“From Slave Cabin to Monument to the Slave Past,” Wednesday, April 14 @ 3:30pm EST, Dr. Renée Ater, Provost Visiting Professor, Africana Studies, Brown University
UTC/RISE Community Speaker Series — Shane Morrow
In partnership with RISE Chattanooga, the UTC Africana Studies Program and the Department of History invite you to participate in this semester’s student-led interview series with prominent community members! On Tuesday, April 13, 2021 at 10:50 a.m., UTC students will ask Shane Morrow, the RISE Chattanooga Executive Director, questions about his community leadership and his vision for Chattanooga.
Lunch, Learn & Link #4 on 4/7
The History Department cordially invites you to our next Lunch, Learn & Link on Wednesday, April 7, 2021, 12:00-1:00. Two guest speakers who graduated from UTC with a history degree will share with us how their history degree has helped them professionally.
“The Future of Confederate Monuments” – 3/29, 6-7pm, Zoom
On Monday, March 29th from 6-7pm, the History Department and Africana Studies Program invite the UTC and Chattanooga communities to engage in a virtual conversation about “The Future of Confederate Monuments” with Virginia Tech professor and artist Meredith Drum.
Latin American Music as Latin American History: Understanding the Making of a World Region
What are the links between the history of music, the construction of Latin America as a region, and conversations around Latin American and Latinx identity? In this talk, Dr. Pablo Palomino will discuss how the evolution of Latin American music as a category helps us understand the past and present of a world region.