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Guest Lecture: Justene Hill Edwards

Join us for a presentation by Dr. Justene Hill Edwards, University of Virginia, on “The Failed Promise of Black Economic Freedom in Reconstruction America.”  Edwards' research explores the intersection of African American history, American economic history, and the history of American slavery.  Specifically, she looks at slavery’s influence on the evolution of African American economic life.  Her recently published book, …


Graduate Student Appreciation coffee hour/lunch

For Graduate Students in history - we couldn't do it without you! Thanks for all of your help and support of our degree programs in history. This week's coffee hour will include catered pastries/sandwiches in honor of Graduate Student Appreciation Week! 10:30 AM - 12:30 PM.


Book Reading: Joseph Geha, author of "Kitchen Arabic: How My Family Came to America and the Recipes We Brought with Us"

Join attendees for a reading and book signing with University of Georgia Press author Joseph Geha, who wrote Kitchen Arabic: How My Family Came to America and the Recipes We Brought with Us. Immigrant children first speak the language of their mothers, and in Toledo, Ohio’s Little Syria neighborhood where Geha grew up, the first place he would go to find his mother would be the kitchen. Many of today’s immigrants use Skype to keep in touch with…


Visiting Speaker: Santee Frazier, Cherokee Nation Poet & Educator

Santee Frazier will be reading from his poetry collections Aurum (2019) and Dark Thirty (2009) at Old Fire Hall No. 2 (489 Prince Avenue) Thur March 2 from 5:00-6:30 PM. Free and open to the public. A citizen of the Cherokee Nation of Oklahoma, Santee Frazier earned a BFA from the Institute of American Indian Arts and an MFA from Syracuse University. He is the author of the poetry collections Aurum (2019) and Dark Thirty (2009). Offering non-…


History guest lecture: Carbon Technocracy with Dr. Victor Seow

This is a virtual event. Registration is required. Scan the QR code below to register, or go to https://zoom.us/meeting/register/tJYrc-Cqqj0oHtMuU1YX7YtK0dNnuBqO1BMi. Victor Seow (pronounced “meow” with an “s”) is a historian of technology, science, and industry, specializing in modern China and Japan within global contexts and in histories of energy and work. In his research, he sets out to understand how technological artifacts, scientific…


Chris Suh: “Asia, Asian America, and the American South: Doing Transpacific History in Georgia”

Join us as Dr. Chris Suh (Assistant Professor, Emory University) presents: “Asia, Asian America, and the American South: Doing Transpacific History in Georgia”. Suh's talk will draw from his new book, The Allure of Empire: American Encounters with Asians in the Age of Transpacific Expansion and Exclusion (Oxford University Press, March 2023). A free and public event. Pizza lunch for attendees. Chris Suh is a historian of race, ethnicity, and…


From Confrontation to Détente? Controversies about a planned Cold War Museum at Checkpoint Charlie, Berlin

Join us for a talk by Dr. Andreas Etges (University of Munich), " From Confrontation to Détente? Controversies about a planned Cold War Museum at Checkpoint Charlie, Berlin". Free and open to the public. Berlin was a center of the Cold War, and several museums, sites, and memorials focus on some aspects of the German division or on the Cold War. A new museum telling the international history of the Cold War right at former allied Checkpoint…


History Information table: stop by for a cookie, and news on upcoming events!

Stop by our 2nd floor information table, grab a holiday cookie and find out what's happening in the history department this semester. We have a ton of upcoming history lectures, Lunchtime Time Machine talks, and career talks coming soon! All students are welcome.


Documentary Screening, "Monument: The Untold Story of Stone Mountain"

Atlanta History Center Executive Director Sheffield Hale will host a free Athens premiere of the new documentary: Monument: The Untold Story of Stone Mountain. Kristian Weatherspoon, Executive Producer. Following the film, please join Sheffield Hale  and Hope Iglehart, Historic Athens Director of Engagement and African American Heritage, for a community discussion moderated by Kimberly Davis, President of the Historic Athens Board of…


Graduate Student Forum: State of the Graduate Program

Open to all graduate students. Meet with Dr. Roth and Dr. Mihm to discuss the state of the graduate program and provide feedback for building a stronger program going forward. Questions? Email hiscoord@uga.edu.
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