Battle of Atlanta Project Discussion and Exhibit Set for July 17 at Emory’s Woodruff Library
[author_affiliation] Overview Confederate fort near Atlanta, Georgia, part of the city’s inner ring of fortification, 1864. Photographic print by George H. Barnard. Courtesy of Library of Congress. Emory University’s Robert W. Woodruff Library continues to celebrate the launch of the Battle of Atlanta mobile tour website and commemorate the 150th anniversary of the battle with […]
Emory University Team Launches Mobile Tour App for Historic Battle of Atlanta Sites
[author_affiliation] Overview Confederate and Union troops in close combat, Battle of Atlanta Cyclorama, Atlanta, Georgia, 1886. Painting by the Atlanta Panorama Company. As the 150th anniversary of the Battle of Atlanta approaches, the Emory Center for Digital Scholarship (ECDS) at Emory University has launched a self-guided mobile tour of Battle-related sites throughout the city, complete […]
Words Like a Fire: MARBL’s Kennedy and Sons Collection
[author_affiliation] Overview Southern Spaces is pairing with Emory University’s Manuscript, Archives, and Rare Book Library (MARBL) to publish short features on MARBL collections, events, and exhibits that tell the history of spaces and places in the US South. These posts investigate the geographical, historical, and cultural study of real and imagined southern spaces through the […]
Managing Malaria: The Emory University Field Station and The Melvin H. Goodwin Papers
[author_affiliation] Overview Southern Spaces is pairing with Emory University’s Manuscript, Archives, and Rare Book Library (MARBL) to publish short features on MARBL collections, events, and exhibits that tell the history of spaces and places in the US South. These posts investigate the geographical, historical, and cultural study of real and imagined southern spaces through the […]
Struggle Against Disease and Discrimination: The Jesse Peel Papers
[author_affiliation] Overview Southern Spaces is pairing with Emory University’s Manuscript, Archives and Rare Books Library (MARBL) to publish short features on MARBL collections, events, and exhibits that tell the history of spaces and places in the US South. These posts investigate the geographical, historical, and cultural study of real and imagined southern spaces through the […]
Nostalgia May Not Be the Right Word
[author_affiliation] Overview Interview Part 2: Morgan reads “Backwater” and discusses his history of coming to terms with his origins Part 3: Morgan reads “Heaven” and discusses the place of nostalgia in his poetry Part 4: Morgan reads “Rearview Mirror” and discusses the paradox of the mirror Part 5: Morgan describes his relationships with A.R. Ammons and Jake Adam York, […]
The Battle of Atlanta: History and Remembrance
Introduction to the Battle of Atlanta Project Confederate and Union troops in close combat, Battle of Atlanta Cyclorama, Atlanta, Georgia, 1886. Painting by the American Panorama Company. The fall of Atlanta was a major turning point in the Civil War, and this essay begins with a summary of the city’s importance to both sides, their […]
Call for Proposals for the Second Annual Atlanta Studies Symposium
Emory University’s Center for Digital Scholarship and Georgia State University’s Cities Initiative and the Department of Geosciences invite proposals for presentations at the Second Annual Atlanta Studies Symposium. The day-long symposium will be held April 4, 2014 at Georgia State University and will feature presentations by, among others, Clarence Stone, Research Professor at George Washington […]
Visualizing Spatial History: The Example of Rio de Janeiro
Presentation Part 2: Frank provides an overview of the Stanford Spatial History Project Part 3: Frank discusses creating visualizations that evoke patterns and varieties of spatial mobility, consciousness, and power Part 4: Frank demonstrates the possibilities of HGIS using visualizations from his Terrain of History project About the Author Zephyr Frank is associate professor of […]
Hillbilly Records, Zulu Yodels, and the Sounds of a Global South
Presentation Part 2: Nunn discusses how Rodgers’ music was appropriated and recontextualized in South Africa and Kenya in the 1930’s and 1940’s Part 3: Erich Nunn, Selected questions and answers About the Author Erich Nunn is Assistant Professor of English at Auburn University, where he teaches American Studies, with an emphasis on the literature and culture of […]