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SLSA at the SHA, Baltimore, Maryland

The Southern Labor Studies Association will be at the annual Southern Historical Association in Baltimore, Maryland, this year. Below is a detailed description of their events and sessions.

  • Friday, October 28: 4:45 P.M. Pratt A
    TELLING LABOR’S STORIES IN THE SOUTH: A WORKSHOP ON PUBLIC ENGAGEMENT WITH LABOR HISTORY
    Sponsored by the Southern Labor Studies Association
    PRESIDING: David Zonderman, North Carolina State University

    • Engaging Public Schoolteachers in Southern Labor History: Lessons from the Teaching American History Program
      Robert Korstad, Duke University
    • Teaching and Writing Southern Labor History for Young Audiences
      Scott Nelson, College of William and Mary
    • Southern Labor History and Contemporary Political Debates: Writing and Publishing Op-Eds
      David Zonderman, North Carolina State University

  • Saturday, October 29: 11:45 A.M.-1:30 P.M. Shula’s PDR
    SOUTHERN LABOR STUDIES ASSOCIATION LUNCHEON
    PRESIDING: Jennifer E. Brooks, Auburn University

    • John Bull Meets Jim Crow: Jamaican Guest Workers in the Wartime South
      Cindy Hahamovich, College of William and Mary
    • Co-sponsored by the Southern Industrialization Project, and the History Departments of the University of Maryland, College Park, and Georgetown University.
    • To be followed by the Annual Members Meeting.
    • To register for this catered luncheon, send a check for $15.00, by October 10, made payable to Southern Labor Studies Assn., c/o Evan Bennett, Treasurer, Department of History, AH 107, Florida Atlantic University, 777 Glades Road, Boca Raton, FL 33431