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SUMMARY:Cotton Modernity Symposium
DESCRIPTION:The Spencer B. King\, Jr.\, Center for Southern Studies is hosting a symposium on cotton modernity. This symposium brings together many of the nation’s most prominent scholars of the culture of cotton\, who will explain how cotton continued to define the socioeconomic culture of the South for the century after the Civil War. Historians\, literary critics\, and cultural scholars will discuss how cotton affected southern life from the late nineteenth century to the twenty-first century in agriculture\, politics\, labor\, music\, literature\, and film. \nThe keynote address will take place in the Presidents Dining Room of the University Center on Friday\, March 17\, at 6:00 pm followed by a full day of presentations on Saturday\, March 18\, from 9:30 am to 7:00 pm in Godsey Science Center room 102. All of the lectures are free and open to the public.
URL:https://events.mercer.edu/event/cotton-modernity-symposium/
LOCATION:Presidents Dining Room\, 1501 Mercer University Drive\, Macon\, 31207
CATEGORIES:Academics
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ORGANIZER;CN="David%20Davis":MAILTO:davis_da@mercer.edu
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