Symposium Program

Friday | Saturday | Papers | Proceedings

Friday, September 28

1:00—4:00 PM  Registration and round-trip shuttles between Michigan Tech, Carnegie Museum, Finnish American Heritage Center, and conference hotel. Exhibits open: 

  • Dug In: Experiential WWI Trench, Michigan Tech (US-41 & MacInnes)
  • Town and Gown in the Great War: A Look Back at the Copper Country and Michigan Tech During World War I, Van Pelt & Opie Library, Michigan Tech
  • World War I & the Copper Country Home Front, Van Pelt & Opie Library, Michigan Tech
  • Reflections on Technologies of Warfare, Immersive Studio, EERC 510, Michigan Tech
  • Shell-shocked: Footage and Sounds of the Front, Rozsa Gallery Lobby, Michigan Tech
  • American and French Propaganda Posters, Rozsa Gallery, Michigan Tech
  • Soldier Stories: The U.P. in World War I, Carnegie Museum of the Keweenaw, Houghton
  • Copper Country Voices of Dissent in the Great War, Finnish American Heritage Center, Finlandia University, Hancock
4:00—5:30 PM  “Local Theaters, Propaganda and WWI,” Sue Collins (Michigan Tech University) Orpheum Theater, Studio Pizza appetizers 
5:00—6:00 PM  Shuttle from Orpheum Theater to Rozsa 

  • Box supper available in Rozsa Lobby 
6:00—7:00 PM  “Europe, America, and the World: An Outdoor Concert,” Michigan Tech Wind Symphony, Walker lawn, Michigan Tech 
7:30—8:30 PM  Keynote Address: Dr. John Morrow Jr., “African American Experience in WWI and Aftermath,” Rozsa Lobby, Michigan Tech 
8:30—9:30 PM  Shuttle from Rozsa Lobby to Hancock conference hotel 

Friday | Saturday | Papers | Proceedings

Saturday, September 29

8:00 AM Shuttle from Hancock hotel to Michigan Tech Memorial Union 8:00—9:00 AM Coffee and muffins, Alumni Room, Memorial Union

8:45 AM Welcome, Symposium Committee

9:00-11:15 AM and 1:15-3:45 PM Concurrent Paper Sessions

11:30 AM—1:00 PM Lunch buffet and Keynote Address: Dr. Lynn Dumenil, “Women and the Great War“ Memorial Union Ballroom, Michigan Tech

3:45—7:00 PM Round trip shuttles between Michigan Tech and HancockExhibits open at Michigan Tech, Carnegie Museum, and Finlandia UniversityDinner on your own7:30—9:00 PM“Copper Country at the Silver Screen in 1918”Charlie Chaplin’s silent film, Shoulder Arms (1918) with live musical accompaniment by organist Jay Warren (Chicago) Four-Minute Man performance9:30 PMShuttle from Rozsa to conference hotel in Hancock