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9:00 a.m. Thursday, March 31
Bay Area Archives Exhibit Hall
Exhibit Hall Foyer
1:00 p.m. Thursday, March 31
Contentious Dialogues: The Voice of the Negro, The New Republic, and the African American Press, 1900-1950
CC, Room J1
Christine Knauer will not participate.
The Ghetto Revisited: The Reappraisal of a Concept
H, Almaden I
Civil Rights in War and Peace
CC, Room K
Clarence Walker will not participate. Patricia Sullivan will chair.
Encounters in the Past and Present: Barnum’s Museum and Its Publics
H, Plaza
Telling Stories About—and With—Native American Communities: The Practice of History Across Cultures
This session has been cancelled.
Over Here: Another Look at Progressivisim and War Twenty-Five Years after Over Here
This session has been rescheduled for Saturday, April 2, from 1:00 p.m. to 3:00 p.m.
Museums, Memorials, and Memories: Communities Reclaiming Their History
H, Almaden II
In the Shadow of Power: Producing “Official” History
H, San Carlos II
Defending One’s Manhood at Sea and at Home: The Struggles of Seafarers in Antebellum America
CC, Room G
History at the Intersection: How Social Movement Women Tell Their Stories
This session has been rescheduled for Friday, April 1 from 11:30 a.m. to 1:30 p.m.
“I Cannot Be Indifferent”: Women, Rhetoric, and Party Politics in the Nineteenth Century
H, Santa Clara II
Politics, Religion, and Activism in Twentieth-Century California
CC, Room N
State of the Field: Ethnohistory of North American Regions
CC, Room J3
The Perils of Textbook Publishing and Adopting
CC, Room J4
Historians and the Public Gate: Successes and Challenges in Addressing State History Standards for Teachers and Students
H, Santa Clara I
Acting Out: Tomboys, Minstrelsy, and Women’s Whiteness
CC, Room M
Stephanie Shaw, Ohio State University, will comment.
NEW SESSION—Getting Published
H, San Carlos I
Moderator: David Nord, Journal of American History
Niels Hooper, University of California Press
Marianne Keddington-Lang, Oregon Historical Quarterly
David Johnson, Pacific Historical Quarterly
Michael Boezi, Longman Publishers
3:30 p.m. Thursday, March 31
Beyond the New Deal: New Perspectives on American Liberalism since World War II
H, San Carlos I
West African Influences on Cultural Transformations in the Americas
H, Plaza
Contested Place: The Meaning and Use of Nature in Yosemite
CC, Room J4
“He Who Shares a Bed with Pain”: Patient Narratives in the Early Twentieth-Century United States
CC, Room N
Cosponsored by the Society for History of the Gilded Age and Progressive Era
The Dynamics of Transnationalism: A View from Three Centuries
CC, Room L
Whose Public, Whose History? Challenges to Public History in the Twenty-first Century
CC, Room J3
Writing U.S. Human Rights History
H, San Carlos II
The State of Intelligence History in America
H, Almaden II
Rethinking the Bonus March: Alternative Narratives of an American Tragedy
H, University
The Culture of Capital in Nineteenth-Century America
H, Santa Clara I
Manhood in Eighteenth-Century America
CC, Room M
Kathleen Brown, Richard Godbeer, and Thomas Foster will not participate. Mark Hanna, Harvard University, will present the paper, “Representations of Global Piracy: 1670-1730.” Robert Ritchie, Huntington Library, will preside and comment.
Her Way: Navigating Sexuality in Twentieth-Century America’s Offices, Schools, and Brothels
CC, Room G
Religion, Free Speech, and the Law, 1880s-1920s: A Social History Approach
H, Santa Clara II
State of the Field: Advances in Ethnohistorical Theory in North America
CC, Room J1
The Work of Leon Litwack: A Critical Reassessment
CC, Room J2
Teaching American History Programs and the Classroom Use of Primary Sources
H, Almaden I
State of the Field: Atlantic World
CC, Room K
The United States and the Muslim World
CC, Room F
This session was originally titled “Images of Islam and Representations of Muslims in the Contemporary United States.” Melani McAlister will not participate. Rick Propas, San José State University, will chair. James Gelvin, University of California, Los Angeles, will present the paper, “The Collapse of Bretton Woods, The Rise of Osama bin Laden.” Minoo Moallem, San Francisco State University, will present the paper, “‘The Battle of the Civilized and the Barbaric’: War, Race, Gender, and Religion in the post 9/11 U.S. Media.”
4:30 p.m. Thursday, March 31
Navigating the OAH: A Session for First-Timers
CP, Park
Sponsored by the OAH Membership Committee
8:00 p.m. Thursday, March 31
PLENARY SESSION—Visualizing Violence: Perry, Portsmouth, and Hiroshima
CC, Room J2/J3
9:00 a.m. Friday, April 1
Agribusiness and Uncle Sam in Dixie: Government Intervention and Agricultural Revolution in the American South
CC, Room K
Cosponsored by the Agricultural History Society
Telling the Stories of Rural Immigrant Labor in the Twentieth-Century Midwest, Northeast, and Northwest
CC, Room F
Wendi Manuel-Scott will not participate.
Transnational Perspectives on Race in the City
H, San Carlos II
Wilderburbs: The Environmental Transformation of the American Suburb
CP, Park
Cosponsored by the Society for American City and Regional Planning History
Untold Stories, Alternative Ways of Telling
F, Fairfield
State of Access to Historical National Security Documentation
F, Atherton
Thomas Blanton will not participate.
The Cultural Impact and Aftermath of America’s Wars in Asia
H, University
Roundtable Discussion on the Practice of History: Gender, Sexuality, and the Politics of the McCarthy Era
CC, Room J2
Violence in the Defense of One’s Manhood: Black Men and Masculinity in Nineteenth- and Early Twentieth-Century Black America
H, Plaza
Stephen G. Hall will not participate.
Silicon Valley and Post-Industrial Political Economy
CC, Room J3
The Death Penalty in Historical Perspective
H, Santa Clara II
Writing the Nation: Nationalism in U.S. History and Historiography
F, Cupertino
State of the Field: Migration and Ethnic History
F, Belvedere
Researching Big Tobacco: Litigation, Company Documents, and Historians
CP, Center
Oral History on Video
CC, Room M
Douglas Greenberg will not participate. Michael Frisch, State University of New York, Buffalo, will present.
The Tulsa Race Riot in History, Memory, and the Courtroom
CC, Room J4
Charles Ogletree will not participate. Eric J. Miller, University of St. Louis School of Law, will comment.
Teaching the Civil Rights Movement at the Secondary Level
H, Santa Clara I
Museums: Many Audiences, Many Stories, Many Historians
H, San Carlos I
NEW SESSION—Careers in History
CC, Room G
Elizabeth A. S. Demers, University of Nebraska Press
Alex Pang, Institute for the Future
David Louter, National Park Service
11:30 a.m. Friday, April 1
History at the Intersection: How Social Movement Women Tell Their Stories
H, Plaza
This session was originally scheduled for Thursday, March 31 from 1:00 p.m. to 3:00 p.m.
NEW CHAT SESSION: Historians Cautionedin Using Human Subjects
CC, Room K
Gerald E. Shenk, California State University, Monterey Bay, will open an informal discussion about a troubling development: despite a federal exemption of oral history interviewing activities, some university Institutional Review Boards insist on regulating this research under human subject research rules. (See December 2004 article in AHA Perspectives.)
1:00 p.m. Friday, April 1
A Walk in the Park: Ten Years of Strengthening Scholarly Connections with NPS
Peralta Adobe
The Peralta Adobe is an easy walk from the convention center or accessible by the VTA Light Rail.
Directions to Peralta Adobe
From Jim Crow to Integrated Military Bases:Black Americans and the Armed Forces
History San José
Buses will leave from the main entrance of the convention center at 12:45 p.m.
State of the Field: Spanish Borderlands
Mexican Heritage Plaza
Buses will leave from the main entrance of the convention center at 12:45 p.m.
Comparative Chinatowns
Chinese Historical Society of America
John Kuo Wei Tchen and Cynthia Lee will not participate. Madeline Hsu will chair. Erika Gee, Angel Island Immigration Station Foundation, and Imogene Lim, Malaspina University-College, will participate. Buses will leave from the main entrance of the convention center at 12:45 p.m.
Black Panthers
Dr. Martin Luther King, Jr. Public Library
The MLK Public Library is an easy walk from the convention center, and accessible via the DASH. Directions to the Library
The Berkeley Free Speech Movement andStudent Activism, 1964-1985
Dr. Martin Luther King, Jr. Public Library
The MLK Public Library is an easy walk from the convention center, and accessible via the DASH. Directions to the Library
Queer Neighborhood Politics in Post-World War II San Francisco
GLBT Historical Society
Buses will leave from the main entrance of the convention center at 12:45 p.m.
2:00 p.m. Friday, April 1
What Does California Mean?
Dr. Martin Luther King, Jr. Public Library
The MLK Public Library is an easy walk from the convention center, and accessible via the DASH. Directions to the Library
3:00 p.m. Friday, April 1
Americans and Military Occupations in the Pacific
History San José
Buses will leave from the main entrance of the convention center at 12:45 p.m. and 2:45 p.m.
Citizenship and its Discontents
Mexican Heritage Plaza
Buses will leave from the main entrance of the convention center at 12:45 p.m. and 2:45 p.m.
8:00 p.m. Friday, April 1
PLENARY SESSION—Rethinking America’s Longest War:Vietnam in History and Memory
CC, Room J2/J3
9:00 a.m. Saturday, April 2
Assessing the New Cold War History
M, Willow Glen 3
This session was originally scheduled for Sunday, April 3, from 9:00 a.m. to 11:00 a.m. The session was printed incorrectly in the Program as a paper session. It will be a panel discussion with Melvyn P. Leffler presiding. Panelists are Frank Costigliola, Saki Ruth Dockrill, Bruce Cumings, Hope M. Harrison, and Odd Arne Westad.
Social Scientists and the Transatlantic Discourses of Race, Nation, and Identity
CP, Park
On the Virtual Edge: The Implications of Online Scholarship for American Historians
M, Salon 2
Oral Historians and Their Publics
CC, Room J4
Sherna Gluck will not participate.
Order and Disorder: Cultural Transformations in Early American Urban Areas
M, Willow Glen 2
Language and Ritual in Early American Encounters
CC, Room K
State of the Field: Visual and Material Culture
CP, Center
Thomas Schlereth will not participate.
The Work of Joyce Appleby: A Critical Reassessment
CC, Room J2
State of the Field: Religion
CC, Room J3
Mingling “Fact” with “Fiction”: Helping Teachers Integrate Literature into their History Classrooms
M, Salon 5
This roundtable discussion includes a theoretical outline of five strategies for incorporating literature into historical analyses. We discuss the particular challenges of treating works of fiction—by definition “untrue”—in history classes that are supposed to be based on “historical fact.” Finally we offer practical examples of successful adaptation and use of these ideas in secondary classrooms.
“Tear Down this Wall”: Building Collaboration between Schools of Education and Departments of History
M, Salon 1
Cosponsored by the American Association of Colleges for Teacher Education
Western Urban History
CC, Room M
Cosponsored by the Society for American City and Regional Planning History
Greg Hise will not participate. Eric Sandweiss will comment.
NEW SESSION—Teaching After Graduate School
M, Willow Glen 1
Moderator: Troy Johnson, California State University, Long Beach
Charles Zappia, San Diego Mesa College
Heather Allen Pang, Castilleja School
9:30 a.m. Saturday, April 2
NEW SESSION—U. S. Imperialisms in the Pacific
H, Almaden I
Presiding: John Rosa, Arizona State University
Making Samoa American
Damon Salesa, University of Michigan
Hawaii and U.S. Colonialism
Jon Kamakawiwo’ole Osorio, University of Hawaii
Comment: Laura Briggs, University of Arizona
Military History: Why it Matters and How You Might Teach it
H, San Carlos I
Displays of American History in Europe: History Versus Mass Culture
H, San Carlos II
Portraying Immigration and Ethnic History Through Exhibits
H, Santa Clara II
Reinterpreting Our Heritage: A Roundtable Discussion
H, Almaden II
1:00 p.m. Saturday, April 2
Americas’ Stories in a Global Context: Teaching and Researching U.S. History in Canada, Chile, Italy, Latvia, and Poland
M, Willow Glen 3
Animosity, Ambivalence, and Empire:The United States and the Panama Canal
CC, Room K
The Blues as Metaphor and Reality: Historical Connections
H, Almaden II
Faculty Involvement in the Advanced Placement U.S. History Program
H, Santa Clara II
Picture This: Images, Visualization, and Design in History
CC, Room M
Panelist Paula Petrik invites attendees to take a series of polls and, if they are so inclined, to make a few comments in the session blog. The panelists promise an interesting time. Let the discussion begin! Polling place can be found at: <http://archiva.net/oah/index.htm>
Picture This! Blog can be found at: <http://historytalk.typepad.com/picturethis/>
Supermarkets and American Society: Consumers, Technology and Culture
M, Salon 5
Alison Clarke will not participate. Tracey Deutsch will chair.
Military Historians and Their Audiences
CP, Park
Popular Musics, Historical Publics: Using Popular Musicto Teach Social History in the Classroom and Beyond
M, Salon 2
Suzanne E. Smith, Warren Zanes, and William Howland Kenney will not participate. Waldo E. Martin, University of California, Berkeley, will chair.
Disability History: Moments in the Movement
M, Willow Glen 1
State of the Field: Economic History
CC, Room J3
Peter Lindert, University of California, Davis, will comment.
Teaching History with Historic Maps on the Web: A Workshop
CP, Center
Cosponsored by the National Endowment for the Humanities
The Work of Howard Lamar: A Critical Reassessment
CC, Room J2
Publishing American History: Academic Presses, Trade Presses, and the Profession
CC, Room F
Paul Wright will not participate. Kate Torrey, University of North Carolina Press, will present.
Histories of Health: Analyzing Public Health Responses to Mental Illness, Disabilities, and Venereal Diseases in Nineteenth- and Twentieth-Century America
H, San Carlos II
Rural California History
H, San Carlos I
Over Here: Another Look at Progressivisim and War Twenty-Five Years after Over Here
CC, J4
Cosponsored by the Society for History of the Gilded Age and Progressive Era
This session was originally scheduled for Thursday, March 31, from 1:00 p.m. to 3:00 p.m.
1:30 p.m. Saturday, April 2
NEW CHAT SESSION—The Lincoln Bicentennial: Plans for 2009
CC, Room L
James O. Horton, George Washington University
Gabor S. Boritt, Gettysburg College
Darrel E. Bigham, University of Southern Indiana
Tim Townsend, National Park Service
3:30 p.m. Saturday, April 2
OAH Business Meeting
CC, Room J4
4:30 p.m. Saturday, April 2
OAH Awards Ceremony and Presidential Address
Patriot Acts: Public History in Public Service
CC, Room J2/J3
9:00 p.m. Saturday, April 2
Dr. Loco's Rockin’ Jalapeño Band
CC, Room J2/J3
Sponsored by Gilder Lehrman Institute of American History
9:00 a.m. Sunday, April 3
Making Sense of Outer Space: Critical Reflections on Popularization of U.S. Space Exploration
CC, Room L
A Usable Past: Labor History from Schools to Streets
M, Salon 5
Interpreting Prints in History Research: Papers and Conversation Concerning Approaches
CC, Room J3
Historians Confronting Racial Meta-Narratives
CC, Room F
Assessing the New Cold War History
This session was rescheduled for Saturday, April 2, from 9:00 a.m. to 11:00 a.m.
White Resistance and the Mississippi Civil Rights Movement: Histories and Legacies
M, Willow Glen 2
Building Meaningful K-16 Partnerships in the Teaching American History Program: A Roundtable Workshop on the Challenges and Lessons Learned by History Teachers in Northern California School Districts
M, Salon 1
New Perspectives on the Integration of Baseball
CC, Room K
State of the Field: Rural History
CC, Room N
Telling the Story of the Barbary Wars in Jeffersonian America: The Legacy and the Memory
M, Willow Glen 1
Economic Activity and Social Structure: Linking Business and Industry to Race, Class, and Gender
M, Salon 6
Railroads and the American West
CC, Room J2
State of the Field: Race as a Historical Concept
M, Salon 2
Local Communities, American Communities: A K-16/Museum Collaboration
CC, Room J4
Race, Crime, and Redemption: Stories from the Atlantic World
M, Willow Glen 3
11:30 a.m. Sunday, April 3
Uncle Sam Wants You: Government Historians, Policy, and Public History
CC, Room L
Pacific War and Reconciliation in U.S.-Japan-Asia Relations
CC, Room N
Methodological Challenges in Interpreting Health, Autonomy, and Medical Authority in the American South
M, Willow Glen 1
John Harley Warner will not participate. Mia Bay, Rutgers University, will chair.
Detective Stories: Case Studies in American Political Surveillance
CC, Room J2
Foreign States, Diplomats, and Consuls Among Immigrants in Twentieth-Century America
M, Willow Glen 3
Cosponsored by the Immigration and Ethnic History Society
Public Historians and Their Publics: Toward a Practical Theory of Public Professionalism
CC, Room M
Cultivating New Audiences for Agricultural History
M, Salon 2
Teaching the American History Survey: An Interactive Panel Discussion of the Methods and Madness of the Survey Course
CC, Room J3
Presenting the Star-Spangled Banner: The Stories Behind the Icon
M, Salon 1
American Indian Gaming: Sovereignty and Self-Determination in Motion
CC, Room F
Celine E. Miceli will not participate. Jay Precht will participate.
Race and Nature Across National Boundaries
CC, Room J4
Cosponsored by the Society for Historians of the Gilded Age and Progressive Era
The title for this session was printed incorrectly in the Program.
Baseball in California
M, Willow Glen 2
Islamic Communities in the United States
CC, Room J1
Aminah Beverly McCloud will not participate. Claude Clegg, Indiana University, will chair and comment.
Civil Rights Activism and Practical Politics
CC, Room K
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