Tag: Gorgas House


Slow Art Day 2023: Of Canals, AfroFuturism & Empire

Join Dr. Sharony Green and students from her HY 103, 104, and 306 courses for Slow Art Day 2023 at the Gorgas House Museum. This year’s exhibit is entitled, “Of Canals, AfroFuturism & Empire.” º Slow Art Day pop-up installation 1-3 PM, April 14, 2023 º Visual Component online April 15, 2023 Slowly digest images of William Crawford Gorgas visiting the Panama Canal; a digital mash up of the 1927 motion picture Metropolis (the first sci-fi film); a Janelle Monae […]

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History and Reconciliation: Conversations on Slavery, Historic Preservation, and Community in the South

Please join the White House Historical Association, Department of History, and the Blackburn Institute on Thursday, October 17 for a panel, “History and Reconciliation: Conversations on Slavery, Historic Preservation, and Community in the South.” The conversation features Dr. Matthew Costello, interim director of the David M. Rubenstein Center for History at the WHHA, Dr. Hilary Green of Gender and Race Studies, and UA alumnus Malcolm Cammeron of the University of Virginia. The panel will take place in the Ferguson Student […]

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