Online Via Zoom | August 18 through 21, 2025
Join us in learning about the impressive work of the second cohort of ACE Mellon Humanities Postdoctoral Fellows!
Hear firsthand from each Fellow as they share their research journeys, reflections, and key takeaways. Highlights will include insights from their community engagement efforts, Tribal and descendant consultations, and archival explorations.
Be inspired by the impact of place-based humanities practice. You’re welcome to attend one, some, or all of the sessions listed below. All sessions will be recorded.
Accessibility: Closed captioning will be provided. Please contact Perri Meldon ([email protected]) if you have additional accessibility requests.
Outlooks from the ACE Mellon Fellowship, 2024-2025
- Monday, August 18, 2:00-2:50 pm ET
“From Enslaved to ‘Merikin’: Following Enslaved Freedom Seekers from Sotterley Plantation to Trinidad, 1814-1830”
Presenter: Dr. Tayzhaun Glover
Zoom: https://us06web.zoom.us/
- Monday, August 18, 3:00-3:50 pm ET
“Always Present, Sometimes Seen: Women’s History at Our National Parks”
Presenters: Dr. Melissa Benbow Flowers, Dr. Caitlyn Jones, and Dr. Daniel Wallace
Zoom: https://us06web.zoom.us/
- Tuesday, August 19, 2:00-2:50 pm ET
“Ripple Effects: Connecting Past, Present, and Promise in Colonized Waterways”
Presenters: Dr. Meagan Harden, Dr. Frank Schmitz, and Dr. Joshua Wachuta
Zoom: https://us06web.zoom.us/
- Tuesday, August 19, 3:00-3:50 pm ET
“Developing ‘Dena’ina Traditional Foodways and Their Legacies in Qizhjeh Vena (Lake Clark), Alaska'”
Presenter: Dr. Varpu Lotvonen
Zoom: https://us06web.zoom.us/
- Wednesday, August 20, 4:00-4:50 pm ET
“A History of the Present: Black South Carolinians, Land, & Change in the Lowcountry 1865-1965”
Presenter: Dr. Francena Turner
Zoom: https://us06web.zoom.us/
- Thursday, August 21, 3:00-3:50 pm ET
“Monumental Denial: National Historic Landmarks and U.S. Cultural Memory”
Presenter: Dr. Sophia Ford
Zoom: https://us06web.zoom.us/