American Historical Association

Rethinking America

Rethinking America in a Global Perspective

Schedule

** Tentative and subject to change*

Detailed Study Plan for the Period June 15th to July 12th

Week I	America as World Frontier to 1776
June 15 - Sunday	Arrival in Washington, D.C.
June 16 - Monday	Welcome and Orientation to the Library of Congress
June 17 - Tuesday	Morning Plenary Lecture by Charles C. Mann, “The Americas before Columbus” Discussion of lecture and readings Afternoon Independent Study
June 18 - Wednesday	Morning Plenary Lecture by Elizabeth Mancke, University of Akron, “Spaces of Power in the Sixteenth and Seventeenth Century Atlantic World” Discussion of lecture and readings Afternoon Independent Study
June 19 - Thursday	Morning Plenary Lecture by Laurent DuBois, Michigan State University, “Slavery and the Caribbean in the Age of Revolution” Discussion of lecture and readings Afternoon Independent Study
June 20 - Friday	Morning Orientation by Library of Congress Staff Afternoon Independent Study

Week II	America in an Age of Nation-Building, 1776-1898
June 23 - Monday	Morning Plenary Lecture by Eliga Gould, University of New Hampshire, “The New Nation in Age of Democratic Revolution” Discussion of lecture and readings Afternoon Independent Study
June 24 - Tuesday	Morning Plenary Lecture by Carl Guarneri, Saint Mary’s College, “The United States among Nineteenth Century Settler Societies” Discussion of lecture and readings Afternoon Independent Study
June 25 - Wednesday	Morning Plenary Lecture byDonna Gabbacia, University of Minnesota, “Immigration, Migrations, Diaspora, and Nation-Building” Discussion of lecture and readings Afternoon Independent Study
June 26 - Thursday	Morning Small Group Discussion Afternoon Independent Study
June 27 - Friday	Independent research

Week III	Rise to Global Power, 1898-1973
June 30 - Monday	Morning Plenary Lecture by Paul Kramer, Johns Hopkins University, “America in the Pacific” Discussion of lecture and readings Afternoon Independent Study
July 1 - Tuesday	Morning Plenary Lecture by John Gillis, “Sea to Shining Sea: The Continentalization of the United States” Discussion of lecture and readings Afternoon Independent Study
July 2 - Wednesday	Morning Guest lecture by Thomas Knock, Southern Methodist University, "Woodrow Wilson's Internationalism and his Would-be Heirs" Discussion of lecture and readings Afternoon Independent Study
July 3 - Thursday	Morning Meeting with Congressman Dave Loebsack (D-Iowa) on US Foreign Policy issues--tentative Afternoon Independent Study
July 4 - Friday	Independence Day

Week IV	Challenge of Globalization
July 7 - Monday	Morning Plenary Lecture by Penny Von Eschen, “Globalization of American Culture” Discussion of lecture and readings Afternoon Independent Study
July 8 - Tuesday	Morning and Afternoon Research reports by participants
July 9 - Wednesday	Morning and Afternoon Research reports by participants
July 10 - Thursday	Morning and Afternoon Workshop on Curriculum Development
July 11 - Friday	Morning Summary Session led by Guarneri and Gillis
July 12 - Saturday	Departure

Last Updated: June 5, 2008 2:42 PM