Events

As Much as the Water: How Steamboats Shaped Arkansas

An Educational Symposium

Thursday, November 5, 2015

Arkansas Studies Institute building

Little Rock, Arkansas

 

The following sessions are designed for educators, scholars, enthusiasts, high school and college students, and the general public. This is a free event. Space is limited.

9:10 AM - 10:10 AM:  The Life and Times of Frederick T. Anderson: Arkansas Steamboat Artist

Presenter(s):

• Kaye Lundgren, UA Little Rock Center for Arkansas History and Culture
• Lenore Shoults, Ph.D., Arts & Science Center for Southeast Arkansas
• Jeanne-Marie Meyer, M.A., UA Little Rock Department of Art, Adjunct Professor

10:10 AM-10:20 AM: Break

10:20 AM-11:20 AM: Into the Water: The Sinking and Recovery of Sultana

Presenter(s):

• Leslie “Skip” Stewart-Abernathy, Ph.D., Arkansas Archaeological Survey
• Lindsay Scott, Underwater Archaeologist

11:20 AM.-11:30 AM: Break

11:30 AM-12:30 PM: Remember the Sultana

Presenter(s):

• Mike Marshall, Documentary Film Producer, Remember the Sultana
• Louis Intres, Arkansas State University
• Gene Salecker, historical consultant, Sultana Disaster Museum

12:30 PM-1:50 PM: Break/Lunch

1:50 PM-2:50 PM: Navigating Arkansas Waterways: The Evolution of Maritime Policy and Technology

Presenter(s):

• Kaye Lundgren, UA Little Rock Center for Arkansas History and Culture
• Allison Hiblong, Arkansas Inland Maritime Museum
• Victor F. “Vic” Snyder, M.D., Corporate Medical Director for External Affairs, Arkansas Blue Cross and Blue Shield, and former U.S. Congressman for Arkansas’s Second District

2:50 PM-3 PM: Break

3 PM-4 PM: Along the River: The Various Transportation Roles of Steamboats

Presenter(s):

• Carl Moneyhon, Ph.D., UA Little Rock Department of History
• Erin Fehr, Sequoyah National Research Center
• Tom Richeson, UA Little Rock Music Department

4 PM-4:10 PM: Break

4:10 PM-4:50 PM: Modernizing History: Developing and Publishing a Virtual Exhibit for the Modern Student

Presenter(s):

• Shannon Lausch, UA Little Rock Center for Arkansas History and Culture
• Stanley James, Teacher, eSTEM Public Charter School