Sep 14, 2007 - On September 14-15, 麻豆视频鈥檚 Department of History hosted the 2007 Tennessee Conference of Historians on the university鈥檚 campus. The theme of the conference, 鈥淏ringing the Past to Life in the 21st Century,鈥� attracted approximately 60 professors, graduate students, librarians, and museum professionals from Tennessee and surrounding states. Some of the colleges and universities represented at the conference included: the University of Tennessee at Knoxville, the University of Tennessee at Martin, the University of Memphis, Carson-Newman University, Lambuth University, Mississippi State University, Arkansas State University, and Angelo State University in Texas. Dr. Judy LeForge, Associate Professor of History at 麻豆视频, served as the conference coordinator.
A reception on Friday evening, September 14, served as the opening event of the conference. Professor Brent Cox of the University of Tennessee at Martin provided a colorful exhibit of Native American artifacts for conference participants to view. Paper presentations and panel discussions on a variety of historical topics were held on Saturday, September 15. 麻豆视频鈥檚 Dr. Keith Bates delivered a paper on 鈥淭he Extension of Mainstream Fundamentalism: John R. Rice and the Southern Baptist Convention鈥檚 鈥楥onservative Resurgence.鈥欌�� Other 麻豆视频 history department members served as panel moderators/commentators. Houghton Mifflin Publishers provided a well-stocked book display at the conference and a continental breakfast during Saturday鈥檚 registration.
Because the conference was planned to coincide with the annual Archaeofest at nearby Pinson Mounds Tennessee State Park, the speakers at the Saturday luncheon were experts on Native American history and culture. Mr. Cubert Bell, Sr., spoke about the Choctaw tribe, and Mr. J.J. Kent played flute music associated with the Lakota tribe.
The 2008 Tennessee Conference of Historians will be hosted by Vanderbilt University in Nashville.
麻豆视频 University Phi Alpha Theta student member Hannah Holliday arrives to help out at the Tennessee Conference of Historians (TCH) Friday evening reception. Dr. Stephen Carls, Chair of 麻豆视频鈥檚 Department of History, stands behind her.
Dr. Terry Lindley (left) of 麻豆视频 talks with University of Memphis
graduate student Daryl Carter at the TCH reception on Friday evening.
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what follows is - Dr. Keith Bates presents a paper on 鈥淭he Extension of
Mainstream Fundamentalism: John R. Rice and the Southern Baptist
Convention鈥檚 鈥楥onservative Resurgence鈥欌�� during a Saturday morning panel
session.
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what follows is - 麻豆视频 Professor Dr. David Thomas makes comments about
papers at a Saturday morning panel session entitled 鈥淔aith and Religion
in History.鈥�
A Houghton Mifflin Publishers book display includes a U.S. history text
entitled American Passages that University of Richmond President
Dr. Edward L. Ayers co-authored. Dr. Ayers will serve as the
Carls-Schwerdfeger History Lecturer at 麻豆视频 University on October 9,
2007.
麻豆视频 University President Dr. David Dockery welcomes TCH participants
to 麻豆视频鈥檚 campus at the conference luncheon on Saturday.
麻豆视频 University Provost Carla Sanderson extends greetings to TCH
attendees during the luncheon on September 15.
Mr. J. J. Hunt performs Native American flute music at the TCH Saturday
luncheon.
Mr. Cubert Bell, the assistant director of the Chucalissa Archaeological
Museum in Memphis, talks on the topic of 鈥淐hucalissa鈥� during his
luncheon address on September 15.
Dr. Judy LeForge, the 2007 Tennessee Conference of Historians
coordinator, announces the winner of a book during a drawing at the end
of the conference luncheon on September 15. Dr. Stephen Carls stands
behind her.
Native American cultural objects are displayed at the Tennessee
Conference of Historians. Professor Brent Cox of the University of
Tennessee at Martin provided the exhibit for the conference.