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Phi Alpha Theta (History Honor Society) General Meeting

Phi Alpha Theta, Epsilon PI, UGA's chapter of the National History Honor Society, is having a general meeting April 10. Whether you are a member or interested in learning more about the chapter, join us at 6pm.


PhD Oral Comprehensive Examination: Patrick Sheridan

Doctoral student Patrick Sheridan will take his oral comprehensive examinations in room 201 LeConte Hall. The Major Professor is Dr. Scott Nelson. All members of the university community are invited. If you wish to attend please contact the graduate program office in advance at history@uga.edu to ensure adequate seating.


Christopher Craig (Tohoku University), "Middlemen of Modernity: Local Elites and Agricultural Development in Modern Japan"

Join us for a presentation by Christopher Craig (Tohoku University), "Middlemen of Modernity: Local Elites and Agricultural Development in Modern Japan".  Via Zoom: https://zoom.us/j/92427629754 Christopher Craig is currently Professor of Japanese Studies and the Head of the Research and Development Unit of the Center for Integrated Japanese Studies at Tohoku University (Japan). Sponsored by University of Georgia's Center for Asian Studies…


A Virtual Curatorial Tour of Red Coral Stories: Reimagining Classical Pasts for Native Futures

Join us for a virtual curatorial tour of Red Coral Stories: Reimagining Classical Pasts for Native Futures. Red Coral Stories is an ongoing curatorial project by Kendall Lovely (Diné), a doctoral student at University of California-Santa Barbara, to understand Southwest Native art as part of cultural exchanges across time and space. The title for this digital exhibition evokes a Red Ancient Mediterranean, in which adoption and…


HGSA Conference Keynote Address: Dr. Blair LM Kelley, "Black Folk, The Roots of the Black Working Class"

Join us as Dr. Blair LM Kelley, Ph.D., discusses her research and book, Black Folk, The Roots of the Black Working Class, which was named one of the Smithsonian's Best Books of 2023. Black Folk was awarded a 2020 Creative Nonfiction Grant by the Whiting Foundation, and the 2022-23 John Hope Franklin/NEH Fellowship by National Humanities Center.  Blair LM Kelley is an award-winning author, historian, and scholar of the African American…


Graduate Student Meet & Greet with Stan Deaton, with a Georgia Historical Society presentation

Interested in learning about career options outside the academy? Join Stan Deaton, UGA MA alum, to hear about his career in public history. He’s currently the senior historian at the Georgia Historical Society in Savannah, and the Emmy-winning writer and host of Today in Georgia History, jointly produced for TV and radio. He also serves as managing editor for the Georgia Historical Quarterly.  Dr. Deaton will give a talk, open to all (…


"What can you do with a history degree?" with UGA alum Stan Deaton (Georgia Historical Society)

Join us for a presentation by UGA history alum Stan Deaton, Senior Historian at the Georgia Historical Society. Dr. Deaton will give a talk on public history career pathways for graduate and undergraduate students. This is a free event. All majors and prospective students are welcome to attend. Pizza will be served. ................................ Stan Deaton is the Senior Historian and The Dr. Elaine B. Andrews Distinguished Historian at the…


Dr. Todd Little-Siebold, "The Lost Ancestors: Apples, History and DNA"

Join historian turned genetic detective Todd Little-Siebold for a talk on the use of traditional techniques of historical research alongside genomic profiling to historic mysteries about the introduction of European fruit crops to North America.  In Georgia the iconic peach became a central crop for native communities long before Europeans settled. Apples arrived in America apparently as early as the 1530s  Through…


UGA School of Law presents Law, Migration, and Decolonization, a Book Launch w/ Dr. Kalyani Ramnath

Dr. Ramnath, a University of Georgia Assistant Professor of History and lawyer who has a courtesy appointment at the Law School, will discuss her new book, Boats in a Storm: Law, Migration, and Decolonization in South and Southeast Asia, 1942-1962 (Stanford UP 2023). Joining her in conversation will be Diane Marie Amann, Regents’ Professor, Emily & Ernest Woodruff Chair in International Law, and Co-Director of the Dean Rusk International…


Graduate student seminar with Peter Wood

For graduate students in history. The event is now full.  Peter H. Wood, professor emeritus at Duke University, will be in town on Tuesday, March 19, and the History Department is organizing an informal graduate seminar with him at 10 AM that day for grad students interested in Black history, the history of slavery, and more generally historical writing.  As you may know, Peter is the author of the landmark book Black Majority,…
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