BCHS 2008 Historian Workshop

Works in Progress

May 9, 2008

9:00-3:00

Reginald F. Lewis Museum of Maryland African American History & Culture

830 E. Pratt Street, Baltimore, MD 21202
(Discounted parking available in garage across the street.)

Sponsored by
The Baltimore City Historical Society and
Reginald F. Lewis Museum of Maryland African American History & Culture

Schedue

8:30-9:00  Registration and Refreshments

9:00-10:30 Session One

Some Puzzles in Baltimore School Desegregation: Filling in the Popular History
Howell S. Baum, Professor, Urban Studies and Planning Program,
University of Maryland

Antebellum African American Education and Its Meaning
Brian C. Morrison, Doctoral Candidate
Morgan State University  
Faculty Baltimore County Public Schools

10:45 - 12:15: Session Two

Antebellum Streets
Mary P. Ryan, John Martin Vincent Professor Department of History
The Johns Hopkins University

A Few Bad Apples: Regulating the Public Market in Antebellum Baltimore
Robert J. Gamble, Graduate Student
The Johns Hopkins University

The B&O and Urban Life in Baltimore, 1827-1877
David Schley, Doctoral Candidate
The Johns Hopkins University

12:15 - 1:15 Lunch (Included in registration fee

Presentation of the Joseph Arnold Prize for Outstanding Writing on Baltimore History
Presented by Kriste Lindenmeyer, Professor and Chair, Department of History, UMBC

The Baltimore City Archives: Plaudits, Progress, and the future of our Archival Heritage
Edward C. Papenfuse
Archivist, State of Maryland

1:30 - 3:00 Session Three

German Jewish Baltimore, 1850-1960
Jessica Elfenbein
Professor, History and Community Studies and Associate Provost for University Engagement
University of Baltimore

Your Home, Your Castle: How Race, Class and Antisemitism Shaped Baltimore
Antero Pietila
Retired Baltimore Sun reporter, editorial writer, and foreign correspondent
Antero Pietila, Retired Baltimore Sun reporter, editorial writer, and foreign corr