PROGRAM
Friday, April 9, 2021 - 10am to 12pm
Join faculty, staff, and student researchers at North Carolina Central University and Duke University, along with their community partners, for a series of lightning talks on the history of Durham. Speakers will explore the histories of places and communities, racial segregation and social movements, and the promises and challenges of digital methods in bringing hidden and marginalized histories to light. Hosted by the Digital Humanities Initiative at Franklin Humanities Institute (DHI@FHI), Digital & Public Durham History builds upon the NCCU-Duke Digital Humanities Fellowship Program (2016-present), which itself follows a longer history of research and teaching partnerships between the two institutions.
10:00 -- Introduction
Christina Chia, PhD, Associate Director, John Hope Franklin Humanities Institute, Duke
10:15 -- Lightning Talks Session 1
Duke Forest as Time Machine
Dan Richter, PhD, Professor of Soils and Forest Ecology, Nicholas School of the Environment, Duke
Data and Durham's First African American Cemetery
Kaylee Alexander, PhD, Art, Art History & Visual Studies (AAHVS), Duke
The Upbuilding of Hayti and Black Wall Street: Movements and Memory
Andre D. Vann, Coordinator of University Archives + Instructor of Public History, Dr. James E. Shepard Memorial Library, NCCU
Travels with Dr. James E. Shepard
Tony Frazier, PhD, Assistant Professor, History, NCCU
Mapping Historic Protests and Community Action in Durham, NC
Sara Heilman + Amiya Mehrotra, Undergraduate Students, Duke / Pauli Murray Center for History & Social Justice
Revealing the Invisible: Legacy Lead in Durham's Soil
Dan Richter, Duke
10:55 -- Quick Break
11:00 -- Lightning Talks Session 2
Next Steps for Digital Durham
Trudi Abel, PhD, Research Services Archivist, Rubenstein Library + Victoria Szabo, PhD, Research Professor, AAHVS / Director, DHI@FHI, Duke
Durham Committee: Student Agency and Digital Storytelling
Brett E. Chambers, Lecturer, Mass Communications, NCCU + President-Elect, Digital Humanities Collaborative of North Carolina
Reckoning with Racial Covenant Clauses in Durham
Alexandra Chassanoff, PhD, Assistant Professor, School of Library & Information Sciences, NCCU
Geographic Insights
Augustus E. Wendell, MFA, Assistant Professor of the Practice, AAHVS + Davienne Gabriel, MA Student, Digital Art History, AAHVS, Duke
Opportunities and Challenges of Doing Digital Humanities at an HBCU
Charles Denton Johnson, PhD, Assistant Professor, History + Director, Public History Program, NCCU
11:35 -- Response
Andre D. Vann, NCCU
11:45 -- Discussion
Moderator: Victoria Szabo, Duke
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Co-sponsors: DHI@FHI, John Hope Franklin Humanities Institute, Wired Lab for Digital Art History and Visual Culture, Duke University; College of Arts, Social Sciences, and Humanities, NCCU
