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THURSDAY	FEBRUARY 20   Connally Center & LBJ Auditorium
4:30 P.M.	M. Harvey Weil Centennial Lecture: William W. Freehling Connally Center, Kraft Eidman Courtroom "The Slaveholders' (Amazing) Theory of Secession and the Renewal of U.S. Constitutional History" Watch the video * Prof. William W. Freehling, The University of Kentucky, Department of History, Singletary Chair in the Humanities
5:30 P.M.	Reception Connally Center, Jamail Pavillion
7:00 P.M.	Lecture: Gore Vidal - Canceled LBJ Auditorium, Gore Vidal has had to cancel because of forthcoming surgery.
FRIDAY	FEBRUARY 21   Connally Center, Kraft Eidman Courtroom
9:00 A.M.	Welcome: Dr. Betty Sue Flowers Director, LBJ Library and Museum Dean Richard Lariviere The University of Texas at Austin, College of Liberal Arts Dean William Powers University of Texas School of Law
9:30 A.M.	Introductory Remarks: Watch the video * Professor Sanford Levinson University of Texas School of Law
9:45 A.M.	Panel 1: The Purchase of Louisiana Watch the video Panel 1-1 * Watch the video Panel 1-2 * Moderator: Professor Jeffrey Tulis University of Texas Department of Government Paper 1: Jefferson's Republicanism, the Expansion of the Union, and the New Nation's Destiny Professor Peter Onuf University of Virginia Corcoran Department of History Paper 2: Constitutional Issues Surrounding the Louisiana Purchase: The First "Incorportation" Debate Professor Guy Seidman Radzyner School of Law The Interdisciplinary Center Herzliya, Israel Discussants: Professor Jack Rakove Stanford University Department of History Professor Sean Theriault The University of Texas at Austin Department of Government
11:45 P.M.	LUNCH BREAK
1:00 P.M.	Panel 2: The Louisiana Territory and the Civil War Watch the video Panel 2-1 * Watch the video Panel 2-2 * Moderator: Professor William Forbath University of Texas School of Law Paper 3: Settling the West: Bush v. Gore and the Annexation of Texas Professor Mark A. Graber University of Maryland Department of Government Paper 4: The Misnamed Purchase, The Diffusion Prayer, and the Coming of the Civil War Professor William W. Freehling Singletary Chair in the Humanities The University of Kentucky Department of History Discussants: Professor David Currie University of Chicago School of Law Professor George Forgie The University of Texas at Austin Department of History
3:15 P.M.	Panel 3: The Imperialist Moment of the 1840s Watch the video * Moderator: Professor Scot Powe University of Texas School of Law Paper 5: A Promise of Expansionism: The 1840s, Mexico, Texas, and the Southwest Professor Paul Kens Southwest Texas State University Department of Political Science Paper 6: The Golden Death of Jefferson's Dream: California and the Sectional Crisis Professor H. W. Brands Texas A&M University Department of History Discussants: Professor Sarah Barringer Gordon University of Pennsylvania Law School Professor Elliot West University of Arkansas Department of History go to top
SATURDAY	FEBRUARY 22   Connally Center, Kraft Eidman Courtroom
10:00 A.M.	Panel 4: Where Is the United States (and Who Is Within It)? Watch the video * Moderator: Professor Philip Bobbitt University of Texas School of Law Paper 7: Empires External and Internal: Territories, Government Lands, and Federalism in the United States Professor Bartholomew Sparrow The University of Texas at Austin Department of Government Paper 8: Puerto Rico’s Political Status: The Long-Term Effects of American Expansionist Discourse Dean Efren Rivera-Ramos University of Puerto Rico Law School Paper 9: Untied States: The Idea of Secession and the Law of American Imperialism Christina Burnett Princeton University Department of History Discussants: Professor Alexander Aleinikoff Georgetown University Law Center Professor Sarah Cleveland University of Texas School of Law go to top
12:15 P.M.	Luncheon Speaker: William H. Goetzmann Townes Hall, Atrium Lewis and Clark: The Clash of Many Empires Professor William Goetzmann Jack S. Blanton, Sr. Chair in History The University of Texas at Austin Department of History Barbecue buffet luncheon to be provided.
2:00 P.M.	Panel 5: Indigenous Populations Watch the video * Moderator: Professor Gretchen Ritter University of Texas Department of Government Paper 10: American Indians and Nation Building Professor Gerald Torres University of Texas School of Law Paper 11: Modes of Rule in America's Overseas Empire: The Philippines, Puerto Rico, Guam, and Samoa Professor Julian Go University of Illinois at Champaign-Urbana Department of Sociology & Harvard University Weatherhead Center for International Affairs Discussants: Professor Stuart Benjamin University of Texas School of Law Professor Rodolfo de la Garza Columbia University Department of Political Science & Tomás Rivera Policy Institute

     Last Updated: February 18, 2003