World War One & the Copper Country
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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

WW1CC Partners and Sponsors

Michigan Tech
Carnegie Museum of the Keweenaw
Finlandia University

The sponsoring institutions awarding grants include the Michigan Humanities Council; Keweenaw National Historical Park Advisory Commission; Finlandia Foundation National Chapter; and Michigan Council on Arts and Community Affairs through the Copper Country Community Arts Center. The following entities from Michigan Tech are also sponsors of WW1CC: The departments of Humanities, Social Sciences, Visual & Performing Arts, Information Technology, Civil Engineering, and Computer Science; College of Sciences & Arts; Office of the Vice President of Student Affairs and Advancement; Institutional Equity; William G. Jackson Center for Teaching and Learning; J.R. Van Pelt & Opie Library; University Marketing and Communications; Film Board; and Facilities Management.

WW1CC is made possible in part by a grant from the Michigan Humanities Council, an affiliate of the National Endowment for the Humanities. Any views, findings, conclusions, or recommendations expressed in this program do not necessarily reflect those of the National Endowment for the Humanities or the Michigan Humanities Council.

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For more information, email ww1cc@mtu.edu.

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