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We hope you will join us for our next series which will explore the origins of the American Revolution in honor of the forthcoming 250th anniversary of the Declaration of Independence. Lecture topics will look at the intellectual traditions of the 18th century that drove the Revolution, cultural practices in the colonies, Native American history, women in the lead-up to Revolution, and more, concluding with the battles of Lexington and Concord.
The series will take place in McElreath Hall. Doors open at 1:30pm and lectures begin promptly at 2pm with a brief intermission. Parking is free.
About the Lecture
Native American History of the Colonial Era
Large Native American communities lived close to the white settlements throughout the Colonial Era. In periodic conflicts, culminating in the French and Indian War (1754-1763), different Native nations sided with the British and the French. Conflicts over land ownership and conflicts over contrasting ideas about appropriate behavior led to frequent misunderstandings between Native Americans and whites. The whites’ technological advantages and their superior numbers, along the impact of the diseases they brought, put pressure on Native societies that came to a crisis in the era of the Revolution.
James Brooks, Carl and Sally Gable Distinguished Professor of History at the University of Georgia
James Brooks is the Carl and Sally Gable Distinguished Professor of History at the University of Georgia. He is an interdisciplinary scholar of the Indigenous and Colonial past, having held professorial appointments at the University of Maryland, UC Santa Barbara, and UC Berkeley, as well as fellowships at the Institute for Advanced Study in Princeton, the School for Advanced Research in Santa Fe, and Vanderbilt University’s Robert Penn Warren Center for the Humanities.