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History Graduate Student Opportunity - Practice your Pitch!

Do you ever feel like you just don’t get enough mentoring? Do you ever feel like you want to talk to someone besides the same old committee? Do you ever feel like you just need a new perspective?  Practice your Pitch- Need help honing your elevator pitch for all those times you encounter famous historians in elevators? Or explaining your project to your family?    Come in any state of elevator pitch-readiness.  (With Dr.…


CV Workshop for History Graduate Students- Make the most of your accomplishments!

Do you ever feel like you just don’t get enough mentoring? Do you ever feel like you want to talk to someone besides the same old committee? Do you ever feel like you just need a new perspective?  We have the solution! Here for a limited time only, Dr. Bryant Simon, visiting Gregory Scholar and Temple University Professor!  An opportunity for a fresh take on your material:   CV Workshop- Make the most of your accomplishments!…


PhD Comprehensive Oral Examination: Lyn Hemmingway

Lyn Hemmingway will take his oral comprehensive examinations in the Conference Room, LeConte Hall. The Major Professor is Dr. Akela Reason. All members of the university community are invited. If you wish to attend please contact the graduate program office in history to ensure adequate seating.


Master's Thesis Defense: Maya Peters-Greno

Maya Peters-Greno will defend her Master's thesis, ""Frightened Delight:" Making Indigenous Celebrities from the Dakota War of 1862" on Monday. The major professor is Dr. Akela Reason. 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: Tracy Barnett

Tracy Barnett will defend her doctoral dissertation, "Yankee Invention, Southern Obsession: Mass-Produced Firearms and the Arming of White Supremacy." The major professor is Dr. Stephen Mihm. 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: Margaret (Maggie) Neel

Maggie Neel will defend her doctoral dissertation, "PLAYING WITH GHOSTS AND PERFORMING THE PAST IN THE MID-TWENTIETH-CENTURY AMERICAN WEST" on Friday. The major professor is Dr. Akela Reason. 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: Maya Brooks

Maya A. Brooks will defend her doctoral dissertation, "Climbing for Higher Ground: Race, Class, and Respectability Among Black Atlantans, 1974-2010" on Friday. The major professor is Dr. James Brooks. 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.


History at Work: So you want to go to law school...

History at Works goes to Law School - Join us for a panel discussion all about how to get into law school, and applying a history degree to a career in law. With special guests from the University of Georgia School of Law:  Laura Phillips-Sawyer, Jane W. Wilson Associate Professor in Business Law, Shannon Shipley Hinson, Associate Director of Admissions & Director of Dual Degree Programs, Jean Goetz Mangan, Lecturer & Director of…


2025 Women's History Month Keynote Lecture

The Institute for Women’s and Gender Studies at the University of Georgia continues its longstanding annual tradition of hosting special events throughout March to recognize Women’s History Month. These events provide opportunities for the University of Georgia campus and broader community to access the diverse perspectives, rich history, and cultural impact of women.  The 2025 Women’s History Month theme, as determined by the …


Africans in Renaissance Europe: History and Legacy. (A discussion panel)

Join us for a discussion panel on "Africans in Renaissance Europe: History and Legacy."  Free and open to the public. Light refreshments.   With special guests:   Chair: John Morrow, Jr., UGA, History Emeritus    Jareema Hylton, Emory University, English       "Renaissance Rivalry and Race: John Fletcher's England and Spain in the early Caribbean"    Elizabeth Wright, UGA, Romance Languages,…
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