FLORIDA HISTORICAL SOCIETY
2021 VIRTUAL ANNUAL MEETING
AND SYMPOSIUM 

On Monday, October 11, starting at 9:00 am click the links below to view sessions: 

• SESSION 1: THE ANNUAL FHS MEMBERSHIP MEETING
  Florida Historical Society President Emily Lisska leads this meeting with Executive Director Ben Brotemarkle, Recording Secretary KC Smith, and Incoming President Maurice "Socky" O'Sullivan. See what your Florida Historical Society has been up to for the past year.
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• SESSION 2: INDIGENOUS FLORIDA
  Denise Bossy from the University of North Florida and Andrew Frank from Florida State University moderate a discussion about Florida's native people with Aubrey Lauersdorf from Auburn University, Jason Herbert from Seminole Heritage Services, James Hill from the University of Pittsburgh, and Kristalyn Shefveland from the University of Southern Indiana.
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• SESSION 3: QUEER HISTORY AND PRECARIOUS MEMORY
  Connie Lester from the University of Central Florida moderates a discussion with UCF graduate students Nikki Fragala Barnes and Alexis Rodriguez, who both work with the LGBTQ History Museum of Central Florida. A focus of the research discussed is the Parliament House Resort in Orlando.
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• SESSION 4: DIFFICULT HISTORY, PRESERVING THE PAST, AND PROTECTING THE FUTURE
  Moderator: Ben Brotemarkle, FHS. Presenters: Myles William Sullivan, University of Florida, "Amateur Minstrel Shows and Blackface Amusements at the University of Florida in the Jim Crow Era"; Holly Baker, Library of Florida History, "Documenting Diversity: Collecting Folk Songs in Depression Era Florida"; and Levi Watson, University of Central Florida, "Florida's Vanishing Heritage: Climate Adaptation at Florida Heritage Sites."
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• NINTH ANNUAL JERRELL H SHOFNER LECTURE ON FLORIDA HISTORY AND CULTURE: "Celebration, Reflection, and Anticipation: 100 Volumes of the Florida Historical Quarterly"
  Panelists: Claire Strom, Rollins College, Past Editor Agricultural History; Craig Thompson Friend, North Carolina State University, Past Editor Florida Historical Quarterly; Randall Hall, Rice University, Editor Journal of Southern History; Alex Lichtenstein, Indiana University, Editor American Historical Review.
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Claire Strom, Professor of History Rollins College, Past Editor, Agricultural History
Craig Thompson Friend, Professor of History North Carolina State University, Past Editor, Florida Historical Quarterly
Randal Hall, William P. Hobby Professor of American History Rice University, Editor, Journal of Southern History
Alex Lichtenstein, Professor of History Indiana University, Editor 2017-2021, American Historical Review