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Posted April 15, 2021

Jobs and Internships Available at CBMM

The Chesapeake Bay Maritime Museum (CBMM) has a number of full-time, part-time, and seasonal openings right now. Some of the jobs include: Lead Custodian (FT), Building Maintenance Mechanic (FT), Administrative Assistants (PT), Custodian (PT), virtual and in-person educators/instructors (PT), Sales Associates/Welcome Center Hosts (seasonal), Assistant Dockmaster (seasonal), and remote/hybrid interns (seasonal, stipends provided). Visit CBMM’s…

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Posted February 5, 2021

March 17, 2021: The 1856 Project: Confronting the Ongoing Legacy of Slavery at the University of Maryland (“Lest We Forget” Winter Speaker Series)- Wednesday 3/17- Virtual (St. Michaels, virtual)

About this session: The University of Maryland has recently established the 1856 Project, joining the Universities Studying Slavery consortium to facilitate collaborative research and academic scholarship. Institutional co-leads Lae’l Hughes-Watkins, University Archivist, and Joni Floyd, Libraries Curator for Maryland and Historical Collections, will discuss how this initiative will create a path toward restorative history, allowing for…

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Posted January 29, 2021

February 3, 2021: Loyalty on the Line: Civil War Maryland in American Memory (“Lest We Forget” Winter Speaker Series) (St. Michaels (virtual))

The controversy surrounding the monuments and memory of Maryland’s Civil War legacy is not new. During the American Civil War, Maryland did not join the Confederacy but nonetheless possessed divided loyalties and sentiments. In this session, Snow College Assistant Professor David Graham examines the place of Maryland in Civil War memory, and how that legacy…

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Posted January 29, 2021

Starts February 3, 2021: Winter Speaker Series 2021: Lest We Forget: History, Memory, and an Inclusive Future (St. Michaels (virtual))

How do we remember the past? How does our historical record and memory influence us today? This series unpacks stories of Chesapeake history with a focus on what our understanding of the past means for our future. View series details CBMM’s Speaker Series brings discussion about Chesapeake-related topics. Held biannually, both the Fall and Winter…

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Concetta Gibson added a new Event

Posted January 29, 2021

March 10, 2021: The Struggle and the Urban South: The Legacy of Confronting Jim Crow in Baltimore (St. Michaels, virtual)

About this session: Baltimore, one of the South’s largest cities, was a crucible of segregationist laws and practices. In this session, Morgan State University Associate Professor David Taft Terry explores the historical importance of African American resistance to Jim Crow culture in the South’s largest cities after World War II. This resistance, he argues, drew…

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Concetta Gibson added a new Event

Posted January 29, 2021

February 17, 2021: Stolen: The Reverse Underground Railroad and Slavery in the Greater Chesapeake (St. Michaels, virtual)

About this session: In retelling the story of five young, free Black boys kidnapped in 1825, University of Maryland Professor Richard Bell illuminates the Reverse Underground Railroad, a network of human traffickers and slave traders who stole away thousands of legally free African American people from their families in order to fuel slavery’s rapid expansion in…

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Concetta Gibson added a new Event

Posted January 29, 2021

February 10, 2021: Winter Speaker Series 2021: Lest We Forget: History, Memory, and an Inclusive Future (St. Michaels, virtual)

About this session: Slavery was a fact of life at Mount Clare, an 18th century antebellum plantation near Baltimore, Md. Despite efforts to ignore the presence and significance of enslaved Blacks there, historical and archeological research shows the integral role they played. National Park Service Archeologist Teresa Moyer will share this research, which offers opportunities to…

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Concetta Gibson added a new Event

Posted January 29, 2021

February 3, 2021: Winter Speaker Series 2021: Lest We Forget: History, Memory, and an Inclusive Future (St. Michaels (virtual))

How do we remember the past? How does our historical record and memory influence us today? This series unpacks stories of Chesapeake history with a focus on what our understanding of the past means for our future. View series details CBMM’s Speaker Series brings discussion about Chesapeake-related topics. Held biannually, both the Fall and Winter…

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Posted December 4, 2020

December 9, 2020: From Photography to Film: David Harp with Sandy Cannon-Brown, Artist Series (virtual)

In this virtual series, David Harp and professional collaborators Tom Horton and Sandy Cannon-Brown will reflect upon the evolution of Harp’s Chesapeake photography in a career spanning over four decades. A new exhibition of Harp’s work, Where Land and Water Meet: The Chesapeake Bay Photography of David W. Harp is on display at the Chesapeake Bay…

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Posted November 25, 2020

December 2, 2020: Climate Change & Racial Justice: The Resilience & Vulnerability of African-American Communities on the Eastern Shore (Fall Speaker Series) (St. Michaels, virtual)

Part of Chesapeake Bay Maritime Museum’s Fall Speaker Series: Climate Change in the Chesapeake About this session: Climate change is fundamentally a racial justice issue, as both the responsibility for causing climate change and the vulnerability to its impacts vary by race. The story of Smithville—a historic African-American community in Dorchester County—illustrates how cultural legacies…

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Posted November 13, 2020

November 18, 2020: Environmental Justice During a Syndemic: Challenges and Opportunities for Social Change (Fall Speaker Series) (St. Michaels, MD, virtual)

Part of Chesapeake Bay Maritime Museum’s Fall Speaker Series: Climate Change in the Chesapeake About this session: In America, COVID-19 is disproportionately impacting people of color with higher morbidity and mortality rates, but this is not the only pandemic impacting these populations. The nation’s most polluted and high poverty areas are often highly racially segregated,…

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Posted November 6, 2020

November 11, 2020: Protecting Nature, Strengthening Communities: The Role of Land Conservation in Climate Resilience (Fall Speaker Series, virtual) (St. Michaels, MD)

Part of Chesapeake Bay Maritime Museum’s Fall Speaker Series: Climate Change in the Chesapeake About this session: As sea level rises, temperatures warm, and precipitation patterns change, it is imperative that we protect land and natural resources across the Delmarva Peninsula. Jim Bass, Coastal Resilience Program Manager at Eastern Shore Land Conservancy (ESLC), will discuss the…

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Posted October 30, 2020

November 4, 2020: The Photographer and the Writer: David Harp with Tom Horton, Artist Series (virtual, St. Michaels)

In this virtual series, David Harp and professional collaborators Tom Horton and Sandy Cannon-Brown will reflect upon the evolution of Harp’s Chesapeake photography in a career spanning over four decades. A new exhibition of Harp’s work, Where Land and Water Meet: The Chesapeake Bay Photography of David W. Harp is on display at the Chesapeake Bay…

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Posted October 18, 2020

October 21, 2020: Engaging Waterman Heritage in Climate Change Adaptation Planning on the Deal Island Peninsula (St. Michaels, MD, virtual)

Part of Chesapeake Bay Maritime Museum’s Fall Speaker Series: Climate Change in the Chesapeake About this session: The Deal Island Peninsula is deeply rooted by local watermen heritage, which has for generations helped local families navigate living and working in a dynamic coastal environment. This heritage also helps frame local understandings about climate change vulnerabilities…

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Posted October 9, 2020

October 14, 2020: Chesapeake Climate Science for the Non-Scientist (Fall Speaker Series) (St. Michaels, MD (virtual))

Part of Chesapeake Bay Maritime Museum’s Fall Speaker Series: Climate Change in the Chesapeake Date/Time: Wednesday, Oct. 14, 2-3pm      Location: Virtual Cost: $7.50 per session, with a 20% discount for CBMM members Register online for all five sessions in the Fall Speaker Series for a discount      Single Session Registration and Full Series Registration available…

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