[Chat] FW: Baltimore '68:Riots and Rebirth -- project announcement and RFP for April '08

[Christine Gray]

Posted by Christine Gray 

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Subject: Baltimore '68:Riots and Rebirth -- project announcement and RFP for
April '08

From: Jessica Elfenbein [mailto:jelfenbein at ubalt.edu]
Sent: Wednesday, March 28, 2007 3:44 PM

The University of Baltimore is in the midst of documenting and interpreting
the riots that followed the death of Martin Luther King, Jr. in April 1968
and their aftermath.  Please check out
http://www.ubalt.edu/template.cfm?page=1634 and plan to attend next April's
Baltimore '68: Riots and Rebirth conference.



CALL FOR PROPOSALS

Baltimore '68: Riots and Rebirth

April 3-5, 2008

University of Baltimore

Deadline for submission: November 1, 2007



The University of Baltimore announces Baltimore '68: Riots and Rebirth, a
conference to explore the effects of the riots after the death of Martin
Luther King, Jr., in April, 1968 and the efforts at civic healing that
followed. Sponsored by the Maryland Humanities Council, this public
conference will be held  April 3-5, 2008 on the occasion of the 40th
anniversary of the riots and will include cutting-edge scholarly
presentations and sessions featuring witnesses to, and leaders of, many
efforts to repair Baltimore in the days and months that followed the riots.



The cataclysmic event in the history of modern Baltimore, the riots of 1968
have, until now, been largely ignored by scholars and policy makers.
Baltimore '68: Riots and Rebirth will present a first opportunity for the
public to have meaningful dialogue with scholars and one another to explore
the meanings of the riots on topics as varied as school desegregation; white
flight; bigotry; interfaith work; the role of the police and National Guard;
the impact of the media; Spiro Agnew's rise to national prominence; the
decline of the central business district; the effect on twelve commercial
districts spread throughout the city; and other topics too numerous to name.



Proposals for papers, presentations, panels, roundtables, poster sessions,
film screenings, or workshops should include a 250 word abstract, a one page
resume including contact information for each participant (phone number,
address, affiliation, and e-mail), as well as technology needs. The deadline
for proposal submission is November 1, 2007.



Please send submissions to:

Jessica Elfenbein

University of Baltimore

1420 N. Charles Street

Baltimore, MD 21201

jelfenbein at ubalt.edu