On the fence about whether or not to attend the Historical Society's 2012 conference? We have extended the deadline for early registration. So, head over to the Historical Society site and sign up. The PayPal setup makes it a cinch to register.
Also, check out the program, with many of the papers now on-line.
Here's a sampling of what will be on offer:
"Popularizing Historical Knowledge: Practice, Prospects, and Perils," University of South Carolina, Columbia, SC, Mark Smith, Program Chair
THURSDAY MAY 31
7:30-9:00PM - Belk Auditorium
INTRODUCTION
Lacy K. Ford, Jr., University of South Carolina
KEYNOTE ADDRESS
"Whose History Is It Anyway? Reaching Real People"
Walter Edgar, University of South Carolina
FRIDAY JUNE 1
8:30-10:00am
Session IIB - Room JK
RELIGIOUS HISTORY AND THE PUBLIC IMAGINATION
Chair: John Fea, Messiah College
“Jonathan Edwards Redivivus: Contemporary Reformed Evangelical Uses of Popular History”
Adam S. Brasich, Florida State University
“Rob Bell, News Media, and the Role of Historians”
Charles A. McCrary, Florida State University
“Popularizing the Sacred: Religious History and the Public Imagination”
Jason Wallace, Samford University
1:00-2.30pm
Session IIIB - Room JK
LISTENING IN: MUSIC AND AMERICAN HISTORY
Chair: TBA
“Remixing the Master: Music, Race, and the Central Theme of Southern History Revisited”
Michael T. Bertrand, Tennessee State University
“A Song Is Born (The Public Intellectual)”
Jeff Pennig, Austin Peay State University
Session IIIC - Room 855
POPULARIZING JACKSONIAN AMERICA AND “FRONTIER” HISTORY
Chair: Heather Richardson, Boston College
“Old Hickory Just Got All Sexypants: History and Politics in Bloody Bloody Andrew Jackson”
Mark R. Cheathem, Cumberland University
“Moving West: Migrations of a Yankee Family across the Old Northwest, 1780-1869”
Dan Allosso, University of Massachusetts, Amherst
3:00-4:30pm
Session IVC - Room 855
TEXTBOOKS AND THE POPULARIZATION OF HISTORY
Chair: Linda K. Salvucci, Trinity University
“A Most Successful Case of Historical Popularization: R. R. Palmer’s A History of the Modern World”
James Friguglietti, Montana State University, Billings
“Ideology and Education: Economic Education in Texas Public Schools, 1945-1970”
Jeff Hassmann, Lakeview College
SATURDAY JUNE 2
8:30-10:00am
Session VB - Room JK
LEGAL HISTORY AS POPULAR HISTORY
Chair: Deborah Beckel, Joel Williamson Visiting Scholar, Southern Historical Collection
“Abraham Lincoln’s Suspensions of Habeas Corpus in Public and Scholarly Memory”
Robert Faith, Indiana University of Pennsylvania
“Between Evidence, Rumor, and Popular Perception: Marshal Lamon and the “Plot” to Arrest Chief Justice Taney”
Phillip W. Magness, George Mason University
“The Politics of Habeas during the Civil War and Reconstruction”
Justin J. Wert, University of Oklahoma
“General Thomas Ewing’s Infamous Actions Hostile to Civil Liberties: General Order Numbers 10 and 11”
Timothy C. Westcott, Park University
Session VC - Room 855
POPULAR HISTORY, WOMEN’S HISTORY
Chair: Chris Beneke, Bentley College
“Traveling from the 18th to the 20th Century with Dorothy Quincy Hancock, Margaret Fuller, Sally Baxter Hampton, and Edith Nourse Rogers”
Marcia Synnott, University of South Carolina
“Knowledgeable Human Capital and Education in the Eisenhower Administration: The Role of Women”
Erwin V. Johanningmeier, University of South Florida
3:00-4:30pm
Session VIIIB - Room JK
THE POPULARIZATION OF HISTORY IN BRAZIL
Chair: Martin J. Burke, CUNY Graduate Center
“The Magazine Revista de História: A Brazilian Model of Scientific Spreading”
Luciano Figueiredo, Universidade Federal Fluminence
“The TV Show/Youtube Channel Leituras da História as an Example of Scientific Accountability”
Oldimar Cardoso, University of Augsburg
Session VIIIC - Room 855
LITERATURE AND THE WRITING OF HISTORY
Chair: TBA
“Links in the Chain: William Styron and the Creation of History”
R. Blakeslee Gilpin, University of South Carolina
“The History Behind the Poetry of Natasha Trethewey”
Daniel Littlefield, University of South Carolina
“Confronting and Correcting the ‘Cheap, Popular Edition’: Hemingway, Dorman-Smith, and the Chivalrous Quest for Historical Truth”
Ken Startup, Williams Baptist College
6:00-7:30pm - Top of Carolina
RECEPTION
7:30-9:00pm - Belk Auditorium
CHRISTOPHER LASCH LECTURE
"The Politics of Dead Knowledge: What If the Death of History Is a Suicide?"
Jane Kamensky, Brandeis University
THURSDAY MAY 31
7:30-9:00PM - Belk Auditorium
INTRODUCTION
Lacy K. Ford, Jr., University of South Carolina
KEYNOTE ADDRESS
"Whose History Is It Anyway? Reaching Real People"
Walter Edgar, University of South Carolina
FRIDAY JUNE 1
8:30-10:00am
Session IIB - Room JK
RELIGIOUS HISTORY AND THE PUBLIC IMAGINATION
Chair: John Fea, Messiah College
“Jonathan Edwards Redivivus: Contemporary Reformed Evangelical Uses of Popular History”
Adam S. Brasich, Florida State University
“Rob Bell, News Media, and the Role of Historians”
Charles A. McCrary, Florida State University
“Popularizing the Sacred: Religious History and the Public Imagination”
Jason Wallace, Samford University
1:00-2.30pm
Session IIIB - Room JK
LISTENING IN: MUSIC AND AMERICAN HISTORY
Chair: TBA
“Remixing the Master: Music, Race, and the Central Theme of Southern History Revisited”
Michael T. Bertrand, Tennessee State University
“A Song Is Born (The Public Intellectual)”
Jeff Pennig, Austin Peay State University
Session IIIC - Room 855
POPULARIZING JACKSONIAN AMERICA AND “FRONTIER” HISTORY
Chair: Heather Richardson, Boston College
“Old Hickory Just Got All Sexypants: History and Politics in Bloody Bloody Andrew Jackson”
Mark R. Cheathem, Cumberland University
“Moving West: Migrations of a Yankee Family across the Old Northwest, 1780-1869”
Dan Allosso, University of Massachusetts, Amherst
3:00-4:30pm
Session IVC - Room 855
TEXTBOOKS AND THE POPULARIZATION OF HISTORY
Chair: Linda K. Salvucci, Trinity University
“A Most Successful Case of Historical Popularization: R. R. Palmer’s A History of the Modern World”
James Friguglietti, Montana State University, Billings
“Ideology and Education: Economic Education in Texas Public Schools, 1945-1970”
Jeff Hassmann, Lakeview College
SATURDAY JUNE 2
8:30-10:00am
Session VB - Room JK
LEGAL HISTORY AS POPULAR HISTORY
Chair: Deborah Beckel, Joel Williamson Visiting Scholar, Southern Historical Collection
“Abraham Lincoln’s Suspensions of Habeas Corpus in Public and Scholarly Memory”
Robert Faith, Indiana University of Pennsylvania
“Between Evidence, Rumor, and Popular Perception: Marshal Lamon and the “Plot” to Arrest Chief Justice Taney”
Phillip W. Magness, George Mason University
“The Politics of Habeas during the Civil War and Reconstruction”
Justin J. Wert, University of Oklahoma
“General Thomas Ewing’s Infamous Actions Hostile to Civil Liberties: General Order Numbers 10 and 11”
Timothy C. Westcott, Park University
Session VC - Room 855
POPULAR HISTORY, WOMEN’S HISTORY
Chair: Chris Beneke, Bentley College
“Traveling from the 18th to the 20th Century with Dorothy Quincy Hancock, Margaret Fuller, Sally Baxter Hampton, and Edith Nourse Rogers”
Marcia Synnott, University of South Carolina
“Knowledgeable Human Capital and Education in the Eisenhower Administration: The Role of Women”
Erwin V. Johanningmeier, University of South Florida
3:00-4:30pm
Session VIIIB - Room JK
THE POPULARIZATION OF HISTORY IN BRAZIL
Chair: Martin J. Burke, CUNY Graduate Center
“The Magazine Revista de História: A Brazilian Model of Scientific Spreading”
Luciano Figueiredo, Universidade Federal Fluminence
“The TV Show/Youtube Channel Leituras da História as an Example of Scientific Accountability”
Oldimar Cardoso, University of Augsburg
Session VIIIC - Room 855
LITERATURE AND THE WRITING OF HISTORY
Chair: TBA
“Links in the Chain: William Styron and the Creation of History”
R. Blakeslee Gilpin, University of South Carolina
“The History Behind the Poetry of Natasha Trethewey”
Daniel Littlefield, University of South Carolina
“Confronting and Correcting the ‘Cheap, Popular Edition’: Hemingway, Dorman-Smith, and the Chivalrous Quest for Historical Truth”
Ken Startup, Williams Baptist College
6:00-7:30pm - Top of Carolina
RECEPTION
7:30-9:00pm - Belk Auditorium
CHRISTOPHER LASCH LECTURE
"The Politics of Dead Knowledge: What If the Death of History Is a Suicide?"
Jane Kamensky, Brandeis University
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