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Capitalist Souths Keynote Lecture: The Global Cowboy

flyer with event information from the calendar listing Greater Souths Keynote Lecture
Tore Olsson
History
University of Tennessee, Knoxville
Virtual

The University of Georgia Department of History and the Andrew W. Mellon Foundation is pleased to welcome the keynote speaker for the Capitalist Souths interdisciplinary graduate student conference Friday, May 21.This conference is part of the Willson Center for Humanities and Arts Global Georgia Initiative.

Historian Dr. Tore Olsson will present the conference keynote address, "The Global Cowboy: Country Music and American Empire in the Twentieth Century", via Zoom at 6 pm.

Tore Olsson is Associate Professor of History at the University of Tennessee, Knoxville and author of Agrarian Crossings: Reformers and the Remaking of the US and Mexican Countryside.

This virtual event is free and open to the public. Advance registration is required. To register, scan the QR code or go to https://zoom.us/meeting/register/tJIocu6sqjwoGdWOgpi3WYF8NOgfxb2XX_LM. After registering, you will receive a confirmation email about joining the meeting.

Greater Souths QR code for May 21 lecture

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