Rethinking the Geography of Lynching
...resistance in the West, the Midwest, and the Northeast. This approach makes a worthy contribution to a broader historiography that seeks to undermine "the myth of southern exceptionalism," or the...
The Liminal Site
...intersects, three-tenths of a mile to the east, a paved section called the Vulcan Trail, which itself runs, closed to motor vehicles, exactly a mile to the base of the...
Moore's Ford Lynching Reenactment
...can run but you can’t hide forever!” America, we must respect and uphold “The Rule of Law.” Directions From Atlanta: Take I-20 East Exit 82 at Conyers-Athens (Highway 138). Turn...
Black Markets and the US-Mexico Border
...in Mexico displays the predictable symptoms of previous drug wars from Southeast Asia to Colombia, including law enforcement's preoccupation with "kingpins," a strong government preference for criminal justice and military...
Cosmopolitanism and Nationalism in Native American Literature: A Panel Discussion
...people even at a time when nationalism may be viewed warily. Lisa Brooks is also the author of The Common Pot: The Recovery of Native Space in the Northeast (2008),...
The Other Side of Paradise: Glimpsing Slavery in the University's Utopian Landscapes
...form also puts these ideological systems potentially at risk, or at least subject to critical interrogation. Some of these long-term "hidden transcripts" have come into visibility over the past decade....
An Unlikely Bohemia: Athens, Georgia, in Reagan's America
...equivalent of the machine in the garden.4Local East Village, "Pylon-1980." On stage, Briscoe Hay and Lachowski's bodies and clothes create a kind of visual dissonance. Briscoe Hay wears a church...
Ossabaw Island Flyover
Video and Essay https://vimeo.com/391985688 Ossabaw Island is a barrier island on the Georgia coast. The island, which trends northeast–southwest, is about 14.5 kilometers (9 miles) long and 10.5 kilometers (6.6...
Whiskey and Geography
...cities, and they had a ready market for their products. From the Philadelphia elite on down to the redemptioners who worked for them, nearly all the easterners downed alcohol with...
The War the Slaveholders Won: Indian Removal and the State of Georgia
Presentation About the Speaker Claudio Saunt is Richard B. Russell professor of American History, co-director of the Center for Visual History, and associate director of the Center for Native American Studies at...