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2026 Conference Programs

Welcome to DLF Forum 2026!

All times are shown in the time zone of the conference (Eastern Time).
The current conference date and time is: 23rd Aug 2026, 11:27:01pm EDT.

Daily Overview

Session

W01: Collaboration in the Courthouse: a Student- and Partnership-Powered Digital History Project

Time:

Wednesday, 14/Oct/2026:

12:00pm - 12:50pm

Location: Breakout 1

Presentations

Collaboration in the Courthouse: a Student- and Partnership-Powered Digital History Project

Kara Long¹, Kristina Poznan³, Jessica Taylor¹, Lourdes Cantu², Grace Kostrzebski¹

1: Virginia Tech, United States of America; 2: North Carolina Central University; 3: Michigan State University

Brief Abstract

"Dangerous Harbor: Finding Unfree Laborers in the Seventeenth-Century Chesapeake," brings together expertise across several institutions to create a dataset detailing escape attempts of indentured servants and enslaved people across Maryland, Virginia, and North Carolina. Comprised of faculty and students, this panel explores facets of this project’s history and design.