[History_students] FW: A Newberry Event

[Green-Givens, Onie]

FYI.

Onie Green-Givens
History Department
DePaul University
2320 N. Kenmore Ave., Suite 419
Chicago, IL 60614
773/325-7470
Fax: 773/325-4764


-----Original Message-----
From: Wolfinger, James 
Sent: Tuesday, December 04, 2007 7:31 PM
To: Green-Givens, Onie; Beiriger, Eugene
Subject: FW: A Newberry Event


Dear colleagues and history students:
 
I'm forwarding the below email and attached poster about an upcoming
seminar at the Newberry Library.  I hope you can attend.
 
Best,
 
Jim


James Wolfinger
Assistant Professor
History and Teacher Education
DePaul University
2320 N. Kenmore Ave., SAC 338
Chicago, IL 60614
773-325-4290
Author of Philadelphia Divided:
Race and Politics in the City of Brotherly Love
http://uncpress.unc.edu/books/T-7901.html
<https://outlook.depaul.edu/exchweb/bin/redir.asp?URL=http://uncpress.un
c.edu/books/T-7901.html>
 

I'm writing to call your attention to a symposium, jointly sponsored by
the Newberry Library Seminar in Labor History and The Historical
Society, that Leon Fink & Eric Arnesen have been organizing: 

Rethinking Black Freedom in the Era of Slavery: The Challenge of Israel
on the Appomattox: A Southern Experiment in Black Freedom from the 1790s
through the Civil War

featuring author Melvin Ely

Saturday, December 15, 2007, 11:00 am -- 3:00 pm

The recent publication of the award-winning book by Melvin Ely,
historian at the College of William and Mary, raises numerous questions
about the nature of slavery and freedom in the first half of the 19th
century. "Rethinking Black Freedom in the Era of Slavery" aims to
critically re-examine the place of free African Americans, the character
of race relations, and the challenges local history can pose to the
grander, sweeping narratives of American history. 

Commentators:



	Eric Arnesen, University of Illinois at Chicago 
	Corey Capers, University of Illinois at Chicago 
	Jane Dailey, University of Chicago 
	Leon Fink, University of Illinois at Chicago 
	Michael Perman, University of Illinois at Chicago 
	Julie Saville, University of Chicago 
	James Schmidt, Northern Illinois University 
	Amy Stanley, University of Chicago
	
	

Please RSVP to scholl at newberry.org

It is not necessary to read the book in order to attend and participate
in the event.

I hope you can attend.  If you have any questions, please feel free to
contact Eric Arnesen at arnesen at uic.edu.


Eric Arnesen
Professor of History 

Department of History (mc 198)
University of Illinois at Chicago
601 S. Morgan Street
Chicago, IL 60607
                 
E-Mail: arnesen at uic.edu




 


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