you know me. i m professor april mastin we are very fortunate today to have a guest lecture president of stony brook university maury mcginnis. i d like to tell you a little bit about her the title of her dr. mcginnis s lecture as you can see is the shadow of slavery in public life. this topic is relevant not only to our inquiry into how the arts can be researched as a window onto the past. but also how they affect the present or in the words of james baldwin how history does not merely refer to the past history is literally present in all we do. the research and for this lecture and the lecture itself was inspired by the students of the university of virginia who thought that the university wasn t adequately representing how the labor of enslaved people helped to create that institution. dr. mcginnis is a renowned scholar and cultural cultural historian of the relationship between art and politics in the colonial and antebellum south particularly the politics of slavery. she
their experience particularly with removal coming forward all the way up into the present. i want to welcome dr. denton to our program andrew welcome and thanks so much for being here with us. thanks, dan. it s a really good to talk with you all. let me give andrew a quick introduction as i mentioned. he s a professor of history at western carolina university where he teaches courses on native american and united states history. he participates in their cherokee studies program as you might expect he is the author of this book published by the university of north carolina, press it s called monuments to absence cherokee removal and the contest over southern memories. i mentioned published by the university of north carolina, press in 2017. so andrew as i mentioned the theme and i ll give the official title here of the georgia history festival for 2021 and 22 is from marshes to mountains. georgia s changing landscape geography history and community really talking about the imp
can be researched as a window onto the past. but also how they affect the present or in the words of james baldwin how history does not merely refer to the past history is literally present in all we do. the research and for this lecture and the lecture itself was inspired by the students of the university of virginia who thought that the university wasn t adequately representing how the labor of enslaved people helped to create that institution. dr. mcginnis is a renowned scholar and cultural cultural historian of the relationship between art and politics in the colonial and antebellum south particularly the politics of slavery. she s an award-winning author co-author and editor of six books including two books on this topic slaves waiting for sale abolitionist art and the american slave trade and educated in tyranny slavery at thomas jefferson s university. which for which she won? the she was awarded the chelsea eldridge book prize from the smithsonian american art museum?
with us. thanks, dan. it s a really good to talk with you all. let me give andrew a quick introduction as i mentioned. he s a professor of history at western carolina university where he teaches courses on native american and united states history. he participates in their cherokee studies program as you might expect he is the author of this book published by the university of north carolina, press it s called monuments to absence cherokee removal and the contest over southern memories. i mentioned published by the university of north carolina, press in 2017. so andrew as i mentioned the theme and i ll give the official title here of the georgia history festival for 2021 and 22 is from marshes to mountains. georgia s changing landscape geography history and community really talking about the importance of place and the way the land has helped shape community and people over time. so let s start by talking about the cherokee if you will introduce our audience to who s the cher
the arts is history students. you know me. i m professor april mastin we are very fortunate today to have a guest lecture president of stony brook university maury mcginnis. i d like to tell you a little bit about her the title of her dr. mcginnis s lecture as you can see is the shadow of slavery in public life. this topic is relevant not only to our inquiry into how the arts can be researched as a window onto the past. but also how they affect the present or in the words of james baldwin how history does not merely refer to the past history is literally present in all we do. the research and for this lecture and the lecture itself was inspired by the students of the university of virginia who thought that the university wasn t adequately representing how the labor of enslaved people helped to create that institution. dr. mcginnis is a renowned scholar and cultural cultural historian of the relationship between art and politics in the colonial and antebellum south particularl