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M.A. Thesis Defense: Christine Combs

Chris Combs will defend her M.A. thesis, "Fruit Pie and the Making of a Queer Archive" with her graduate advisory committee. The Major Professor is Dr. Cassia Roth. The university community is invited. If you wish to attend please contact the graduate program office in advance.


M.A. Thesis Defense: David Charles Parker

David C. Parker will defend his M.A. thesis," “Rebels in Sentiment” - Harry St. John Dixon, White Masculinity, Slavery, and Politics in Antebellum Mississippi and Reconstruction California" via remote conference with his graduate advisory committee. The Major Professor is Dr. Dan Rood. The university community is invited. If you wish to attend please contact the graduate program office in advance.


M.A. Thesis Defense: Gordon Purcell

Gordon Purcell will defend his M.A. thesis, "The Exoticism of Italy in the British Travel Writer's Imagination, 1766-1810", in the Conference Room, LeConte Hall. The Major Professor is Dr. Steven Soper. The university community is invited. If you wish to attend please contact the graduate program office to ensure adequate seating.


PhD Comprehensive Examination: Louise Milone

Louise Milone will take oral comprehensive examinations via Zoom. Members of the university community are invited. If you wish to attend please contact the graduate program office in history for Zoom registration details.


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…


Spring Graduate Student Town Hall

The Spring Graduate Student Town Hall has been scheduled for February 13, 2020 at 12:30pm. LeConte, room 101.


PhD Comprehensive Examination: Jared Asser

Jared Asser will take his oral comprehensive examinations in the Conference Room, LeConte Hall. The Major Professor is Dr. Scott Reynolds Nelson. All members of the university community are invited. If you wish to attend please contact the graduate program office in history to ensure adequate seating.


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…


Tour of Historic Black Athens (this event is FULL)

Broderick Flanigan, local artist and historian, presents a tour of historic Black Athens. The tour is now full and no additional reservations are being accepted. A celebration of Black History Month event, sponsored by the Department of History.
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