Five College Learning in Retirement (5CLIR) and Five Colleges, Incorporated
http://www.5clir.org/v2010/documents/Flyer%20announcing%20program.pdf
Sesquicentennial Symposium: Civil War Causes and Consequences
(To explore issues of the era with modern resonance—e.g., race, states’ rights, and cultural changes)
Friday, October 14, and Saturday, October 15, 2011
Friday, October 14 at 5:30 P.M.
Keynote address by Eric Foner (Columbia University)
―Lincoln, Emancipation and Race in America‖
Saturday, October 15, 9:00 A.M.–4:00 P.M.
Morning: Panel discussion and small group sessions—The Causes
of the War*
Afternoon: Panel discussion and small group sessions—The War
and Its Consequences*
Saturday, October 15, 4:00 P.M.
Keynote address by David Blight (Yale University)
―The Summing Up: Civil War History and Memory‖
*Additional scholars already committed to participate:
Kelley Brown (Easthampton High School)
Lois Brown (Mount Holyoke College)
Charles Dew (Williams College)
Paul Finkelman (Albany Law)
John Higginson (UMass Amherst)
Tera Hunter (Princeton University)
Bruce Laurie (UMass Amherst)
Lynda Morgan (Mount Holyoke College)
Ousmane Power-Greene (Clark University)
Leo Richards (UMass Amherst)
Manisha Sinha (UMass Amherst)
LOCATION: UMass Amherst at Mahar Auditorium and
Isenberg School of Management
OPEN TO THE PUBLIC • FREE OF CHARGE
FOR FURTHER INFORMATION SEE
www.5clir.org (updated periodically); also 5CLIR Newsletter for March
To request registration materials (available Sept. 1): cw5clir@gmail.com
Register Early—It Helps our Planning!
