Graduate Student Conference
on
Freedom in American History
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Columbia University
October 11-12, 1996
Keynote Address:
Eric Foner, DeWitt Clinton Professor
of History, Columbia University
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Freedom has long been central to American national identity.
Historically, however, the concept of freedom has been neither
static nor stable, and has always encompassed many meanings. The
Graduate Student Conference on Freedom in American History hopes
to map the multiple and contested meanings of freedom from the
colonial era to the present. How has freedom been produced and
reproduced by institutions, social groups, and individuals? How
have different ideas of freedom been constructed, challenged,
violated, and transformed?
We invite papers from graduate students in a variety of
disciplines in the Humanities, including: African-American
Studies, American Studies, History, Literature, Music, Political
Theory, Religion, and Women's Studies. (This list is
illustrative and by no means exclusive.)
Paper titles and abstracts of _no more than 250 words_ must be
submitted by July 1, 1996. Please send submissions to: Timothy
P. McCarthy, Institute for Research in African-American Studies,
758 Schermerhorn Extension, Columbia University, New York, New
York 10027. Tel. #: 212/854-4935. All email inquiries should be
directed to: Alana J.
Erickson, aje4@columbia.edu.
Planning Committee
The Graduate Student Conference on Freedom in American History