Symposium Agenda
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Thursday, March 1, 2007
| 4-5 pm | Keynote Speaker---Graham Chapel Assembly Series Open to Public Michael A. Wolff, Chief Justice, Supreme Court of Missouri Race, Law, and the Struggle for Equality: Missouri Law, Politics, and the Dred Scott Case |
| 5:15 | Bus departs for Old Courthouse (Dred Scott Symposium Speakers only) |
| 6-7 | Reception at Old Courthouse (Open to Public Registration necessary) |
| 7:00 | Bus departs for Whittemore House (Dred Scott Symposium Speakers only) |
| 7:30-9 | Supper at Whittemore House (Dred Scott Symposium Speakers only) Welcome: Dean Kent Syverud, Washington University Law |
Friday, March 2, 2007
| 8-8:30 | Welcome Coffee/Light Refreshments Foyer, Bryan Cave Moot Courtroom |
| 8:30 | Introduction and Opening Remarks: David Konig, Washington University |
| 8:45-10 | Session I: Emancipation and Memory Moderator/Commentator: Michael Les Benedict, Ohio State University Presenters:
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| 10-10:15 | Break |
| 10:15-12 | Session II: Foundations of Personhood Moderator/Commentator: Eric Claeys, Saint Louis University Presenters:
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| 12-1:30 | Lunch Speakers to the Knight Center Public: Please see available options on campus on information table. |
| 1:30-2:45 | Session III: Ambiguities: Race, Property, and Personhood Moderator/Commentator: Mitch Crusto, Washingtin University Law Presenters:
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| 2:45-3 | Break |
| 3-4:30 | Session IV: Judicial Lessons, Learned and Ignored Moderator/Commentator: Jack Greenberg, Columbia Law School Presenters:
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| 6 | Cocktail Hour and Supper at Seven Gables Inn (Closed event for Speakers) |
Saturday, March 3, 2007
| 8-8:30 | Welcome Coffee/Light Refreshments Foyer, Bryan Cave Moot Courtroom |
| 8:30 | Introduction, Opening Remarks Chancellor Mark Wrighton |
| 8:45-10 | Session V: Law and Legitimacy Moderator/Commentator: Davison Douglas, Marshall-Wythe Law School Presenters:
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| 10-10:15 | Break |
| 10:15-12 | Session VI: Law and the Problematics of Achieving Justice Moderator/Commentator: Annette Gordon-Reed, New York Law School Presenters:
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| 12-1:30 | Lunch Speakers and invited Public School Teachers to the Knight Center Public: Please see available options on campus on information table. |
| 1:30-2:30 | Session VII: Roundtable: Turning Scholarship into Citizenship -- The Ivy Tower, the
Courts, and the Education of Citizens Kenneth Winn, Missouri State Archivist |
| 2:30-2:45 | Break |
| 2:45-4 | Session VIII: Judicial Roundtable Moderator: Duane Benton, US Court of Appeals for the Eighth Circuit Panelists:
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| 4-4:30 | Keynote Closing Remarks: Paul Finkelman, Albany Law School |
| 4:30-5:30 | Reception, John M. Olin Library: Ginkgo Reading Room Display of original Freedom Suit petitions of Dred and Harriet Scott to the Missouri Circuit Court (1846) Open to Public Registration required The John M. Olin Library is Washington University’s main library facility. The Ginkgo Reading Room is on the main level (Level 1) on the east side of the building. The entrance is off the Grand Staircase Lobby and is immediately opposite the entrance to Special Collections. The Scott petitions will be displayed in the Special Collections Reading Room (no food or drink allowed in this area). The reception will be in the Ginkgo Reading Room. |
| 6-8 | Supper and Symposium Reflection Knight Center (Closed event for Speakers) |