Black Life in Bellevue: Documenting African American Cultural Landscape Along the Chesapeake Bay

Bellevue , United States

Washington College’s Center for Environment and Society and its Past is Present Initiative will partner with Bellevue Village, located on Maryland’s Eastern Shore in Talbot County, and the Bellevue Passage Museum, to conduct a field school aimed at using the venue’s cultural landscape to advance historical understanding and cultural conservation of an African American community, whose aspirations and development were shaped by the Chesapeake estuarine environment.

Call for Applications: Field School, July 3-July 29, 2023
The Field School is open to undergraduate and graduate students, as well as life-long learners. Applicants should prepare a 1-2 page typewritten statement providing their contact information, relevant educational or occupational experience, and why they desire to participate in the field school. This information should be forwarded by email attachment to Dr. Michael Chiarappa at mchiarappa2@washcoll.edu or by regular mail to the address listed below.

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SAH thanks The Richard H. Driehaus Foundation
for its operating support.
Society of Architectural Historians
1365 N. Astor Street
Chicago, Illinois 60610
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