Below is the preliminary agenda for the 33rd Annual North Carolina Maritime History Council Conference! Click the titles on each talk to view the abstract for the presentation.
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Thursday, November 30, 2023
6:00 – 8:00 PM
Welcome Reception
Finger foods, snacks, & drinks provided.
Friday, December 01, 2023
8:00 – 9:00 AM
Registration
Session 1:
Legacies of Maritime Industry and Infrastructure
(In honor of Harry Thompson, 1934-2013)
9:00 – 9:20 AM
Bennett, David
North Carolina Maritime Museum, Beaufort
9:20 – 9:40 AM
Jeremy Borrelli
Program in Maritime Studies, East Carolina University
9:40 – 10:00 AM
Lindsay Wentzel
Program in Maritime Studies, East Carolina University
10:00 – 10:20 AM
Olivia Livingston, Jason T. Raupp, & R. Stockton Maxwell
Program in Maritime Studies, East Carolina University
Department of Geospatial Science, Radford University
10:20 – 10:40 AM
Nathan Richards
Program in Maritime Studies, East Carolina University
10:40 – 11:00 AM
Becky Sawyer
Fort Fisher State Historic Site, North Carolina Historic Sites
11:00 – 11:10 AM
BREAK
Session 2:
Impacts of Historic Preservation in NC
(In honor of Wilson Walker Snowden, 1943-2023)
11:10 – 11:30 AM
Andrew Duppstadt
North Carolina Historic Sites
11:30 – 11:50 AM
Kim Kenyon, Chris Southerly, Stephen B. Atkinson, & David Cranford
Office of State Archaeology
North Carolina Department of Natural and Cultural Resources
11:50 AM – 12:10 PM
Jami Lanier & George Jaramillo
Cape Hatteras National Seashore, National Park Service
12:10 – 12:30 PM
“A Tale of Two Ships: Part Deux” Previous discoveries in the history of La Concorde and the next phase of the NC African American Heritage Commission’s IMLS-funded project
Jillian Schuler
North Carolina African American Heritage Commission
12:30 – 2:00 PM
LUNCH
Session 3:
American Civil War History
(In honor of Dr. William N. Still, 1932-2023)
2:00 – 2:20 PM
Thomas Fosdick
Program in Maritime Studies, East Carolina University
2:20 – 2:40 PM
Jim Fowler
Program in Maritime Studies, East Carolina University
2:40 – 3:00 PM
Alex Owens
Program in Maritime Studies, East Carolina University
3:00 – 3:20 PM
Defending the Sounds: North Carolina’s Confederate Coast and the Steamers CSS Winslow and CSS SeaBird
Adam Parker
AECOM
3:20 – 3:40 PM
Matthew Young
CSS Neuse Civil War Museum
3:40 – 4:00 PM
Armani Gibbs
Program in Maritime Studies, East Carolina University
4:00 PM – 4:20 PM
Gillian Hookway-Jones
Bath, North Carolina
4:20 – 6:30 PM
BREAK
6:30 PM – 9:00 PM
KEYNOTE & DINNER
High Liners and Rabble Rousers: Legendary Participants of the North Carolina Commercial Fishing Industry
Barbara Garrity-Blake
The history of North Carolina’s commercial fisheries is well documented. Less visible are the personalities and lived experiences of commercial fishers who have shared their knowledge and stories with researchers throughout the years. I will highlight a few people who have helped me better understand the complexities of commercial fishing. I will describe how I crossed paths with them, and offer reflections on their legacy achievements in helping shape North Carolina fisheries and management in the past fifty years.
About Our Speaker
Barbara Garrity-Blake is a cultural anthropologist and author. She teaches marine fisheries policy at the Duke University Marine Laboratory and is president of NC Catch, a local seafood advocacy non-profit. She is author of The Fish Factory (University of Tennessee Press), and co-author of Fish House Opera (Mystic Seaport Press with Susan West) and Living at the Water's Edge (UNC Press with Karen Amspacher). She lives in Gloucester (Carteret County) with her husband Bryan, where they organize the Gloucester Mardi Gras and the Wild Caught Local Seafood and Music Festival.
Saturday, December 02, 2023
8:00 – 9:00 AM
Registration
Session 4:
People, Places, & Goods in the Atlantic World
(In honor of Dr. Lindley S. Butler, 1939-2022)
9:00 – 9:20 AM
Nick Baker
Program in Maritime Studies, East Carolina University
9:20 – 9:40 AM
Jarvis Hargrove
Department of History, East Carolina University
9:40 – 10:00 AM
Lynn B. Harris
Program in Maritime Studies, East Carolina University
10:00 – 10:20 AM
Eric Oakley
Department of History, East Carolina University
10:20 – 10:40 AM
Becky Sawyer
Fort Fisher State Historic Site, North Carolina Historic Sites
10:40 – 10:50 AM
BREAK
Session 5:
Military Legacy and Conflict History
(In honor of Dr. Wade Dudley, 1953-2020)
10:50 – 11:10 AM
In a Very Unwarlike Condition: The HMS Cruizer and British Naval Activity in the Lower Cape Fear River, 1775-1776
Stephen B. Atkinson
North Carolina Underwater Archaeology Branch
11:10 – 11:30 AM
Jennifer McKinnon & Alexander Morrow
Program in Maritime Studies, East Carolina University
11:30 – 11:50 AM
Salvatore R. Mercogliano
Department of History, Criminal Justice, and Political Science, Campbell University
11:50 AM – 12:00 PM
CLOSING REMARKS
12:30 – 1:30 PM
EXECUTIVE BOARD ANNUAL GENERAL MEETING
This meeting is open to all Council members and attendees of the conference.
2:30-4:30 PM
AFTERNOON TOUR
Queen Anne's Revenge Project Lab (NC Department of Natural and Cultural Resources) & Maritime Archaeology Labs of the Program in Maritime Studies (East Carolina University)
ECU West Research Campus (1157 VOA Site C Road, Greenville, N.C. 27834)
Come and tour the conservation lab of the Queen Anne's Revenge Project (https://www.qaronline.org/) and see the maritime archaeology laboratories of East Carolina University's Program in Maritime Studies (Department of History; https://maritimestudies.ecu.edu/)
Due to time and space limitations, tours will be limited to groups of 25 -- up two groups (max 50) may attend the tour.
(Open to registrants only; Registration is in advance at the conference via signup sheet-- at which time directions will be provided)
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