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St. Louis 2015 OAH TABOOS PROGRAM April 16–19, 2015 AMERICA’S CENTER & RENAISSANCE GRAND HOTEL WELCOME Welcome to the 108th Meeting of the Organization of American Historians. Converging in St. Louis, we meet in the center of the most considerable distances in compelling concerns and issues of the United States in the order to be in immediate twenty-first century. and direct proximity to On August 9, 2014, police officer Darren Wilson shot each other. And so, in Michael Brown in Ferguson, a suburb of St. Louis. With the an era of consequential many consequences and ramifications of that tragedy, our work change in the historical as historians gathered intense and soul-burdening relevance. In profession, we are taking the this conference’s first plenary session on Thursday afternoon opportunity to experiment at 3:30 p.m., “American History from the Inside Out: Putting with ways to enhance the St. Louis's History of Cities, Suburbs, and Race Relations to opportunity presented Work to Reconfigure the National Narrative,” five of our fellow by our convergence in the same place at the same time. The historians will offer their insights and reflections on the national conference’s third plenary session, at 5:15 p.m. on Friday, “The and international relevance of the local history of race relations Future of the Historical Community: Activating Empathy and of metropolitan configurations of power. At the end of the within the OAH’s "Big Tent," assembles a panel of historians to session, conference attendees are welcome to linger in the room speak—in frank, civil, and empathetic ways—about the wide for a further exploration of the troubling events in St. Louis over range of our varying conditions of employment. In line with the the last months. conference theme of taboos, this session will take a forthright Months before the St. Louis metropolitan area took center look at the fact that “income inequality,” often lamented as a stage in national and international attention, an impressive and feature of life in the nation as a whole, is equally evident in our energetic committee, co-chaired by Andrea Geiger and Lincoln own professional world. With this session, as with the Ferguson Bramwell, took on the challenge of orchestrating a conference session, attendees are invited to linger in the room to consider program that accepted the responsibility of historical relevance, what next steps might follow from this discussion. while also celebrating the intrinsic interest of the stories of the On April 16–19, 2015, meeting in the middle of the country, American past. The 2015 Program has at its center the theme of we are given the opportunity to take this place seriously, and, “taboos”—identifying them, defying them, tracing their origins, from this point of view, to reflect on the stories of American or even finding them justifiable and reasonable. With the taboos history in fresh, unsettling, and illuminating ways. The tours of historical practice coming up for a variety of appraisals, the arranged by the Local Resources Committee, ably chaired Program Committee has assembled a rich and compelling set of by Peter Kastor and Kevin Fernlund, will provide conference sessions, demonstrating the vitality and courage that drive our attendees with memorable, firsthand encounters with particular professional commitment to understanding the past. locales, ranging from the remarkable mounds created by an With OAH members immersed in deeply serious subjects for ancient society at Cahokia to the “place memories” rooted in the three-and-a-half days, the idea of featuring humor seemed at industrial world of East St. Louis, from the courthouse where once justified and questionable. That paradox is, of course, the the Dred Scott case was tried to the gay and lesbian community central source of humor’s power. And so the conference’s second of St. Louis’ Central West End. plenary session, “The Humor in History and The History of It is a tradition for the President to conclude the opening Humor,” at 3:30 p.m. on Friday, will give OAH members the statement of the program with a moment of reminiscing the distinctive opportunity to hear Bob Mankoff, the editor of origin moment of her OAH membership. My attempt to follow cartoons for the New Yorker and a gifted cartoonist himself, as this literary custom hit an obstacle: I can’t remember when I he charts the complex ties that have united history and humor wasn’t a member of the OAH. While an archival search could over the centuries and, especially, over the decades of the New remedy this failure of memory, I can honestly declare that I Yorker’s cartoon-enriched existence. cannot imagine not being a member of this organization, a state Even though it is easily taken for granted, the wonder of an of affairs that positions me to be humbled by and grateful for OAH convention is this: hundreds of people who have devoted the opportunity to serve as OAH President. their lives to the understanding of American history travel Renaissance Grand Hotel & America’s Center 1 CONTENTS ÷ COMMITTEES ÷ HOURS CONTENTS 2015 OAH PROGRAM COMMITTEE Lincoln Bramwell (Co-chair), USDA Forest Service Schedule of Events 3 Andrea Geiger (Co-chair), Simon Fraser University William Bauer, University of Nevada, Las Vegas Thanks to Our Sponsors 4 – 5 Cheryll Ann Cody, Houston Community Conference Highlights 6 – 10 College–West Loop Campus Lilia Fernández, The Ohio State University Plenary Sessions 11 – 12 Beverly Gage, Yale University Peter C. Mancall, University of Southern California Meet Us in St. Louis 13 – 15 Debra Michlewitz, Townsend Harris High School at Queens College and Master Teacher/Coordinator, Meal Functions 16 – 21 Gilder Lehrman Institute Workshops 22 – 23 Donna Murch, Rutgers University Sessions Thursday 24 – 32 2015 LOCAL RESOURCE COMMITTEE Friday 33 – 43 Kevin Fernlund (Co-chair), University of Missouri–St. Louis Saturday 44 – 53 Peter Kastor (Co-chair), Washington University in St. Louis Sunday 54 – 57 Deborah Cohen, University of Missouri–St. Louis Lorri Glover, Department of History, Saint Louis University Exhibit Hall Highlights 58 – 59 Karen M. Goering, Missouri History Museum Exhibit Hall Floorplan & Exhibitors 60 Bob Moore, Jefferson National Expansion Memorial Clair Willcox, University of Missouri Press Tours 61 – 63 On-Your-Own Tours 63 Map of St. Louis 64 OAH REGISTRATION AND INFORMATION DESK HOURS Lodging and Travel 65 Thursday April 16, 9:00 am – 7:00 pm St. Louis Dining Guide 66 – 68 Friday April 17, 7:00 am – 5:00 pm Registration Information 69 Saturday April 18, 7:00 am – 5:00 pm Sunday April 19, 8:30 am – 11:00 am Speaker Index 70 – 74 Session Endorsers and Sponsors Index 75 OAH EXHIBIT HALL HOURS Distinguished Members 76 – 77 Thursday April 16, 1:00 pm – 7:00 pm Past OAH Presidents 78 Friday April 17, 8:00 am – 5:00 pm Advertisers Index 79 Saturday April 18, 8:00 am – 5:00 pm Registration Form 140 Sunday April 19, Closed 2 2015 OAH ANNUAL MEETING OVERVIEW ÷ MEETING SCHEDULE OAH SESSIONS & EVENTS OVERVIEW BOARD AND COMMITTEE MEETINGS Thursday, April 16 Thursday, April 16 8:00 am – 6:00 pm Session 1 12:00 pm – 1:30 pm • OAH Executive Board 1:45 pm – 3:15 pm Exhibit Hall Open 1:00 pm – 7:00 pm • OAH Regional Chairs Membership Committee Session 2 1:45 pm – 3:15 pm Friday, April 17 Plenary Session 3:30 pm – 5:00 pm 8:00 am – 10:00 am Opening Night Reception 5:00 pm – 7:00 pm • OAH–JAAS Japan Historians Collaborative Committee • OAH Nominating Board • OAH Committee on the Status of Women in the Historical Friday, April 17 Profession Breakfasts 7:30 am – 9:00 am 9:00 am – 5:00 pm • 2016 OAH Program Committee Exhibit Hall Open 8:00 am – 5:00 pm 10:30 am – 12:30 pm Session 1 9:00 am – 10:30 am • OAH Leadership Advisory Council • OAH Committee on Teaching Session 2 10:50 pm – 12:20 pm • OAH Committee on National Park Service Collaboration 2:00 pm – 3:30 pm Luncheons/Networking Break 12:20 pm – 1:50 pm • Journal of the Gilded Age and Progressive Era Editorial Board Session 3 1:50 pm – 3:20 pm 2:00 pm – 4:00 pm • OAH Committee on Disability and Disability History Plenary Session 1 3:30 pm – 5:00 pm • OAH China Residency Plenary Session 2 5:15 pm – 6:45 pm 2:00 pm – 5:00 pm • IEHS Editorial Board, Annual Business, and Executive Board Receptions 6:00 pm – 11:00 pm 4:00 pm – 5:30 pm • SHGAPE Council Saturday, April 18 Saturday, April 18 Breakfasts 7:30 am – 9:00 am 8:00 am – 10:00 am Exhibit Hall Open 8:00 am – 5:00 pm • OAH Committee on the Status of ALANA Historians & ALANA Histories Session 1 9:00 am – 10:30 am • OAH International Committee • Urban History Association Session 2 10:50 pm – 12:20 pm 8:00 am – 12:30 pm Luncheons/Networking Break 12:20 pm – 1:50 pm • Journal of American History Editorial Board 9:00 am – 10:30 am Session 3 1:50 pm – 3:20 pm • OAH Membership Committee Meeting OAH Business Meeting and Awards 3:30 pm – 5:00 pm 1:30 pm – 3:30 pm Ceremony • OAH Committee on Community Colleges • OAH Committee on Public History Exhibit Hall Closes 5:00 pm • The American Historian Editorial Board PRESIDENTIAL ADDRESS 5:00 pm 2:00 pm – 4:00 pm • Women and Social Movements Editorial Board President’s Reception Immediately Following 3:30 pm – 5:00 pm • OAH Business Meeting and Awards Ceremony Sunday, April 19 Sunday, April 19 Session 1 9:00 am – 10:30 am 8:00 am – 10:00 am Session 2 10:45 pm – 12:15 pm • OAH Committee Chairs • Women and Social Movements Advisory Board Renaissance Grand Hotel & America’s Center 3 THE OAH THANKS CLIO SPONSORS Bedford St.