BEGIN:VCALENDAR VERSION:2.0 PRODID:-//ChamberMaster//Event Calendar 2.0//EN METHOD:PUBLISH X-PUBLISHED-TTL:P3D REFRESH-INTERVAL:P3D CALSCALE:GREGORIAN BEGIN:VEVENT DTSTART:20181110T150000Z DTEND:20181110T200000Z X-MICROSOFT-CDO-ALLDAYEVENT:FALSE SUMMARY:Elizabeth Keckly Symposium DESCRIPTION:The Burwell School Historic Site has dedicated 2018 to programs and exhibits observing the bicentennial of Elizabeth Keckly's birth. As young LIzzy Hobbs\, she worked -- and all too often suffered -- as an enslaved servant in the household of Robert and Anna Burwell as they were establishing their academy for girls. This symposium will bring together some of the most distinguished scholars to examine her 1868 memoir\, Behind the Scenes\, or\, Thirty Years a Slave and Four Years in the White House -- a book that cost her Mary Lincoln's friendship. This slim memoir remains today both a compelling slave narrative\, into the day to day economies and lives of the slaveholding South\, and an invaluable insight into the private life of the Lincoln White House. Join us in Hillsborough for this very special event\, sponsored by the Burwell School Historic Site.\n\n\n\nSpecial welcome and Governor's Proclamation:\n\nMichelle Lanier\n\nDirector\, Division of NC State Historic Sites\n\nNC Department of Natural and Cultural Resources\n\nFounding Director\, NC African American Heritage Commission\n\nKeynote Address:\n\nJennifer Fleischner\, PhD\, \n\nProfessor of English\, Adelphi University\n\nAuthor of the biography\, Mrs. Lincoln and Mrs. Keckly\n\n\n\n\n\nSpeakers:\n\nWilliam L. Andrews\, PhD\n\nE. Maynard Adams Professor of English and Comparative Literature\, UNC-Chapel Hill\n\nFrances Smith Foster\, PhD\n\nCharles Howard Candler Professor of English and Women's Studies (emerita)\, Emory University\; Lifetime Achievement Award -- Society for the Study of American Women Writers\n\nN. Brooks Graebner\, PhD\n\nHistoriographer\, Episcopal Diocese of NC\, and Chair\, Keckly Bicentennial Committee\n\nSylvia D. Hoffert\, PhD\n\nProfessor of History\, (emerita)\, Texas A&M University\n\nFellow\; Center for Presidential History\, Southern Methodist University\n\nRegistration is $20 and includes a boxed lunch. Make selection at checkout.\n\nBox Lunch - please select your choice (included with registration)\n\n Smoked Turkey Sandwich on Challah Bread w/ Swiss Cheese\, Lettuce\, Tomato and Basil Mayo\; Chopped Salad w/ 1000 Island\; Clementine\n Black Eyed Pea Hummus & Grilled Vegetable Sandwich on Sundried Tomato bread\; Chopped Salad w/ Balsamic Vinaigrette\; Clementine\n Black Eyed Pea Hummus & Grilled Vegetable Sandwich on Gluten Free Bread\; Chopped Salad w/ Balsamic Vinaigrette\; Clementine\n\nPlease contact us via email - symposium@burwellschool.org or call us at 919-732-7451.\n\nThe Historic Hillsborough Commission is grateful to the NC Humanities Council for their support for this symposium through a Grassroots Grant and to the the Orange County Human Services Agency program and the Town of Hillsborough Tourism Program and for support of the mission of the Burwell School Historic Site. X-ALT-DESC;FMTTYPE=text/html: