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Faculty Book Talk: Cassia Roth's "A Miscarriage of Justice"

Join us in celebrating the release of Dr. Cassia Roth's forthcoming book, A Miscarriage of Justice: Women’s Reproductive Lives and the Law in Early Twentieth-Century Brazil, (Stanford U Press, January 2020). A Miscarriage of Justice examines women's reproductive health in relation to legal and medical policy in Rio de Janeiro, Brazil. Cassia Roth is Assistant Professor of History and Latin American and Caribbean Studies at the University of…


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…


Lunch & Learn - “Lake-ification: Rural Change in Middle Georgia After Cotton” 

Dr. Rood from the UGA Department of History will be presenting a lunch & learn on “Lake-ification: Rural Change in Middle Georgia After Cotton.”  Dr. Rood specializes in histories of plantation societies across the Americas, with a focus on the American South. Please join us for a great opportunity to learn more about rural Georgia. Lunch will be provided! RSVP through the link below:    RSVP required: https://forms.office.com…


Ph.D. Oral Comprehensive Exam: Cole Wicker.

W. Cole Wicker will take his oral comprehensive examinations October 23. The Major Professor is Dr. Cindy Hahamovitch.  If you wish to attend the presentation in person, please contact the graduate program office in history at history@uga.edu to ensure adequate seating.


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…


UGA Main Libraries: Primary Sources Workshop

Explore the rich world of primary sources in this interactive workshop!  Participants will learn how to discover and analyze original materials—such as letters, diaries, newspapers, and government documents—using tools like Adam Matthew’s curated digital collections. Questions: Contact Sheila Devaney sdevaney@uga.edu. Presented by the University of Georgia Libraries and GradUp.


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…


Grad student Info session: UGA/Leeds partnership

  Danielle Terrazas Williams from the University of Leeds will meet with grad students to talk about potential opportunities for grad students through the new UGA/Leeds partnership.


Graduate Student Roundtable: Academic Publishing

Save the date! Details forthcoming. A History Graduate Student Association event.


Georgia Writers Hall of Fame Induction Event

Deborah Blum, celebrated author of The Poisoner’s Handbook and The Poison Squad, will return to Athens, where her investigative journalism career began, for a discussion about the science and safety of food. The Sept. 23 event, ""What's on the Table? Food Safety in Georgia, the South, and Beyond," with author Deborah Blum and Dr. Francisco Diez-Gonzalez, has been designated as a University of Georgia Signature Lecture, and will serve…
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