Tuesdays starting at 2:00 PM Eastern Time
Museum Members: $100, Non-Members: $125
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Class Schedule
Tuesday, March 9, 2021 | Meet & Greet with Dr. George (optional)
Tuesday, March 16, 2021 | Class #1 with guest speaker Rachel Silverstein, Miami Waterkeeper
Tuesday, March 23, 2021 | Class #2
Tuesday, March 30, 20201 | Class #3 with guest speaker Kevin Wynn, Lynn and Louis Wolfson II Florida Moving Image Archives
Tuesday, April 6, 2021 | Class #4
Tuesday, April 13, 2021 | Class #5 with guest speaker Meg Daly, Friends of The Underline
Join HistoryMiami Museum’s Resident Historian, Dr. Paul George, in a 5-week course that will examine historical themes in South Florida history. This course will explore South Florida’s unique environment, crime in Miami, the history of aviation, hurricanes, and local transportation systems.
The recording of the program will be available for registered participants to view on-demand for up to one-week should you miss the live program.
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Featured Speaker:
Paul S. George, Ph.D., Resident Historian at HistoryMiami Museum
Paul S. George is the Resident Historian at HistoryMiami Museum, a Smithsonian Affiliate in downtown Miami. A native Miamian and former college professor, Dr. George has taught at several universities and colleges, including Florida State University, Florida A & M University, Florida Atlantic University, University of Miami, and Miami-Dade College. Dr. George has authored seventeen books, hundreds of articles, book reviews, columns, and numerous unpublished manuscripts. He has served as President of the Florida Historical Society, Vice Chairman of the City of Miami’s Heritage Conservation Board (1984-1987), Director of the Historic Broward County Preservation Board, President of the Louis Wolfson II Florida Moving Image Archive, and currently serves as a member of Metro Dade County’s Preservation Board (1997-present). Since 2011, he has written a monthly photo essay column for Biscayne Times, is a columnist for Miami Community Newspapers since 2019, and is currently the editor of Tequesta, the scholarly journal of HistoryMiami Museum. Dr. George has curated several historical exhibits at HistoryMiami Museum (formerly known as Historical Association of Southern Florida), and at the Jewish Museum of Florida. He conducts a wide variety of more than thirty history tours of Dade, Broward, and Monroe Counties. His Crime tour and boat tour along the waters of Key Biscayne and Stiltsville were feted by Miami New Times, as the “Best Tours” in recent years. In 2019, Dr. George was recognized as the Tourism Professional of the Year by the Academy of Hospitality & Tourism and as the year’s Community Champion by Calle Ocho News. The Coral Gables Community Foundation awarded him the Education Award that same year. In 2020, he was featured as The Achiever in Miami Today. Dr. George is a member of the Archbishop Curley/Notre Dame High School Hall of Fame.
Class registration includes all five classes in the semester and meet & greet. Capacity is limited and available on a first-come, first-served basis. Please note there are no refunds or exchanges.
Accessibility
To request materials in accessible format, sign language interpreters, and/or any disability accommodation, please contact Hana Squires, Accessibility Coordinator, at accessibility@historymiami.org or call (305) 375-1621 at least two weeks in advance of your visit to initiate your request. TTY users may also call 711 (Florida Relay Service).
Live captioning is available for this series with support from the Batchelor Foundation.
Release
By attending this program, you consent to interview(s), photography, audio recording, video recording and its/their release, publication, exhibition, or reproduction to be used for news, web casts, promotional purposes, telecasts, advertising, inclusion on web sites, or any other purpose by HistoryMiami Museum (HMM) and its affiliates and representatives. You release HistoryMiami Museum (HMM) its officers and employees, and each and all persons involved from any liability connected with the taking, recording, digitizing, or publication of interviews, photographs, computer images, video and/or or sound recordings. By entering the premises, you waive all rights you may have to any claims for payment or royalties in connection with any exhibition, streaming, webcasting, televising, or other publication of these materials, regardless of the purpose or sponsoring of such exhibiting, broadcasting, webcasting, or other publication irrespective of whether a fee for admission or sponsorship is charged. You also waive any right to inspect or approve any photo, video, or audio recording taken by HistoryMiami Museum (HMM) or the person or entity designated to do so by HistoryMiami Museum (HMM) You have been fully informed of your consent, waiver of liability, and release before entering the premise.
