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Join us for a talk with Dr. W. Todd Groce, President and Chief Executive Officer of the Georgia Historical Society. Groce will discuss the state of history today; opportunities and perspectives for graduate students and other students interested in the present career environment and future outlook for the discipline.In addition to being a leader in the field of public history, Dr. Groce is a published scholar and authority on the Civil War and U.S. military history. His first book, Mountain Rebels: East Tennessee Confederates and the Civil War, was based on his doctoral dissertation and published by the University of Tennessee Press in 1999. In 2005 he co-edited with Stephen V. Ash Nineteenth Century America: Essays in Honor of Paul H. Bergeron, also published by UT Press. He has written over 100 articles, essays and book reviews for publications ranging from the New York Times to the Journal of Southern History. Dr. Groce lectures to a wide variety of audiences, including college students, university faculty, K-12 teachers, and the general public. He has made television appearances on the BBC, the Discovery Channel, C-SPAN, the History Channel, Georgia Public Television, and various internet classroom productions.
Dr. Groce was named eight years in a row to Georgia Trend magazine’s annual list of the “100 most influential Georgians” and James magazine has placed him for the past eight years on its list of the “Most Influential Georgians.”
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