-----Original Message----- From: Herr, David <[log in to unmask]> To: [log in to unmask] Sent: Wed, 9 Nov 2005 10:43:58 -0500 Subject: NEH Summer Seminar From: Richard Newman [[log in to unmask]] Subject: NEH Summer Seminar Dear Colleagues and Friends, I wanted to let you know that The Library Company of Philadelphia, in conjunction with the SHEAR, is pleased to offer an NEH Summer Seminar for school teachers on American abolitionism. Entitled ?The Abolitionist Movement: Fighting Slavery and Racial Injustice from the Revolution to the Civil War,? the seminar will be held at The Library Company July 9 to August 4, 2006. I will be co-directing the seminar along with John Stauffer of Harvard University. We anticipate holding lively discussion sessions on everything from abolitionist primary sources to using field trips to enhance the study of abolitionism in school. We will also welcome three guest historians who will discuss their recent scholarly work relating to abolitionism: David Waldstreicher, Professor of History at Temple University and one of the leading scholars of both early national politics and the problem of slavery in Revolutionary society; Erica Armstrong, Assistant Professor of History at the University of Delaware and a rising voice in the study of free black women in antebellum culture; and Patrick Rael, Associate Professor of History at Bowdoin College and author of a prize-winning book on antebellum black protest culture. This is a wonderful and important moment to re-examine the abolitionist movement. Not only are there more books coming out on the subject than ever before but there are now many new collections of primary sources available for classroom use -- and many good web-sites too. Moreover, slavery and abolitionism continue to make headlines in papers around the country, as museums open brand-new exhibits on the institution of slavery, local communities re-examine their role in the Underground Railroad, and television documentaries focus on the significance of slavery and abolitionist movements in early America. We hope to provide overviews of this new and exciting work (not to mention classic treatments of the subject) while also discussing the challenges of teaching abolitionism to today's students. We hope that you will let school teachers know about the seminar. Further information can be found at the following web-site. http://www.librarycompany.org/neh/ Thank you for helping spread the word! Sincerely, Richard S. Newman Associate Professor of History Rochester Institute of Technology ___________________________________ Dr. David Herr H-South Editor St. Andrews Presbyterian College Laurinburg, NC To subscribe, change options, or unsubscribe, please see the instructions at http://listlva.lib.va.us/archives/va-hist.html