Recent Events sponsored by the Center for Georgia Studies
Fall Semester 2018:
Dr. Elizabeth McRae of Western Carolina University gave the Center for Georgia Studies Fall Lecture entitled "Watering the Garden of Jim Crow: White Women and White Supremacy."
Spring Semester 2019:
The Center hosted its First Academic Symposium entitled "Race, Power, and Rural Economic Development," that brought scholars from around the country as well as Georgia College to share work pertaining to the ways that the structures of racial power have historically impacted economic development across the racial South.
The Center has also continued its collaboration with WRGC 88.3 Milledgeville's National Public Radio affiliate. Center director Mark Huddle has hosted interviews with Dr. Elizabeth McRae of Western Carolina University about her book, The Mothers of Massive Resistance: White Women and the Politics of White Supremacy (Oxford 2018), and Dr. Zachary Lechner of Thomas Nelson Community College about his book, The South of the Mind: American Imaginings of White Southerness (Georgia 2018).
Fall Semester 2017
Dr. Marko Maunula, Associate Professor of History at Clayton State University, delivered a lecture entitled "Bonjour Y'all! Georgia and the Global South." Dr. Maunula will offer his thoughts on the theme of globalization and the ways in which great economic forces have long shaped the history of our state. The lecture is sponsored by the GC Center for Georgia Studies and the Department of History and Geography and it is free and open to the public.
Spring Semester 2018
April 2018 - Dr. Tammy Ingram, Associate Professor of History at the College of Charleston, presented the Center's Spring Lecture entitled "The Phenix City Story: Reconstructing White Crime in the Jim Crow South." The lecture was held on April 25th at 4 pm at Georgia College's Peabody Auditorium. (All events are free and opened to the public).
January 2018 - The Center for Georgia Studies is pleased to announce an ongoing radio collaboration with WRGC, the College's NPR affiliate. Check out our first show, an interview with Temple University historian Dr. Bryant Simon about his new book, The Hamlet Fire: A Tragic Story of Cheap Food, Cheap.
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OVERVIEW OF THE CENTER FOR GEORGIA STUDIES
Formally recognized by the University System Board of Regents in 1998, the Center for Georgia Studies was created to provide a comprehensive examination of all aspects of Georgia life, history, and culture.
The Center complements the mission of Georgia College - to "promote critical reflection and the advancement of knowledge" through the study of the natural and human environments, history, economics, literature, art, music, and folk traditions-providing Georgians and non-Georgians with "the whole story" about the state, its diverse cultural heritage, and its involvement in regional, national, and global issues.
The Center offers students, educators, researchers, and the local and state-wide community opportunities to examine various aspects of Georgia culture and history through conferences and symposiums, educational activities, course curricula, publications, and research that encourages a critical re-thinking of Georgia by the public and scholars alike. The Center for Georgia Studies serves as an arena for discovering and presenting "the whole story" of Georgia, one that goes beyond stereotypical and one-dimensional representations of the state.
Mission
Formally recognized by the University System Board of Regents in 1998, the Center for Georgia Studies was created to provide a comprehensive examination of all aspects of Georgia life, history, and culture. The Center complements the mission of the College of Arts & Sciences to "promote critical reflection and the advancement of knowledge" through the study of the natural and human environments, history, economics, literature, art, music, and folk traditions-providing Georgians and non-Georgians with "the whole story" about the state, its diverse cultural heritage, and its involvement in regional, national, and global issues. The Center offers students, educators, researchers, and the local and state-wide community opportunities to examine various aspects of Georgia culture and history through conferences and symposiums, educational activities, course curricula, publications, and research that encourages a critical re-thinking of Georgia by the public and scholars alike. The Center for Georgia Studies serves as an arena for discovering and presenting "the whole story" of Georgia, one that goes beyond stereotypical and one-dimensional representations of the state.