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Capitalist Souths, a Graduate Student Conference

The University of Georgia Department of History and the Andrew W. Mellon Foundation is pleased to announce the first Capitalist Souths interdisciplinary graduate student conference to be held March 13-14, 2020, at the UGA campus in Athens, Georgia. This conference is part of the Willson Center for Humanities and Arts Global Georgia Initiative. Our conference invites graduate students to submit proposals that illuminate new work that draws…


Mastering Public Speaking: for advanced graduate students

Graduate student Public Speaking Workshop with John Bowe. This is an in-person workshop. Students will be able to work one-to-one on their speaking skills This is an in-person workshop for advanced graduate students only (preferably ABD). Students should be finished with coursework. RSVP required - email Laurie at history@uga.edu to RSVP. John Bowe is the award-winning author of I Have Something to Say (Random House, August, 2020). He is a…


Graduate Student Public Speaking Workshop with John Bowe

This is a virtual workshop for graduate students, on public speaking. All graduate students in history are welcome. Scan the QR code to RSVP and obtain the Zoom invite for the workshop. John Bowe is the award-winning author of I Have Something to Say (Random House, August, 2020). He is a speech and presentation consultant specializing in corporate and individual presentations. He has worked with business and charity leaders, entrepreneurs and…


Dirty History: Andrew Ofstehage (N. Carolina State Univ.)

Featuring Andrew Ofstehage, College of Agriculture and Life Sciences, North Carolina State University. "Food is such a chore: Soylent is the Solution". Dirty History is an interdisciplinary workshop for scholars working at the intersection of agriculture, environment, and capitalism. Dirty History workshops are attended mainly by faculty and graduate students from UGA and area universities. The authors whose work we discuss come from all over…


The Open: Jimmie Brown presents "But How Are you Going to Pay for It?"

Join us as we invite Jimmie Brown, PhD Student, to present "'But How Are You Going to Pay for It?': The State Desires, Composition, and Economic Activity of the Reconstruction Era Georgia General Assembly" before his History Department peers. The essay will be circulated in advance of the workshop, and attendees are expected to have read the paper beforehand.   The Open is an open writing workshop for faculty and graduate students of the…


UGA Main Libraries: Primary Sources Workshop

Explore the rich world of primary sources in this interactive workshop!  Participants will learn how to discover and analyze original materials—such as letters, diaries, newspapers, and government documents—using tools like Adam Matthew’s curated digital collections. Questions: Contact Sheila Devaney sdevaney@uga.edu. Presented by the University of Georgia Libraries and GradUp.


The Workshop in History and Gender Studies presents:“What is Owed to Me”: Reimagining Ideas of Legitimacy and Honor among Black Women in Colonial Mexico

Join us for a talk by Danielle Terrazas Williams, “What is Owed to Me”: Reimagining Ideas of Legitimacy and Honor among Black Women in Colonial Mexico. Danielle Terrazas Williams is associate professor in the School of History at the University of Leeds. She won the Kimberly S. Hanger Prize from the Southern Historical Association for the research and writing of material included in her book, The Capital of Free Women: Race, Legitimacy, and…


Dirty History: Amna Qayyum

Featuring Amna Qayyum, Assistant Professor of History and Women's and Gender Studies at the University of Georgia. "The Ghost of Comilla: Local Pilots and Global Development in Rural East Pakistan." Dirty History is an interdisciplinary workshop for scholars working at the intersection of agriculture, environment, and capitalism. Dirty History workshops are attended mainly by faculty and graduate students from UGA and area universities. The…


Dirty History: Kathleen A. Brosnan

Featuring Kathleen A. Brosnan, Travis Chair of Modern American History, University of Oklahoma. "Crises: Bugs, Temperance, and Napa Wine, 1880-1920." Dirty History is an interdisciplinary workshop for scholars working at the intersection of agriculture, environment, and capitalism. Dirty History workshops are attended mainly by faculty and graduate students from UGA and area universities. The authors whose work we discuss come from all over.…


Dirty History: Pablo Lapegna

Featuring Pablo Lapegna, Associate Professor of Sociology and Latin American and Caribbean Studies, University of Georgia. "Toxic Prosperity: The Ambivalences of Herbicide Exposure in Argentina." Dirty History is an interdisciplinary workshop for scholars working at the intersection of agriculture, environment, and capitalism. Dirty History workshops are attended mainly by faculty and graduate students from UGA and area universities. The authors…
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