War of 1812- A Bicentennial Symposium

 War of 1812- A Bicentennial Symposium
Sponsored by The Citadel  & The Old Exchange Building
Sat. Feb 9th, 2013
Old Exchange Building
122 East Bay St
Charleston, SC
(843) 727-2165
http://oldexchange.org
cokerm@charleston-sc.gov
$10.00 per person
SPACE IS LIMITED- PLEASE RESERVE YOUR SPOT
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Moderator- Dr. Don Hickey, The Citadel

8:30-9:00: Coffee and Introductory Remarks

9:00-9:45: Don Hickey (The Citadel): "Ten Things that Everyone Should Know About the War of 1812"

9:45-10:30: J.C.A. Stagg (University of Virginia): "A Needlessly Complicated Problem: Why was there a War in 1812?"

10:30-10:45: Break

10:45-11:30: Nicole Eustace (New York University): " 'Charges Most Wounding to the Feelings of a Soldier': The Passions of Patriotism and the Court Martial of General William Hull"

11:30 -  1:30: Lunch Break (meal not included)

1:30- 2:15: R. David Edmunds (University of Texas at Dallas): " 'His conduct is insufferable’: Tecumseh's Gadfly, Main Poc of the Potawatomis"

2:15-3:00: Alan Taylor (University of California-Davis): "Settling and Unsettling Borders: How the War of 1812 Was Won"

3:00--3:15: Break

3:15-4:00: Donald E. Graves (Ensign Heritage Group): "The Great Patriotic Crusade for the Preservation of the Motherland against American Imperialist Aggression: A Modest Canadian View of the War of 1812"

4:00-5:00: Panel Discussion

5:00-6:00: Book Signing and Reception

Don Hickey is the 2013 General Mark Clark Distinguished Visiting Professor of History at The Citadel, and Professor of History at Wayne State College.  He is one of the nation’s preeminent scholars of the War of 1812, having authored seven books on the conflict.  His book The War of 1812: A Forgotten Conflict (now in a new 2012 bicentennial edition) won the American Military Institute’s Best Book Award and the National Historical Society’s Book Prize.  His other prominent works include Don’t Give Up the Ship! Myths of the War of 1812 (2006); The Rockets’ Red Glare: An Illustrated History of the War of 1812 (2011); and a forthcoming collection of documents for the Library of America series, entitled The War of 1812: Writings from America’s “Second War of Independence.”

Alan Taylor is Distinguished Professor of History at the University of California-Davis, and one of the most renowned historians of early America, having won the Pulitzer Prize for his 1995 work, William Cooper's Town: Power and Persuasion on the Frontier of the Early American Republic.  His award-winning research particularly examines the frontiers and borderlands of the early American republic, including his widely acclaimed recent work, The Civil War of 1812: American Citizens, British Subjects, Irish Rebels, and Indian Allies (2010); The Divided Ground: Indians, Settlers, and the Northern Borderland of the American Revolution (2006); and Liberty Men and Great Proprietors: the Revolutionary Settlement on the Maine Frontier 1760-1820 (1990).  Professor Taylor has also authored the finest single-volume overview of colonial North America, American Colonies (2001).

J.C.A.Stagg is Professor at the University of Virginia and the Editor of the James Madison Papers.  He is the one of the foremost scholars of the political, diplomatic, and military history of the War of 1812, with special emphases on the social history of the U.S. Army, 1802-1815, and the Spanish borderlands.  He has edited nearly twenty volumes of James Madison’s papers for publication by the University Press of Virginia, and authored dozens of essays and two widely-acclaimed books on the contest, Mr. Madison's War: Politics, Diplomacy, and Warfare in the Early American Republic, 1783-1830 (1983) and The War of 1812: Conflict for a Continent (2012).

Nicole Eustace is Associate Professor of History and Program Director of the History of Women and Gender Master’s Degree at New York University.  Her scholarship focuses on eighteenth-century British America and the early United States, and she is the author of a number of acclaimed essays and books on the era’s cultural history: “The Sentimental Paradox: Humanity and Violence on the Pennsylvania Frontier,” William and Mary Quarterly 65 (2008); Passion Is the Gale: Emotion, Power, and the Coming of the American Revolution (2008) and 1812: War and the Passions of Patriotism (2012).

R. David Edmunds is currently Anne and Chester Watson Chair in History at the University of Texas-Dallas, and one of the most distinguished historians of American Indians and the American West.  His biographies of Tecumseh and Tenskwatawa are widely hailed as the definitive studies of those crucial Native leaders of the early 1800s.  Dr. Edmunds has written or edited ten books and over one hundred essays, articles, and other shorter publications. His major works have been awarded the Francis Parkman Prize, The Potawatomis: Keepers Of The Fire (1978); the Ohioana Prize for Biography, The Shawnee Prophet (1983); and the Alfred Heggoy Prize of the French Colonial Historical Society, The Fox Wars: The Mesquakie Challenge To New France (1993).

Donald E. Graves is one of Canada’s foremost military historians, and is descended from an old Loyalist family in Ontario.  He is currently the Managing Director of the Ensign Heritage Group, and has worked as a historian for Parks Canada, Canada's National Historic Sites Service, the National Archives of Canada, and the National Defense Directorate of History.  He has authored a number of seminal books on the military history of the War of 1812 and the British Army in the Napoleonic Wars: Dragon Rampant: The Royal Welch Fusiliers at War, 1793-1815 (2010), Field of Glory: The Battle of Crysler's Farm, 1813 (1999), Red Coats & Grey Jackets: The Battle of Chippawa, 5 July 1814 (1996), and Where Right and Glory Lead! The Battle of Lundy's Lane, 1814 (rev. ed. 1997).

The War of 1812: A Bicentennial Symposium: Community Events

Calendar
Jan. 24
A traveling mini-exhibit entitled “War of 1812: A Nation Forged By War” is on display in the Great Hall of the Old Exchange. The exhibit illustrates the role the U.S. Navy, U.S. Marine Corps, and U.S. Revenue Cutter Service played in securing European recognition of the U. S. as an independent nation and covers the naval and land battles. It will be in Charleston at the Old Exchange until late February.
http://oldexchange.org
Feb. 1
The Karpeles Manuscript Museum will display a special exhibit, "The War of 1812," to coincide with the symposium on that subject which will take place at the old Exchange Building on East Bay Street. It will run from Feb. 1-15. and will be in addition to the current exhibit on the "14 Presidents before George Washington." It is free of charge and open to the general public.
Feb. 4
(tentative) "South Carolina Personalities in the War of 1812.”   Vic Brandt.  Washington Light Infantry Building, 287 Meeting St.  http://www.washingtonlightinfantry.org/
Feb. 6 
Drawing from its Archives, Textiles and History collections, The Charleston Museum will present a selection of materials to commemorate the bicentennial of the War of 1812. Exhibit highlights include a hussar-style uniform cape worn by James Ferguson, of Charleston, who served as aide-de-camp to General Thomas Pinckney, and a pair of epaulettes attributed to William Bell of the 8th Infantry, Maryland Militia. Period weaponry and documents will also be on display. The exhibit will run from February 6 to March 6, 2013. Normal admission rates apply. 
http://.charlestonmuseum.org
The Charleston Library Society will showcase a collection of rare newspapers, broadsides, and other items relating to the War of 1812 until Feb. 11. Normal admission rates apply.  http://charlestonlibrarysociety.org/
Feb. 8
VIP Reception at the Powder Magazine- This in an invite only event for speakers, organizers, and special guests.  Contact cokerm@charleston-sc.gov with questions.
Feb. 9
War of 1812- A Bicentennial Symposium
Old Exchange Building 122 East Bay St.
8:30-9:00: Coffee and Introductory Remarks
9:00-9:45: Don Hickey (The Citadel): "Ten Things that Everyone Should Know About the War of 1812"
9:45-10:30: J.C.A. Stagg (University of Virginia): "A Needlessly Complicated Problem: Why was there a War in 1812?"
10:30-10:45: Break
10:45-11:30: Nicole Eustace (New York University): " 'Charges Most Wounding to the Feelings of a Soldier': The Passions of Patriotism and the Court Martial of General William Hull"
11:30 -  1:30: Lunch Break (meal not included)
1:30- 2:15: R. David Edmunds (University of Texas at Dallas): " 'His conduct is insufferable’: Tecumseh's Gadfly, Main Poc of the Potawatomis"
2:15-3:00: Alan Taylor (University of California-Davis): "Settling and Unsettling Borders: How the War of 1812 Was Won"
3:00--3:15: Break
3:15-4:00: Donald E. Graves (Ensign Heritage Group): "The Great Patriotic Crusade for the Preservation of the Motherland against American Imperialist Aggression: A Modest Canadian View of the War of 1812"
4:00-5:00: Panel Discussion
5:00-6:00: Book Signing and Reception

The Palmetto state played an important part in the War of 1812.  The SC Department of Archives and History will bring from its collection a selection of documents for display in the Old Exchange for the Feb 9th symposium.
http://scdah.sc.gov

The South Carolina Historical Society located in the Fireproof Building will open its doors the day of the symposium, Feb 9th from 11am to 3pm.  On display will be items from its vast collection that tie into the SC experience during the War of 1812.
http://southcarolinahistoricalsociety.org

Feb. 10
On Feb 10th, at 2pm, the Powder Magazine will host Dr. Nic Butler.  Dr. Butler will speak on War of 1812 fortifications and events in Charleston from 1812-1815.  $3.00 per person.
http://powerdmag.org

Participating Organizations:

Charleston Museum
Drawing from its Archives, Textiles and History collections, The Charleston Museum will present a selection of materials to commemorate the bicentennial of the War of 1812. Exhibit highlights include a hussar-style uniform cape worn by James Ferguson, of Charleston, who served as aide-de-camp to General Thomas Pinckney, and a pair of epaulettes attributed to William Bell of the 8th Infantry, Maryland Militia. Period weaponry and documents will also be on display. The exhibit will run from February 6 to March 6, 2013. Normal admission rates apply.

Karpeles Manuscript Museum
The Karpeles Manuscript Museum will display a special exhibit, "The War of 1812," to coincide with the symposium on that subject which will take place at the old Exchange Building on East Bay Street. It will run from Feb. 1-15. and will be in addition to the current exhibit on the "14 Presidents before George Washington." It is free of charge and open to the general public.
 

Powder Magazine
The Powder Magazine will host a special VIP reception for the War of 1812 Symposium on Feb 8th (invite only).  On Feb 10th, at 2pm, they will host Dr. Nic Butler.  Dr. Butler will speak on War of 1812 fortifications and events in Charleston from 1812-1815.  $3.00 per person.

Charleston Library Society
From Feb 4th-11th the Charleston Library Society will showcase a collection of rare newspapers, broadsides, and other items relating to the War of 1812. Normal admission rates apply.

The South Carolina Department of Archives and History
The Palmetto state played an important part in the War of 1812.  The SCDAH will bring from its collection a selection of documents for display in the Old Exchange for the Feb 9th symposium.

The South Carolina Historical Society
The Fireproof Building will open its doors the day of the symposium, Feb 9 from 11am to 3pm.  On display will be items from its vast collection that tie into the SC experience during the War of 1812.

The Washington Light Infantry
Noted scholar Vic Brandt, Deputy President General of the Society of the War of 1812, an organization which was founded in September 1814 by the veterans of the Battle of Baltimore is giving a free lecture entitled “South Carolina Personalities in the War of 1812.”  The lecture will be held at the WLI Hall February 4 at 6pm.