Cal Bedenbaugh

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Cal Bedenbaugh is a doctoral student and historian of the late twentieth-century American South. His research focuses on rural politics, labor, and deindustrialization in the textile industry of the Piedmont South in the postwar era. He is a graduate of Clemson University, where he earned both a B.A. and an M.A. in history. His M.A. thesis, “Like a Death in the Family: The Textile Crisis in South Carolina, 1965-1990,” analyzes the demise of South Carolina's textile industry, the political scheming that surrounded it, and the reinvigorated political activism of millworkers.

Education:

MA, History, Clemson University, 2021

BA, History, Clemson University, 2019

Of note:

Ernest McPherson Lander, Jr. Award, Department of History and Geography, Clemson University, 2021

Events featuring Cal Bedenbaugh
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201 Conference Room, LeConte Hall

Cal Bedenbaugh will take his oral comprehensive examinations in the Conference Room. The Major Professor is Dr. Cindy Hahamovitch. All members of the university community are invited. If you wish to attend please contact the graduate program office in history at history@uga.edu to ensure adequate seating.

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