The University of Nebraska-Lincoln's
James A. Rawley Conference
The James A. Rawley Conference in the Humanities, hosted by the University of Nebraska-Lincoln’s History Graduate Students’ Association (HGSA), is an annual event that affords graduate students and advanced undergraduates from across the humanities the opportunity to present their research through paper, poster, and digital project presentations in an environment modeled on professional conferences. This interdisciplinary conference is open to both UNL students across departments, and to graduate students from outside universities.
This two-day annual event will be held March 13-14, 2020. The first day, March 13, consists of the keynote presentation. The second day, March 14, consists of panel presentations and a luncheon lecture.
James A. Rawley
Member of the University of Nebraska-Lincoln's History Department from 1964 until 2005.
Specializing in the Civil War era and American race relations, Professor Rawley authored numerous books, including Race and Politics: Bleeding Kansas and the Coming of the Civil War and The Transatlantic Slave Trade: A History.
He was a member of many professional organizations ranging from the Nebraska State Historical Society to the Organization of American Historians, which awards its annual Rawley Prize for distinguished scholarship in the field of American race relations. The Annual James A. Rawley Graduate Conference in the Humanities serves both as a way to honor Dr. Rawley and to encourage future scholarship in a variety of disciplines.
AHA, 2006, Dr. Kenneth J. Winkle
Meet The Organizers
William F. Kelly
Chair
William is a second-year master’s student in history at the University of Nebraska-Lincoln where he is interested in public history, historical administration, and freedom suits waged by enslaved persons in Washington, D.C. When he is not reading for class or in the archive, William enjoys relishing the glorious rebirth of two powerhouses: Nebraska football and Liverpool F.C.
Elodie Galeazzi
Co-Chair
Elodie is a second-year Ph.D. student in history at the University of Nebraska-Lincoln. Her research interests focus on oral history and black media in the Midwest in the post-Civil Rights Era. In her spare time, Elodie is a global peer mentor and helps new international students transition to college life in the U.S.. She calls France home.