Stephanie Camp, ÌìÃÀÓ°ÊÓ´«Ã½ associate professor of history, died on Wednesday, April 2. She will be remembered as a beloved mother and friend, and a leading feminist historian. She was 46.

The Department of History will host a in remembrance and celebration of Camp’s life at 3 p.m. Sunday, June 8, in Kane Hall room 210.

Camp, the Donald W. Logan Family Endowed Chair in American History, studied African-Americans, slavery, the American South and women and gender, as well as beauty and the body. “Running throughout my teaching and my research is a strong interest in the social and cultural history of the body,” Camp stated on her , “including its uses as an index of social power and powerlessness, a political resource and an instrument of cultural pleasure.”

In 2004, University of North Carolina Press published Camp’s book, “” to critical acclaim.

A reviewer for the Journal of Southern History wrote, “Camp moves historical analysis beyond agency and resistance to create an in-depth picture of the process of slavery and the way that slaves carved out lives filled with political and personal meaning. … It will make all readers rethink how we understand women’s lives under slavery, how we understand the historical significance of space, and how we conceptualize the process of slavery itself.”

In an interview about how she came to be a historian, Camp said, “I was not a history major in undergrad, and it took me a few years to find my way to it. But I was drawn to the possibilities for storytelling and also to its rigor and discipline.”

Colleague Jordanna Bailkin, professor of British history, told the that Camp was a great listener, and added “I think a lot of the qualities that made her a wonderful historian also made her a great friend.”

The history department has opened the Stephanie M. H. Camp Lecture Fund for the History of Race & Gender. Donations may be sent to the UW Department of History, Campus box 353560, Seattle, WA 98195-3560.

The campus memorial is open to the public but the department requests RSVPs by May 30, or by emailing histmain@uw.edu or calling 206-543-5790.

“” is the title of the History Lecture Series featuring four UW faculty, each discussing slavery from a different angle. The lectures will be from 7 to 9 p.m. on Oct. 23 and 30 and Nov. 6 and 13. The first three will be in 130 Kane Hall, the fourth next door in 120 Kane.

Lynn Thomas, professor and chair of the department, said the series notes the 150^th anniversary of Lincoln’s Emancipation Proclamation.

“The core message of the series is that slavery and freedom have been foundational to the making of the United States,” Thomas said. “Not just in the years surrounding the Civil War but over our entire history. A set of four amazing UW faculty will tell this story.”

Oct. 23: , “Ancient Roman Slavery and American Slavery.” Slaveholders from colonial times through the 19^th century in the United States often aspired to emulate Ancient Rome as a civilization. But how did the Romans themselves conceive and institutionalize slavery? And how did their understanding of freedom hinge on the development of a slave system?

Oct. 30: , “Slavery, Race and the Origins of American Freedom.” Slavery was key to European colonization of America, but how could it flourish in the revolutionary world of the late 18th century? Haiti and the United States provide contrasting examples.

Nov. 6: , “Slavery: Antebellum America’s National Institution.” Slavery was not just a southern institution but a national one, and wealth produced by the enslaved helped to deepen the U.S. commitment to slavery in the 19^th century.

Nov. 13: , “Race, Empire, and Post-Emancipation Struggles for Freedom.” Race continued to define access to citizenship even after the U.S. abolished slavery. What have been the limitations and contradictions of emancipation in the decades following the Thirteenth Amendment, and how have different peoples and movements struggled for freedom after emancipation?

for lectures are $5-$10, full series $15-$35. For more information, call 206-543-5790.