Kentucky Association of Teachers of History

Ekstrom Library, University of Louisville

The 2017-18 KATH Board celebrated KATH’s 43rd year at the Annual Meeting on Saturday, September 15, 2018. The meeting was held at the Ekstrom Library at the University of Louisville, 2215 South 3rd Street, Louisville, KY 40208.  For directions to the Library and parking, visit the UofL Library website here: https://library.louisville.edu/ekstrom/directions

We featured multiple content sessions related to American and World history. Attendance for the conference will earn teachers a certificate of six (6) hours of professional development.

AGENDA

Friday, September 14th

Prof. Lee Strang

“Reading the Constitution in 2018” – a debate between Professor Lee Strang (Federalist Society contributor, University of Toledo College of Law) and Professor Joshua A. Douglas (American Constitution Society for Law and Policy chapter at University of Kentucky College of Law). For more on Lee Strang, visit the Federalist Society website, https://fedsoc.org/contributors/lee-strang – and for more on Josh Douglas, see the University of Kentucky College of Law website, http://law.uky.edu/directory/joshua-a-douglas. The debate starts at 6 p.m. in the Eckstrom Library’s Chao Auditorium (see directions here).

Prof. Josh Douglas

Saturday, September 15th

7:30-8:30 a.m.	Registration
8:30 – 8:45 a.m.	Welcome and remarks from KATH President Howard Muncy
8:45 – 9:30 a.m.	Dr. Daniel Krebs Dr. Daniel Krebs (University of Louisville), “1918 to 2018: Why the First World War Still Matters Today”
9:30 – 9:45 a.m.	Break
9:45 – 10:30 a.m.	Dr. Tom Mackey Dr. Thomas Mackey (University of Louisville), “The 14th Amendment at 150: The Second American Constitution?”
10:30 – 11:15 a.m.	Dr. Amy Sturgis Dr. Amy Sturgis (Lenoir-Rhyne University), “Indigenous Futurism and History: Discovering Yesterday and Imagining Tomorrow”
11:15 a.m. – 12:15 p.m.	Lunch and Presentation of Student Writing Awards
12:30 – 1:15 p.m.	Dr. Kristen Childers Dr. Kristen Childers (Templeton Honors College at Eastern University), “The French Model of Religious and Racial Integration”
1:15 – 1:30 p.m.	Break
1:30 – 2:15 p.m.	Panel Discussion
2:15 – 2:30 p.m.	Business Meeting: Election for KATH Board 2018-19
2:30 p.m.	Meeting Adjourned

Please download the latest KATH conference flyer from Howard Muncy, 2018 KATH President, and share with colleagues!

Download the KATH 2018 Flyer (.pdf file)

*** Related Pages ***

• 2017
  • 2016-17 KATH Board
  • 2017 Annual Meeting: October 28th, “Citizenship and Civility” at West Kentucky Community & Technical College, Paducah
•  2016
  • 2015-16 KATH Board
  • 2016 Annual Meeting: October 29th, “Chalk the Vote: Education and Presidential Elections” at the University of Kentucky, Lexington
• 2015
  • 2014-15 KATH Board
  • 2015 Annual Meeting: October 3rd, “Making History: Controversy and Culture Wars” at Owensboro Community and Technical College, Owensboro
• 2014
  • 2013-14 KATH Board
  • 2014 Annual Meeting: October 18th, “The Legacy of the U.S. Civil Rights Act: Celebrating 50 Years” at Spalding University, Louisville
• 2013
  • 2012-13 KATH Board
  • 2013 Annual Meeting: September 28th, “DIS-placement: Impact of War on Society” at Bluegrass Community & Technical College, Lexington
• 2012
  • 2011-12 – no KATH Board existed, the annual meeting was organized by a group of volunteers
  • 2012 Annual Meeting: September 15th, “The Future of KATH” at DuPont Manual High School, Louisville
• There was no Annual Meeting in Fall 2011. However, pictures and details from the 2010 Annual Meeting at Bluegrass Community and Technical College are available here.
• See past KATH Annual Conferences from 1998 through 2010 in a .pdf file – download it here. The files for all the conferences are available for viewing in the Kentucky Historical Society Special Collections.