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  • New Faculty Publication: Building the Ghanaian Nation-State: Kwame Nkrumah’s Symbolic Nationalism

    Prof. Harcourt Fuller of the History Department has recently published his new book, Building the Ghanaian Nation-State: Kwame Nkrumah’s Symbolic Nationalism (2014). As the first...
    Topics
    • African American Studies
    • Books
    • Faculty Publications and Research
    • For Faculty
    • For Graduate Students
  • Thinking about African American History Month: Making It Every Month

    Established in 1976 (as an expansion of Negro History Week, first established by Carter G. Woodson in 1925), African-American History Month has been observed for...
    Topics
    • African American Studies
    • Books
    • Databases
    • For Faculty
    • For Graduate Students
  • Upcoming Workshop: “Teaching with Archival Sources”

    Morna Gerrard, GSU’s Women and Gender Collections Archivist, and Jill Anderson, History/African-American Studies/Women’s Studies Librarian, will be offering a workshop for faculty and graduate students...
    Topics
    • Communication
    • English
    • For Faculty
    • For Graduate Students
    • History
  • Visualizing Human Origins on CURVE’s interactWall

    CURVE’s visualization technology is helping researchers take a closer look at our origins. In an effort to understand “local climate dynamics relevant to the time...
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    • Anthropology
    • Biology
    • Chemistry
    • Computer Science
    • Faculty Publications and Research
  • New! Avery Index to Architectural Periodicals

    The Library is pleased to announce the recent addition of the Avery Index to Architectural Periodicals. This research database provides access to articles on architecture, urban planning,...
    Topics
    • Art & Design
    • Databases
    • For Faculty
    • For Graduate Students
    • History
  • Department of History Lecture: Claudio Saunt, “West of the Revolution, An Uncommon History of 1776”

    The GSU Department of History is sponsoring a lecture by Prof. Claudio Saunt, titled “West of the Revolution, An Uncommon History of 1776,” on Friday, ...
    Topics
    • Books
    • For Faculty
    • For Graduate Students
    • For Students
    • History
  • New Faculty Publication: Galileo’s Idol: Gianfrancesco Sagredo and the Politics of Knowledge

    Prof. Nick Wilding of the Department of History has recently published his new book, Galileo’s Idol: Gianfrancesco Sagredo and the Politics of Knowledge (2014). Galileo’s...
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    • Books
    • Faculty Publications and Research
    • For Faculty
    • For Graduate Students
    • For Students
  • GSU Women’s Collections Commemorate the Life of Dorothy Gibson-Ferrey

    Donor and longtime friend to the University Library Women’s Collections, Dorothy Gibson-Ferrey passed away in late November, shortly after her 97th birthday. Dorothy Wiggins Gibson-Ferrey...
    Topics
    • Digital Collections
    • For Faculty
    • General
    • History
    • Oral Histories
  • Lecture: Prof. Lela Urquhart, “The Politics of Religious Expression in Ancient Magna Graecia

    The Georgia State University Center for Hellenic Studies announces a lecture titled “The Politics of Religious Expression in Ancient Magna Graecia” by Prof. Lela Urquhart...
    Topics
    • Faculty Publications and Research
    • For Faculty
    • For Graduate Students
    • For Students
    • History
  • Lecture: Roxanne Dunbar-Ortiz, “An Indigenous Peoples’ History of the United States”

    On Wednesday, October 22, historian and activist Dr. Roxanne Dunbar-Ortiz will give a lecture on “An Indigenous Peoples’ History of the United States.” Co-sponsored by...
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    • Books
    • Databases
    • For Faculty
    • For Graduate Students
    • For Students