Historic Savannah Foundation is pleased to host award-winning historian and acclaimed educator Dr. Paul Pressly as the first speaker in the 2024 Lecture Series, “People, Places and Stories That Define Savannah” on Thursday, January 25 at Historic Savannah Foundation’s headquarters, located at 321 E. York Street.
Attendees are invited to attend a wine reception at 5:30 p.m. The discussion will start at 6 p.m.
Historic Savannah Foundation’s 2024 Lecture Series is open to the public. Reservations are recommended, as space is limited. Attendance is free for Historic Savannah Foundation members and $15 for non-members. Members and non-members may RSVP by calling 912-233-7787, ext. 109.
An accomplished historian, Pressly is the author of On the Rim of the Caribbean: Colonial Georgia and the British Atlantic World. The book earned the Bell Award from the Georgia Historical Society as the best book published on Georgia history in 2013. He also served as co-editor of Coastal Nature, Coastal Culture: Environmental Histories of the Georgia Coast. For this, received the Governor’s Award in the Humanities. The University of Georgia Press will publish his forthcoming book in spring of 2024. The book is entitled, A Southern Underground Railroad: Black Georgians and the Promise of Spanish Florida and Indian Lands.
Additional speakers in Historic Savannah Foundation’s 2024 Lecture Series include:
- Dr. Deborah Johnson-Simon discussing “The Legacy of Virginia Kiah and the Kiah House Museum” on Feb. 15.
- Rachel Barnett, Lyssa Harvey and Rabbi Robert Haas exploring “Kugels and Collards: Jewish Foodways in the Lowcountry South” on April 18.
- and a special Women in Construction Discussion Panel on March 21.
For more information, please visit myhsf.org.