Upcoming Seminars

Join us for two days of conversation about environmental justice and environmental history with community activists and scholars.
This seminar will be held over two days. September 4 will be held from 11 AM – 3 PM in the Antioch Baptist Church at Whitney Plantation. Box lunches will be served. September 5 will be held virtually as a zoom webinar from 1 PM – 3 PM
Click here to register for the virtual event on Zoom on September 5.
Schedule: September 4, 2022
11:00: Welcome, Ashley Rogers, Executive Director, Whitney Plantation
11:10: Opening & Keynote Talk, Nathaniel Rich, Writer-at-large, New York Times Magazine
11:50: Conversation Panel, The Descendants Project & Concerned Citizens of St. John
12:45: Q&A
1:00: Lunch Break
2:00: Closing Talk, Craig Colten, Professor Emeritus, Louisiana State University
2:45: Q&A
3:00: Closing Remarks & Adjourn
Schedule: September 5, 2022
1:00: Welcome, Ashley Rogers, Executive Director, Whitney Plantation
1:05: Presentation, Adam Rush, Task Lead, Disaster Response Initiative, Association for Preservation Technology
1:25: Presentation, David Silkenat, Senior Lecturer, American History, University of Edinburgh
2:00: Presentation, Imani Jacqueline Brown, Researcher, Forensic Architecture
2:25: Q&A
3:00: Closing Remarks & Adjourn
For more information about the seminar speakers, click here.
Past Seminars
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Speakers and panelists Nathaniel Rich, Joy Banner, Jo Banner, Robert Taylor, and Craig Colten discuss climate change, environmental racism, and environmental history. Held in the Antioch Church at Whitney Plantation, September 4, 2022, 11 am – 3 pm. Click here to watch the video.
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A conversation with historians Rebecca J. Scott, Verene Shepherd and Richard Follett about the history of sugar production and slavery in Louisiana and the wider Caribbean. Held December 5, 2020. Click Here To Watch Video.