Atlanta Studies

The Editorial Board of Atlanta Studies has decided that the journal will no longer maintain an active presence on Twitter. Much of the work of the journal is about encouraging social justice and human rights. Too much of the work of this platform is antithetical to that pursuit.

Atlanta's Summerhill neighborhood has suffered neglect, racial zoning, and displacement for a century. @nathanawalter Richard Milligan, @marnidavis @ATLStudies Symposium @GeorgiaStateU U West Ga

@MurphyAJC some reading on the Atlanta Way from @edgett_kayla and Sarah Abdelaziz for @ATLStudies atlantastudies.org/2021/10/04/the…

Register for the 2023 Atlanta Studies Symposium happening THIS THURSDAY, May 11th @ Georgia Tech via link below, where you can also find the schedule and program of presentations. See you there :) atlantastudies.org/2023/04/03/10t…

🌺🌻🌹🌷🌼💐 Check out this Atlanta Studies blog post and read about the tending to and commemorating of indigenous histories through Tony Harris's decade-long Cherokee Garden Project! (Located at Green Meadows Preserve, 3780 Dallas Hwy, Marietta, GA) atlantastudies.org/2023/04/10/the…

This year is 10th #Atlanta Studies Symposium! Join @ATLStudies on 11 May to discuss and debate the city's past, present, and future - details and the link to submit your abstracts & session proposals are available here: atlantastudies.org/2023/02/20/cfp… @urban_gsu @UrbanStudentGSU

Check out our newest blog post — Joanna Mundy @EmoryCDS walks us through ECDS's OpenTour Builder, an open source software platform for building geospatial tours that aims to enrich people’s understanding of the Atlanta region and its history through maps. atlantastudies.org/2022/11/03/ope…

Come join us at Manuel's Tavern on October 24 for the Fall 2022 Atlanta Studies Meetup, where we'll hear from Hannah Palmer (@StumptownGA) on Rewilding Atlanta Urban Creeks and Curt Jackson and Joselin Leon on the Krog Codex (krogcodex.org/about). atlantastudies.org/2022/10/12/fal…

How has a dysfunctional public finance system exacerbated inequality in Atlanta? @DanImmergluck in his new book Red Hot City, with an intro for ATLS by @alexfschwartz, shows how the city failed to capture growth for the betterment of the people. @ucpress atlantastudies.org/2022/09/28/gen…

Thank you @ATLStudies for this beautiful excerpt and timeline !! Atlanta Studies | Black Women at the Fore: Perry Homes and the Transformation of Tenant Activism in 1960s Atlanta atlantastudies.org/2021/05/26/bla…

🧵 When I moved to Atlanta in January, I did not expect I would soon spend weeks tracking Killer Mike and T.I. (1/7): politico.com/news/magazine/…

Thrilled to have a chance to engage deeply & critically with my friend @MartyPadgett’s book for @ATLStudies. Go give it a read. #QueerHistory #QueerStudies #AtlantaStudies #LGBTQ

In his new review of @MartyPadgett's _A Night at the Sweet Gum Head_, @eesolomo traces the history of '70s- and '80s Atlanta and "the sacred centrality of gay bars to the development of Atlanta’s LGBTQ+ community and politics." Read it now: atlantastudies.org/2022/08/10/onc…

Greatly enjoyed being a part of this UCLA symposia on decommodifying property. I wrote a short piece on collateral pulling together some of my thoughts on financial markets and housing. lpeproject.org/symposia/decom…

press.uillinois.edu/books/?id=65st… @krforde @SidBedingfield

"What Journalism and Jim Crow does best," writes @David_S_Bennett in his review for ATL Studies, "is highlight how white supremacist narratives played a role not only in bolstering the profits of white newspapers, but also in silencing Black journalists." atlantastudies.org/2022/06/17/exp…

Applications for 2022 Research Fellowships @EmoryRoseMARBL are open and will close on May 25, 2022. This is a great opportunity for scholars of Atlanta Studies to conduct research at the Stuart A. Rose Manuscript, Archives and Rare Book Library. scholarblogs.emory.edu/marbl/2022/04/…

The schedule for the upcoming Atlanta Studies Symposium on Friday, May 6 is now live at atlantastudies.org/atlanta-studie… A day of insight on the history, planning, and potential futures of Atlanta, featuring the Cliff Kuhn Memorial Lecture by AJ Kim and plenary keynote by @DanImmergluck

Registration is now open for the upcoming Atlanta Studies Symposium, hosted by GSU on May 6 at the Knowles Conference Center. Registration Link: docs.google.com/forms/d/1rk2Wc… More Information: atlantastudies.org/2022/01/19/cfp…

On this day in 1974, Jazz 91.9 FM WCLK aired its very first jazz selection, “Maiden Voyage,” by Herbie Hancock. Learn more about the history of Georgia's first Black Educational Radio Station in this post/documentary by April Lundy atlantastudies.org/2018/01/16/apr…