5115.

“Late comers” should contact Don Livingston at 843-323-0690 or email at donlivingston45@gmail.com