African-American Religion: A Documentary History Project
Special Features
Race, Religion, and Nationalism: Three Books

Friday, October 26

3:45–4:00 pm       Welcome and Introduction to Colloquium
                         David W. Wills, Amherst College

4:00–6:00 pm       First Panel

Exodus!: Religion, Race, and Nation in Early Nineteenth-Century America Chair: David W. Wills Panelists: Will B. Gravely, University of Denver Robert Gooding-Williams, Northwestern University Author: Eddie S. Glaude, Jr., Bowdoin College, Visiting Professor, Amherst College 2001–2

6:00 pm                Public Reception

Saturday, October 27

9:30–11:30 pm     Second Panel

Race and Reunion: The Civil War in American Memory Chair: Jamal J. Elias, Amherst College Panelists: W. Fitzhugh Brundage, University of Florida Evelyn Brooks Higginbotham, Harvard University Author: David W. Blight, Amherst College

1:30–3:30 pm       Third Panel

Up from Bondage: The Literatures of Russian and African American Soul Chair: Rhonda Cobham-Sander, Amherst College Panelists: Nancy Ruttenburg, New York University Valerie Smith, Princeton University Author: Dale E. Peterson, Amherst College

3:30–3:45 pm       Concluding Remarks
                         David W. Wills