Berkshire 2020 Conference Featuring Anne Moody Panel is Cancelled

Cancellation due to concerns about COVID-19

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The cancellation of the 2020 Berks conference at Johns Hopkins University means my paper on Anne Moody has been put on hold until further notice. I had planned to present a paper with the title, “Bringing Her Home: Commemorating Anne Moody in Southern Public Culture” (see abstract here.) That will not happen now.

The conference, as expected, was negatively affected by COVID19, which is understandable. While history is important, our safety is more important. I'm happy the conference organizers made the right call.

I received word of the cancellation via email on Thursday, March 19, 2020. Below is an excerpt from the email.

Dear Berks Community,

Thank you for your patience as we weighed the difficult decision about the status of the Big Berks 2020 Conference. With great regret we must announce that the 2020 meeting of the Berkshire Conference of Women, Genders and Sexualities (the Big Berks,) scheduled for May 28-31, 2020, at Johns Hopkins University has been cancelled.

After extensive deliberations, the officers and trustees agreed that in light of the profound uncertainty and very real health risks related to COVID-19, and in light of our host university’s announcement about the suspension of sponsored events until further notice, it is not possible to meet as planned.