Gregory Downs, CUNY, Scott Romine, UNC, Greensboro, Elaine Parsons, Duquesne University, "The Literature and History of the Era of the Long Reconstruction" 16 May 2014 10-5PM Aldrich Hall 338
Department: English
Date and Time: May 16, 2014 | 10:00 AM-5:00 PMEvent Location: Aldrich Hall 338
Event Details
The Interdisciplinary Research Cluster for Late 19th-Century American
Literature and History invites you to join us for a
conference/workshop on *"The
Literature and History of the Era of the Long Reconstruction.**" *
16 May 2014
Aldrich Hall 338
Those attending should read the paper for the session(s) they attend
(attached below). Each session will start with a brief summary of the paper
by the respondent. The contributor will then make a few comments and open
discussion will follow. Feel free to attend one, two, or all three panels.
The papers all relate to the topic of war pursued by the present cycle of
Humanities Core Course.
If you plan to come for lunch, please RSVP to Brian Fonken (bfonken@uci.edu)
to reserve your lunch.
*Conference Schedule:*
10 AM: Opening Remarks
10:15-11:45: "The War that Followed Surrender"
*Gregory Downs,* CUNY, History.
Respondent: Erin Sweeney
11:45-1:00: Lunch
1:00-2:30: "Fables of the Bloody Shirt: Narrating Reconstruction Violence"
*Scott Romine*, UNC, Greensboro, English.
Respondent: Ian Litwin
2:45-4:15 PM: "The Ku-Klux Comes to Union County, S.C.: A National Idea
Meets a Local Culture of Violence"
*Elaine Parsons*, Duquesne University, History.
Respondent: Brian Fonken
4:15-4:30 PM: Concluding Remarks
Sponsored by the Interdisciplinary Research Cluster for Late 19th-century
American Literature and History, the UCI Humanities Collective, and the
Vice Chancellor for Research.