{"id":3020,"date":"2023-10-06T14:40:40","date_gmt":"2023-10-06T18:40:40","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/www.med.unc.edu\/bhomc\/?post_type=tribe_events&#038;p=3020"},"modified":"2023-10-06T14:40:40","modified_gmt":"2023-10-06T18:40:40","slug":"reshaping-the-great-migration-and-public-health-in-the-south","status":"publish","type":"tribe_events","link":"https:\/\/www.med.unc.edu\/bhomc\/event\/reshaping-the-great-migration-and-public-health-in-the-south\/","title":{"rendered":"Reshaping the Great Migration and Public Health in the South"},"content":{"rendered":"<p>A special opening reception and keynote to <a href=\"https:\/\/guides.lib.unc.edu\/wilson-fellows-symposium\/home\">New Scholarship on the US South: A Wilson Library Fellows Symposium.<\/a><\/p>\n<h2>Speaker:<\/h2>\n<p>Dr. Richard Mizelle,\u00a0<em>Associate Professor of History, University of Huston<\/em><\/p>\n<h2>Talk Description:<\/h2>\n<p>The Great Migration has generated a groundswell of scholarship in the past forty-years.\u00a0 From resilient stories of survival in harsh rural and urban landscapes to the art work of Jacob Lawrence, the Great Migration occupies a prominent place in both US southern, urban, and Black thought.\u00a0 My talk moves the discussion of migration politics into the realm of chronic disease, sickness, and public health.\u00a0 Among the varied and multi-factorial reasons that Black people left the rural South was the opportunity to access health resources.\u00a0 At the same time, the Great Migration was often racialized in narratives of &#8220;fitness&#8221; for urban spaces that attempted to pathologize Black migrants from rural and southern spaces.\u00a0 Focusing on diabetes, chronic disease, and the politics of health in the South, this talk helps to reshape current trends in US Southern and Great Migration scholarship.<\/p>\n<p><strong>Tuesday, November 7, 2023<\/strong><br \/>\n<strong>Reception 5:00 PM EST<\/strong><br \/>\n<strong>Keynote 6:30 PM EST<\/strong><\/p>\n<p><strong><a href=\"https:\/\/www.eventbrite.com\/e\/new-scholarship-on-the-us-south-a-wilson-library-fellows-symposium-tickets-695394282017?aff=oddtdtcreator\">Register for in-person attendance by visiting the registration page<\/a>\u00a0<\/strong>and clicking the orange \u201cget tickets\u201d button<\/p>\n<p><strong><a href=\"https:\/\/unc.zoom.us\/webinar\/register\/WN_CoztSJiWQDCErRyjwgSJtg#\/registration\">Register to virtually attend the keynote lecture (Nov 7)<\/a><\/strong><\/p>\n<p><strong><a href=\"https:\/\/unc.zoom.us\/webinar\/register\/WN_OdbnEUqYQcyIoCtwztHYBQ#\/registration\">Register to virtually attend the main conference (Nov 8)<\/a><\/strong><\/p>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"<p>A special opening reception and keynote to New Scholarship on the US South: A Wilson Library Fellows Symposium. 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