Confluence
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This conference takes the geographical metaphor of riverway confluence as a point of departure for examining key themes and patterns affecting migration to and from Missouri — a key convergence point for migration in the past and present.
Presenters are premier scholars in Missouri migration studies and will assemble to highlight interdisciplinary approaches to migration, with special attention to humanistic approaches.
Schedule
Thursday, April 24, 2025
| Time | Title | Location |
| 5:30-7 p.m. | Opening Night Keynote: Walter Johnson Harvard University “Racial capitalism and human migration in the history of St. Louis” | Monsanto Auditorium, Bond Life Sciences Center |
Friday, April 25, 2025
| Time | Title | Location |
| 9:00-9:15 a.m. | Opening remarks: Kristin Kopp University of Missouri | Smith Forum (Room 200), RJI |
| 9:15-10:30 a.m. | Walter Kamphoefner Texas A&M “What remains of German ethnicity after five Derek Munson Illinois State University “Queer kinship and migration: A reflexive essay” | Smith Forum (Room 200), RJI |
| 10:30-11 a.m. | Break | |
| 11 a.m.-12:15 p.m. | Rose Metro, Joseph Decker, Ma Maysi University of Missouri “Transnational Myanmar refugee youth identities: Theresa Torres University of Missouri, Kansas City “Exceptional Mexican American youth and their | Smith Forum (Room 200), RJI |
| 12:15-1:45 p.m. | Lunch | Palmer Room (Room 100A), RJI |
| 1:45-3 p.m. | Diane Mutti Burke University of Missouri, Kansas City “I never expect to be as well satisfied in any Huping Ling Truman State University “Heartland Asian American Story” | Smith Forum (Room 200), RJI |
| 3-3:30 p.m. | Break | |
| 3:30-5 p.m. | Day 2 Keynote: Stephen Aron Autry Museum of the American West “In migrations, out migrations, reparations, | Smith Forum (Room 200), RJI |
Saturday, April 26, 2025
| Time | Title | Location |
| 8:30-9:30 a.m. | Coffee | Smith Forum (Room 200), RJI |
| 9:30-10:15 a.m. | Joanna Hearne University of Oklahoma “Animated waters and the circulation of Indigenous instruction” | Smith Forum (Room 200), RJI |
| 10:15-10:30 a.m. | Break | |
| 10:30-11:45 a.m. | Jana Keck German Historical Institute "Digitizing Missouri’s Past: The Migrant Networks of Nineteenth Benjamin Moore, Rebecca van Kniest, Center for Bosnian Studies, Fontbonne University “The Bosnian community in St. Louis: memory, migration, and the vexed | Smith Forum (Room 200), RJI |
| 11:45 a.m.-1 p.m. | Lunch | Palmer Room (Room 100A), RJI |
| 1:15-2 p.m. | Sydney Norton, Cecilia Nadal “The Shared Histories of German Immigrants and African Americans in Missouri” | Studio 4, McKee Gymnasium |
| 2-2:30 p.m. | Cecilia Nadal, (Playwright & Director) “Two Worlds: One America” | Studio 4, McKee Gymnasium |
| 2:30-3 p.m. | Discussion | Studio 4, McKee Gymnasium |
| 3-3:30 p.m. | Closing remarks: Kristin Kopp University of Missouri | Studio 4, McKee Gymnasium |