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The HUMANITIES@WORK speaker event will highlight four folks with careers at UGA who started out as humanities majors. This panel will take place on Wednesday, October 11th at 3 p.m. in the Park Hall Auditorium (room 265). This free event is the first in a series that will take place every October. This year's speakers include: Alan Flurry, Director of Communications in the Franklin College at UGA Dr. Mike Merva, Coordinator, Franklin College…
Join us for a research talk by Dr. Sarah Case, “Race, Reform, and Religious Faith: The Life and Tragic Death of Athens’ Juliette Derricotte.”  Sarah Case is a lecturer at the University of California, Santa Barbara, and Editor of The Public Historian. Athens-born Juliette Derricotte was a nationally known early twentieth-century reformer and educator, active in the leadership of the YWCA and Dean of Women at Fisk University in…
This installment of the Department of History’s undergraduate lecture series features Doctoral student Bryant Barnes, who presents the question, "How did a tiny man with an upset tummy terrify southern Democrats after the Civil War?" Barnes studies interracial political movements in the Gilded Age US South. More specifically, he researches the connections between capitalism and the rise of Jim Crow segregation and disfranchisement. Barnes…
Save the date: graduating history majors (Fall 2023, Spring 2024, and Summer 2024) are invited to the annual History Department Graduation Reception the afternoon of May 10 (Commencement day). This event is scheduled for Friday, May 10, 2023 – 12:00-1:30 PM, a luncheon will be provided for our guests. The reception will include our annual awards and graduation recognition, with a gift for each graduating senior in attendance.  To RSVP…
This installment of the Department of History’s undergraduate lecture series features Dr. Scott Reynolds Nelson, who presents the question, "How did the murder of a Black activist end Reconstruction in North Carolina?" Professor Nelson writes about 19th-century history including the history of slavery, international finance, the history of science, and global commodities. His most recent book is Oceans of Grain: How American Wheat…
This installment of the Department of History’s undergraduate lecture series features Dr. Andrew Walgren. Walgren will talk about the research behind the question, "How did the bandleader of the Harlem Hellfighters become the "Martin Luther King" of Jazz?" Dr. Walgren is currently teaching courses in U.S. and military history at UGA. Walgren's research broadly focuses on the relationship between mass media, popular culture, the military, and…
This installment of the Department of History’s undergraduate lecture series features Dr. Susan Mattern, as she presents the question, "What Greek god performed the best healing miracles?" Professor Mattern's latest book is the critically acclaimed The Slow Moon Climbs: The Science, History, and Meaning of Menopause (Princeton U Press, 2019). It is a world history of menopause from about 2 million BCE. Mattern's research interests include…
This installment of the Department of History’s undergraduate lecture series features Dr. James F. Brooks. Brooks is an interdisciplinary scholar of the Indigenous and Colonial past. He served a decade on the Board of Directors of the Western National Parks Association, which supports research, preservation and education in 67 National Parks, including Coronado National Monument, Chaco Culture National Historical Park, and Channel Islands…
This installment of the Department of History’s popular undergraduate history talk series features Dr. Michael Winship, as he answers the question, "Why were so many "witches" executed at Salem?" Michael Winship's most recent book is  Hot Protestants: A History of Puritanism in England and America (Yale UP, 2018), a Choice Academic Title of the Year for 2019. Winship teaches courses on Early America and colonial history. Free…
The UGA Career Center will host an information day for prospective graduate students. Stop by for information on our graduate degree programs. 10:00 AM - 2:00 PM. All majors are welcome! For more information, click on the link https://career.uga.edu/calendar/details/uga_graduate_school_information_day_2023.

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