In its aim to nurture a vibrant research culture that engages with the both students and the general public, the centre hosts the annual Marcus Cunliffe Lecture Series, which is published as an annual book series by The Johns Hopkins University Press. This series is designed to bring together the very best scholars in the field to stimulate open-ended debate on critical issues in the southern past.
The inaugural volume of the Marcus Cunliffe Lectures, Slavery's Ghost: The Problem of Freedom in the Age of Emancipation, authored by Eric Foner, Walter Johnson, and Richard Follett, appeared in October 2011. Read a recent review of Slavery's Ghost here.
The 2012-13 Series: The Global History of Southern Commodities
- Sven Beckert, Laird Bell Professor of American History, Harvard University
March 12, 2012 (Arts A1; 6.00pm) - Barbara Hahn, Assistant Professor of History, Texas Tech University
May 14, 2012 (Arts A1; 6.00pm) - Peter A. Coclanis, Albert Ray Newsome Distinguished Professor, University of North Carolina, Chapel Hill
October 2012 - Richard Follett, Reader in American History, University of Sussex
May 2013
