50 States: Tennessee

Описание: The American Center in Moscow is delighted to present "50 States," a weekly series of livestreamed presentations exploring each of the 50 U.S. states. Please join us every Wednesday from January 21, 2026, through December 30, 2026, and come prepared with questions for our guest speakers! The full schedule of events is below.

Throughout 2026, please join the American Center in Moscow for “50 States,” a weekly series of livestreamed presentations highlighting unique cultural and historical elements, as well as “fun facts” on each of the 50 US states.

Each week, an American expert will lead a session on their state, highlighting topics such as local culture, food, music, regional accents and dialects, inventions, history, notable figures, famous books, films, or TV shows set in the state, national parks, major landmarks, and sports teams.

Wednesday, March 4, 2026, 20:00 MSK: Tennessee

Carroll Van West is the Director and history professor at the Center for Historic Preservation at Middle Tennessee State University. In 2013, Governor Bill Haslam appointed West as the Tennessee State Historian.

He has published in southern history, architecture, material culture, and historic preservation. His books published with the University of Tennessee Press include Nashville Architecture: A Guide to the City (2015), A History of the Arts in Tennessee (2004); Trial and Triumph: Readings in Tennessee’s African-American Past (2002); Tennessee’s New Deal Landscape (2002); Tennessee: The Land, the People, the Culture (1998), and Tennessee’s Historical Landscapes (1995). He served as the editor-in-chief of print edition and online The Tennessee Encyclopedia of History and Culture from 1995 to 2023.