You are invited to attend the fifth Global American South Conference. This conference examines globalization in the Southern United States, and this year will focus on the effects of the 2007- 2008 economic crisis.
Register to attend for free at: globalsouth.unc.edu
The Alfred Dupont Chandler, Jr. keynote lecture, Sharing the Prize: The Civil Rights Revolution and the Southern Economy, will be given by Gavin Wright, the William Robertson Coe Professor of American Economic History and Fellow at the Woodrow Wilson Center. The lecture will document economic gains to African-American Southerners from the Civil Rights breakthroughs of the 1960s, and ask if these advances came at the expense of white Southerners or as part of an economic restructuring that also enhanced the wellbeing of most Southern whites.
Other topics will include global migration in a 21st century economy; the confluence of poverty, economic development, and politics in the South; and the role of community colleges in retooling for growth and adaptation.
The Global American South Conference is a collaboration between the Center for Global Initiatives, the Global Research Institute, and the Center for the Study of the American South at UNC Chapel Hill.
The Alfred Dupont Chandler, Jr. Lectureship in Southern Business History was established in 1998 to encourage the study of Southern business and economic history. The lectureship brings distinguished and innovative scholars to UNC-Chapel Hill annually to participate in seminars, to consult with faculty and students, and to present a public lecture on a topic related to the South’s business or economic history.
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