In the following blog post, author Tony Harris introduces and details his...
10th Annual Atlanta Studies Symposium ThursdayMay 11, 2023 Historic Academy of Medicine...
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The individual stories that combine to form the history of Atlanta take... Read More
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On May 29, 2020, four days after the murder of George Floyd,...
A collection of Atlanta-based scholarship that was published elsewhere in 2020. Read More
After a brief pause in Q2 of 2020, large corporate investors operating in Atlanta and elsewhere increased their purchases during the pandemic, and by summer of 2021, were purchasing homes nearly twice as quickly than in 2019. During this timeframe, large corporate buyers comprised 17% of all purchases of single family rentals, with purchases ramping up through 2021, such that these firms comprised 25% of all home purchases by Q2 of 2021. After the pandemic began, these large corporate investors increased purchases in places with high housing instability risk, and those hit hard by COVID19. Should their market share grow, and concerns continue with regard to eviction, maintenance, and rate hikes, finding ways to regulate these firms will remain an important policy concern. Read More
Call for proposals for the eighth annual Atlanta Studies symposium on May 26, 2021. Read More
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In this excerpt from her recent UGA press monograph Diverging Space for Deviants: The Politics of Atlanta's Public Housing, Akira Drake Rodriguez examines the role of Black women in tenant association activism and their pursuit for social and spatial justice. Read More
Marni Davis interviews new editorial board member, Daniel Horowitz García. Read More
Ben Miller, Executive Editor of Atlanta Studies, reflects on the journal as it enters its 10th year. Read More
A collection of Atlanta-based scholarship that was published elsewhere in 2020. Read More
Call for proposals for the eighth annual Atlanta Studies symposium on May 26, 2021. Read More
Clif Stratton examines how race shaped Atlanta’s historical efforts to memorialize the accomplishments of the home run king, Henry Aaron. Read More