34th Annual Washington Studies Conference
Empowerment 1968 - 2008
November 1-3, 2007

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WHEN:  Thurs., Nov. 1, 6 p.m. (Reception) / Fri., Nov. 2 and Sat., Nov. 3, sessions from 9:30 a.m.
WHERE: The Carnegie on Mount Vernon Square - 801 K Street, N.W.

The 3-day, 34th Annual Washington Studies Conference, held Nov. 1-3, 2007 at The Carnegie (801 K Street, N.W.), celebrates D.C.’s unique culture and history.  Thursday, Nov., 1, the Conference opens at 6 p.m. with a reception and remarks from Rev. Walter E. Fauntroy. Conference sessions run all day on Friday, Nov. 2 and Saturday, Nov. 3 and include panel discussions of D.C. prison reforms and rebellions, Washington architecture, African American history, and city planning as well as screenings of D.C. movies, presentations by the drama troupe DreamCity, walking tours of the downtown, and D.C. hand-dancing lessons.

On Friday, Nov. 2 at 6 p.m., at a special roundtable and discussion, Memory:1968 D.C. leaders who were 60s activists - Tony Gittens, Lawrence Guyot, Bob King, and Frank Smith, Jr., will join moderator Jerry Phillips and the audience in exploring what happened in D.C. in 1968.

Register now for the 34th Annual Washington Studies Conference. QUESTIONS? Call 202.383.1837 or visit www.historydc.org

THURSDAY, NOVEMBER 1

6:00 p.m.          Welcoming Reception

                        34th Annual Washington Studies Conference

7:00 p.m.          Letitia Woods Brown Memorial Lecture

                        Rev. Walter E. Fauntroy

FRIDAY, NOVEMBER 2

9:30 a.m.          PLENARY SESSION:  Politics & Public Education in the Nation’s Capital

11:00 a.m.        SESSION: At Home in Washington – Consumer Culture, Holiday Habits

                        SESSION: Money, Land, and Power

                        SESSION: Washington, D.C.:  Architecture of Contrast

                        SESSION:  “Dance Party: The Teenarama Story”

                        SESSION:  Walking Tour - “Convention Center & Shaw”

12:00 p.m.        History Network

12:45 – 3:30      DC MOVIES : Screenings

2:00 p.m.          SESSION:  History and Archeology at Walter Pierce Park

                        SESSION:  City Divided by Race

                        SESSION: Public Violence in D.C.

                        SESSION: Walking Tour - Mount Vernon Sq and Massachusetts Ave

3:45 p.m.          SESSION:  Designs for Washington

                        SESSION:  Dance Lesson:  The Art of DC Hand Dance

                        SESSION: “Singing in the Background: African American Opera in Early Twentieth Century Washington”

                        SESSION:  Walking Tour: Seventh Street & Chinatown

5:30 p.m.          Music of 60s Washington

                        Donal Leace, Musician

6:00 p.m.          PLENARY SESSION:  Memory:  1968

                                    Moderator:  Jerry Phillips

                        Tony Gittens | Lawrence Guyot | Bob King | Donal Leace I Larry Rosen | Anwar Saleem | Frank Smith, Jr. I And the Audience

SATURDAY, NOVEMBER 3, 2007

9:30 a.m. – 1 p.m.         DC MOVIES

9:30 a.m.          SESSION:  D.C. History Resources Update: Precious Places / Endangered Places

                        SESSION: “Teaching with Historic Places: All Souls’ Unitarian Universalist Church & Heurich House”

                        SESSION:  D.C.’s Citizen Organizers

                        SESSION: Workshop:  “Beginners’ Guide to Research in HSW’s Kiplinger Research Library” 

11:15 a.m.        SESSION: Round Table:  Civil Rights, Home Rule, and the Struggle for Political Autonomy in D.C.

                        SESSION: Round Table: :  “Archives, oral History, and Digital Technology: Using Area Resources to Produce a Documentary on Anti-Vietnam War Activism”

                        SESSION: Workshop:  “Preserving Family and Community Heritage”

1:15 p.m.          SESSION:   “D.C. On Stage:  DreamCity Theatre Group - Performance and Discussion

                        SESSION:  Insurgencies:  D.C.’s Prisons

                        SESSION:  Filming the City

3:00 p.m.         SESSION: D.C. Style:  A Salute to the Reporters Who Chronicled Real Washington Society & Fashion

                       SESSION:  Psychedelic DC:  Live at the Ambassador Theater