New Roots in the Old North State

Popular thought that North Carolina is experiencing heavy Latino migration is a demographic reality. Anthropologist Hannah Gill will discuss what the migration means to the state and to the immigrants as she delivers the Levine Lecture, “New Roots in the Old North State,” on Monday, Mar. 9, 2015.

The annual lecture is presented by UNC Charlotte’s Center for the Study of the New South in partnership with Levine Museum of the New South.

The lecture will begin at 6 p.m. with a reception and book signing at 7 p.m. at Levine Museum of the New South (200 E. Seventh St. Charlotte 28202).   

The lecture is open to the public without charge, but RSVPs are required at anwillia@uncc.edu or 704.687.0015. Complimentary parking is available in 7th Street Station parking deck (224 E. 7th Street). Please bring your parking ticket into the museum for validation.

Hannah Gill specializes in Latin American and Caribbean migration studies. She directs the Latino Migration Project at UNC Chapel Hill, a public educational program on Latin American immigration and integration in North Carolina.

Gill’s book, North Carolina and the Latino Migration Experience: New Roots in the Old North State (UNC Press 2010), will be available for purchase at the event for $22.47 including tax. Itis considered a must-read by policymakers and scholars as well the general public. 

Gill teaches a global service learning class, “Latin American Immigrant Perspectives: Ethnography in Action,” that travels to Guanajuato, Mexico, each year. She received a DPhil in Social Anthropology from the University of Oxford, England, and a BA from UNC Chapel Hill.

The Center for the Study of the New South in UNC Charlotte’s College of Liberal Arts & Sciences promotes discourse and dialogue on a rich and diverse constellation of topics and ideas relating to the New South.  Known as the period of regional history from the end of the Civil War to the modern era, the New South offers a bold tapestry of history, culture, social movements, and political issues ripe for reflection and study.
Founded in 1991 as a history museum exploring the South since 1865, Levine Museum of the New South is gaining national notice for its vision of “using history to build community.”  In the past ten years, Levine Museum has won three top exhibition awards, two from American Alliance of Museums (AAM) and one from American Association for State and Local History (AASLH), for exhibit projects on difficult, timely topics: COURAGE on race and education, Purses, Platforms & Power on women’s rights, and Changing Places on demographic change.  In 2005, the Museum was honored at the White House with the IMLS’ National Award for Museum Service, with First Lady Laura Bush noting that Levine Museum “dares to explore difficult subjects that other organizations find easier to leave untouched.”