Friday, October 18 2024, 12:30 - 1:30pm 148 Zell Miller Learning Center Join us for a talk with author Dr. Robert Cohen, on his new book, Confronting Jim Crow: Race, Memory, and the University of Georgia in the Twentieth Century (August 2024, UNC Press). Robert Cohen is a professor of history and social studies in NYU’s Steinhardt School of Culture, Education, and Human Development. He is an affiliated member of NYU’s History Department. His historical scholarship focuses on politics, higher education, and social protest in twentieth-century America. His social studies work links middle and high school teachers with the recent advances in historical scholarship, and develops curriculum aimed at teaching their students to explore history as a critical discipline – and one that is characterized by intense and exciting debate. Free and open to the public. This is an FYO event. .................. We'll have pizza for attendees! Research Area: African American U.S. 19th & 20th Century U.S. South Updated flyer for book talk Oct 18 2024 (218.22 KB) Robert Cohen Steinhardt School of Culture, Education, and Human Development New York University NYU Social Studies Education
