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Jacquelyn Dowd Hall, “Writing a Way Home: A Life in Southern and Women’s History”

Join us February 22. Jacquelyn Dowd Hall will be presenting the talk: “Writing a Way Home: A Life in Southern and Women’s History.”  Dr. Jacquelyn Dowd Hall is Julia Cherry Spruill Professor Emeritus at UNC-Chapel Hill and founding director emeritus of UNC’s Southern Oral History Program. She is past president of the Organization of American Historians and the Southern Historical Association and founding past president of the Labor and…


Faculty Lecture | Akela Reason: “Politics and Memory: Civil War Monuments in Gilded Age New York”

Associate Professor of History and Director of the UGA Museum Studies Certificate Program Akela Reason will present the lecture “Politics and Memory: Civil War Monuments in Gilded Age New York.” Lecture Abstract: As the financial and artistic capital of post-bellum America, New York built some of the most significant monuments to the Civil War. Yet in order to build the city’s monuments, the Republican elite who often spearheaded efforts to…


"Who is Doctor Bauer?: Rematriating a Censored Story on Internment, Wardship, and Sexual Violence in Wartime Alaska, 1941 - 1944"

Join us for a virtual seminar with the winner of FOUR Western History Association awards for the article,“Who Is Dr. Bauer? Indigenous Internment and Intimate Violence in Wartime Alaska, 1941-44” which explores the violation of Aleut women interred by the US Armed Forces during World War II.  Drawing on Oral History, Tribal History, and Federal Archives, Guise weaves a story of sordid abuse and courageous resistance from a heretofore little…


History Behind the Headlines: The Gaza War and the Future of Palestine

Join us as our faculty provide a historical context on current crises in the news and answer questions on the history of events. History Behind the Headlines is not an academic debate or political event, but a talk of historical events which often help inform our understanding of todays news. "History Behind the Headlines: The Gaza War and the Future of Palestine” Free and open to the public. An FYO event. Pizza will be served. Note: if all…


Franklin College Homecoming Tailgate 2023

Register for the Franklin College of Arts and Sciences Homecoming Tailgate, Join Dean Anna Stenport on the New College Lawn for Flying Biscuit Cafe, beverages, and pre-game fun! Invitations were emailed to Franklin College alumni. Click here to go to the event registration page. Questions? Contact Haley Avery at havery@uga.edu. Phone (706) 542-2206. Game: Georgia vs. Missouri, 


History Faculty Meeting

Meeting for history faculty. (With Dean Stenport).


Oconee Library History Series: "From Slavery to the Stars: Examining the Lives and Legacies of Harriet Jacobs and Katherine Johnson"

This month's History Lecture at the Oconee County Library features UGA Ph.D. student Maya Brooks presenting a talk that explores the lives of Harriet Jacobs and Katherine Johnson and the ways in which their experiences as Black women in America were both similar and different.  Jacobs was born enslaved and her narrative explores her struggle to not only free herself but her children as well. Johnson, best known for her work at…


Book talk: "Latin America's Democratic Crusade", with Allen Wells

Join us for a presentation by Dr. Allen Wells, Bowdoin College, on his research and new book Latin America’s Democratic Crusade: The Transnational Struggle Against Dictatorship, 1920s–1960s (Yale University Press, 2023). Allen Wells is Roger Howell, Jr. Professor Emeritus of History at Bowdoin College. His scholarship has focused on modern Mexican history, especially Yucatán, the history of commodities, and U.S.-Latin American relations, and he…


Fall 2023 Final Exams

Fall 2023 Final Exams are Dec. 7 - 13.  Schedule: https://reg.uga.edu/general-information/calendars/final-exam-schedule/ Final Exam Policy: A final examination schedule is published each semester by the Office of the Vice President for Instruction, and a preliminary copy is available on the Office of the Registrar web site. No time and date departures from the examination schedule should occur without prior approval of the dean of the…


Fall 2023 Graduate Student Commencement

Graduate student commencement. Information: https://commencement.uga.edu/graduate/
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