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
- Engaging Public Schoolteachers in Southern Labor History: Lessons from the Teaching American History Program
- 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
- John Bull Meets Jim Crow: Jamaican Guest Workers in the Wartime South
Rosemary Feurer is Professor of History at Northern Illinois University. She is the author of Radical Unionism in the Midwest, 1900-1950, among others. She is working on The Illinois Mine Wars, 1860-1940 and a new biography of Mary Harris “Mother” Jones.