Agenda
THE AMERICAN LYCEUM AND PUBLIC CULTURE:
THE ORATORY OF IDEALISM, OPPORTUNITY, AND ABOLITION
MAY 17-23, 2009
NORTHEASTERN UNIVERSITY
| Sunday, May 17 | |
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| 1:00 - 3:00 | Registration, Northeastern University, West Village G |
| 3:30 – 5:00 | Welcome and Orientation to Workshop, 340 Egan Center |
| 5:00 – 6:00 | Walking tour of campus |
| 6:00 | Reception, 340 Egan Center and Patio |
| Monday, May 18 | |
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| 8:00 | Depart for Asa Waters Mansion, Milbury, Massachusetts |
| 9:00 – 12:00 | “The American Lyceum as a Site of Public Culture Making” Dr. Robert Gross, University of Connecticut |
| 12:00 – 1:00 | Box Lunch, Asa Waters Mansion |
| 1:00 – 4:00 | “Oratory and Public Discourse on the American Lyceum Lecture Circuit” Richard Katula, Northeastern University |
| 4:00 – 5:00 | Depart for Northeastern University campus |
| Tuesday, May 19 | |
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| 8:00 | Depart for Concord, Massachusetts |
| 9:00 – 12:00 | Trinitarian Congregational Church Orientation: Judith Walpole “Ralph Waldo Emerson on the Lyceum Lecture Circuit” Wesley Mott, Worcester Polytechnic Institute Presentation: Wendell Refior as Emerson |
| 12:00 – 1:30 | Lunch in Concord |
| 1:30 – 2:00 | The Concord Library Orientation by Leslie Perrin Wilson |
| 2:00 – 4:30 |
Research at the Concord Library: Lyceum Archives |
| 3:15 – 4:30 (optional) |
Sleepy Hollow Cemetery, Author’s Ridge |
| 4:30 | Depart for Northeastern University campus |
| Wednesday, May 20 | |
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| 8:00 | Depart for Concord, Massachusetts |
| 9:00 – 12:00 | Masonic Temple Lodge “Henry David Thoreau, Wendell Phillips, Abolition, and the American Lyceum” Discussion: Robert Gross Presentation: Richard Smith as Thoreau Michael Ryan as Wendell Phillips |
| 12:00 – 1:30 | Lunch in Concord |
| 1:30 – 3:00 | Discussion on the Rhetoric of Idealism, Abolition, and Opportunity Richard Katula, Northeastern University |
| 3:30 – 4:30 | Tour of Emerson House |
| 4:30 | Depart for Northeastern University campus |
| Thursday, May 21 | |
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| 8:00 | Depart for American Antiquarian Society and Mechanics Hall Worcester, Massachusetts |
| 9:00 – 12:00 | American Antiquarian Society Orientation by Jim Moran |
| 10:00 – 12:00 | Research at American Antiquarian Society on Lyceum archives |
| 12:00 – 1:15 | Lunch in downtown Worcester |
| 1:15 – 4:30 | Mechanics Hall, Washburn Hall “Women on the American Lyceum Lecture Circuit” Discussion: Anne Mattina, Stonehill College Presentation: Judith Black as Lucy Stone Susan Lenoe as Sarah Grimke Lani Peterson as Angelina Grimke |
| 4:30 | Depart for Northeastern University campus |
| Friday, May 22 | |
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| 8:00 | Depart for Lyceum Hall Salem, Massachusetts |
| 9:00 – 12:00 | “Frederick Douglass on the Lyceum Lecturing Circuit,” Discussion: Angela Ray, Northwestern University Presentation: Frederick Douglass Interpreter |
| 12:00 – 1:00 | Lunch |
| 1:00 – 4:00 | “Edward Everett: Biography on the American Lyceum Lecture Circuit” Discussion: Richard Katula, Northeastern University Presentation: James Cooke as Everett |
| 4:00 | Depart for Northeastern University |
| Saturday, May 23 | |
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| 8:00 – 9:00 | Final rehearsals for group reports |
| 9:00 – Noon | Reports The final morning of the workshop will involve individual reports on ways to integrate the information gained into curricular plans or research projects. We will do this to some extent through volunteers, and during the week I will ask for volunteers to identify themselves. These reports may also take place as group presentations. We will also discuss research papers and how these will be responded to by the Director. Finally, we will have a plenary session during which we will discuss any topic agreeable to the group, perhaps the difficult questions about the Lyceum Movement, its relevance today, the rhetoric of the 19th century, etc., etc. |