Abolitionism and the Underground Railroad

Format

Residential

Location

Hamilton, NY

Dates

July 10-29, 2022

Length

3 weeks

Type

Professional Development Program

Professional Development Program Type

Professional Development Program Audience

Contact

@email

917-882-7366

Institute covers two centuries of the events, key figures, and impact of the intertwined histories of abolitionism and the Underground Railroad. Participants will attend lectures, pedagogical sessions, and overnight field trips followed up by full day conferences on institute's contribution to educators' pedagogies. Situated on one of the nation's most beautiful campuses, the Insitute, now in its eighth version, is an intensive immersion into key problems and reforms of American history.

Project Director(s)

Graham Hodges

Lecturers and Visiting Faculty

Alice Baumgartner; Richard Blackett; Kellie Carter-Jackson; Leigh Fought; Kate Larson; Manisha Sinha; Judy Wellman

Grantee Institution

Colgate University

Funded through the Division of Education Programs