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Historian Karl Hagstrom Miller will deliver the 2012-13 Alfred D. Chandler Lecture in Southern Business History as the keynote of the Global American South Conference, co-sponsored by the Center for the Study of the American South and the Center for … Read more
This year's Global South Conference will focus on "The Local/Global Nexus" of Southern foodways. Please join us at the FedEx Global Education Center March 27-28! A full schedule is available here. The conference will culminate in this year's Chandler Lecture … Read more
"The Hamlet Fire: Business, Politics, and Eating in the Age of Reagan" In September 1991, the Imperial Food Products plant in Hamlet, North Carolina exploded in flames. Twenty-five people lost their lives in the blaze; most were trapped inside the … Read more
According to the Chronicle of Higher Education, economic historians have produced a number of new studies that "reshape how view the connection between slavery and capitalism... show the role that coercion played in bringing about a modern market system that … Read more
Our 2018 Chandler Conversation in Southern Business History features four leading entrepreneurs who hail from around the world but now call North Carolina home. Please join us in the FedEx Global Education Center for this free panel discussion. Parking is … Read more