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American Democracy conference, UConn Storrs, April 19-20, 2019States of Incarceration

Upcoming Events

  1. 4/19 Draper Conference: "The Greater Reconstruction: American Democracy after the Civil War"
  2. 4/20 Draper Conference: "The Greater Reconstruction: American Democracy after the Civil War"
  3. 4/22 Lecture: John Buchanan
  4. 4/24 Wednesday Workshop
  5. 4/25 Doctoral Dissertation Oral Defense of Hilary Bogert-Winkler

Draper Conference: "The Greater Reconstruction: American Democracy after the Civil War"

Friday, April 19th, 2019

12:00 AM - 11:59 PM

Storrs Campus
North Reading Room, Wilbur Cross Building

This two-day national conference made possible by the Draper Chair endowment brings
together leading as well as exciting new scholars to explore the nature and the political, legal, social, and cultural legacies of emancipation. It employs the "Greater Reconstruction" framework to broaden our conventional chronological and spatial understanding of this period. Panels will address topics that range from the grassroots history of southern Reconstruction and racial terror and violence to western and Native American history and political economy.
President Susan Herbst of the University of Connecticut will inaugurate the conference.
Professor Eric Foner, the preeminent historian of Reconstruction, shall deliver the keynote on
Friday April 19 evening followed by a reception for all attendees. On Saturday April 20, the
conference will conclude with a plenary panel with historians David Blight, Amy Dru Stanley,
Steven Hahn, and James Oakes.

Register Here: http://www.cvent.com/d/v6qnns

Contact Information: Manisha Sinha, manisha.sinha@uconn.edu

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Draper Conference: "The Greater Reconstruction: American Democracy after the Civil War"

Saturday, April 20th, 2019

12:00 AM - 11:59 PM

Storrs Campus
North Reading Room, Wilbur Cross Building

This two-day national conference made possible by the Draper Chair endowment brings
together leading as well as exciting new scholars to explore the nature and the political, legal, social, and cultural legacies of emancipation. It employs the "Greater Reconstruction" framework to broaden our conventional chronological and spatial understanding of this period. Panels will address topics that range from the grassroots history of southern Reconstruction and racial terror and violence to western and Native American history and political economy.
President Susan Herbst of the University of Connecticut will inaugurate the conference.
Professor Eric Foner, the preeminent historian of Reconstruction, shall deliver the keynote on
Friday April 19 evening followed by a reception for all attendees. On Saturday April 20, the
conference will conclude with a plenary panel with historians David Blight, Amy Dru Stanley,
Steven Hahn, and James Oakes.

Register Here: http://www.cvent.com/d/v6qnns

Contact Information: Manisha Sinha, manisha.sinha@uconn.edu

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Lecture: John Buchanan

Monday, April 22nd, 2019

01:00 PM - 03:00 PM

Storrs Campus
Class of 1947 Room, Babbidge Library

Lecture: John Buchanan
Dr. John Buchanan, Postdoctoral Associate at Yale University's MacMillan Center, will be presenting "Run to the Hills: Opium as Escape Agriculture in Mainland Southeast Asia (1945-1973)”. Abstract listed below:

The agricultural sector of northern Laos, northern Thailand and eastern Burma experienced a dramatic transformation in the post-World War II period. The amount of opium production rose from its pre-war peak of roughly 50 tons to approximately 600 tons by the early 1970s. This boom continued so that by the late 1990s, the region’s output peaked at close to 2,000 tons.

Scholars often regard the growth in production as a response by armed groups to changes in regional markets produced by state-led opium suppression. This paper shifts its analysis from armed groups to farmers. Examining the impact of predation and warfare by state and non-stated armed actors on the livelihoods of farmers, the paper recasts opium as a form of escape agriculture aimed to address concerns about food supply. Engaging newly available archival materials, this research presents an alternative framework for conceptualizing the postwar opium booms as adaptations by peasants to the insecurity caused by armed conflicts and state practices.

Contact Information: Jason Chang, jason.o.chang@uconn.edu

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Wednesday Workshop

Wednesday, April 24th, 2019

12:15 PM - 01:15 PM

Storrs Campus
Wood Hall Basement Lounge

Wednesday Workshop Series
Speaker: TBD
Topic: TBD

Contact Information: Victor Zatsepine

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Doctoral Dissertation Oral Defense of Hilary Bogert-Winkler

Thursday, April 25th, 2019

01:00 PM - 03:00 PM

Storrs Campus
Wood Hall Basement Lounge

Doctoral Dissertation Oral Defense of Hilary Bogert-Winkler
Prayerful Protest and Clandestine Conformity: Alternative Liturgies and the Book of Common Prayer in Interregnum England

Contact Information: Brendan Kane, brendan.kane@uconn.edu

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