Faculty in France
A group of Tulane University faculty members and a group of French scholars attend a conference and workshops in Paris and Lyon, France, which are devoted to the fifth anniversary of Hurricane Katrina. The sessions on March 31 in Lyon and April 1â“2 in Paris were the second half of a conference held at Tulane in October 2010. The Tulane group included Randy Sparks, professor of history; Rosanne Adderley, associate professor of history; Bruce Raeburn, director of special collections and curator of the Hogan Jazz Archive; Richard Campanella, assistant research professor of earth and environmental sciences; and Thomas Adams, a postdoctoral fellow in the history department.
Richard Campanella speaks at a session called “The Crescent City as Singular Moment” on “Below Sea Level New Orleans: The History and Consequences of a Geographical Accident.”
Rosanne Adderley, right, converses with a colleague in Lyon, France. In Paris, Adderley spoke on “Rebuilding an 'Historic' (Black) City: African-American History and the Public Profile of New Orleans Around Hurricane Katrina.”
Bruce Raeburn, left, and Randy Sparks listen to comments at a session in Paris. Organized by Sparks and Romain Huret of l'université de Lyon, the conference was sponsored by the New Orleans Gulf South Center, L'université de Lyon, Centre d'études nord-américaines and the Florence Gould Foundation.
Richard Campanella examines a photograph from the Times-Picayune at an exhibition marking the fifth anniversary of Hurricane Katrina that will be on display through April 23 at a gallery in Lyon, France.
