Forthcoming UGRR conference, February 16, 2022

Our Annnual conference will celebrate its 19th anniversary on February 16, 2022. The conference is free and open to all.

Pre-registration is recommended.

Call for papers: Send inquiries to anadolu@temple.edu

Requested: 250 word abstracts and a short bio of 100 words.

 Papers on any aspect of digital technology, and its contribution to our knowledge and information areas about Underground Railroad History are welcome. The program will include paper presentations and a panel on “Digital Learning.”

Deadline: December 5, 2021.

In 2021 February our conference theme was: “Camp William Penn and United States Colored Troops Recruitment, Training & Fight for Freedom”
Free and open to all, the conference is annually sponsored by Temple University Department of Africology and African American Studies with the Consortium of CWEST. It took place on zoom with a special session on William Still on his 200th Anniversary |
on  February 17 2021 berween 1:00-4:00PM.
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