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Capitalist Souths, a Graduate Student Conference

The University of Georgia Department of History and the Andrew W. Mellon Foundation is pleased to announce the first Capitalist Souths interdisciplinary graduate student conference to be held March 13-14, 2020, at the UGA campus in Athens, Georgia. This conference is part of the Willson Center for Humanities and Arts Global Georgia Initiative. Our conference invites graduate students to submit proposals that illuminate new work that draws…


Lunchtime Time Machine: What was Georgia's role in hte American Revolution, and why does it matter?

The Lunchtime Time Machine - where each month the History Department brings you a interesting history and lunchtime pizza - for free! All majors are welcome. This is an FYO event.


Lunchtime Time Machine: What's natural about childbirth?

Join us as Dr. Emily Taylor Smith asks, What's natural about childbirth?  Dr. Smith is a historian of women, gender, sexuality, and religion in twentieth-century America. Her research focuses on Catholic women and mid-century debates over contraception, abortion, and motherhood. After graduating from Kalamazoo College, she earned a Master of Theological Studies from Harvard Divinity School and a PhD in History from the University of Notre…


Lunchtime Time Machine: What is the legacy of the 1965 Voting Rights Act at 60?

Join us as Professor Robert Pratt asks, "What is the legacy of the 1965 Voting Rights Act at 60? America at a radical crossroads. Dr. Pratt has served formerly as Director of the Institute for African American Studies and Chair of the History Department. His articles and essays have appeared in The Virginia Magazine of History and Biography, Rutgers Law Journal, The University of Richmond Law Review, Howard Law Review, The Georgia …


Book Talk: Lesley Gordon on "Dread Danger: Cowardice and Combat in the America Civil War"

Join us for a book talk by Lesley J. Gordon,  Dread Danger: Cowardice and Combat in the American Civil War (2024 Cambridge University Press). Dr. Gordon is the Charles Boal Ewing Chair in Military History at West Point and the Charles G. Summersell Chair of Southern History at the University of Alabama. Dr. Gordon received her Ph.D. from the University of Georgia and specializes in civil war history.  Free and open to the…


The Workshop in History and Gender Studies presents:“What is Owed to Me”: Reimagining Ideas of Legitimacy and Honor among Black Women in Colonial Mexico

Join us for a talk by Danielle Terrazas Williams, “What is Owed to Me”: Reimagining Ideas of Legitimacy and Honor among Black Women in Colonial Mexico. Danielle Terrazas Williams is associate professor in the School of History at the University of Leeds. She won the Kimberly S. Hanger Prize from the Southern Historical Association for the research and writing of material included in her book, The Capital of Free Women: Race, Legitimacy, and…


Lecture: Eastman Kodak, Tennessee Eastman, and Film’s Militant Chemistry in the New South

The Department of Theatre and Film presents a lecture by Dr. Alice Lovejoy (University of Minnesota) based on her new book, Tales of Militant Chemistry: The Film Factory in a Century of War (University of California Press). The book explores how the manufacture of film stock - considered as a product of the chemical industry, rather than solely as a raw material for film and photography - intersects with the history of military technologies from…


Guest speaker: Andreas Etges

Join us for a talk by Andreas Etges, "Destination Berlin: Staging Visits in a Divided City. Kennedy, Khrushchev, King, and Springsteen." Free and open to the public. This is an FYO event. Andreas Etges is senior lecturer in American history at the Ludwig Maximilian University, Munich. The Cold War specialist has curated several historical exhibits on US history and is frequently interviewed by German and international media on US politics,…


UGA Geography Colloquium Series: "Renewal: Owning our histories and strengthening university-community partnerships"

UGA Geography Colloquium Series presents -  "Renewal: Owning our histories and strengthening university-community partnerships."   Davarian L. Baldwin is an internationally recognized scholar, author, and public advocate. He is the Paul E. Raether Distinguished Professor of American Studies and Founding Director of the Smart Cities Research Lab at Trinity College in Hartford, Connecticut. Baldwin is the award-winning author of several…


Inaugural Morrow Lecture in African American and Military History: with Matthew Delmont

Join us for the inaugural presentation of the Dr. John H. Morrow and Dr. Diane B. Morrow Lectureship Series: Matthew Delmont (Dartmouth College) will present a lecture on his recent book and research entitled, "Half American: The Heroic Story of African Americans Fighting World War II at Home and Abroad." Free and open to the public. Light refreshments. Dr. Matthew Delmont is the Frank J. Guarini Associate Dean of International Studies and…
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