Universities Studying Slavery Spring Meeting

Hollins University, April 12-14, 2018

Conference Documents

Schedule 2018

Thursday, April 12
5:00 pm Registration Open Wetherill Visual Arts Center: Lobby
6:00 pm Opening Program, Report from the Hollins University Working Group (open to general public) Wetherill Visual Arts Center: Auditorium
7:15 pm Reception Wetherill Visual Arts Center: Lobby
Friday, April 13 (open to registered conference participants only)
8:00 am – 12:30 pm Registration Open Moody: Lobby
8:00 am – 6 pm Coffee and Refreshments, Discussion Space Moody: Mary Rowland Room, 2nd floor
8:30 am Welcome, Introductions, Overview of Schedule
Opening Plenary – Ongoing Work at Member Schools
Moody: Ballator Gallery, 2nd floor
10:30 am Break  Moody: Mary Rowland Room, 2nd floor
10:45 am -12:15 pm Session 1A: Spaces and Places of Memory Moody: Goodwin Private Dining Room
Session 1B: HBCU’s and the USS Mission Wyndham Robertson Library: Hollins Room, 3rd floor
Session 1C: Using Pedagogy and Educational Outreach Moody: Janney Lounge
Session 1D: Walking Tour of Hollins Campus – Archeological Review Depart from Moody
12:30-2:00 pm Lunch: USS Business Meeting (rsvp required) Moody: Ballator Gallery, 2nd floor
12:30-3:30 pm Lunch: Students Studying Slavery Meeting and Sessions (rsvp required) Moody: Roanoke Times Room, lower level
2:15 – 3:30 pm Session 2A: Getting Started and Collective Wisdom: Workshop for Small Colleges and Liberal Arts Universities Wyndham Robertson Library: Hollins Room, 3rd floor
Session 2B: Getting Started and Collective Wisdom: Workshop for Larger Universities Moody: Goodwin Private Dining Room
Session 2C: Walking Tour of Hollins Campus – Archeological Review Depart from Moody
3:30 pm Break Moody: Lobby
3:45-5:00 pm Session 3A: Developing a Research Agenda Around Historically Baptist Schools Moody: Janney Lounge
Session 3B: Working in the Archives and Genealogy Wyndham Robertson Library: Hollins Room, 3rd floor
Session 3C: Updates from Universities Moody: Goodwin Private Dining Room
5:00 pm Break
5:15 pm Follow Up & Student Presentations (to entire USS conference community) Moody: Ballator Gallery
6:00 pm Dinner to continue the conversation.

No host – visit Ballast Point website for menu and pricing.

Ballast Point Brewing Company

555 International Parkway, Daleville, VA 24083.

Saturday, April 14
9:00 am Light Breakfast Moody: Goodwin Private Dining Room
9:30 am Departure for Sites:

Roanoke College, (arrive 10:00 am)

Harrison Museum of African American Culture (arrive 11:15 am)

Depart from Moody
1:00 pm Return to Hollins

 

Last updated: 4/11/2018