Thursday, October 11
5:00 p.m. Registration and Refreshments
5:30 p.m. Welcome
John C. Van Horne, Director, Library Company of Philadelphia
Opening Remarks
Cathy Matson, University of Delaware, and PEAES Director
5:45 p.m. – 7:15 p.m.
Scott Sandage, Carnegie Mellon University
“When Business Met Culture: 1837 in American History”
And audience discussion
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Friday, October 12
8:30 a.m. – 9:00 a.m. Registration and Refreshments
9:00 a.m. – 10:45 a.m.
Chair and Commenter: Seth Rockman, Brown University
Jessica Lepler, Brandeis University
“The Pressure of 1836: The International Origins of Panic in 1837”
Joshua R. Greenberg, Bridgewater State College
“The Panic of 1837 as an Opportunity for Radical Economic Ideas”
10:45 a.m. – 11:00 a.m. Refreshments
11:00 a.m. – 12:45 p.m.
Chair and Commenter: John L. Larson, Purdue University
Sharon Murphy, Providence College
“Protecting Women and Children against Economic Hazards: The Life Insurance Industry, 1837-1843”
Dan Wadhwani, University of the Pacific
“‘Under the Wholesome Inspection and Control of Government’: Protecting Small Savers in the Wake of the Panic of 1837”
12:45 p.m. Lunch (on your own)
2:00 p.m. – 3:45 p.m.
Chair and Commenter: Richard R. John, University of Illinois at Chicago
Sean Adams, University of Florida
“ ‘As the Currency Expands, the Loaf Contracts’: Class and Consumption During the Panic of 1837”
Kenneth Cohen, University of Delaware
“Panicked Play: 1837 and the Beginnings of Mass Entertainment”
3:45 p.m. – 4:00 p.m. Refreshments
4:00 p.m. – 5:45 p.m.
Chair and Commenter: Dallett Hemphill, Ursinus College
Mary Templin, University of Toledo
“Panic Fiction: Female Authors and Economic Crisis in 1837”
Jeffrey Sklansky, Oregon State University
“The Melodrama of Panic: William Leggett and the Literary Logic of Jacksonian Political Economy”
5:45 p.m. – 6 p.m. Final remarks, Cathy Matson
6 p.m. – 7 p.m. Reception
Header: Specie Claws. New York: Printed & pub. by H.R. Robinson 52 Courtlandt St., ca. 1838. Handcolored lithograph.
TO BE HELD
OCTOBER 11-12, 2007
This conference is free and open to everyone interested in the topic.
For more information please contact
Cathy Matson,
PEAES Director cmatson@udel.edu
or call 215-546-3181
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Click Here for Conference Papers
We encourage everyone coming to the conference to read the papers in advance, and then join us for a lively discussion.
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