“It’s
a natural fit for the LEH to handle this project,” Richard
Campanella, a senior professor of practice in the School of
Architecture, said.
Campanella, who will contribute two
chapters to the book, “New Orleans & The World: The
Tricentennial Anthology,” said one of the chapters is on the
formation of the delta plain and the other is on the urban
development patterns of the city and architecture.
The LEH
is partnered with the New Orleans Convention and Visitors Bureau and
the New Orleans Tourism Marketing Corporation. The LEH created the
editorial board to oversee the book’s production. Joining
Campanella on the board will be Kara Tucina Olidge, executive director of Tulane’s
Amistad Research Center, and Tulane Professor Emeritus Lawrence
Powell.
“New Orleans has an interesting, colorful
history,” Olidge said. “The goal is to highlight the city’s
cultural, historical, and political influence on the world. In
addition to serving on the editorial board, I’m submitting a
chapter on the civil rights movement in New Orleans and its
relationship to the larger movement within the U.S.”