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conference registration
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| available through 02/15/10 |
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regular graduate student/independent scholar registration
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| available after February 15, 2010 |
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Evergreen Plantation Tour
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Thursday morning, 8:00 am-1:00pm (approximately 5 hours)
Travel by minivan or bus to Evergreen Plantation, an hour upriver from New Orleans. Evergreen is the most intact plantation complex in the South with 37 buildings on the National Register of Historic Places, including 22 slave cabins. Today it remains a privately owned, working sugar cane plantation. The one and a half hour on-site tour highlights 250 years of family ownership, architectural significance, and agricultural history. Emphasis is placed on the plantation's dependence on the labor of slaves and later freed African-Americans. After visiting the plantation, the tour bus will stop at a local restaurant where a light lunch will be available for purchase. |
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Literary Walking Tour of the French Quarter
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Thursday morning, 10:00 am-12:15 pm (approximately 2 hours)
Originally created by literary scholar and French Quarter resident Dr. Kenneth Holditch, this tour will take you on foot into the streets of the French Quarter with a well-versed and entertaining guide. You will see the sights and sites that inspired the writing of Faulkner, Williams, Cable, Anne Rice and many others, while hearing fascinating details about their lives and experiences in New Orleans. Limited to 20 participants. |
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Walking Tour of Antebellum Slave Sites
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Thursday morning, 10:00 am-12:15 pm (approximately 2 hours)
Walter Johnson, author of _Soul by Soul: Life Inside the Antebellum Slave Market_, will lead this tour to the sites of New Orleans's antebellum slave markets. Focusing on an aspect of New Orleans history that has been largely ignored, Professor Johnson will illuminate the material realities that informed this groundbreaking research. Limited to 20 participants. |
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Cradle of Jazz Driving Tour
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Sunday, 11:00 am-1:30 pm (approximately 2.5 hours)
This minivan tour traces the birth of jazz in New Orleans with visits to the homes and haunts of pioneers like Louis Armstrong, Jelly Roll Morton, and King Oliver. Along the way, you'll hear vintage recordings and learn what each of these greats brought to America's original art form. Even if you know nothing about jazz, the tour offers a historically accurate narrative guaranteed to entertain as well as inform. Limited to 50 participants. |
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Neighborhood Cultural DrivingTour with brunch
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Sunday, 9:30 am-1:30 pm (approximately 4 hours)
This minivan tour highlights some of the unique cultural traditions embedded in New Orleans's diverse neighborhoods. The tour will carry you through the Treme' and the Ninth Ward to sites such as Congo Square, the Backstreet Cultural Museum, Musicians' Village, St. Augustine Church's Tomb of the Unknown Slave, and the levee break in the Lower Ninth Ward. Hosted by local artist and activist Cherise Harris, the tour will include music by local performers, close-up views of authentic Mardi Gras Indian ritual attire, and a final stop at Lil Dizzy's for a Creole Sunday brunch. Limited to 50 participants. |
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Neighborhood Cultural Driving Tour without brunch
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Sunday, 9:30 am-1:30 pm (approximately 4 hours)
This minivan tour highlights some of the unique cultural traditions embedded in New Orleans's diverse neighborhoods. The tour will carry you through the Treme' and the Ninth Ward to sites such as Congo Square, the Backstreet Cultural Museum, Musicians' Village, St. Augustine Church's Tomb of the Unknown Slave, and the levee break in the Lower Ninth Ward. Hosted by local artist and activist Cherise Harris, the tour will include music by local performers and close-up views of authentic Mardi Gras Indian ritual attire. Limited to 50 participants. |
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Volunteer: Rebuilding Together
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Sunday, 8:00 am-2:00 pm (approximately 6 hours)
For the 2010 conference, the SSSL is subsidizing a unique opportunity to contribute directly to the rebuilding of New Orleans nearly five years after Hurricane Katrina and the failure of the levees. Conference participants are invited to work with Rebuilding Together New Orleans, a local affiliate of Rebuilding Together, Inc., which, since 1988, has sought to fulfill its mission of revitalizing the homes of elderly and disabled low-income citizens. RTNO has experience working with individuals and groups of all sizes, from all backgrounds, with varying degrees of skills. The type of work performed by volunteers varies, but may consist of interior or exterior painting, laying floors, light carpentry or landscaping. Your service will be rewarded by good feelings, tired muscles, an RTNO t-shirt, and a reusable water bottle. (A minimun of ten volunteers is required.)
Fee includes volunteer contribution for materials, box lunch, and transportation to site. |
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regular membership, new or renewal (2010)
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reduced membership, new or renewal (2010)
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| Those eligible for this rate are graduate students, retired faculty, adjunct faculty, and instructors. |
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