Formal Program:
Welcome:
* Dr. Steven Knapp, President of the George Washington University
Introductions:
* Matthew Gilmore, Conference Chair
* Jane Freundel Levey
* Dr. Christopher Klemek, GW History Department
Presentations on DC Historical Studies at GW:
* “Exhibiting DC History at GW,” Dr. John Wetenhall, Director, GW Museum;
* “Resources for Researching and Teaching DC History at GW,” Dr. Geneva Henry, GW Vice Provost for Libraries;
* “Letitia Woods Brown and the Legacy of DC Historical Scholarship at GW,” Dr. Ben Vinson, Dean, Columbian College of Arts & Sciences, Professor of History
Letitia Wood Brown Lecture:
* “Black Politics in Civil War Washington: What Spielberg’s Lincoln Didn’t Tell You”, Dr. Kate Masur, Associate Professor of History, Northwestern University
Masur will focus on African American civic and political organizing during the Civil War, emphasizing in particular the lives of three White House employees: William Slade, Josephine Slade, and Elizabeth Keckly.
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