Historical Consciousness in Post-Emancipation Societies
DATE: Tuesday, June 5, 2007
TIME: 1:00 - 5:00pm
LOCATION: CSRPC, 5733 S. University, 1st Floor, Chicago, IL
A half-day conference
Free and open to the public
Reservations requested--contact Jessica Sparks at 773-702-8063 or jessicas@uchicago.edu
Schedule:
| 1:15-1:30 | Welcome and Opening remarks |
| 1:30-3:00 | Panel 1 |
| 1:30-2:00 | Colin Dayan: "Bartleby's Screen, Or Case Law as Ritual Practice" |
| 2:00-2:30 | Robert Hill: "Marcus Garvey, John Hawkins, and the Charter Myth of the English Slave Trade" |
| 2:30-3:00 | Audience Discussion--Tom Holt: Moderator |
| 3:00-3:30 | Coffee break |
| 3:30-5:00 | Panel 2 |
| 3:30-4:00 | Olivia Gomes da Cunha: "Territories of Domesticity in Post-Emancipation Rio de Janeiro: Intimacy, Work, and Violence" |
| 4:00-4:30 | Sidney Chalhoub: "Slavery and 'Free' Labor in Brazilian Historiography" |
| 4:30-5:00 | Audience Discussion--Tom Holt: Moderator |
