It is the last day of the AHA’s 127th annual meeting, but there are plenty of sessions and events going on today. Read on to see the few we’ve highlighted below.
Locations and Times
Below are the Sunday hours for various annual meeting areas. See the hotel floorplans online to figure out where you’re going.
- Job Center, New Orleans Marriott’s Mardi Gras Ballroom, 9:00 a.m.–12:00 p.m.
- Exhibit Hall, Marriott’s Grand Ballroom, 9:00 a.m.–12:00 p.m.
- Messaging and Internet Center, New Orleans Marriott’s Mardi Gras Ballroom, 9:00 a.m.–12:00 p.m.
- Quiet Rooms, Maurepas Room (Sheraton New Orleans),9:00 a.m.–12:00 p.m.
Sessions
Below are just a few of the sessions taking place at the 127th annual meeting today.
- Revisiting Maternalism and Its Legacy: Gender, Power, Health Policy, and Place in the United States, 1912–55
8:30–10:30 a.m.,
Roosevelt Ballroom III (Roosevelt New Orleans)
These three studies focus on the relationship between state-formation and health policy development in the American West. - Founding Villains: Liars, Scoundrels, and Thieves in the Making of America
8:30–10:30 a.m.,
Preservation Hall, Studio 7 (New Orleans Marriott)
Taken together, our papers investigate the social construction and meaning of villainy as it relates to national identity constructed in the nineteenth century. - Beyond Consensus: American Intellectual and Political Life, 1945–73
11:00 a.m.–1:00 p.m.,
Preservation Hall, Studio 7 (New Orleans Marriott)
This roundtable speaks to three of the most important historiographical tendencies in the study of the postwar United States. - Historians, Journalists, and the Challenges of Getting It Right: The Death and Life of Great American Newspapers
11:00 a.m.-1:00 p.m.
Preservation Hall, Studio 6 (New Orleans Marriott)
Inspired by the dramatic recent events in Egypt, this panel will discuss comparative cases of popular uprisings in Tunisia, South Africa, Eastern Europe, and protest movements in the U.S.
Exploring New Orleans
If you have some free time today, or are staying a few days in New Orleans, be sure to check out our guides on New Orleans music, archives, and restaurants, including cheap eats near the hotels and historians’ favorites.
This post first appeared on AHA Today.
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