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Made Visible: Collecting and Curating Black Artists at the Georgia Museum of Art

Join us for a talk with Dr. Shawnya Harris, Larry D. and Brenda A. Thompson Curator of African American and African Diasporic Art of the Georgia Museum of Art. Shawnya L. Harris, Ph.D. is the Larry D. and Brenda A. Thompson Curator of African American and African Diasporic Art at the Georgia Museum of Art, where she has worked since 2015. Harris has curated numerous exhibitions including Mary Bendolph: Quilted Memories, Richard Hunt: Synthesis,…


The Linnentown Project, with Hattie Whitehead

Featuring Hattie Whitehead, Co-Chair of the Linnentown Project, with guest Bobby Crook. Hattie Thomas Whitehead is the author of Giving Voice to Linnentown: A Memoir. The Linnentown Project is a community-led initiative to celebrate the history of the historic Athens black neighborhood 'Linnentown' and to educate community stakeholders and decision makers about the legacy and violent impacts of urban renewal on black communities in Athens, GA.…


The Deportation Express: A History of America through Forced Removal

Please join Dr. Ethan Blue as he presents his new book The Deportation Express: A History of America through Forced Removal (University of California Press, 2021).   The Deportation Express: A History of America through Forced Removal is a history of the United States' systematic expulsion of "undesirable" immigrants, told through the lives of the passengers who traveled from around the world, only to be locked up and forced…


Info Session: 2022 Washington DC Summer Program in Public History

All students are invited to attend a brief information session about the 2022 Washington Summer Program in Public History to be held on Wednesday, December 8th at 2:00 pm via Zoom. Interested students should email Dr. Reason at areason@uga.edu for the Zoom link.  Note: the priority deadline for applications has been extended to December 31! ........... Applications are still being accepted for the 2022 Washington Summer …


Student Thanksgiving Break: November 22-24

Happy Thanksgiving! No classes Nov. 22 - 24 UGA offices are closed Nov. 23 - 24.  


Info session: Summer Program in Public History in Washington, DC

Join us for an information session about the 2022 Washington Summer Program in Public History. The six-credit program runs the entire summer 5/18/22-8/5/22 and includes a Maymester Introduction to Public History that meets at museums and historic sites in the city. During June and July students intern at a museum, historic site, library, or cultural institution. Applications are now open. For details and application instructions go to: https://…


Franklin Connection: Meet Elizabeth Charles

Meet Elizabeth Charles - Elizabeth C. Charles is a historian in the Office of the Historian at the U.S. Department of State, researching and compiling for the Foreign Relations of the United States series. She completed Reagan administration FRUS volumes on the Soviet Union 1983-85, 1985-86, both recently published and available online at history.state.gov. She also compiled a Reagan volume on the Intermediate-Range Nuclear Forces Treaty 1984-…


2023 Annual Reception for Graduating Seniors in History

Graduating History majors (Fall 2022, Spring 2023, and Summer 2023) are invited to the annual History Department Graduation Reception the afternoon of May 12 (Commencement day). Our guest list is now full. Award recipients and graduating seniors may still RSVP, but due to fire codes we can not accommodate late RSVPs for additional guests. Friday, May 12, 2023 – 12:00-1:30 PM, Refreshments. The reception will include our annual awards and…


Constitution Day Lecture

On Friday, September 17, 2021, the American Founding Group and the School of Public and International Affairs will host a celebration of Constitution Day. The centerpiece of these festivities will be a lecture open to the public entitled “On Juneteenth: History, Memory, the Present and the Future” by Annette Gordon-Reed, Carl M. Loeb University Professor at Harvard University and Pulitzer Prize-winning author of The Hemingses of Monticello …


Lunchtime Time Machine: Why Did Fire Ants Invade Georgia?

This month's Lunchtime Time Machine features alum Kaylynn Washnock Stooksbury, outreach archivist for the Richard B. Russell Library for Political Research and Studies at the University of Georgia. Join us for some free history and free pizza. All majors are welcome. This is an FYO event.  
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