Students in Dr. Joseph Crespino‘s fall 2017 class, “History 385: Right-Wing America,” produced short documentary films that were screened on November 29 at the “Documenting the Right” Student Film Festival. Students took advantage of Emory’s rich library holdings in crafting videos whose themes ranged from racism in the career of George Wallace to Atlanta’s motto as the “city too busy to hate.” Read more about the project on the Emory Center for Digital Scholarship Blog: “Emory history class uses digital storytelling to study political movements.”
Month / November 2017
Mary L. Dudziak Named Honorary Fellow by the American Society for Legal History
Congratulations to Mary L. Dudziak, Asa Griggs Candler Professor of Law and associated faculty in the Department of History, for being named an American Society for Legal History Honorary Fellow. Dudziak’s research examines the intersection of domestic law and U.S. international affairs. Read the full press release from the Emory Law News Center.
President Jimmy Carter Visits Dr. Tehila Sasson’s “Origins of Human Rights”
President Jimmy Carter recently visited Prof. Tehila Sasson’s class, “Origins of Human Rights.” The students engaged the President on foreign policy, civil rights, decolonization, the Camp David Accords, and the Cold War. President Carter answered questions ranging from the hostage crisis in Iran, women’s rights, North Korea, to human rights in the age of Trump.
Daniel LaChance Makes Appearance on Al Jazeera
Assistant Professor of History Daniel LaChance recently made a television appearance on Al Jazeera. He discussed President Trump’s tweets calling for the “death penalty for the NY terrorist attacker.” LaChance is a specialist in the history of capital punishment and author of Executing Freedom: The Cultural Life of Capital Punishment in the United States (University of Chicago Press, 2016).
