The public symposium is sponsored by UofL’s College of Arts and Sciences and Center for Arts and Culture Partnerships, along with the Frazier History Museum through support from the Institute of Museum & Library Services. The Carnegie Center for History and Art in New Albany, Ind., is providing additional support. The conference includes the chance to visit several related local history exhibits.
Most sessions will be in Ekstrom Library’s Chao Auditorium with Thursday lunch at the University Club and dinner downtown at the Frazier History Museum. The Thursday conference runs from 8:30 a.m. to 6 p.m., followed by a 6:15 p.m. tour of the museum鈥檚 鈥淐ivil War: My Brother, My Enemy鈥 exhibit of more than 100 artifacts and the 7 p.m. dinner. Friday鈥檚 schedule is 8:30 a.m.-noon.
Historians and other scholars will discuss Kentucky鈥檚 post-war Confederate identity; the lives of women, African Americans and soldiers during the war and Reconstruction; and lawlessness of wartime and post-war Kentucky. The keynote speaker, Columbia University history professor Barbara Fields, will examine issues Kentucky and other border states faced. Other topics will range from Kentucky horse-racing to Lincoln to Confederate memorials.
听Also included are a visit to the Filson Historical Society to see the 鈥淯nited We Stand 鈥 Divided We Fall鈥 exhibit and an Ekstrom Library panel discussion by UofL history professors in conjunction with the 鈥淟incoln: The Constitution and the Civil War鈥 traveling exhibit displayed there.
听Registration is $65 for the general public and includes Thursday breakfast, lunch and dinner and Friday breakfast; registration is encouraged by March 2 as seating is limited. Contact Janna Tajibaeva at 502-852-2247 or by email to register.
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