KEEFE COLLOQUIUM IN THE PUBLIC HUMANITIES AT LAFAYETTE COLLEGE

KEEFE COLLOQUIUM IN THE PUBLIC HUMANITIES AT LAFAYETTE COLLEGE

Working Towards Revolution: Lehigh Valley Contributions to the New Nation

Saturday, March 23, 2024, 8:30 am to 3:30 pm

Williams Center for the Arts, 317 Hamilton Street, Easton PA
 

Lehigh Valley 250, a collaboration of Lafayette College, Northampton County Historical and Genealogical Society, Historic Bethlehem Museum & Sites, and Delaware and Lehigh National Corridor, is pleased to share new research and perspectives on the contributions of the Lehigh Valley to the birth and early growth of our nation. 

Scholars from Bucknell University, Lafayette College, Lehigh University, Moravian University, Muhlenberg College, and UC Irvine will present their recent discoveries that are helping shape nine exhibitions which are part of the recognition of Lehigh Valley 250. Joined by museum curators, they will discuss the tensions and multiple perspectives and forces that molded the country, reveal the unheard voices of a greater range of peoples who contributed to the nation’s birth, and examine the lasting elements that continue to shape the country and its diverse communities today.

Join us for all or part of a of a full-day agenda:

8:30 AM: Registration

9:00 AM: Welcome and Opening Remarks

9:15 AM: Inclusive History: The Importance of Finding and Sharing Under-Documented Stories

10:00 AM: Primary Documents and Research Methodologies

11:00 AM: Lehigh Valley as Capital of Industry—Now and Then

11:45 AM: Communicating the Revolution—Material Culture

12:30 PM: Lunch

1:15 PM: Keynote Presentation by Dr. Scott Gordon, Andrew W. Mellon Chair and Professor of English, Lehigh University: “Hearing Voices in the Archives: People of African Descent in Eighteenth-Century Northampton County”

2:30 PM: Coffee and Conversations with the Curators

3:30: Conclusion

This event is free.  Register today!

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