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The Department of History’s undergraduate Lunchtime Time Machine series is back for spring, and our first episode features Dr. Ari Levine, Horace Montgomery Professor of History. Levine will do his best to answer the question - How Did Medieval Chinese Paintings Open Up Portals to Other Worlds? Join us to find his answer! Levine is a specialist in the cultural and intellectual history of early modern China, and teaches a broad range of…
The History at Work Speaker Series explores the many ways of putting a history degree to use after college. This episode features history and Double Dawg alum and Museum Educator Isabel Mann. As a museum educator and digital specialist, Mann designs educational resources and facilitates a wide range of programs related to World War II and the Holocaust.  Pizza will be served to attendees. All majors are welcome!
Join us for another episode of the Lunchtime Time Machine, featuring Dr. Scott Reynolds Nelson. Professor Nelson writes about 19th-century US history including the history of slavery and Reconstruction. He also writes about international finance, the history of science, and global commodities. In his spare time he reads science fiction and drinks too much espresso. His book, Steel Drivin’ Man (2007), about the life of Black folklore legend John…
Join us for another episode of the Lunchtime Time Machine, featuring Nan McMurry, as we try to determine "What Does Race Have to Do with Buried Bones in the Medical College of Georgia?" In addition to being head of the Collection Development department in the UGA Libraries, Dr. McMurry teaches a course on the history of medicine each fall. Free history, and free pizza! The university community is invited. This is an FYO event.
The University of Georgia Department of History and the Andrew W. Mellon Foundation is pleased to welcome the keynote speaker for the Capitalist Souths interdisciplinary graduate student conference Friday, May 21.This conference is part of the Willson Center for Humanities and Arts Global Georgia Initiative. Historian Dr. Tore Olsson will present the conference keynote address, "The Global Cowboy: Country Music and American Empire in the…
Graduating Spring or summer 2021? Here for commencement in May?  In lieu of our annual graduation reception, the history department wants to give you a graduation gift!  You may pick up your graduation gift in LeConte Hall during any of the following days and times listed below.  We’ll have a table set up on the 2nd floor close to rm 211. If you need us to meet you downstairs on the first floor instead, just email history@uga.edu…
Dear Students, Please join us as on we relaunch the Phi Alpha Theta History Honors Society for the 2021-2022 academic year! This meeting will be held virtually on Wednesday, April 28 from 5:30 p.m. to 6:30 p.m. Check your email for meeting details - the link was shared with our major/minor listserv. You are eligible to join Phi Alpha Theta if you have a minimum GPA of 3.0 in at least 12 or more hours of History coursework and an overall GPA of…
May 21, 2022 History of Slavery at the University of Georgia 2022 Community Event “Tell the Whole Story” All day at the Brooklyn Cemetery, 820 Westlake Dr., and Morton Theatre, 195 W. Washington St. Tentative Schedule (Details and updates at https://www.slaveryatuga.org/)     10am-noon: Brooklyn Cemetery     1:00-2:30pm: Archival Readings and Vignettes at the Morton Theatre     4:00-6:00pm: Music and…
Join us on Tuesday on You Tube Live as UGA history graduate student Sara Small discusses the question - Should YOU get married on a plantation? The use of plantations as wedding and event venues has been a popular trend for years. Rarely, however, do these venues adequately address their troubled histories – or the lived experiences who enslaved people who once lived there. In this lecture, Ms. Small will discuss the plantation venue industry in…
This is a virtual event. Please join us as Dr. Roberts discusses her recent work. Registration is required: https://zoom.us/meeting/register/tJAud--pqDkuE9TATjJL-TOQrwJyEfHEWhnJ "In I've Been Here All the While: Black Freedom on Native Land, historian Alaina E. Roberts tells a riveting story about Indian Territory in the Reconstruction era that illuminates a broader national moment. A descendant of the African Americans, Chickasaws, and white…

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