Symposium: German Moravians in the Atlantic World

PROGRAM

Friday, April 5
All Friday Events in DeTamble Hall, Tribble Building, Wake Forest University

First Morning Session, 8:30-10:30
Confession in the Old World and the New:

Commentator: Thomas Brady (University of California, Berkeley)

Tanya Kevorkian (Millersville State University):
"The Social, Cultural, and Pietist Context of the Moravian Movement"

Craig Atwood (Salem College):
"Deep in the Side of Jesus: Zinzendorfian Piety in Colonial America"

S. Scott Rohrer (Independent Scholar):
"New Birth in a New Land: Evangelism, Ethnicity, and Assimilation Among North Carolina's
Moravians in the Early National Period"

Break, 10:30-11:00

Second Morning Session, 11:00-1:00
Moravian Economy and Society in the New World:

Commentator: Terence McIntosh (University of North Carolina, Chapel Hill)

Michael Shirley (Independent Scholar):
"'There is Little Love Among us Anymore:' Moravian Artisans and the Emergence of
a New Order in Salem"

Daniel B. Thorp (Virginia Polytechnic University)
"Yankee Doodle Dutchmen: North Carolina's Moravian Community
and the New Nation"

Christopher E. Hendricks (College of William and Mary):
"Building 'Villages of the Lord': The Birth and Development of the Moravian Congregation Town"

Old Salem

First Afternoon Session, 2:00-4:00:
Moravian Culture and Conflict

Commentator: Thomas Robisheaux (Duke University):

Daniel Crews (Director, Moravian Archives-Southern Province)
"Moravian Worship: The WHY of Moravian Music"

Stewart Carter (Wake Forest University):
"From Trombone Choir to Church Band: Brass Instruments in Communities
of the Moravian Brethren in America"

Elisabeth Sommer (The State Island Society/Historic Richmond Town):
"Fashion Passion: The Battle Over Dress Within the Moravian Brethren"

Axel Utz (Pennsylvania State University)
"Faint and Starving: Concepts of Culture and Social Reality among Native American Refugees
in the North American Mid-Atlantic, 1747-1764"

Break, 4:00-4:30

Student Session, 4:30-6:00:
Old Salem Introductions:

Commentator: Daniel Thorp (Virginia Polytechnical University)

Workshop in which Wake Forest Undergraduates Present Their Work and Receive
Constructive Critiques from the Commentator and the Audience

KEYNOTE ADDRESS, 8:00 pm
Imperial Communities
Mack Walker (Johns Hopkins University)

Old Salem

Saturday, April 6
All Saturday Morning Events in DeTamble Hall, Tribble Building, Wake Forest University

Morning Session, 9:00-11:00:
Pietism and Gender:

Commentator: Michele Gillespie (Wake Forest University)

Beverly Smaby (Clarion University):
"'No one should lust for power...women least of all': Dismantling
Female Leadership among 18th Century Moravians"

Aaron Fogleman (University of Southern Alabama)
"Gender, Race, and the Moravian Challenge in British North America"

Marianne Wokeck (Indiana University-Purdue University Indianapolis):
"Image and Reality of the Role of the Pastor's Wife in the Pioneering Generation
of Protestant German-speaking Clergy in the American Colonies"

Anna Smith (Independent Scholar)
"Cherokee and Moravian Women in the Early Nineteenth Century"

Break, 11:00-11:30

Second Session, 11:30-1:30:
Moravian Diasporas:

Commentator: A. G. Roeber (Penn State)

Jon Sensbach (University of Florida):
"Globalization and Its Discontents: Religious Radicals Confront the Modern Age"

Renate Wilson (Johns Hopkins School of Hygiene and Public Health):
"Continental European Physicians and Their Medicines in Colonial North America:
Halle Pietists, Moravians, Schwenkfelders, and a French Universalist"

Saturday Evening, April 6
Home Moravian Church, Old Salem

Lecture-Recital, 8:00
Moravian Composers in Old Salem
Michael Westmoreland
(Independent Scholar and Musical Director, Bethabara Moravian Church)

Home Moravian Church, Old Salem
Welcome: 50 member Brass Band
Lecture: accompanied by Trombone Choir,
String Quartet, and 30 member Vocal Choir

	German Moravians in the Atlantic World April 4-6, 2002 In Celebration of the 250th Anniversary of the Wachovia Settlement Department of History, Wake Forest University, Winston-Salem, North Carolina

This Symposium is Free and Open to the Public Schedule Program Papers Sponsors Links Contact Us	PROGRAM Friday, April 5 All Friday Events in DeTamble Hall, Tribble Building, Wake Forest University First Morning Session, 8:30-10:30 Confession in the Old World and the New: Commentator: Thomas Brady (University of California, Berkeley) Tanya Kevorkian (Millersville State University): "The Social, Cultural, and Pietist Context of the Moravian Movement" Craig Atwood (Salem College): "Deep in the Side of Jesus: Zinzendorfian Piety in Colonial America" S. Scott Rohrer (Independent Scholar): "New Birth in a New Land: Evangelism, Ethnicity, and Assimilation Among North Carolina's Moravians in the Early National Period" Break, 10:30-11:00 Second Morning Session, 11:00-1:00 Moravian Economy and Society in the New World: Commentator: Terence McIntosh (University of North Carolina, Chapel Hill) Michael Shirley (Independent Scholar): "'There is Little Love Among us Anymore:' Moravian Artisans and the Emergence of a New Order in Salem" Daniel B. Thorp (Virginia Polytechnic University) "Yankee Doodle Dutchmen: North Carolina's Moravian Community and the New Nation" Christopher E. Hendricks (College of William and Mary): "Building 'Villages of the Lord': The Birth and Development of the Moravian Congregation Town" First Afternoon Session, 2:00-4:00: Moravian Culture and Conflict Commentator: Thomas Robisheaux (Duke University): Daniel Crews (Director, Moravian Archives-Southern Province) "Moravian Worship: The WHY of Moravian Music" Stewart Carter (Wake Forest University): "From Trombone Choir to Church Band: Brass Instruments in Communities of the Moravian Brethren in America" Elisabeth Sommer (The State Island Society/Historic Richmond Town): "Fashion Passion: The Battle Over Dress Within the Moravian Brethren" Axel Utz (Pennsylvania State University) "Faint and Starving: Concepts of Culture and Social Reality among Native American Refugees in the North American Mid-Atlantic, 1747-1764" Break, 4:00-4:30 Student Session, 4:30-6:00: Old Salem Introductions: Commentator: Daniel Thorp (Virginia Polytechnical University) Workshop in which Wake Forest Undergraduates Present Their Work and Receive Constructive Critiques from the Commentator and the Audience KEYNOTE ADDRESS, 8:00 pm Imperial Communities Mack Walker (Johns Hopkins University) Saturday, April 6 All Saturday Morning Events in DeTamble Hall, Tribble Building, Wake Forest University Morning Session, 9:00-11:00: Pietism and Gender: Commentator: Michele Gillespie (Wake Forest University) Beverly Smaby (Clarion University): "'No one should lust for power...women least of all': Dismantling Female Leadership among 18th Century Moravians" Aaron Fogleman (University of Southern Alabama) "Gender, Race, and the Moravian Challenge in British North America" Marianne Wokeck (Indiana University-Purdue University Indianapolis): "Image and Reality of the Role of the Pastor's Wife in the Pioneering Generation of Protestant German-speaking Clergy in the American Colonies" Anna Smith (Independent Scholar) "Cherokee and Moravian Women in the Early Nineteenth Century" Break, 11:00-11:30 Second Session, 11:30-1:30: Moravian Diasporas: Commentator: A. G. Roeber (Penn State) Jon Sensbach (University of Florida): "Globalization and Its Discontents: Religious Radicals Confront the Modern Age" Renate Wilson (Johns Hopkins School of Hygiene and Public Health): "Continental European Physicians and Their Medicines in Colonial North America: Halle Pietists, Moravians, Schwenkfelders, and a French Universalist" Saturday Evening, April 6 Home Moravian Church, Old Salem Lecture-Recital, 8:00 Moravian Composers in Old Salem Michael Westmoreland (Independent Scholar and Musical Director, Bethabara Moravian Church) Home Moravian Church, Old Salem Welcome: 50 member Brass Band Lecture: accompanied by Trombone Choir, String Quartet, and 30 member Vocal Choir