Programs by Subject - History

9:45 am to 10:30 am
State Capitol, House Committee Room 5
Draining New Orleans: The 300-Year Quest to Dewater the Crescent City
Richard Campanella

9:45 am to 10:30 am
State Capitol, Senate Committee Room F
Black Homesteaders of the South
with Bernice A. Bennett, Falan Olivia Goff, Antoinette Harrell, and Clara Robertson

10:00 am to 10:45 am
State Library, Fourth Floor
Healing Traditions of South Louisiana: Prayers, Plants, and Poultices
with Beverly Constantine Fuselier and Mary Broussard Perrin

10:00 am to 10:45 am
State Library Seminar Center
A New History of the American South
with W. Fitzhugh Brundage, Kari Frederickson, Jon Sensbach, and moderator David Johnson

10:30 am to 11:00 am
State Capitol, House Committee Room 6
Kingfish U: Huey Long and LSU
Robert Mann

10:30 am to 11:15 am
State Capitol, Senate Committee Room E
A Literary Giant and an Ordinary Girl: Old New Orleans through Different Eyes
Hans Rasmussen, A Girl's Life in New Orleans: The Diary of Ella Grunewald, 1884–1886
Stefan Schöberlein, Walt Whitman's New Orleans: Sidewalk Sketches and Newspaper Rambles

10:45 am to 11:15 am
State Capitol, Senate Committee Room F
Building the National WWII Museum
Gordon H. "Nick" Mueller

11:00 am to 11:45 am
State Library, Fourth Floor
Origin Stories: How Time and Place Affect Decisions and Outcomes
Bart Elmore, Country Capitalism: How Corporations from the American South Remade Our Economy and the Planet
James Hoogerwerf, Speed, Safety, Comfort: The Origins of Delta Air Lines
with moderator David Johnson

11:15 am to 12:15 pm
State Capitol, House Committee Room 6
Highs, Lows, and In-Betweens: The South Louisiana Jewish Experience
Brian J. Costello, Dry Goods, Cotton and Cane: 250 Years of Jewish Life, Business and Agriculture in Pointe Coupée Parish, Louisiana
Marlene Trestman, Most Fortunate Unfortunates: The Jewish Orphans’ Home of New Orleans
Peter Wolf, The Sugar King: Leon Godchaux, A New Orleans Legend, His Creole Slave, and His Jewish Roots
with moderator Marian D. Moore

12:15 pm to 1:00 pm
State Capitol, Senate Committee Room F
Courir de Mardi Gras: The Spectacle and Whimsy of Cajun Mardi Gras
Barry Jean Ancelet, From Behind the Mask: Essays on South Louisiana Mardi Gras Runs
Dixie Poché, Cajun Mardi Gras: Chasing Chickens and Making Gumbo

12:15 pm to 1:00 pm
State Library Seminar Center
The Muppets in Moscow: The Unexpected Crazy True Story of Making Sesame Street in Russia
with Natasha Lance Rogoff and moderator Robert Mann

1:15 pm to 1:45 pm
State Capitol, House Committee Room 6
Necropolis: Disease, Power, and Capitalism in the Cotton Kingdom
Kathryn Olivarius

2:00 pm to 2:30 pm
State Capitol, House Committee Room 6
Reimagining the Educated Citizen: Creole Pedagogies in the Transatlantic World 1685-1896
Petra Munro Hendry

2:15 pm to 3:00 pm
Capitol Park Museum Auditorium
The Dean of Southern Culture on the Southern Way of Life
with Charles Reagan Wilson and moderator James G. Thomas Jr.

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