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Civil War Ghosts of Georgia, with Courtney McInvale

Courtney McInvale is the founder of Seaside Shadows - A history and haunts walking (and boat) tour company based in Connecticut. She has interned at NCIS (Cold Case Homicide Unit) and worked with Homeland Security.  At an early age, she focused on American War History. She has been a guest on many Discovery/Travel Channel shows including Ghost Adventurers, and she routinely interviews on GAIA and Coast to Coast. As a 4th generation…


History Film Series: "Roma"

The History Film series presents: Roma. An award winning drama, Roma was written and directed by Alfonso Cuarón. Set in 1970-71, Roma follows the life of a live-in indigenous housekeeper of an upper-middle-class Mexican family, as a semi-autobiographical take on Cuarón's upbringing in Mexico City. The film stars Yalitza Aparicio and Marina de Tavira in the leading roles. An international co-production between Mexico and the United States. Drama…


History Film Series: Tokyo Story (1953)

The History Film series presents: Tokyo Story (1953, dir. Yasujiro Ozu)  136 mins. Rated NR. Drama.  Directed by Yasujiro Ozu. Starring Chishu Ryu, Chieko Higashiyama, and So Yamamura. FREE and open to the public. Refreshments. ....... Join us as we watch Tokyo Story and learn a little history along the way. With an introduction from Dr. Timothy Yang, Associate Professor and the Director for Asian Studies. Watch history come alive, and…


History Film Series: Ladri di biciclette (Bicycle Thieves, 1948)

Ladri di biciclette (1948) 89 mins | Rated NR | Drama Directed by Vittorio De Sica | Starring Lianella Carell, Lambertp Maggiorani, Enzo Staiola, Vittorio Antonucci, Gino Saltamerenda. FREE and open to the public. Refreshments. ....... Join us as we watch Bicycle Thieves and learn a little Italian history along the way. With special guest speaker Dr. Steve Soper. Watch history come alive, and see the past unfold like never before! This series is…


DeLisa Hawkes, on "Olivia Ward Bush-Banks and Black/Indigenous Solidarities"

In this talk, Dr. DeLisa D. Hawkes (University of Tennessee) will discuss how the under-examined writer Olivia Ward Bush-Banks reflects on Black and Indigenous solidarities in her early twentieth-century literary works and the value of teaching-in-place to thinking about the intersections between African American Studies and Native American and Indigenous Studies. Free and open to the…


Dirty History Workshop: John-Henry Harter

Faculty and graduate students from any department are invited to join us to discuss John-Henry Harter's research, "Woodworkers as Environmentalists in British Columbia, 1937-1957." Dr. Harter is Lecturer, History and Labour Studies at Simon Fraser University. The draft paper will be distributed to the Dirty History listserv two weeks in advance. If you'd like to get on the Dirty History listserv to receive the papers, email Scott Nelson at…


Dirty History Workshop: Sarah Besky

Faculty and graduate students from any department are invited to join us to discuss Sarah Baresky's paper, "After the Country: Agrarian Life and the Plantation's Outsides." Dr. Besky is Professor of the Anthropology of Work Director, South Asia Program at the Einaudi Center for International Studies. The draft paper will be distributed to the Dirty History listserv two weeks in advance. If you'd like to get on the Dirty History listserv to…


Grace Ballor: Enterprise and Integration: Big Business and the Making of the Single European Market

Join us for a talk by Dr. Grace Ballor Monday afternoon, about her research and forthcoming book: Enterprise and Integration: Big Business and the Making of the Single European Market. Grace Ballor is a historian interested in the international political economy of contemporary Europe and the intersections of global capitalism and global governance. She is currently Assistant Professor of International Economic History at Bocconi University, and…


Dueling Cultures, Damnable Legacies: Southern Violence and White Supremacy in the Civil War Era, with James Welborn (GCSU)

Join us for a talk by Dr. James Hill "Trae" Welborn III about his research and latest book, Dueling Cultures, Damnable Legacies: Southern Violence and White Supremacy in the Civil War Era, https://www.upress.virginia.edu/title/5200/. Born in Charleston, South Carolina, reared in Fernandina Beach, Florida, and educated at Clemson University (BA 2005, MA 2007) and the University of Georgia (PhD 2014), Dr. Welborn specializes in American…


Book talk with Dr. Jason De León (UCLA): Soldiers and Kings: Survival and Hope in the World of Human Smuggling

Join us as award-winning author, anthropologist, and MacArthur fellow Dr. Jason De León (The Land of Open Graves) discusses his acclaimed new book Soldiers and Kings: Survival and Hope in the World of Human Smuggling (Penguin, 2024). Jason De León is the Director of UCLA's Cotsen Institute of Archaeology and Professor of Anthropology and Chicana/o Studies. Free and open to the public. This event is part of a series presented by Indigenizing…
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