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History Film Series: A Matter of Life and Death (1946)

How do historians enjoy movies made in or about the past? Learn how film shapes how we remember historical events and how the historian's craft can leap off the page and onto the silver screen! Join us for a short lecture, discussion, and screening of history on film.  This month, the History Film Series is screening A Matter of Life and Death (1946, dir. Michael Powell and Emeric Pressburger). A British wartime aviator who cheats death…


PhD Oral Comprehensive Exam: David K. Parker

David K. Parker will take his oral comprehensive examinations in the Conference Room. The Major Professor is Dr. Peter Hoffer. All members of the university community are invited. If you wish to attend please contact the graduate program office in history at history@uga.edu to ensure adequate seating.


Required Meeting for all Post-Comps PhD Students

Fall meeting for all doctoral students in history who have successfully completed comprehensive exams, plus ABD students. This meeting is required.  Presented by the Director of Graduate Studies. Lunch will be provided.


Meeting for all 3rd year/pre-comps PhD History grad students - Required

Meeting for all 3rd year/pre-comps PhD History grad students - Required.  (If you are beyond your 2nd year PhD and have not yet taken/passes comps you need to attend). Presented by the Director of Graduate Studies. Lunch will be provided.


Graduate Student Milestone Meetings

Milestone Meetings. These are mandatory, once-a-year meetings for each graduate cohort with the Director of Graduate Studies, Dr. Jennifer Palmer. The goal is to make sure everyone is on track, informed, and equipped for what’s ahead in your specific year of the program. Milestone Meetings Schedule: First Years: August 11, Grad Student Orientation. No further meetings necessary! Second Years (both MA and PhD): August 26, 12:45 Third Years/…


Doctoral Dissertation Defense: Louise Milone

Louise Milone will defend her doctoral dissertation, "Smoke Meant Money: The History of Smog in a Pennsylvania Steel Town." The major professor is Dr. Cindy Hahamovitch. Members of the university community are invited to attend. Please contact the graduate program at history@uga.edu if you wish to attend, to ensure adequate seating.


Doctoral Dissertation Defense: Terrell Orr

Trrell Orr will defend his doctoral dissertation,  “The Roots of a Global Grove: Labor, Markets, and Nature in the Citrus Industries of Florida and São Paulo.”  The major professor is Dr. Cindy Hahamovitch. Members of the university community are invited to attend. Please contact the graduate program at history@uga.edu if you wish to attend, to ensure adequate seating.


PhD Oral Comprehensive Exam: Cal Bedenbaugh

Cal Bedenbaugh will take his oral comprehensive examinations in the Conference Room. The Major Professor is Dr. Cindy Hahamovitch. All members of the university community are invited. If you wish to attend please contact the graduate program office in history at history@uga.edu to ensure adequate seating.


Maximizing Productivity, a writing retreat for history grad students & faculty

History graduate students and faculty are invited to join us for an informal summer writing retreat series.  Whether you are working on writing a thesis, article, book, grant, or application, all are welcome to join us in a space dedicated to writing productivity. Mondays this summer, 10 AM - 5 pm.


Doctoral Dissertation Defense: Bryant Barnes

Bryant K. Barnes will defend his doctoral dissertation, "Bonded by Debt: Interracial Politics, Railroads, and Capitalism in the Gilded Age South.”  The major professor is Dr. Scott Reynolds Nelson. Members of the university community are invited to attend. Please contact the graduate program at history@uga.edu if you wish to attend, to ensure adequate seating.
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