{"id":116,"date":"2017-03-17T08:57:18","date_gmt":"2017-03-17T13:57:18","guid":{"rendered":"http:\/\/pages.charlotte.edu\/heather-perry\/?page_id=116"},"modified":"2025-02-05T14:11:28","modified_gmt":"2025-02-05T19:11:28","slug":"public-lectures-and-community-engagement","status":"publish","type":"page","link":"https:\/\/pages.charlotte.edu\/heather-perry\/public-lectures-and-community-engagement\/","title":{"rendered":"Public Lectures and Community Engagement"},"content":{"rendered":"

I think understanding the complexities of history is crucial for navigating contemporary society and engaging the world around us. In addition to sharing my scholarly research with fellow academics and students, I enjoy discussing history with others outside the university. Recent public talks I have given and educational events I have helped to organize include:<\/h4>\n

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Nov11,2024, “World War One and Its Impact in North Carolina” Gingko Residential Speaker Series<\/a>, Independent Picture House, Charlotte, NC.<\/p>\n

Mar 14, 2021, \u201cWar Fare: Food, Gender, and German Identity<\/a>\u201d virtual lecture series, National WWI Museum and Memorial, Kansas City, MO.<\/p>\n

Feb 13, 2021, \u201cAppalachia in the Trenches: German Internees in WWI America\u201d virtual talk for the Daughters of the American Revolution, Mary Slocumb Chapter, Mooresville, NC.<\/p>\n

Feb 15, 2020: Film Moderator and Discussant for Theeb <\/em>[“Wolf”], Jordan (2014).\u00a0 Davidson Film Club, Davidson, NC<\/p>\n

Nov 19, 2018: “Appalachia in the Trenches: German Internment in WWI America”<\/a> Mecklenburg Historical Association, Charlotte, NC<\/p>\n

Oct 20, 2018: “America in the Trenches: The United States in the Great War” Daughters of the American Revolution (DAR Vesuvius Furnace Chapter), Mundy House, Denver, NC<\/p>\n

Sept 10, 2018: “Carolina in the Trenches: Local Experiences of America’s First World War”<\/a> Eastern Lincoln Historical Society, Denver, NC<\/p>\n

May 17, 2018: “America in the Trenches: Camp Greene and Charlotte in the Great War” Carolinas Aviation Museum<\/a><\/p>\n

Feb 15, 2018: “Carolina in the Trenches: Local Experiences of America’s First World War” English Speakers Union<\/a> (Salisbury Country Club)<\/p>\n

Nov 12, 2017: “Appalachia in the Trenches: The Hot Springs WWI Internment Camp” at the Exploring North Carolina during the Great War Symposium<\/em> <\/a>(Charlotte Museum of History)<\/p>\n

Nov 9, 2017: “Mobilizing the Kitchen: Women, Food and the WWI Homefront”<\/a>\u00a0 part of WWI: The Forgotten War<\/em> year-long lecture series. (Charlotte Museum of History)<\/p>\n

Sept 15, 2017: “The Great War and Hot Springs”\u00a0 at Remembering the German Internment: Centennial Commemoration<\/a><\/p>\n

March 23, 2017:\u00a0 “The Global Origins of the Great War”<\/a> (Charlotte Museum of History)<\/p>\n

February 2, 2017: “Recycling the Disabled: Army, Medicine, and Modernity in the First World War” (University of Portland)<\/p>\n

November 7\/14\/ 21\/ 28, 2016: The War to End All Wars: 4 part lecture series<\/a> (Pharr-Buchenau Salon, Charlotte, NC)<\/p>\n

April 23, 2016:\u00a0 Carolina in the Trenches — A Public Teach-In on World War I<\/a><\/p>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"

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