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In Search of Phillis Wheatley Peters: A Short Historical Documentary

UGA hosts a screening and discussion of In Search of Phillis Wheatley Peters, a new, thirty-five minute documentary about America’s first published Black poet. Produced by Askew Pictures, the film illuminates a largely overlooked chapter of Wheatley Peters’ story: her marriage to John Peters and the radical choices she made in pursuit of autonomy, dignity, and love. With special guest and commentator, writer and director Leslie Askew, an award…


Local history tour for GradFirst history cohort

Our history graduate 1st year students in Dr. Palmer's GradFirst class will meet for a local tour of Athens colonial and African American history, led by the Historic Athens Welcome Center guide, Luis Vicente-Vazquez.  We'll meet for ice cream in the LeConte Hall plaza area outside at the end of the tour.    


History Grad Student Town Hall & Lunch

Graduate students in history are invited to our annual Town Hall Meeting and lunch with Dr. Kevin Jones, Dept. Head, and Dr. Jennifer Palmer, Director of Graduate Studies. Please join us!


Save the date: History Dept. Grad Student/faculty Event

Details forthcoming.


Information session: History, Design, and the Museum in Washington, DC - May session '27

The History, Design, and the Museum in Washington, DC Maymester program is currently accepting applications. For information on this 6-credit field study program, visit our program page on the DFS website: https://dfs.uga.edu/_portal/tds-program-brochure?programid=14055   Applications will remain open until January 22, 2027 and reviewed only after the close date.   Questions? Email Dr. Reason, areason@uga.edu   


PDW: chat with Mariana Candido about her career, and her forthcoming book

Chat with Mariana Candido  about her career, and her forthcoming book Beyond Queen and Captives: Women in Angola, 1500-1890s.  Details forthcoming.


Atlantic Studies Speaker Series: Céline Carayon (Salisbury University)

“If Those Things Could Talk: Indigenous Material Culture and the Languages of Diplomacy in Early America” Historians have long understood that objects, such as wampum belts, occupied a central place in diplomatic proceedings among Indigenous groups and with European colonizers. A panoply of meaningful material items—from trade goods to honorific gifts, identity markers, and mnemonic devices-- traveled long distances and crossed cultural and…


Info Session: Go to Italy with Museum Studies this Summer!

Join Professor Raad for an information session about the Summer 2027 Museum Studies in Italy class. Earn UGA course credit as an undergraduate or graduate student. Find out all about the deadlines, eligibility, and how to apply. "Museum Studies in Italy" is a 12-day intensive study abroad program based in Rome and Florence led by Dr. Danielle Raad, Assistant Professor of Museum Studies and History. Students enroll in the 3-credit course…


Museum Studies Coffee Hour

Interested in Museum Studies? If you are a Museum Studies Certificate student or Master's student in Museum Studies OR if you are interested in adding the certificate, stop by for one of our upcoming coffee hours!   Museum Studies has a new event space on the first floor of LeConte Hall (room 110), where we will be holding coffee hours on the first Wednesday of every month from 9-10 am. The first coffee hour will be next Wed. Sept. 2. Check…


Museum Studies Coffee Hour

Interested in Museum Studies? If you are a Museum Studies Certificate student or Master's student in Museum Studies OR if you are interested in adding the certificate, stop by for one of our upcoming coffee hours!   Museum Studies has a new event space on the first floor of LeConte Hall (room 110), where we will be holding coffee hours on the first Wednesday of every month from 9-10 am. The first coffee hour will be next Wed. Sept. 2. Check…
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