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| Attending the Session by Professor Jill Ellis |
Vicki and attended the annual meeting of the Louisiana
Historical Association in New Orleans, recently held from March 21 to 23. We
both joined that organization over fifty years ago when we were graduate
students at Tulane University. Many of our professors and fellow graduate
students have been active in the LHA, which has continued to the
present-day. Two of my greatest graduate school influences, Professors Bennett
H. Wall and Hugh F. Rankin, were both presidents of that group. So, it meant
very much to me that years later I also came to hold that post. This year’s
meeting provided a chance for us to see many old friends, attend interesting
sessions, and enjoy the many wonderful scholarly interactions which take place
at such meetings. I particularly enjoyed a wonderful session chaired by
Professor Mark Fernandez of Loyola University dealing with historians podcasting
over the internet, a phenomenon that is flourishing. The main plenary session featured
Princeton’s Jill Ellis talking about the history of indigenous peoples in Louisiana.
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| The Podcast Session |
