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"They Were Her Property: White Women as Slave Owners in the American South", with Dr. Stephanie Jones-Rogers

Dr. Stephanie Jones-Rogers, associate professor of history at the University of California, Berkeley, will discuss her book They Were Her Property: White Women as Slave Owners in the American South (Yale U Press, 2020). This talk will occur remotely via Zoom.  Click here to make a Zoom reservation Graduate students in history who attend will receive a copy of the book in advance. A short presentation about the book will be followed by a Q…


"Exquisite Slaves: Race, Clothing, and Status in Colonial Lima", with Dr. Tamara Walker

Dr. Tamara Walker will join us to discuss her most recent book, Exquisite Slaves: Race, Clothing, and Status in Colonial Lima (Cambridge, 2017). Walker's scholarship focuses on three interrelated thematic areas: the history of slavery and freedom in Latin America; the process of racial formation in the region; and the ways in which gender shaped the experience of enslavement and racialization. This talk will be presented remotely via Zoom, space…


Constitution Day: “The Consistency of James Madison: the Bill of Rights”

The School of Public and International Affairs invites you to our annual Constitution Day lecture in celebration of the day that Constitutional Convention representatives in Philadelphia completed and signed the United States Constitution in 1787.  The centerpiece of these festivities is a virtual lecture open to the public by Professor Michael Zuckert, the Nancy R. Dreux Professor of Political Science, Emeritus, University of Notre Dame,…


"In Plenty and in Time of Need": with Dr. Lia Bascomb

Dr. Lia Bascomb, Associate Professor in the Department of African American Studies, Georgia State University, will discuss her book In Plenty and in Time of Need: Popular Culture and the Remapping of Barbadian Identity (Rutgers U Press, 2019). This talk will be presented remotely via Zoom, space will be limited.  Students who register and attend will receive a copy of the book in advance. A short presentation about the book will be followed…


Virtual Fall 2020 Commencement Ceremonies

University of Georgia announces plan for rescheduling of Commencement ceremonies The University of Georgia announced today that the Fall 2020 undergraduate and graduate Commencement ceremonies, previously scheduled for Stegeman Coliseum on Dec. 18, 2020, will be held virtually. This difficult decision was made after extensive dialogue with faculty leaders and public health officials to address concerns regarding the spread of COVID-19 in…


UGA Spring 2020 Undergraduate Commencement Ceremony

Congratulations to our 2020 #UGAGrads! Welcome back to campus Spring & Summer 2020 graduates celebrating commencement today at the re-scheduled Spring 2020 Undergraduate Commencement ceremony. You can watch the livestream of the ceremony at http://commencement.uga.edu, 6:30pm. ---------- University of Georgia announces plan for rescheduling of spring Commencement ceremonies In-person events will occur in fall 2020 if deemed safe by federal…


Book Talk: Holly Pinheiro (Augusta U)

Join us as Franklin Visiting Scholar Holly Pinheiro presents a talk about his forthcoming book on Post-Civil War African American Family Life in Philadelphia. This event is free and open to the public. Holly Anthony Pinheiro is Assistant Professor of history at Augusta University. Dr. Pinheiro’s research focuses on the intersectionality of race, gender, and class in the military from 1850 through the 1910s. Counter to the national narrative…


IWS Speaker Series with Jennifer Palmer: 'She persisted in her revolt': Slavery and Freedom in the French Caribbean

Institute for Women's Studies Friday Speaker Series Lecture, featuring Dr. Jennifer Palmer, Associate Professor, history. Dr. Palmer is a historian of Early Modern Europe and the Atlantic, and teaches courses about Europe, the Atlantic world, women and gender, race, and pirates.  She is also the coordinator for the History and Gender Workshop. Palmer's first book, Intimate Bonds: Family and Slavery in the French Atlantic, follows the…


2020 Michael L. Thurmond Lecture, featuring Dr. Maurice C. Daniels

Please join us for the annual Michael L. Thurmond lecture series. This year’s lecturer is Dr. Maurice C. Daniels, Dean Emeritus and Professor Emeritus of the University of Georgia School of Social Work. His new book, Ground Crew, examines the fight to end segregation at Georgia State. With very special guest, Ms. Mary Frances Early. UGA’s first African American graduate; the university is renaming the College of Education in her honor. Youth…
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