Karen Cox: The South of Our Imagination

A Professor of History at the University of North Carolina at Charlotte, Karen Cox has risen to prominence as one of the most authoritative commentators on the American South today. In particular, Cox’s incisive treatments of the history of Confederate monuments-the subject of her most recent book, No Common Ground (2021)-has made her a widely sought expert in national and international discussions of this contentious issue. Well beyond this topic, however, Cox’s award-winning scholarship has explored the broader role of “the South” in the American popular imagination, through books such as Dixie’s Daughters: The United Daughters of the Confederacy and the Preservation of Confederate Culture (2003) and Dreaming of Dixie: How the South Was Created in American Popular Culture (2013).To shed more light on a region and the places that continue to define our nation today, the Clough Center enthusiastically welcomes Prof. Karen Cox as a Distinguished Lecturer for the 2023-24 academic year. Serving as her respondent is Nir Eiskovits, Professor of Philosophy and Founding Director of the Applied Ethics Center at UMass Boston, who has engaged extensively with questions of wartime ethics and transitional justice. Prof. Cox’s lecture is entitled “The South of Our Imagination.” Please join us for this stimulating conclusion to our fall program, on a topic that remains central to our public conversation.
This event is part of the Clough Center's year-long exploration of “Attachment to Place in a World of Nations”