| May |
| Summer 2013 May session classes begin |
| Tuesday, May 14th, 2013 to Wednesday, May 15th, 2013 |
| May session classes begin Drop/Add is May 14-15. |
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| UGA Spring 2013 Commencement |
| Friday, May 10th, 2013 |
| The 2013 Spring undergraduate commencement exercise will be held on Friday, May 10, 2013 at 7 p.m. inside Sanford Stadium. The graduate ceremony will be held earlier that day at 10 a.m. in Stegeman Coliseum. Tickets are not required for either ceremony. If you are unable to attend the Spring undergraduate ceremony at Sanford Stadium, watch it live on UGA's streaming link. |
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| Undergraduate Reception for Graduating History Majors |
| Friday, May 10th, 2013 | 2:00pm to 3:30pm |
| Save the Date! Spring 2013 (also Fall 2012 and Summer 2013) Graduating History majors and their families are invited to an Open House Graduation Reception on the LeConte Hall grounds the afternoon of May 10 (Commencement day). In the event of rain the reception will be in LeConte Hall,1st floor. Refreshments will be served. Graduating history seniors should RSVP for themselves and their families to ellettag@uga.edu. |
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| Spring 2013 Final Exams |
| Wednesday, May 1st, 2013 to Monday, May 6th, 2013 |
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| Doctoral Dissertation Defense: Michael Howell |
| Wednesday, May 1st, 2013 | 2:00pm to 5:00pm |
| Michael Howell will defend his dissertation entitled, "In the Service of State and Agriculture: The Agricultural Association in Bavaria and the Unintended Consequences of State Action, 1871-1895" in the Conference Room, LeConte Hall. The major professor is John H. Morrow, Jr. 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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| April |
| M.A. Thesis Defense: Leisha Meade |
| Tuesday, April 30th, 2013 | 10:00am |
| Leisha Meade will defend her Master's thesis entitled, "Land Renewal Plus People Renewal: Urban Renewal, Adult Businesses, and Public Health in Nashville" in the Conference Room, LeConte Hall. The major professor is Dr. Bethany Moreton. 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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| History Department Annual Awards dinner and ceremony |
| Monday, April 29th, 2013 | 5:00pm to 7:00pm |
| History Department faculty, graduate students, retirees and staff are invited to attend our Annual Awards diner and ceremony. Location: Demosthenian Hall. |
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| M.A. Thesis Defense: Catherine Ariail |
| Monday, April 29th, 2013 | 1:00pm to 4:00pm |
| Catherine Ariail will defend her Master's thesis entitled, "The Women's Distance Running Industry and the Paradox of Women's Sports: Class, Consumption, Identity, and the Subordination of Women in American Sports Culture" in the Faculty Lounge, LeConte Hall. The major professor is Dr. Bethany Moreton. 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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| Ph.D. Comprehensive Oral Exam: Dillon Carroll |
| Monday, April 29th, 2013 | 9:00am |
| Dillon Carroll will undergo his oral comprehensive exams in the Conference Room, LeConte Hall. The major professor is Stephen Berry. 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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| Ph.D. Comprehensive Oral Exam: Kurt Windisch |
| Monday, April 29th, 2013 | 11:30am |
| Kurt Windisch will undergo his oral comprehensive exams in the Conference Room, LeConte Hall. The major professor is Claudio Saunt. 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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| M.A. Thesis Defense: Justin Heath |
| Friday, April 26th, 2013 | 9:30am |
| Justin Heath will defend his Master's thesis entitled, "Tongues Aflame and Swords of Fire: The Founding of the Jesuit Reductions in the River Plate Basin and the Security of the Mission Frontier under Spanish Hegemonic Decline, 1607-1639" in the Conference Room, LeConte Hall. The major professor is Dr. Benjamin Ehlers. 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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| M.A. Thesis Defense: Benjamin A. Smith |
| Tuesday, April 23rd, 2013 | 2:00pm |
| Benjamin Smith will defend his Master's thesis entitled, "Impatient and Pestilent: Epidemic Disease and the Reopening of the Slave Trade in Early Republic South Carolina" in the Conference Room, LeConte Hall. The major professor is Dr. Peter Hoffer. 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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| Achy Obejas: Poetry Reading and Lecture |
| Monday, April 22nd, 2013 | 11:00am |
| Achy Obejas is the author of the critically acclaimed novels Ruins, Days of Awe and three other books of fiction. Her poetry chapbook, This is What Happened in Our Other Life, was both a critical favorite and a best-seller. She edited and translated, into English, Havana Noir, a collection of crime stories by Cuban writers on and off the island. Her translation, into Spanish, of Junot DĂaz’ The Brief Wondrous Life of Oscar Wao / La Breve y Maravillosa Vida de Ă“scar Wao was a finalist for Spain’s Esther BenĂtez Translation Prize from the national translators’ association. Location: University of Georgia Chapel, North Campus.
Sponsored by the Willson Center, the Department of Romance Languages, the Department of History, and the Latin American & Caribbean Studies Institute, with support from the Franklin College Office of Inclusion & Diversity Leadership. |
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| The Civil War & the Transformation of American Higher Education |
| Monday, April 22nd, 2013 | 4:30pm |
| A lecture by Michael David Cohen, University of Tennessee. The Civil War transformed American life well beyond the battlefield. Cohen will discuss its impact on the nation’s colleges. During the war, they struggled to remain open as students left to join the armies and as governments commandeered some college buildings. Afterward, especially in the South, they expanded their curricula and admitted new types of students—including some former slaves—in an effort to serve the postbellum nation. The Civil War thus gave rise, in several ways, to our modern system of higher education. Miller Learning Center, room 213. |
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| Doctoral Dissertation Defense: Tore Olsson |
| Wednesday, April 17th, 2013 | 3:30pm to 6:30pm |
| Tore Olsson will defend his dissertation entitled, "Agrarian Crossings: The American South, Mexico, and the Twentieth-Century Remaking of the Rural World" in the Conference Room, LeConte Hall. The major professor is Shane Hamilton. 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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| History and Gender Workshop PDW |
| Tuesday, April 16th, 2013 | 12:30pm to 1:30pm |
| The History and Gender Workshop will be hosting a special professional development workshop on "How to Integrate Gender into History Survey Classes." LeConte Hall, Rm.320. |
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| Undergraduate History course POM date |
| Wednesday, April 10th, 2013 |
| Registration Note: For the first couple of weeks of each term's registration, all upper division history courses are available to History Major Juniors and Seniors (those who have completed 60 or more hours, and declared the History Major with the Franklin College of Arts and Sciences). All other undergraduate students may also register for any Fall 2013 upper division history course once the POM is removed today. |
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| History Graduate Student Association Book Sale |
| Tuesday, April 9th, 2013 to Wednesday, April 10th, 2013 | 9:00am |
| The History Graduate Student Association will be hosting a book sale on the grounds of LeConte Hall Tuesday and Wednesday. All genres, fiction and non-fiction. New and slightly used books will be offered at very low prices. All proceeds benefit the HGSA. Rain cancels. |
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| M.A. Thesis Defense: Alexander Nordlund |
| Tuesday, April 9th, 2013 | 1:00pm to 4:00pm |
| Alexander Nordlund will defend his Master's thesis entitled, ""The Spirit of the Age": British War Correspondents and Interpretations of War and Culture in the Russo-Japanese War, 1904-1905" in the Conference Room, LeConte Hall. The major professor is Dr. John H. Morrow, Jr. 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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| History Graduate Student Meet and Greet with Visiting Lecturer Michael Hughes |
| Tuesday, April 9th, 2013 | 12:30pm |
| History graduate students are invited to a pizza lunch and meet with visiting Professor Michael Hughes from the University of Liverpool.Dr. Hughes will chat with us about the job market, graduate school in England, and the potential for a Graduate Student Exchange program. Rm. 101 LeConte Hall. |
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| Visiting Lecturer: Michael Hughes, University of Liverpool |
| Monday, April 8th, 2013 | 4:00pm |
| "Every Picture Tells Some Stories: British Travelers and Images of Russia on the Eve of Revolution," Michael Hughes, University of Liverpool. Location: Rm. 101 LeConte Hall |
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| Graduate Student Appreciation Week pizza event |
| Friday, April 5th, 2013 | 12:30pm |
| For History graduate students. Meet prospective new students on their visit to the History Department! RM. 102 LeConte Hall. |
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| PhD Comprehensive Oral Exam: Kevin Krause |
| Wednesday, April 3rd, 2013 | 2:00pm |
| Kevin Krause will undergo his oral comprehensive exams in Rm. 102 LeConte Hall. The major professor is Stephen Berry. 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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| Ph.D. Comprehensive Oral Exam: Matthew Hulbert |
| Wednesday, April 3rd, 2013 | 10:30am to 1:30am |
| Matthew Hulbert will undergo his oral comprehensive exams in the Conference Room, LeConte Hall. The major professor is John Inscoe. 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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| Workshop: How to Apply to Graduate Programs in History |
| Wednesday, April 3rd, 2013 | 3:30pm to 5:00pm |
| Students of all majors are invited to attend this information session on applying to graduate programs in history. Topics covered will be how to choose a graduate school, admission requirements and deadlines, and supplementary admission materials. Our graduate coordinator, admissions staff, and current graduate students will present information and answer frequently asked questions. Open to all majors. Refreshments will be provided.
Location: Rm. 101 LeConte Hall. |
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| History and Gender Workshop |
| Tuesday, April 2nd, 2013 | 12:30pm to 1:30pm |
| We will be workshopping a paper by Georgia Tech history professor, Madina Goldberg. "Gayaz Iskhaky's Zoleiha, from Romanticism to Identity Politics: Restructuring the Past on the Tatar Stage in Late Imperial and Post-Soviet Russia" is part of a greater book project on the Muslim Kazan Tatar identity. Location: LeConte 320. For information, contact ljdavis@uga.edu. |
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| March |
| Graduate Student Professional Development Workshop |
| Tuesday, March 26th, 2013 | 12:30 to 1:30 |
| Assistant Professor Jamie Kreiner will lead a Professional Development Workshop on the job market and job search. |
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| Doctoral Dissertation Defense: Stephen Huggins |
| Friday, March 22nd, 2013 | 1:00pm to 4:00pm |
| Stephen Huggins will defend his dissertation entitled, "The Mask of Grotius: The United States' use of Terror and Civilian Violence as Policy, from its Colonial Origins to World War II" in the Conference Room, LeConte Hall. The major professor is John H. Morrow, Jr. 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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| Veteran's luncheon at Ryans |
| Wednesday, March 6th, 2013 | 12:00pm |
| An informal, Dutch treat luncheon for veterans at Ryan’s - across the street from Wal-mart on Epps Bridge Road - on Wednesday. Any graduate student or faculty member in LeConte Hall who has served on active duty in American armed forces are welcome along with spouse or date.
No formal agenda beyond fellowship and brief introductions all around. Please RSVP, if you can. Nash Boney,706-542-7895, nboney@uga.edu.
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| Coffee hour with guest lecturer Tara Zahra |
| Friday, March 1st, 2013 | 11:00am to 12:30pm |
| The History and Gender Workshop hosts guest speaker Tara Zahra prior to her afternoon lecture in the MLC. History dept. faculty and graduate students are invited to Rm. 201 the Conference Rm. to meet Dr. Zahra. |
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| History and Gender Workshop Guest Lecture |
| Friday, March 1st, 2013 | 2:30pm |
| Tara Zahra will be giving a lecture entitled "Compelling Family Reasons": Gender, Human Rights, and Refugee Relief after World War II. Location: MLC 150. Free and open to the public. Light reception to follow. Contact: ljdavis@uga.edu for more information |
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| February |
| Cortona Program information session and coffee hour |
| Thursday, February 28th, 2013 to Tuesday, November 30th, 1999 | 3:30 p.m. to 5:00 p.m. |
| Interested students are welcome to stop by the English Department Library (Park Hall 261) for coffee and cookies and to learn about opportunities to study abroad in Cortona. Registration for the Fall 2013 semester is coming up: courses in English, History, Art History, and the Visual Arts will be offered. Please contact Steve Soper (ssoper@uga.edu) and Susan Rosenbaum (srosenb@uga.edu) for further information. |
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| Flush Times and Fever Dreams: A Story of Capitalism and Slavery in the Age of Jackson |
| Wednesday, February 27th, 2013 | 4:30 to 5:30 |
| Lecture and Booksigning by Joshua Rothman, University of Alabama, Miller Learning Center 213 |
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| UGA Cinema Roundtable: Django Unchained |
| Friday, February 22nd, 2013 | 4:00pm |
| A panel discussion on Quentin Tarantino's controversial 2012 film Django Unchained will take place in room 248 of the University of Georgia's Miller Learning Center.
The panel members, made up of Franklin College faculty, are Giles; Valerie Babb, professor of English and director of the Institute for African American Studies; John Morrow, head of the department of history; and Christopher Sieving, assistant professor of theatre and film studies. Richard Neupert, Wheatley Professor of the Arts and Josiah Meigs Distinguished Teaching Professor of Theatre and Film, will moderate the discussion. |
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| Willson Center lecture: Jennifer Palmer |
| Thursday, February 21st, 2013 | 4:00pm |
"An Ocean Between Them: Race, Gender, and the Family in France and its Colonies," Jennifer L. Palmer, assistant professor of history. She is interested in the social and cultural history of eighteenth-century France and its colonies.
In eighteenth-century France, the height of the Enlightenment was also the height of the slave trade. The book project, supported by a grant from the Willson Center, demonstrates how slavery and colonialism shaped family and gender roles for both people who journeyed across the ocean and directly participated in the plantation system, and for their compatriots who never set foot outside of France.
Location: Jackson St. Bldg., Rm. 123. Part of the Willson Center for Humanities and Arts 2012-2013 Fellows Series. |
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| Guest speaker: Andrea Gayoso |
| Thursday, February 14th, 2013 | 3:30pm |
| Andrea Gayoso (Universidad de la Republica, Uruguay)will present, "On Names and the Body, that Elusive Rose." Rm. 102, LeConte Hall. |
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| Ari Levine – Read-Write Memory: How to Translate Images of Early Modern Chinese Cityscapes into Texts (and Back Again) |
| Wednesday, February 13th, 2013 | 4:00pm |
| Willson Center for Humanities and Arts Fellows lecture. Ari Daniel Levine is Associate Professor of History. He is a cultural historian of early modern China. Jackson St. Building, Rm. 123. |
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| Guest speaker: Andrea Gayoso |
| Wednesday, February 13th, 2013 | 3:30pm |
| Andrea Gayoso (Universidad de la Republica, Uruguay) will present, "Nuns, Jews, and Muslims: Convivencia in Medieval Spain." Rm. 102, LeConte Hall.
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| Academic Majors Fair |
| Tuesday, February 12th, 2013 | 10:00am to 2:00pm |
| Interested in adding History as a major or minor? Join us at the SGA Majors Fair today at the Tate Center Grand Hall, 10am-2pm.
This is a great opportunity for your students to find a second major or minor, explore study abroad opportunities, or meet with a career counselor. It will also be a blue card event and we will be raffling off four early registrations to students that attend.
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| Guest speaker: Andrea Gayoso |
| Tuesday, February 12th, 2013 | 3:30pm |
| Andrea Gayoso (Universidad de la Republica, Uruguay) will present, "On Nuns and Notaries: Feminine Identity in 13th - Century Burgos." Rm. 102, LeConte Hall.
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| Northeast Georgia National History Day Competition |
| Saturday, February 9th, 2013 | 8:00am to 1:00pm |
| Middle- and high-school students from 32 Georgia counties present their original historical research at the University of Georgia Center for Cont Ed. The 2013 theme is "Turning Points in History: People, Events, Ideas." |
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| Guest speaker: Juan Manuel Casal |
| Friday, February 8th, 2013 | 3:30pm to 4:45pm |
| Juan Manuel Casal (Universidad de Montevideo) will present, "Militarism in Latin America: Cultural Heritage or Foreign Influences?" Rm. 101, LeConte Hall.
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| Job Talk: Middle East |
| Thursday, February 7th, 2013 | 12:30pm to 1:30pm |
| History presentation in Rm. 101 LeConte Hall. All history dept. faculty and graduate students are encouraged to attend. |
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| Guest speaker: Juan Mauel Casal |
| Thursday, February 7th, 2013 | 2:00pm |
| Juan Manuel Casal (Universidad de Montevideo) will present, "National Security Regimes in Brazil, Chile, and Argentina, 1964-1990." Rm. 321, LeConte Hall.
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| Job Talk: Middle East |
| Tuesday, February 5th, 2013 | 12:30pm to 1:30pm |
| History presentation in Rm. 101 LeConte Hall. All history dept. faculty and graduate students are encouraged to attend. |
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| Guest speaker: Juan Manuel Casal |
| Tuesday, February 5th, 2013 | 2:00pm |
| Juan Manuel Casal (Universidad de Montevideo) will present, "Authoritarian Reform in Argentina and Brazil: Peronismo and Varguismo Compared". Rm. 321, LeConte Hall.
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| January |
| History and Gender Workshop: Jennifer Heuer |
| Thursday, January 31st, 2013 | 12:30pm to 1:30pm |
| The History and Gender Workshop is sponsoring a guest lecture by Professor Jennifer Heuer of the University of Massachusetts, Amherst. Her talk is entitled "From Firebrands to Fretters? Mothers and War from the French Revolution to the Restoration" This event is co-sponsored by the Department of Romance Languages and the History Department. Rm. 101 LeConte Hall. |
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| Phi Alpha Theta, Epsilon Pi Induction |
| Wednesday, January 30th, 2013 | 7:00pm |
| Epsilon Pi, UGA's chapter of the National History Honor Society, will hold the annual induction ceremony and meeting in Rm. 101 LeConte Hall, at 7pm. |
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| Willson Center’s Global Georgia Initiative series: James C. Cobb |
| Tuesday, January 29th, 2013 | 4pm |
James C. Cobb will present the first lecture in the Global Georgia Initiative, as part of a new Wilson center series of speakers. Cobb will discuss "De-Mystifying Dixie: Southern History and Culture in Global Perspective" in the UGA Chapel.
The B. Phinizy Spalding Distinguished Professor in the History of the American South, Cobb is the author of a number of books, including Away Down South: A History of Southern Identity (Oxford University Press, 2005), Georgia Odyssey: A Short History of the State (UGA Press, 2008) and The South and America Since World War II (Oxford, 2010).
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| Mock Job Talk: Tore Olsson |
| Friday, January 25th, 2013 | 12:30pm to 1:30pm |
| You are invited to a mock job talk in preparation for campus interviews. The talk is titled, "Transnational Agrarian Dialogues: The American South and Mexico, 1900-1950." A Q&A will follow the talk. There will be pizza provided by the HGSA's Student Speaker Series fund.
Tore Olsson is the Ambrose Monell Fellow in Technology and Democracy, Miller Center of Public Affairs, 2012-2013 and Ph.D. Candidate, U.S. & Latin American History.
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| Job Talk: Middle East |
| Thursday, January 24th, 2013 | 12:30pm to 1:30pm |
| History presentation in Rm. 101 LeConte Hall. All history dept. faculty and graduate students are encouraged to attend. |
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| Graduate Student Professional Development Workshop |
| Tuesday, January 22nd, 2013 | 12:30pm |
| Topic: "Conference Papers and Panel Proposals" presented by Dr. Ari Levine. Rm. 320 LeConte Hall. |
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| Ari Levine: Dislocated Memories: Urban Space and Diasporic Nostaligia in Song China |
| Thursday, January 17th, 2013 | 4:00pm |
| Dr. Levine is Associate Professor of History. He is a cultural historian of early modern China. This is a Willson Center for Humanities and Arts Fellows lecture. Jackson St. Building, Rm. 123. |
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| 127th Annual Meeting of the American Historical Association |
| Thursday, January 3rd, 2013 to Sunday, January 6th, 2013 |
| The 127th annual meeting of the Association will be held in New Orleans at the New Orleans Marriott and Sheraton New Orleans. |
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| December |
| Grades Due |
| Monday, December 17th, 2012 | 5:00pm |
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| PhD Oral Comprehensive Examinations: Kevin Young |
| Monday, December 17th, 2012 | 10:00am to 1:00pm |
| Kevin Young will take his oral examinations in the faculty lounge, LeConte Hall. All members of the university faculty are invited. The Major Professor is John Inscoe. If you wish to attend please contact the Graduate Coordinator's office at history@uga.edu to ensure adequate seating. |
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| Commencement |
| Friday, December 14th, 2012 |
| Undergraduate Commencement, 9:30a.m. Stegeman Coliseum. Graduate Commencement, 2:30p.m. Stegeman Coliseum. |
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| Final Exams |
| Monday, December 10th, 2012 to Wednesday, December 12th, 2012 |
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| Final Exams |
| Thursday, December 6th, 2012 to Friday, December 7th, 2012 |
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| Reading Day |
| Wednesday, December 5th, 2012 |
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| Friday Class Schedule In Effect |
| Tuesday, December 4th, 2012 |
| For the Fall Semester 2012, the University will operate a Friday class schedule on Tuesday, Dec. 4. |
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| November |
| M.A. Thesis Defense: Andrew Epstein |
| Friday, November 30th, 2012 | 9:30am |
| Andrew Epstein will defend his thesis entitled, "Unsettled New York: Land, Law and Haudenosaunee Nationalism in the Early Twentieth Century." The defense will be held in the Conference Room, LeConte Hall. Members of the university community are invited to attend. If you wish to attend please contact the Graduate Coordinator's office at history@uga.edu to ensure adequate seating. |
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| PhD Oral Comprehensive Examinations: Leah Richier |
| Wednesday, November 28th, 2012 | 9:30am to 12:30pm |
| Leah Richier will take her oral examinations in the Conference Room, LeConte Hall. All members of the university faculty are invited. The Major Professor is Stephen Berry. If you wish to attend please contact the Graduate Coordinator's office at history@uga.edu to ensure adequate seating. |
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| M.A. Thesis Defense: Kainien C. Morel |
| Monday, November 26th, 2012 | 12:00pm |
| Kainien Morel will defend his thesis entitled, "Overthrowing Tashkent: The Demise of the Soviet-American Consensus Over the Asian Subcontinent Following the Second Kashmir War." The defense will be held in the Conference Room, LeConte Hall. Members of the university community are invited to attend. If you wish to attend please contact the Major Professor John H. Morrow Jr. jmorrow@uga.edu to ensure adequate seating. |
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| Holidays: Thanksgiving |
| Monday, November 19th, 2012 to Friday, November 23rd, 2012 |
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| History and Gender Workshop |
| Tuesday, November 13th, 2012 | 12:30pm to 1:30pm |
| The workshop will discuss "I Railly Thought Ol' Miss wuz an Angel": Post-bellum Convergence Histories by Ex-Slaveholding Women and Former Bondspeople in the Religious Milieu, by Katherine Rohrer. LeConte Hall Rm. 320. For information, contact ljdavis@uga.edu. |
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| PhD Dissertation Defense: Hayden Smith |
| Tuesday, November 13th, 2012 | 2:00pm to 5:00pm |
| Hayden Smith will defend his dissertation entitled, "Rich Swamps and Rice Grounds: The Specialization of Inland Rice Culture in the South Carolina Lowcountry, 1670-1861." The Major Professor is Dr. Paul Sutter. The defense will be held in the Conference Room, LeConte Hall. Members of the university community are invited to attend. If you wish to attend please contact the Graduate Program at historyy@uga.edu to ensure adequate seating. |
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| Phi Alpha Theta Epsilon Pi History Honor Society Movie Night |
| Wednesday, November 7th, 2012 | 6:00pm |
| For Phi Alpha Theta members - History discussion and a movie at 6pm in LeConte 101. Dinner will be provided for Phi Alpha Theta members! Please email Brad at bradburz@uga.edu if you have any questions.
Dr. Drake will be showing a movie on the Cane Toad, and lecturing on the unintended consequences of the human introduction of foreign species to an environment.
We are really excited about this opportunity and we hope that all of our members come out to enjoy this awesome lecture with us!
Also, that date, November 7th, will be the deadline to get new member dues to a member of the Exec Board, the Treasurer or President treasurer. If you wish to be inducted into Phi Alpha Theta this year, we must have a check made out to Phi Alpha Theta Epsilon Pi, or cash, for $45 dollars, by November 7th. |
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| Graduate Student Professional Development Workshop |
| Tuesday, November 6th, 2012 | 12:30pm |
| Associate Professor Stephen Mihm will lead a Professional Development Workshop on "organizing your research" in Rm. 320, LeConte Hall. |
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| Humanities and Arts Grants Town Hall |
| Monday, November 5th, 2012 | 4:00pm |
| Please join us in Room 148 of the Miller Learning Center for a town hall meeting to discuss support for external grant applications with Willson Center Associate Academic Director Stephen Berry (History Dept.) and panelists William Kretzschmar (chair), Nicholas Allen, Celeste Condit, Lisa Fusillo, and Richard Gordon. Professor Berry also invites you to take part in a survey on external grants. Willson Center for the Humanities and Arts. |
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| Politics of Politics Film Series |
| Thursday, November 1st, 2012 | 6:30pm |
| A screening of "The Candidate." Introductions provided by Brian Drake, lecturer in history. 6:30 and 9:30 p.m. Light refreshments served. Part of the Ready, Steady, Vote! Program Series. Location: Richard B. Russell Building Special Collections Libraries, 300 South Hull Street |
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| History Lecture |
| Thursday, November 1st, 2012 | 4:00pm |
| "Muckworm Wordlings, Scarlet Stains and Glorious Lovers: the Varieties and Uses of Dissenting Verse, 1600-1700," George Southcombe, Oxford University. Richard B. Russell Building Special Collections Libraries, Rm. 285, 300 South Hull Street. |
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| Graduate Program Fall Meeting |
| Thursday, November 1st, 2012 | 12:30pm to 1:30pm |
| For Graduate students in the History Dept. Meet with the Graduate Coordinator to discuss the program and answer your questions. Pizza and drinks will be provided for lunch! Please RSVP to kahorney@uga.edu. |
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| Southern Historical Association Annual Meeting: Mobile, Alabama |
| Thursday, November 1st, 2012 to Sunday, November 4th, 2012 |
| Renaissance Riverview Plaza Hotel
Mobile, Alabama |
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| October |
| History Department Faculty Meeting |
| Tuesday, October 30th, 2012 | 12:30pm to 1:45pm |
| For History Dept. faculty. Rm. 101, LeConte Hall. |
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| Fall break: no classes. |
| Friday, October 26th, 2012 |
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| History and Gender Workshop |
| Thursday, October 25th, 2012 | 12:30pm to 1:30pm |
| We will be workshopping a paper by Dr. Timothy Cleaveland. This paper, "Milk Kinship in Islamic West and Northwest Africa and the Intellectual Construction of the Body," is part of a greater book project on milk-kinship. LeConte Hall Rm. 320. For information, contact ljdavis@uga.edu. |
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| Civil War Lecture |
| Sunday, October 21st, 2012 | 2:30pm |
| "Understanding the Civil War in Georgia," John Inscoe, editor of "The Civil War in Georgia," published in 2011 by the UGA Press. Meet-the-author reception and book signing at 2:30 p.m. with the talk beginning at 3 p.m. Jackson Street Building,
285 S. Jackson St. |
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| Graduate Student Professional Development Workshop |
| Friday, October 19th, 2012 | 3:30pm |
| Assistant Professor James Gigantino from the University of Arkansas (Georgia PhD 2010) will lead a Professional Development Workshop on "the job search and junior faculty responsibilities" in Room 320, LeConte Hall. |
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| Withdrawal Deadline |
| Thursday, October 18th, 2012 | 12:00pm |
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| Phi Alpha Theta Open House |
| Thursday, October 11th, 2012 | 6:00pm |
| Epsilon Pi, UGA's chapter of Phi Alpha Theta, Inc. The National History Honor Society, will host an open house on Thursday for all interested students. Pizza, fun History trivia and information will be provided. Thursday, Rm. 101 LeConte Hall. Or check us out on Facebook! |
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| History Graduate Student Speaker Series |
| Tuesday, October 2nd, 2012 | 12:30pm to 1:30pm |
| Steve Huggins will be presenting a piece titled "The Mask of Grotius: The United States Use of Terror as Policy, from its Colonial Origins to World War II" in Rm. 320, LeConte Hall. |
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| September |
| Graduate Student Professional Development Workshop |
| Tuesday, September 25th, 2012 | 12:30pm to 1:30pm |
| Assistant Professor Daniel Rood will lead a Professional Development Workshop on "networking at professional conferences" in Rm. 320, LeConte Hall. |
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| History Graduate Student Book Sale |
| Wednesday, September 19th, 2012 to Thursday, September 20th, 2012 | 9:00am to 4:00pm |
| Books of all types and genres will be available at very low prices. Fiction, non-fiction etc. Proceeds benefit the History Graduate Student Association. Location: LeConte Hall Plaza outdoors. (Rain cancels.) |
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| History Dept. Fall Reception |
| Friday, September 14th, 2012 | 5:00pm |
| For History Dept. Faculty, staff, and graduate students: the History Department will sponsor a Fall Reception on Friday at the home of Allan Kulikoff. This event is 'potluck' please bring your favorite dish! Beverages and a main dish will be provided. |
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| History Graduate Student Speaker Series |
| Tuesday, September 11th, 2012 | 12:30pm to 1:30pm |
| Dave Thomson will be presenting a conference paper titled "'The Will of God Prevails': Ministerial Influence on Union Diplomacy" in Rm. 320, LeConte Hall. |
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| August |
| History Graduate student 1st Year Committee Brown Bag Lunch |
| Thursday, August 30th, 2012 | 12:30pm to 1:45pm |
| Welcome to the department for new graduate students and returning students. Please bring your lunch and join the 1st year committee on Thursday in Rm. 320. Please contact Robbie at rpoister@uga.edu if you have any questions. |
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| Oral Comprehensive Examinations: Jun Suk Hyun |
| Friday, August 24th, 2012 | 1:00pm to 4:00pm |
| Jun Suk Hyun will take his oral examinations in the Conference Room, LeConte Hall. All members of the university faculty are invited. If you wish to attend please contact the Major Professor William Stueck at wstueck@uga.edu to ensure adequate seating. |
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| Undergraduate Add Period Ends |
| Friday, August 17th, 2012 | 12:00am to 11:59pm |
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| Annual Meeting for New Graduate Students in History |
| Monday, August 13th, 2012 | 8:45am to 10:00am |
| History dept. meeting for new Graduate students in History - attendance is required. Rm. 320 LeConte Hall, on the 3rd floor. Please come early - Refreshments will be provided before the meeting starts. |
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| Teaching Assistant Orientation |
| Thursday, August 9th, 2012 | 8:45am to 12:30pm |
| All new graduate teaching and laboratory assistants who will have instructional responsibilities during 2012-2013 are required to attend the Orientation for Graduate Teaching and Laboratory Assistants. This includes laboratory and teaching assistants as well as other graduate classifications who will be serving as instructors. In addition, returning GTAs and GLAs are welcome to attend the sessions of interest to them. If you have specific questions regarding the orienation please contact Paul Quick in the Center for Teaching and Learning at (706) 542-0534. |
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| Graduate School Orientation and Information Fair |
| Wednesday, August 8th, 2012 | 9:00am to 11:30am |
Required for all new graduate students in history. Location: Athens Classic Center, Grand Hall, 300 N. Thomas Street. Contact Judy Milton, jmilton@uga.edu, in the Graduate School for additional information.
The Graduate Student Organization usually conducts a short tour and holds a welcome luncheon for new students after the Graduate School Orientation on Wednesday from 11:30 am-2:00 pm. More information about this event will be available in late spring. |
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| July |
| M.A.Thesis Defense: Robert Poister |
| Monday, July 23rd, 2012 | 11:00am |
| Robert Poister will defend his thesis entitled, "The Business of Exile: The Money and Memory of a "Confederate" Family in Cuba" on Monay. The Major Professor is Dr. John Inscoe. The defense will be held in the Conference Room, LeConte Hall. Members of the university community are invited to attend. If you wish to attend please contact the Graduate Coordinator's Office at history@uga.edu to ensure adequate seating. |
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| PhD Dissertation Defense: La Shonda Mims |
| Friday, July 20th, 2012 | 10:00am |
| La Shonda Mims will defend her dissertation entitled, "Drastic Dykes and Accidental Activists: Lesbians, Identity, and the New South." The Major Professor is Dr. James Cobb. The defense will be held in the Conference Room, LeConte Hall. Members of the university community are invited to attend. If you wish to attend please contact the Graduate Coordinator's office at history@uga.edu to ensure adequate seating. |
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| M.A. Thesis Defense: Quin'Nita Cobbins |
| Thursday, July 19th, 2012 | 9:30am |
| Quin'Nita Cobbins will defend her thesis entitled, "Making "Good" Citizens: Education, Citizenship, and the National Association of Colored Women, 1920-1941" on Thursday. The Major Professor is Dr. Chana Kai Lee. The defense will be held in the Conference Room, LeConte Hall. Members of the university community are invited to attend. If you wish to attend please contact the Graduate Coordinator's Office at history@uga.edu to ensure adequate seating. |
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| PhD Oral Comprehensive Examinations: Laura J. Davis |
| Friday, July 13th, 2012 | 1:00pm |
| Laura Davis will take her oral examinations in the Conference Room, LeConte Hall. All members of the university faculty are invited. If you wish to attend please contact the Graduate Coordinator's Office at history@uga.edu to ensure adequate seating. |
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| June |
| PhD Dissertation Defense: W. Thomas Okie |
| Monday, June 18th, 2012 | 2:00pm to 5:00pm |
| Thomas Okie will defend his dissertation entitled, ""Everything is Peaches Down in Georgia": Culture and Agriculture in the American South." The Major Professor is Dr. Paul S. Sutter. The defense will be held in the Conference Room, LeConte Hall. Members of the university community are invited to attend. If you wish to attend please contact the Graduate Coordinator's office at history@uga.edu to ensure adequate seating. |
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| May |
| PhD Oral Comprehensive Examinations: Samuel McGuire |
| Wednesday, May 16th, 2012 | 10:00am to 1:00pm |
| Samuel McGuire will take his oral examinations in the Conference Room, LeConte Hall. All members of the university faculty are invited. The Major Professor is John Inscoe. If you wish to attend please contact the Graduate Coordinator's office at history@uga.edu to ensure adequate seating. |
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| UGA Commencement |
| Friday, May 11th, 2012 |
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| Reading Day |
| Tuesday, May 1st, 2012 |
| These days have been designated by the University Council to provide time for students to prepare for final examinations. No mandatory assignments are to be scheduled for completion during reading days -- either for course work or extra-curricular or co-curricular activities. Exceptions for good cause can be made to this policy by the Vice President for Instruction. Nothing in this policy limits an instructor from scheduling optional study reviews for students during reading days. |
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| April |
| PhD Dissertation Defense: Christopher A. Huff |
| Friday, April 27th, 2012 | 10:00am to 1:00pm |
| Christopher Huff will defend his dissertation entitled, "A New Way of Living Together: A History of Atlanta's Hip Community, 1965-1973". The Major Professor is Dr. Robert Pratt. The defense will be held in the Conference Room, LeConte Hall. Members of the university community are invited to attend. If you wish to attend please contact the Graduate Coordinator's office at history@uga.edu to ensure adequate seating. |
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| Master's Thesis Defense: Brad A. Wood |
| Friday, April 27th, 2012 | 2:00pm |
| Brad Wood will defend his thesis entitled, "Sacrificed to Capital: The Degradation of Textile Workers in the Early Postwar Era" on Friday. The Major Professor is Dr. Bethany Moreton. The defense will be held in the Conference Room, LeConte Hall. Members of the university community are invited to attend. If you wish to attend please contact the Graduate Coordinator's Office at history@uga.edu to ensure adequate seating. |
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| Oral Comprehensive Examinations: Timothy Johnson |
| Wednesday, April 25th, 2012 | 2:00pm |
| Timothy Johnson will take his oral examinations in the Conference Room, LeConte Hall. All members of the university faculty are invited. If you wish to attend please contact the Graduate Coordinator's Office at history@uga.edu to ensure adequate seating. |
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| Master's Thesis Defense: M. McNeill Smart |
| Thursday, April 19th, 2012 | 8:00am |
| McNeill Smart will defend her thesis entitled, ""We Have Improvised": The Anglo-American Alliance and Axis Prisoners of War in World War II" on Thursday. The Major Professor is Dr. John H. Morrow, Jr. The defense will be held in the Conference Room, LeConte Hall. Members of the university community are invited to attend. If you wish to attend please contact the Graduate Coordinator's Office at history@uga.edu to ensure adequate seating. |
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| PhD Dissertation Defense: Lesley-Ann Reed |
| Thursday, April 12th, 2012 | 10:00am |
| Lesley-Ann Reed will defend her dissertation entitled, "'Smells like Money': The Rise and Fall of a Paper Dream in Dixie, 1920-1975." The Major Professor is Dr. Stephen Berry. The defense will be held in the Conference Room, LeConte Hall. Members of the university community are invited to attend. If you wish to attend please contact the Graduate Coordinator's office at history@uga.edu to ensure adequate seating. |
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| Guest Lecture: Mark Wilson |
| Thursday, April 5th, 2012 | 3:30pm |
| Mark Wilson will be presenting "War and Capitalism in United States History: Reconsiderations" Location: Room 221, LeConte Hall. |
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| March |
| Guest Speaker: Jonathan Hogg, University of Liverpool |
| Tuesday, March 27th, 2012 | 3:30pm |
| Dr. Jonathan Hogg of the University of Liverpool will present a paper in 101 LeConte on Thursday. Dr. Hogg's visit is part of the Franklin International Faculty Exchange (FIFE) program. |
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| PhD Dissertation Defense: Zachary Smith |
| Friday, March 23rd, 2012 | 9:00am |
| Zachary Smith will defend his dissertation entitled, "That Liberty Shall Not Perish:"American Propaganda and the Politics of Fear, 1914-1919 on Tuesday. The Major Professor is Dr. John H. Morrow, Jr. The defense will be held in the Conference Room, LeConte Hall. Members of the university community are invited to attend. If you wish to attend please contact the Graduate Coordinator's office at history@uga.edu to ensure adequate seating. |
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| Willson Center Distinguished Lecturer Geoff Eley |
| Friday, March 23rd, 2012 | 4:00pm |
| "The Past Under Erasure: History, Memory, and the Contemporary," Geoff Eley, historian. Rm. 248 Miller Learning Center. Sponsored by the Willson Center for Humanities and Arts, as well as by the departments of History, Germanic and Slavic Studies, and English. |
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| Guest Speaker: Regina Morantz-Sanchez |
| Friday, March 23rd, 2012 | 12:30pm |
| Prof. Morantz-Sanchez will give a talk on her current research project, on Friday in LeConte Hall Rm. 221. Her talk is entitled "The Personal is Political: A Biography of Rose Pastor Stokes," and it examines "a range of historical changes affecting Jewish and American life in the U. S. Progressive period: in particular, immigration, political reform, shifting understandings of race, gender, and class, Jewish-American acculturation, the relationship of Jews to the history of the American left, and the role of Jews in progressive reform politics." It is sponsored by the University of Georgia History and Gender Workshop. Prof. Morantz-Sanchez's visit is supported by the UGA President’s Venture Fund, with the assistance of Dean Barbara Schuester of the UGA Medical Partnership. |
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| Withdrawal Deadline |
| Thursday, March 22nd, 2012 |
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| Visiting Lecturer: Regina Morantz-Sanchez |
| Thursday, March 22nd, 2012 | 5:00pm |
| Prof. Morantz-Sanchez will be presenting "What's History Got to Do with It: Four Decades of Scholarship on Gender and Medicine," on Thursday at 5:00 p.m. in MLC 148 and will be followed by a reception in the North Tower of the MLC, to which everyone is invited. Morantz-Sanchez is the author of three critically acclaimed books on women and medicine in nineteenth-century America. The talk is sponsored by the University of Georgia History and Gender Workshop. Prof. Morantz-Sanchez's visit is supported by the UGA President's Venture Fund, with the assistance of Dean Barbara Schuester of the UGA Medical Partnership. |
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| Noel Ignatiev on Reconstruction |
| Tuesday, March 20th, 2012 | 12:30pm |
| Acclaimed historian Noel Ignatiev, author of How the Irish Became White, will give a public lecture in 101 LeConte Hall contrasting Eric Foner's and W.E.B. DuBois' interpretations of the Reconstruction period. Organized by the History of Capitalism Group. This is a UGA Blue Card event. |
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| Spring Break |
| Monday, March 12th, 2012 to Friday, March 16th, 2012 |
| No UGA classes. |
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| Oral Comprehensive Examinations: Kylie Horney |
| Thursday, March 8th, 2012 | 11:00am |
| Kylie Horney will take her oral examinations in the Conference Room, LeConte Hall. All members of the university faculty are invited. If you wish to attend please contact the Graduate Coordinator's office at history@uga.edu to ensure adequate seating. |
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| Women's Studies Friday Speaker Series: Diane Batts Morrow |
| Friday, March 2nd, 2012 | 12:20pm to 1:10pm |
| Dr. Diane Batts Morrow, Department of History and Department of African American Studies, will give a talk on "The Oblate Sisters of Providence During the Civil War Era" on Friday. Rm. 250 Miller Learning Center. This is a UGA Blue Card event. |
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| Oral Comprehensive Examinations: Katherine Rohrer |
| Thursday, March 1st, 2012 | 3:30pm |
| Katherine Rohrer will take her oral examinations in the Conference Room, LeConte Hall. All members of the university faculty are invited. If you wish to attend please contact the Major Professor Stephen Mihm at mihm@uga.edu to ensure adequate seating. |
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| February |
| Professional Development Workshop |
| Tuesday, February 28th, 2012 | 12:30pm |
| Graduate student workshop series, "How to Turn a Seminar Paper into a Publishable Article" with Dr. Hamilton. Rm. 320 LeConte Hall. Please RSVP to Kylie at kahorney@uga.edu. Lunch will be provided. |
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| Film - Double Victory: the Story of the Tuskegee Airmen |
| Friday, February 24th, 2012 | 6:00pm |
| This documentary film, produced by George Lucas, is a companion to his feature film, "Red Tails," and was aired on The History Channel. Dr. John Morrow, history, who appeared in the documentary, will introduce the film and lead a discussion afterward. Location: Rm. 171 Miller Learning Center. Sponsored by the Institute for African American Studies and the Department of History. |
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| Student Speaker Series: Alisha Cromwell |
| Friday, February 24th, 2012 | 4:30pm |
| History Graduate Student Speaker Series: We will be workshopping Alisha Cromwell's paper, "George Fitzhugh, Charles Fourier, and Revolutionary France: Proslavery Thought and Utopian Socialism in the Antebellum South." Please come prepared with detailed feedback. Location: Magnolias (off-campus) |
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| History and Gender Workshop |
| Tuesday, February 21st, 2012 | 12:30pm |
| History Graduate students are invited to attend this month's History and Gender Workshop in LeConte Hall, Rm. 320. Dr. Palmer will be presenting her paper "White Subjects: Constructing Race and Gender through Portraiture in Eighteenth-Century France." Lunch will be provided.
For information, please contact Jennifer at jmalto@uga.edu. |
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| Capitalism in America: A New History (State of the Art Conference) |
| Saturday, February 18th, 2012 | 9:00am to 5:00pm |
| Shane Hamilton, Stephen Mihm, and Bethany Moreton, assisted by Alisha Cromwell, Andrew Epstein, and Brad Wood, are hosting a "State of the Art" conference at the new UGA Special Collections Library. Top scholars in the history of American capitalism will speak on key issues at stake in this emerging field. Along with our own colleague Allan Kulikoff, the speakers include: Tracy Deutsch, Associate Professor of History, University of Minnesota; Colleen Dunlavy, Professor of History, University of Wisconsin-Madison; Sarah Haley, Visiting Fellow, Princeton University; Peter James Hudson, Assistant Professor of History, Vanderbilt University; Richard John, Professor of History, Columbia University; Naomi Lamoreaux, Professor of Economics and History, Yale; Jessica Lepler, Assistant Professor of History, University of New Hampshire; Suzanna Reiss, Assistant Professor of History, University of Hawai'i. All members of the UGA community are invited to attend and participate in the discussion. The conference website includes abstracts of all talks and a complete schedule of events. |
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| January |
| Dept. of Geography Colloquium Series: Shane Hamilton |
| Friday, January 27th, 2012 | 3:30pm |
| Associate Prof. of History Shane Hamilton will speak on the topic: The American Supermarket and the Cold War "Farms Race" in the Geography building, Room 200C. |
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| History Department Faculty Meeting |
| Tuesday, January 24th, 2012 | 12:300pm to 1:30pm |
| For History Dept. faculty. Rm. 101 LeConte Hall. |
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| Martin Luther King Jr. Day (Holiday) |
| Monday, January 16th, 2012 | 12:00pm |
| No classes. UGA offices are closed. |
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| Spring 2012 classes begin Jan. 9. |
| Monday, January 9th, 2012 |
| Drop for undergraduate level courses is Jan 9-12.
Add for undergraduate level courses is Jan. 9 - 13. |
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| December |
| UGA Commencement |
| Friday, December 16th, 2011 |
| Undergraduate Commencement is at 9:30am. Stegeman Coliseum. Graduate student Commencement is at 2:30 pm, Stegeman Coliseum. Please see the Registrar's website for further details. |
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| Reading Day |
| Wednesday, December 7th, 2011 |
| These days have been designated by the University Council to provide time for students to prepare for final examinations. No mandatory assignments are to be scheduled for completion during reading days -- either for course work or extra-curricular or co-curricular activities. Exceptions for good cause can be made to this policy by the Vice President for Instruction. Nothing in this policy limits an instructor from scheduling optional study reviews for students during reading days. |
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| Friday Class Schedule in Effect |
| Tuesday, December 6th, 2011 |
| Note: For the Fall Semester 2011, the University will operate a Friday class schedule on Tuesday, Dec. 6. This is done to equalize the class minutes between MWF and TTH classes and to provide an equal number of class meetings for courses which may meet only once per week. |
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| August |
| Fall Semester 2011 classes begin Monday. |
| Monday, August 15th, 2011 |
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| New Graduate Student meeting |
| Monday, August 15th, 2011 | 8:30am to 9:30am |
| History dept. meeting for new Graduate students in History (required). Rm. 341 LeConte Hall, on the 3rd floor. Refreshments will be provided. |
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| Orientation for GraduateTeaching and Laboratory Assistants |
| Thursday, August 11th, 2011 | 8:45am to 12:30pm |
| Location: Rm. 101, Miller Learning Center. All new graduate teaching and laboratory assistants who will have instructional responsibilities during 2011-2012 are required to attend the Orientation for Graduate Teaching and Laboratory Assistants. This includes laboratory and teaching assistants as well as other graduate classifications who will be serving as instructors. In addition, returning GTAs and GLAs are welcome to attend the sessions of interest to them. If you have specific questions regarding the orienation please contact Paul Quick in the Center for Teaching and Learning at (706)542-0534. The orientation program is available from the homepage of the Center for Teaching and Learning website. |
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| UGA Graduate School Orientation and Information Fair |
| Wednesday, August 10th, 2011 | 9:00am to 11:30am |
| Attendance is required for all new graduate students in History. Location: Athens Classic Center, 300 N. Thomas Street, Athens, GA 30601. Please contact Judy Milton in the Graduate School, jmilton@uga.edu or 706-425-2953, with any questions.
At this time, the Graduate Student Association plans to host a welcome party immediately following the Graduate School orientation from 11:30-2:00 in the Miller Learning Center, Wednesday, August 10. The Graduate and Professional Scholars will also have a welcome event before classes begin on Monday, August 15. |
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| Summer commencement |
| Saturday, August 6th, 2011 | 9:30am |
| Combined Undergraduate and Graduate Ceremony Ceremony. Stegeman Coliseum. |
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| Final Exams for Thru Session August 4-5 |
| Thursday, August 4th, 2011 to Friday, August 5th, 2011 |
| Thursday and Friday.
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| Short Session II Final Exams Thursday. |
| Thursday, August 4th, 2011 |
| Grades due Monday August 8, 5pm. |
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| Thru Session classes end Wednesday. |
| Wednesday, August 3rd, 2011 |
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| Short Session II classes end Wednesday. |
| Wednesday, August 3rd, 2011 |
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| July |
| Short Session I Final Exams |
| Friday, July 8th, 2011 |
| Friday.
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| Short Session II classes begin Friday. |
| Friday, July 8th, 2011 |
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| Short Session I classes end Thursday. |
| Thursday, July 7th, 2011 |
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| Holiday: 4th of July |
| Monday, July 4th, 2011 |
| No classes on Monday. Offices will be closed. |
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| June |
| MA Thesis Defense: Erika Mostekller |
| Monday, June 13th, 2011 | 12:00pm |
| Erika Mosteller will defend her thesis entitled, "Pruning the Tree of Liberty: The Limits of the Early French Abolition Movement" . The Major Professor is Dr. Laura Mason. The defense will be held in the Conference Room, LeConte Hall. Members of the university community are invited to attend. If you wish to attend please contact the Graduate Program at history@uga.edu to ensure adequate seating. |
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| Maymester grades due |
| Friday, June 10th, 2011 |
| Deadline: 5pm. |
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| Summer Session I And Thru Session Classes begin |
| Friday, June 10th, 2011 |
| Classes begin on Friday. |
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| Maymester Final Exams |
| Wednesday, June 8th, 2011 |
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| Last day of class for Maymester. |
| Tuesday, June 7th, 2011 |
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| May |
| Memorial Day Holiday |
| Monday, May 30th, 2011 |
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| Maymester classes begin |
| Tuesday, May 17th, 2011 |
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| Spring Commencement |
| Friday, May 13th, 2011 |
| Graduate student Commencement, 10:00am, Stegeman Coliseum.
Undergraduate Commencement, 7 pm, Sanford Stadium. |
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| Grades Due by 7 PM |
| Friday, May 13th, 2011 |
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| Spring 2011 Final Exams |
| Tuesday, May 10th, 2011 |
| May 4 - 6, 9, 10; Wed. - Fri.; Mon. - Tues. |
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| Reading Day |
| Tuesday, May 3rd, 2011 |
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| Spring Classes End |
| Monday, May 2nd, 2011 |
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| Monday, May 2nd, 2011 to Sunday, May 8th, 2011 | 1 |
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| April |
| History Dept. Annual Awards Reception |
| Wednesday, April 27th, 2011 | 5:00pm to 7:00pm |
| Save the Date. The history department will hold its spring reception and awards banquet on Wed. April 27, 5-7 pm in Demosthenian Hall. Dinner will be provided, and partners and families are welcome. Please plan on joining us to congratulate our awards recipients. |
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| Master's Thesis Defense: Angela E. Elder |
| Tuesday, April 26th, 2011 | 9:30am |
| Angela Elder will defend her thesis entitled, "Grieving for a Nation: From Wife to Widow in the Confederate South" on Tuesday. The Major Professor is Dr. Stephen Berry. The defense will be held in the Conference Room, LeConte Hall. Members of the university community are invited to attend. If you wish to attend please contact the Major Professor at berry@uga.edu to ensure adequate seating. |
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| Phi Alpha Theta Dinner Lecture: Dr. Benjamin Ehlers |
| Tuesday, April 26th, 2011 | 6:30pm |
| Epsilon Pi, UGA's chapter of the National History Honor Society, is hosting a dinner lecture with Dr. Ehlers on Tuesday evening at the East West Bistro, downtown Athens. Dr. Ehler's topic is "Actually, Everybody Expected the Spanish Inquisition." A limited number of tickets are available to UGA staff, faculty and students and will be available in Rm. 200 LeConte Hall on Tuesday April 19 from 12-3pm for Phi Alpha Theta Members, History faculty and history graduate Students.
Tickets to other UGA students and the UGA community will be sold April 20-21 and Monday April 25 from 12-3pm. Dinner tickets: $15.00 (with gratuity.) Contact: Kelsey Shearman kshearma@uga.edu |
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| Master's Thesis Defense: Levi T. Collins |
| Tuesday, April 26th, 2011 | 11:15am |
| Levi Collins will defend his thesis entitled, "Rooted in the Old Soil: Emma Goldman's Path to Sexual Modernism" on Tuesday. The Major Professor is Dr. Shane Hamilton. The defense will be held in the Conference Room, LeConte Hall. Members of the university community are invited to attend. If you wish to attend please contact the Major Professor at shamilto@uga.edu to ensure adequate seating. |
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| Lecture: Dr. Tomiko Brown-Nagin |
| Wednesday, April 20th, 2011 | 4:00pm |
| Dr. Brown-Nagin is the Justice Thurgood Marshall Distinguished Professor of Law and Professor of History at the University of Virginia. She will speak on her new book "Courage to Dissent: Atlanta and the Long History of the Civil Rights Movement." Location: UGA Chapel. Contact: ashlandj@uga.edu. Sponsored by School of Law's American Constitution Society, the Department of History, and other departments. |
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| Master's Thesis Defense: Sean H. Vanatta |
| Tuesday, April 19th, 2011 | 10:00am |
| Sean Vanatta will defend his thesis entitled, "A Crisis of Credit: Jimmy Carter, Citibank, and the Political Economy of Consumer Credit, 1958-1985" on Tuesday. The Major Professor is Dr. Stephen Mihm. The defense will be held in the Conference Room, LeConte Hall. Members of the university community are invited to attend. If you wish to attend please contact the Major Professor at mihm@uga.edu to ensure adequate seating. |
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| UGA War and Society Film Series: "The Fog of War: Eleven Lessons from the Life of Robert S. McNamara" |
| Wednesday, April 13th, 2011 | 6:30pm to 8:30pm |
| UGA's War and Society Workshop presents a screening of the film "The Fog of War: Eleven Lessons from the Life of Robert S. McNamara" in LeConte Hall Rm.221. Screening preceded by historical and critical commentary. |
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| Honors Day ceremony. |
| Wednesday, April 13th, 2011 | 2:00pm |
| Ceremony honoring the top five percent students by college and school; and faculty and student recipients of awards for outstanding performance. Hodgson Hall, Performing Arts Center. |
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| Oral Comprehensive Examinations: Derek Bentley |
| Tuesday, April 12th, 2011 | 9:00am to 12:00pm |
| Derek Bentley will take his oral examinations in the Conference Room, LeConte Hall. All members of the university faculty are invited. If you wish to attend please contact the Graduate Coordinator's Office at history@uga.edu to ensure adequate seating. |
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| PhD Dissertation Defense: Thomas Chase Hagood |
| Tuesday, April 5th, 2011 | 12:30pm to 3:30pm |
| Chase Hagood will defend his dissertation entitled, "Rewriting the Frontier: Making History in Tuscaloosa, Alabama" on Tuesday. The Major Professor is Dr. Allan Kulikoff. The defense will be held in the Conference Room, LeConte Hall. Members of the university community are invited to attend. If you wish to attend please contact the Major Professor at kulikoff@uga.edu to ensure adequate seating. |
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| History Graduate Student Book Sale |
| Tuesday, April 5th, 2011 to Wednesday, April 6th, 2011 | 8:30am to 3:00pm |
| Books of all types and genres will be available at very low prices. Fiction, non-fiction etc. Proceeds benefit the History Graduate Student Association. Location: LeConte Hall Plaza outdoors. (Rain cancels.) |
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| March |
| Phi Alpha Theta, Epsilon Pi: Chapter Induction Ceremony |
| Wednesday, March 30th, 2011 | 6:30pm |
| Induction is going to be held at the Cobb House, which is located at 175 Hill Street, Athens, GA 30601 (near downtown and off Prince Ave). Dress is Sunday best, if you will. We'll be taking pictures.
There will be refreshments and afterwards, a group of us may go downtown and grab some dinner, so feel free to join in! We will need some volunteers to help with the set up (nothing major, so don't fret). Please let me know if you can help out. We will meet at the Cobb House at about 5:00 on Wednesday.
Also, for those of you interested in a leadership position, we'll discuss it at induction. All of the positions are up for grabs (president, vice president secretary, treasurer, and historian).
If you want honors cords for graduation, we will be collecting the money at induction. For more information, please contact Kelsey Shearman, PAT President at kshearma@uga.edu. |
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| Workshop in the Cultural History of Capitalism |
| Friday, March 25th, 2011 | 4:00pm to 5:30pm |
| Sterling Evans, the Louise Welsh Chair of Oklahoma, Southern Plains, and Borderlands History at the University of Oklahoma, will present from his work in progress: "Damming Sonora: An Environmental and Transnational History of Water, Agriculture, and Society in Northwest Mexico." We will meet at 4pm in Room 320 of LeConte Hall. |
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| Spring Withdrawal Deadline |
| Thursday, March 24th, 2011 |
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| PhD Dissertation Defense: Robert Neil Smith |
| Tuesday, March 22nd, 2011 | 2:00pm to 5:00pm |
| Robert Smith will defend his dissertation entitled, ""An Evil Day in Georgia" The Executions of Clifford Thompson and Hugh Moss and The Death Penalty in Georgia" Tuesday. The Major Professor is Dr. James Cobb. The defense will be held in the Conference Room, LeConte Hall. Members of the university community are invited to attend. If you wish to attend please contact the Major Professor at cobby@uga.edu to ensure adequate seating. |
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| Spring Break |
| Monday, March 14th, 2011 to Friday, March 18th, 2011 |
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| History Department's Retired Faculty/Staff Veterans Luncheon |
| Thursday, March 10th, 2011 | 11:50am |
| The history department's retired faculty veterans will meet for their annual luncheon at Ryan's (near Lowe's and Home Depot and across from Walmart on Epps Bridge Road). This is an informal, Dutch treat affair. Any current LeConte Hall faculty member or graduate student or staff member who has served on active duty in America's armed forces is welcome, along
with spouse or date. Also welcome are veterans in the Folio Book Club and in the Office of the University Architects, some of whom have joined us in the past.
There are no dues or elections or agendas or anything else resembling a formal faculty meeting. We simply gather, give quick introductions and enjoy fellowship. If you plan to come, drop me an e-mail or give me phone call. If you decide at the last minute, come anyway.
Nash Boney
706-549-6677 (home)
706-542-7895 (office)
nboney@uga.edu |
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| Midterm of Spring Semester |
| Thursday, March 3rd, 2011 |
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| February |
| Visiting Lecturer: Historian Peter Wood |
| Thursday, February 24th, 2011 | 5:00pm |
| Historian Peter H. Wood will be discussing his new book, Near Andersonville: Winslow Homer's Civil War (Harvard UP). At the Georgia Museum in the main auditorium. Wood is Professor Emeritus of History at Duke University. |
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| Panel Discussion on the Egyptian Revolution |
| Wednesday, February 23rd, 2011 | 4:00pm |
| Panelists: Muhammad Abulezz, graduate student in the department of religion; Sherry Lowrance, assistant professor of international affairs; Adam Sabra, associate professor of history. Moderated by Francis Assaf, Distinguished Research Professor of French. Sponsored by the Willson Center for Humanities and Arts. 148 Miller Learning Center. Contact asabra@uga.edu |
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| Willson Center Roundtable Discussion: "The Future of Graduate Education in the Humanities" |
| Wednesday, February 2nd, 2011 | 4:00pm |
| Hugh Ruppersburg, English, will moderate. Panelists: Ben Ehlers (history), Martin Kagel (Germanic and Slavic Studies), Nicolas Lucero (Romance Languages), Jed Rasula (English) and Susan Thomas (musicology). introduce the issue. 148 Miller Learning Center. Contact: 706-542-3966, jdingus@uga.edu. Sponsored by the Willson Center for Humanities and Arts. |
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| January |
| Martin Luther King Jr. Day |
| Monday, January 17th, 2011 |
| Holiday, no classes. UGA offices will be closed. |
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| Spring 2011 Classes Begin |
| Thursday, January 13th, 2011 |
| Due to inclement weather, UGA classes will begin Thursday Jan 13 at 11am for Spring 2011. |
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| December |
| Christmas Holidays |
| Monday, December 27th, 2010 to Friday, December 31st, 2010 | 1 |
| UGA offices are closed. |
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| Fall Semester Grades Due |
| Tuesday, December 21st, 2010 | 5:00pm |
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| Fall Semester Commencement |
| Friday, December 17th, 2010 |
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| Oral Comprehensive Examinations: L. Kathryn Tucker |
| Thursday, December 9th, 2010 | 12:30pm to 3:30pm |
| Kathryn Tucker will take her oral examinations in the Conference Room, LeConte Hall. All members of the university faculty are invited. If you wish to attend please contact the Major Professor James Cobb at cobby@uga.edu to ensure adequate seating. |
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| Fall Semester Final Exams |
| Thursday, December 9th, 2010 to Wednesday, December 15th, 2010 |
| Dec. 9, 10, 13, 14, 15 |
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| Oral Comprehensive Examinations: James Welborn |
| Wednesday, December 8th, 2010 | 10:00am to 1:00pm |
| James H. Welborn will take his oral examinations in the Conference Room, LeConte Hall. All members of the university faculty are invited. If you wish to attend please contact the Major Professor Stephen Berry at berry@uga.edu to ensure adequate seating. |
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| Reading Day |
| Wednesday, December 8th, 2010 |
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| Friday Cass Shedule in Effect |
| Tuesday, December 7th, 2010 |
| For the Fall Semester 2010, the University will operate a Friday class schedule on Tuesday. This is done to equalize the class minutes between MWF and TTH classes and to provide an equal number of class meetings for courses which may meet only once per week. |
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| Oral Comprehensive Examinations: Hannah Waits |
| Monday, December 6th, 2010 | 10:00am to 1:00pm |
| Hannah Waits will take her oral examinations in the Conference Room, LeConte Hall. All members of the university faculty are invited. If you wish to attend please contact the Major Professor Bethany Moreton at moreton@uga.edu to ensure adequate seating. |
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| November |
| Thanksgiving break |
| Monday, November 22nd, 2010 to Friday, November 26th, 2010 |
| No classes. |
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| MA Thesis Defense: Daphney Pascal |
| Thursday, November 18th, 2010 | 12:30pm to 3:30pm |
| Daphney Pascal will defend her thesis entitled, "Crisis in Haiti: The American Occupation 1915-1934." The defense will be held in the Conference Room, LeConte Hall. Members of the university community are invited to attend. If you wish to attend please contact the Major Professor Reinaldo Roman at rroman@uga.edu to ensure adequate seating. |
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| PhD Dissertation Defense: Drew Swanson |
| Tuesday, November 16th, 2010 | 12:30pm to 3:30pm |
| Drew Swanson will defend his dissertation entitled, "Land of the Bright Leaf: Yellow Tobacco, Environment, and Culture along the Border of Virginia and North Carolina." The Major Professor is Paul Sutter.The defense will be held in the Conference Room, LeConte Hall. Members of the university community are invited to attend. If you wish to attend please contact the Graduate Coordinator's office at history@uga.edu to ensure adequate seating. |
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| PhD Dissertation Defense: Ichiro Miyata |
| Tuesday, November 9th, 2010 | 11:00am to 2:00pm |
| Ichiro Miyata will defend his dissertation entitled, ""Setting Atlanta in Motion": The Making and Unmaking of Metropolitan Atlanta's "Public" Transit, 1952-1981" Tuesday. The Major Professor is Dr. Bryant Simon. The defense will be held in the Conference Room, LeConte Hall. Members of the university community are invited to attend. If you wish to attend please contact the Graduate Coordinator's office at history@uga.edu to ensure adequate seating. |
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| So. Historical Association Annual Meeting 2010 |
| Thursday, November 4th, 2010 to Sunday, November 7th, 2010 |
| The conference this year will be held at the Westin Charlotte, Charlotte, North Carolina. Please see our web site for details. |
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| October |
| Fall break |
| Friday, October 29th, 2010 |
| No classes. UGA offices will remain open. |
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| Tenth Annual Exhibition of The Stephen Elliot Draper Center and Archives for the Waters of Georgia in History, Law and Policy. |
| Friday, October 22nd, 2010 to Saturday, October 30th, 2010 | 8:00am to 5:00pm |
| Sponsored by University of Georgia Libraries, Hargrett Rare Book and Manuscript Library. 1-5 p.m. Saturday, Weekdays 8:00 a.m. - 5:00 p.m. Through Saturday, October 30, 2010. Turner Gallery, Hargrett Library, 3rd Floor, Main Library. Contact: 706-542-7123, hargrett@uga.edu |
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| Visit the Mobile Museum of Modern-Day Slavery |
| Thursday, October 21st, 2010 | 9:00am |
| The Mobile Museum of Modern-Day Slavery will visit the UGA Campus, 9:00 am to 5:00 pm, at the NO8 parking lot off of Thomas and East Campus Rd at the end of Baldwin Street.
The museum, which began touring in Collier County [Florida] three weeks ago, includes a replica of the 24-foot cargo truck that five field bosses, members of the Navarrette family, used to enslave and brutalize 12 Mexican and Guatemalan farmworkers. Led by Cesar and Geovanni, the Navarrete clan took the workers' IDs and locked the men in boxes, shacks and trucks on their property. The men were chained, beaten and forced to work on farms in the Carolinas and Florida. |
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| Fall Semester Withdrawal Deadline |
| Thursday, October 21st, 2010 |
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| The Amanda and Greg Gregory Lecture |
| Wednesday, October 20th, 2010 | 5:00pm |
| Sponsored by the department of history. "Southern Dissent and Outrage: Community, Race and Kinship in the Civil War Era," Victoria Bynum, professor emeritus of history at Texas State University, San Marcos, gives the first Amanda and Greg Gregory Lecture. Her talk will give a broad overview of how she came to write her latest book and why she feels it is important to remember the Southerners who dissented. 5:00 p.m. Chapel. Reception and book signing follows in Room 100 of Old College. Contact: 706-542-1830, hpy@uga.edu |
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| Dr. Victoria Bynum: Closed door session for History Graduate Students |
| Wednesday, October 20th, 2010 | 10:00am |
| This week Dr. Victoria Bynum, renown Civil War historian and author of Unruly Women and The Free State of Jones, will be visiting UGA as our Gregory Guest Lecturer for Fall 2010. While she will be participating in many events during her stay, October 18-22, she has a particular event catered just to graduate students in the History program. Closed door sessions allow graduate students to discuss freely with established historians about the profession, the field, and the journey of school to professorship. So bring questions or concerns for Dr. Bynum!
Please RSVP by Tuesday night to richier@uga.edu
Location: Conference Rm. OR Rm. 320 if a larger room is needed. |
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| Honors Program 50th anniversary lecture |
| Friday, October 15th, 2010 | 3:00pm |
| The University of Georgia Honors Program is hosting a special lecture celebration of its 50th anniversary. Honors alumnus and UGA history professor James C. Cobb will speak at 3 p.m. in the University Chapel. Reception follows in Moore College. Contact: 706-583-0698 |
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| Phi Alpha Theta Movie Night presents: "Danton" |
| Monday, October 11th, 2010 | 7:00pm |
| Epsilon Pi, UGA's chapter of the National History Honor Society, will be screening the film:"Danton," presented by Dr. Steve Soper, history lecturer at UGA. There will be free pizza and drinks! Everyone is invited, but please RSVP to kshearm@uga.edu. Rm. 101 LeConte Hall, 7 p.m. |
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| Alejandro Velasco, New York University: "'La Pelea Era Brava': Guerrilla War, Electoral Politics, and the Popular Dimensions of Radicalism in 1960s Caracas, Venezuela" |
| Friday, October 1st, 2010 | 3:30pm |
| Presented by The Georgia Seminar on Culture, Power, and History. Location: Baldwin Hall Rm.114A. Please note that these are not lectures but discussions of work-in-progress. The paper is made available a week before the session at www.uga.edu/gcph. After a brief introduction, the session is opened up for an extended question and answer period between the author and those attending who have previously read the paper. For more information on this series as well as other upcoming workshop presentations please visit our website or contact Rebecca Hanson at beccara606@gmail.com |
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| September |
| Georgia Workshop in Early American History & Culture |
| Friday, September 24th, 2010 | 3:45pm |
| Peter Charles Hoffer will present from his work, "A Partnership of Equals: Benjamin Franklin, George Whitefield, and the Birth of The Modern World."
Location: Room 201 Conference Rm., LeConte Hall, |
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| War & Society Workshop: Judkin Browning, Appalachian State U |
| Friday, September 17th, 2010 | 3:00pm |
| A roundtable discussion of a chapter of Browning's forthcoming book, "Wearing the Mask of Nationality Lightly: The Effects of Union Military Occupation during the Civil War". Dr. Browning received his Ph.D. in history from the University of Georgia in 2006 and is now Assistant Professor of History at Appalachian State. He is also the editor of "The Southern Mind Under Union Rule: The Diary of James Rumley, Beaufort, North Carolina, 1862-1865" (UPF, 2009), which Richard M. Reid (University of Guelph) applauds for offering "a rare glimpse into the mind of an ardent Confederate sympathizer living under Union control." |
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| M.A. Thesis Defense: Timothy Johnson |
| Tuesday, September 7th, 2010 | 8:00am to 11:00am |
| Timothy Johnson will defend his thesis, "Growth Industry: Fertilizer and the Politics of Agriculture on the Georgia Cotton Belt, 1840-1900." The defense will be held in the Conference Room, LeConte Hall. Members of the university community are invited to attend. If you wish to attend please contact the Major Professor Shane Hamilton at shamilto@uga.edu to ensure adequate seating. |
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| Labor Day Holiday |
| Monday, September 6th, 2010 |
| No classes. UGA offices closed. |
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| August |
| History Discussion: Dr. Gavin James Campbell |
| Friday, August 27th, 2010 | 3:00pm |
Dr. Campbell will be on campus to workshop a part of his latest project--a dual biography of Niijima Jo (a samurai who traveled from Meiji Japan to the immediate post-Civil War United States to learn the secret of western military capitalism) and Lafcadio Hearn (an American who traveled to Meiji, Japan to find an antidote to western pugnacity and alienation).
Dr. Campbell, a professor at Doshisha University in Kyoto, Japan, is also the author of Music and the Making of a New South (UNC, 2003), which Benjamin Filene called a "lively and astute exploration of how southerners coped with fundamental tension and how even their musical 'diversions' were fraught with meaning." (Journal of Southern History, May 2005). (Dr. Campbell's visit is being co-sponsored by the Georgia Workshop in the Cultural History of Capitalism and the War & Society Workshop at the University of Georgia.)
Rm. 102, LeConte Hall; please see the link below to view a copy of Dr. Campbell's paper. |
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| Southern Graduate Music Research Symposium |
| Friday, August 27th, 2010 to Saturday, August 28th, 2010 | 12:00pm |
| Department of History lecturer Montgomery Wolf will be giving the keynote address at 7 p.m. in Edge Recital Hall in the Hodgson School of Music. |
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| History Graduate Student Mentor Program: Brown Bag meeting |
| Wednesday, August 25th, 2010 | 12:15pm to 1:15pm |
| Room 102 LeConte Hall. Bring your luinch! |
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| Geography Colloquium Series: "Regional roots of Neoliberalism: Wal-Mart and the Washington Consensus" |
| Friday, August 20th, 2010 | 3:30pm |
| Bethany Moreton, history and women's studies. Refreshments will be provided. 3:30 p.m. 200C Geography-Geology building. Contact: 706-542-1753, fsarmien@uga.edu. |
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| History Dept. Faculty Meeting |
| Thursday, August 19th, 2010 | 12:30pm |
| Rm. 101 LeConte Hall. |
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| Fall classes begin |
| Monday, August 16th, 2010 |
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| Orientation for Teaching Assistants |
| Thursday, August 12th, 2010 | 8:45am to 12:30pm |
| All new graduate teaching and laboratory assistants who will have instructional responsibilities during 2010-2011 are required to attend the Orientation for Graduate Teaching and Laboratory Assistants. This includes laboratory and teaching assistants as well as other graduate classifications who will be serving as instructors. In addition, returning GTAs and GLAs are welcome to attend the sessions of interest to them. If you have specific questions regarding the orienation please contact Paul Quick in the Center for Teaching and Learning at (706) 542-0534. Registration starts at 8:45 outside of Room 101 in the Miller Learning Center. The orientation provides new GTAs and GLAs with information for teaching undergraduates and introduces instructional support systems available at the University. The orientation program is available from the Center for Teaching and Learning website. |
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| Graduate Student Orientation and Information Fair |
| Wednesday, August 11th, 2010 | 9:00am to 11:30am |
| Attendance is required for all new graduate students in history. Location: Athens Classic Center, Grand Hall (downtown Athens). Please contact Judy Milton in the Graduate School, jmilton@uga.edu or 706-425-2953, with any questions. |
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| July |
| Summer Commencement |
| Saturday, July 31st, 2010 | 9:30am |
| Combined Undergraduate and Graduate Ceremony in Stegeman Coliseum. |
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| Summer Session II Final Exams |
| Friday, July 30th, 2010 |
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| Summer Session II classes end |
| Thursday, July 29th, 2010 |
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| Summer Session II Withdrawal deadline |
| Tuesday, July 20th, 2010 |
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| MA Thesis Defense: Heather Whittaker |
| Friday, July 16th, 2010 | 2:00pm to 5:00pm |
| Heather Whittaker will defend her thesis entitled, ""This, then, is America!": Unto These Hills and Appropriation of Native American History." The defense will be held in the Conference Room, LeConte Hall. Members of the university community are invited to attend. If you wish to attend please contact the Major Professor Claudio Saunt at csaunt@uga.edu to ensure adequate seating. |
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| MA Thesis Defense: Ashton Ellett |
| Thursday, July 15th, 2010 | 10:00am to 1:00pm |
| Ashton Ellett will defend his thesis entitled, "Organizing the Right: Service Clubs, Conservatism, and the Origins of the Two-Party South in Cobb County, Georgia, 1942-1968." The defense will be held in the Conference Room, LeConte Hall. Members of the university community are invited to attend. If you wish to attend please contact the Major Professor Jim Cobb at cobby@uga.edu to ensure adequate seating. |
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| PhD Oral Comprehensive Exams: Jason Kirby |
| Wednesday, July 14th, 2010 | 1:30pm to 4:30pm |
| Jason Kirby will take his oral examinations in the Conference Room, LeConte Hall. All members of the university faculty are invited. If you wish to attend please contact the Major Professor James Cobb at cobby@uga.edu to ensure adequate seating. |
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| MA Thesis Defense: Meg Brearley |
| Wednesday, July 14th, 2010 | 10:00am |
| Meg Brearley will defend her thesis entitled, "The Politics of Persuasion: The Language and Limits of the Long Career of Rebecca Latimer Felton." The defense will be held in the Conference Room, LeConte Hall. Members of the university community are invited to attend. If you wish to attend please contact the Major Professor Kathleen Clark at katclark@uga.edu to ensure adequate seating. |
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| PhD Dissertation Defense: Lin Mao |
| Friday, July 9th, 2010 | 8:00am to 11:00am |
| Lin Mao will defend his dissertation entitled, "Guns and Butter: Sino-American Relations and the Diplomacy of Modernization, 1966-1979." The Major Professor is William Stueck. The defense will be held in the Conference Room, LeConte Hall. Members of the university community are invited to attend. If you wish to attend please contact the Graduate Coordinator's office at history@uga.edu to ensure adequate seating. |
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| Independence Day holiday |
| Monday, July 5th, 2010 |
| No classes. UGA offices closed. |
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| Summer Session II classes begin |
| Friday, July 2nd, 2010 |
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| Summer Session I Final Exams |
| Thursday, July 1st, 2010 |
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| June |
| Summer Session I classes end |
| Wednesday, June 30th, 2010 |
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| Summer Session I Withdrawal deadline |
| Monday, June 21st, 2010 |
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| An Historical Deliberation: "Slavery or Freedom Forever" |
| Friday, June 18th, 2010 | 3:00pm to 4:30pm |
| Russell Forum for Civic Life in Georgia [RFCLG] hosts National Issues Forums on a monthly basis at the Russell Library on the University of Georgia campus to explore new issue guides in a smaller group setting. This forum then is both an opportunity to travel back in time to troubled times before the Civil War when people were grappling with slavery and a chance to consider how the values that animated 19th century Americans continue to do so today. Russell Library Auditorium. Free! |
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| Summer Thru and I Sessions classes begin |
| Friday, June 4th, 2010 |
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| PhD Oral Comprehensive Exams: Beatrice Burton |
| Friday, June 4th, 2010 | 10:00am |
| Bea Burton will take her oral examinations in the Conference Room, LeConte Hall. All members of the university faculty are invited. If you wish to attend please contact the Major Professor James Cobb at cobby@uga.edu to ensure adequate seating. |
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| Maymester Final Exams |
| Wednesday, June 2nd, 2010 |
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| Maymester classes end |
| Tuesday, June 1st, 2010 |
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| May |
| Memorial Day holiday |
| Monday, May 31st, 2010 |
| Monday. No classes. UGA offices closed. |
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| Film Showing: Appalachia: A History of Mountains and People |
| Sunday, May 30th, 2010 |
| This four-part series on PBS features UGA's Charles Hudson, retired professor of anthropology, and John Inscoe, professor of Southern history. The series runs through May 30. For air dates, check local PBS listings. |
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| Maymester Withdrawal deadline |
| Monday, May 24th, 2010 |
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| Spring 2010 Commencement |
| Saturday, May 8th, 2010 |
| The Graduate Student Spring 2010 Commencement ceremony is at 10:00am on Saturday, May 8, 2010, in Stegeman Coliseum. The Spring Semester 2010 Undergraduate Commencement Ceremony will be held on Saturday, May 8, at 6:30 pm (note change in time from previous years) in Sanford Stadium. If Severe Weather is declared, the ceremony will be held on Sunday, May 9, at 1:30 pm in Sanford Stadium. |
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| MA Thesis Defense: Matthew Bentrott |
| Thursday, May 6th, 2010 | 1:00pm to 4:00pm |
| Matt Bentrott will defend his thesis entitled, "Rojos, Moros, y Negros: Race and the Spanish Civil War." The defense will be held in the Faculty Lounge, LeConte Hall. Members of the university community are invited to attend. If you wish to attend please contact the Major Professor John Morrow at jmorrow@uga.edu to ensure adequate seating. |
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| PhD Oral Comprehensive Exams: Michael Howell |
| Wednesday, May 5th, 2010 | 9:00am to 12:00pm |
| Michael Howell will take his oral examinations in the Faculty Lounge, LeConte Hall. All members of the university faculty are invited. If you wish to attend please contact the Major Professor John Morrow, Jr. at jmorrow@uga.edu to ensure adequate seating. |
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| Spring 2010 Final Exams. |
| Monday, May 3rd, 2010 to Friday, May 7th, 2010 |
| Monday - Friday. |
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| April |
| Furlough Day. |
| Friday, April 30th, 2010 |
| In implementation of the Board of Regents furlough policy, the University of Georgia has designated March 8 as one of the six furlough days to be taken by UGA employees unless they are otherwise designated. Only essential campus services will be operating today. |
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| Reading Day. |
| Friday, April 30th, 2010 |
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| Monday Class Schedule in Effect |
| Thursday, April 29th, 2010 |
| For the Spring Semester 2010, the University will operate a Monday class schedule on Thursday. This is done to equalize the class minutes between MWF and TTH classes and to provide an equal number of class meetings for courses which may meet only once per week. |
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| Georgia Workshop in Early American History |
| Thursday, April 29th, 2010 | 3:30pm to 5:30pm |
| Thomas Chase Hagood will present from his paper, "'I look upon the long journey, through the wilderness, with much pleasure:' Measuring the Landscapes of Tuscaloosa Migrations." This month’s Workshop will be in Room 322 in LeConte Hall, the main building for the History Department.
Those coming to the seminar need to download and read the paper prior to the workshop. It can be accessed from our "Upcoming Events" section of the website at http://www.uga.edu/colonialseminar/Upcoming.htm |
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| MA Thesis Defense: Jennifer Schwartzberg |
| Thursday, April 29th, 2010 | 2:00pm |
| Jennifer Schwartzberg will defend her thesis entitled, "Race and Space: The Radical Nationalism of the Pan-German League." The defense will be held in the Faculty Lounge, LeConte Hall. Members of the university community are invited to attend. If you wish to attend please contact the Major Professor John Morrow at jmorrow@uga.edu to ensure adequate seating. |
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| Panel discussion: "The United States of Terror--Three Centuries of World Experience with State-Sponsored Terrorism" |
| Tuesday, April 27th, 2010 | 4:00pm |
| With historian Michael Fellman, Simon Fraser University. A panel discussion entitled "The United States of Terror: Three Centuries of World Experience with State-Sponsored Terrorism" will include History faculty Laura Mason and Bill Steuck, along with Amy Ross from Geography. Room 221 Leconte Hall. Contact: berry@uga.edu |
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| Lecture: "John Brown:Terrorism in a Slave Society" |
| Monday, April 26th, 2010 | 4:00pm |
| Speaker Michael Fellman, Simon Fraser University. 101 Miller Learning Center. Contact: berry@uga.edu |
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| Workshop in the Cultural History of Capitalism presents Julie Weise |
| Thursday, April 22nd, 2010 | 2:00pm to 3:30pm |
| Dr. Julie Weise of California State-Long Beach will present "Citizens of Somewhere: Mexican Workers, Dixiecrats, and Mexican Bureaucrats in the Arkansas Delta, 1939-64." The event will be held in the Miller Learning Center; room TBA. |
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| Screening: Oral History with Lorena Weeks, Trailblazer for Equal Opportunity. |
| Thursday, April 22nd, 2010 | 2:00pm to 3:15pm |
| Dr. Kathleen Clark, Associate Professor of History at UGA will introduce the first public screening of film about Lorena Weeks, a Georgia woman and pioneer in labor equity for women who successfully challenged her employer, Southern Bell's refusal to hire women for certain jobs as a violation of Title 7 of the 1964 Civil Rights Act. Her case, Weeks v. Southern Bell helped to end employers' old practice of keeping women out of higher-paying positions by claiming that they required qualifications only men could fulfill. Questions, discussion and reception follow. Weeks will be a special honored guest at the event. Russell Library Auditorium. Sponsored by Richard B. Russell Library fior Political Research and Studies.Contact: 706-542-5766 jsevern@uga.edu |
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| Lunchtime seminar with Julie Weise |
| Thursday, April 22nd, 2010 | 12:15pm to 1:30pm |
| We will discuss a precirculated paper by Julie Weise (California State University-Long Beach), "Dispatches from the 'Viejo' New South: Historicizing Recent Latino Migrations" [click on link below for PDF]. Meet in Room 102, LeConte Hall. |
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| 225 Symposium: Lecture |
| Thursday, April 22nd, 2010 | 10:15am to 11:15am |
| James C. Cobb, B. Phinizy Spalding Distinguished Professor of History, will discuss the baby boomer generation in college. James C. Hearn, a professor at the Institute of Higher Education, will give the response and commentary. 50 Miller Learning Center. Contact: mwinston@uga.edu |
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| 225 Symposium: "Historical Images of the University of Georgia" |
| Thursday, April 22nd, 2010 | 11:15am to 12:00pm |
| Presentation by Nash Boney, Professor Emeritus, Department of History. 150 Miller Learning Center. Contact: mwinston@uga.edu |
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| PhD Oral Comprehensive Exams: Kyle Osborn |
| Monday, April 19th, 2010 | 9:00am to 12:00pm |
| Kyle Osborn will take his oral examinations in the Conference Room, LeConte Hall. All members of the university faculty are invited. If you wish to attend please contact the Major Professor John Inscoe at jinscoe@uga.edu to ensure adequate seating. |
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| History Lecture: "The Murder of King James I" |
| Monday, April 19th, 2010 | 3:30pm |
| Thomas Cogswell, Professor of History, UC Riverside, one of the pioneers of the post-revisionist turn in early Stuart political history, will present a lecture on Monday in LeConte Hall, Rm. 135. Cogswell is currently working on a book entitled "Buckingham's Commonwealth: Faction, Ideology and the Transformation of Early Stuart England," and was a 1974 UGA history major. |
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| Peter Ling lecture: "King's Duragraha: Can Martin Luther King be Classified as a Gandhian?" |
| Wednesday, April 14th, 2010 | 3:30pm |
| Professor Peter Ling, Study Abroad Director for the American and Canadian Studies Program at the University of Nottingham, will present a lecture in room 101, LeConte Hall.
Professor Ling argues that King's success between 1963-1965 stemmed from his departure from strictly Gandhian principles. |
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| PhD Dissertation Defense: Ivy Holliman |
| Monday, April 5th, 2010 | 9:30am to 12:00pm |
| Ivy Holliman will defend her dissertation entitled,"From 'Crackertown' to 'ATL': Race, Urban Renewal, and the Re-Making of Downtown Atlanta, 1945-2000." The Major Professor is Paul Sutter. The defense will be held in the Conference Room, LeConte Hall. Members of the university community are invited to attend. If you wish to attend please contact the Graduate Coordinator Benjamin Ehlers at hiscoord@uga.edu to ensure adequate seating. |
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| PhD Dissertation Defense: Christopher Manganiello |
| Monday, April 5th, 2010 | 3:00pm |
| Christopher Manganiello will defend his dissertation entitled, "Dam Crazy with Wild Consequences: Artificial Lakes and Natural Rivers in the American South, 1845-1990." The defense will be held in the Faculty Lounge, LeConte Hall. Members of the university community are invited to attend. If you wish to attend please contact the Graduate Coordinator's office at history@uga.edu to ensure adequate seating. |
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| PhD Oral Comprehensive Exams: W. Thomas Okie |
| Monday, April 5th, 2010 | 12:30pm |
| Thomas Okie will take his oral examinations in the Conference Room, LeConte Hall. The Major Professor is Paul Sutter. All members of the university faculty are invited. If you wish to attend please contact the Graduate Coordinator's office via history@uga.edu to ensure adequate seating. |
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| March |
| Women's History Month Program: "The Life and Legacy of Jeannette Rankin"--Workplace Justice Then and Now" |
| Wednesday, March 31st, 2010 | 5:00pm to 6:30pm |
| A talk by Bethany Moreton, history and the Institute for Women's Studies, and Pamela Voekel, history, about Jeannette Rankin's advocacy for wage and hour laws, child labor laws, support for unions, and present day struggles for 'living wages' and benefits. Refreshments provided. Blue Card event. 248 Miller Learning Center. Contact 706-542-0066, tlhat@uga.edu |
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| History Talk and Film Screening: "Women in Film: Claire Denis" |
| Tuesday, March 30th, 2010 | 6:00pm |
| Please join Dr. Laura Mason, Associate Professor of History, on Tuesday, for a talk on Claire Denis. Mason will discuss a couple of themes common to all of Denis' films-- most notably exile, displacement, and personal bonds-- to give film-goers a broader sense of her work.This will accompany her latest film which will open at CINE' in downtown Athens on Friday. "35 Shots of Rum," a lovely and meditative film about fathers and daughters and letting go, will screen at 7:15. (The CINE' Barcafe' is on West Hancock Ave, next to the National and down the street from Little Kings Shuffle Club.) |
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| Workshop in the Cultural History of Capitalism presents Rowena Olegario |
| Monday, March 29th, 2010 | 4:30pm to 6:00pm |
| Dr. Rowena Olegario of the Said Business School, Oxford University, will present "The Nation that Credit Built: 300 Years of Innovation, Regulation, and Devastation" in the Miller Learning Center, room 150. For more information contact Shane Hamilton at shamilto@uga.edu. |
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| Business History Conference Annual Meeting |
| Thursday, March 25th, 2010 to Sunday, March 28th, 2010 | 8:00am to 8:00pm |
| The 2010 meeting of the Business History Conference will be held at the Center for Continuing Education Conference Center and Hotel at the University of Georgia. The local sponsor is the Department of History at the University of Georgia, with local arrangements being handled by Shane Hamilton, Stephen Mihm, and Bethany Moreton. |
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| Spring 2010 Withdrawal Deadline |
| Tuesday, March 23rd, 2010 |
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| History Book Fair: Pearson Publishers |
| Tuesday, March 23rd, 2010 | 12:30pm to 01:45pm |
| History faculty are invited to meet with Barbara Robinson (Barbara.Robinson@pearson.com) who will be on site Tuesday for a presentation of Pearson Higher Education 's classroom resources. LeConte Hall, Rm. 101. Lunch by Panera Bread will be provided. |
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| Women's History Month Keynote Address |
| Monday, March 22nd, 2010 | 3:00pm |
| Joan Hoff, historian and author, will present the Women's History Month keynote address, "Too Little, Too Late-- Changes in the Legal Status of U.S. Women". A reception and book signing will follow in Demosthenian Hall. For more information, contact 706/542-0066 or tlhat@uga.edu. |
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| Furlough Day. |
| Monday, March 8th, 2010 |
| In implementation of the Board of Regents furlough policy, the University of Georgia has designated March 8 as one of the six furlough days to be taken by UGA employees unless they are otherwise designated. Only essential campus services will be operating today. |
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| Spring Break. |
| Monday, March 8th, 2010 |
| No classes; offices open March 9-12. |
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| PhD Dissertation Defense: Darren Grem |
| Tuesday, March 2nd, 2010 | 5:00pm |
| Darren Grem will defend his dissertation entitled, "The Blessings of Business: Corporate America and Conservative Evangelicalism in the Sunbelt Age, 1945-2000." The defense will be held in the Faculty Lounge, LeConte Hall. Members of the university community are invited to attend. If you wish to attend please contact the Major Professor James Cobb at cobby@uga.edu to ensure adequate seating. |
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| Faculty Research Colloquium. |
| Tuesday, March 2nd, 2010 | 12:30pm |
| Allan Kulikoff will present his new work, "What did Benjamin Franklin look like?" Rm. 102 LeConte Hall. Pizza and soft drinks will be served. |
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| February |
| Georgia Workshop in Early American History & Culture |
| Friday, February 26th, 2010 | 3:30pm to 5:30pm |
| Rm. 102 LeConte Hall. John Juricek will present from his forthcoming book, Colonial Georgia and the Creeks: Anglo-Indian Diplomacy on the Southern Frontier, 1733-1763 (Univ. Press of Florida). To RSVP for dinner please contact gweahc@uga.edu. |
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| PhD Dissertation Defense: Kenneth Shefsiek |
| Tuesday, February 23rd, 2010 | 12:30pm |
| Kenneth Shefsiek will defend his dissertation entitled,"Stone House Days: Constructing Cultural Hybridity in the Hudson Valley." The defense will be held in the Conference Room, LeConte Hall. Members of the university community are invited to attend. If you wish to attend please contact the Major Professor Allan Kulikoff at kulikoff@uga.edu to ensure adequate seating. |
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| January |
| Martin Luther King Jr. Birthday holiday |
| Monday, January 18th, 2010 |
| No classes. Offices closed. |
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| Spring semester classes begin |
| Thursday, January 7th, 2010 |
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| Spring 2010 syllabi due on-line |
| Wednesday, January 6th, 2010 |
| Please upload all syllabi for spring courses by January 6th. Instructions are available from the entry page of the Syllabus System. Faculty can access this system using their UGA MyID and password. The Syllabus System is available online. See the web site for details. |
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| Furlough Day |
| Monday, January 4th, 2010 |
| In implementation of the Board of Regents furlough policy, the University of Georgia has designated November 25 as one of the six furlough days to be taken by UGA employees unless they are otherwise designated. Only essential campus services will be operating today. |
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| December |
| Furlough Day |
| Thursday, December 24th, 2009 |
| In implementation of the Board of Regents furlough policy, the University of Georgia has designated December 24 as one of the six furlough days to be taken by UGA employees unless they are otherwise designated. Only essential campus services will be operating today. |
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| Commencement |
| Friday, December 18th, 2009 |
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| Final Exams Dec. 10, 11, 14, 15, 16 |
| Wednesday, December 16th, 2009 |
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| Reading Day |
| Wednesday, December 9th, 2009 |
| Reading Days : These days have been designated by the University Council to provide time for students to prepare for final examinations. No mandatory assignments are to be scheduled for completion during reading days -- either for course work or extra-curricular or co-curricular activities. Exceptions for good cause can be made to this policy by the Vice President for Instruction. Nothing in this policy limits an instructor from scheduling optional study reviews for students during reading days. |
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| Friday Class Schedule in Effect* |
| Tuesday, December 8th, 2009 |
| Last Day of Fall classes. For the Fall Semester 2009, the University will operate a Friday class schedule on Tuesday, Dec. 8. This is done to equalize the class minutes between MWF and TTH classes and to provide an equal number of class meetings for courses which may meet only once per week.
Final Instructional Day: No tests or quizzes are to be administered on the final instructional day of a course, unless the course has not been assigned a final examination time slot by the University. All labs may administer tests or quizzes on the final instructional day. For purposes of this policy, student presentations to the class in a seminar or graduate course shall not be considered a test or a quiz. |
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| MA Thesis Defense: Elizabeth Summerlin |
| Monday, December 7th, 2009 | 10:00am |
| Elizabeth Summerlin will defend her thesis entitled, "'Not Ratified but Hereby Rejected:' The Women's Suffrage Movement in Georgia, 1895-1925." The defense will be held in the Faculty Lounge, LeConte Hall. Members of the university community are invited to attend. If you wish to attend please contact the Major Professor Kathleen Clark at katclark@uga.edu to ensure adequate seating. |
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| PhD Dissertation Defense: John Paul Hill |
| Friday, December 4th, 2009 | 9:00am to 12:00pm |
| John Paul Hill will defend his dissertation entitled, "A. B. 'Happy' Chandler and the Politics of Civil Rights." The defense will be held in the Faculty Lounge, LeConte Hall. Members of the university community are invited to attend. If you wish to attend please contact the Major Professor Jim Cobb at cobby@uga.edu to ensure adequate seating. |
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| PhD Dissertation Defense: Solomon Smith |
| Wednesday, December 2nd, 2009 | 6:00pm to 8:00pm |
| Solomon Smith will defend his dissertation entitled,"'A Profound Secret In the Breast of a Very Few': Industrial Ventures in the Chesapeake Region, 1720-1820." The defense will be held in the Conference Room, LeConte Hall. Members of the university community are invited to attend. If you wish to attend please contact the Major Professor Peter Hoffer at pchoffer@uga.edu to ensure adequate seating. |
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| Fall 2009 syllabi due on-line |
| Tuesday, December 1st, 2009 |
| Please have all your departmental courses taught this fall uploaded to the Syllabus System by December 1st.
In addition, please upload all syllabi for spring courses by January 6th. Instructions are available from the entry page of the Syllabus System. Faculty can access this system using their UGA MyID and password. The Syllabus System is available online. See the web site for details. |
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| November |
| Nov. 23 - 27, Thanksgiving Holiday |
| Friday, November 27th, 2009 |
| No classes Monday - Friday. UGA offices closed Thursday and Friday. |
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| Furlough Day |
| Wednesday, November 25th, 2009 |
| In implementation of the Board of Regents furlough policy, the University of Georgia has designated November 25 as one of the six furlough days to be taken by UGA employees unless they are otherwise designated. Only essential campus services will be operating today. |
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| PhD Oral Comprehensive Examinations: La Shonda Mims |
| Wednesday, November 18th, 2009 | 10:30am to 12:30pm |
| La Shonda Mims will take her oral examinations in the Conference Room, LeConte Hall. All members of the university faculty are invited. If you wish to attend please contact the Major Professor Jim Cobb at cobby@uga.edu to ensure adequate seating. |
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| Phi Alpha Theta Movie Night & Meeting |
| Tuesday, November 17th, 2009 | 6:00pm |
| We will be showing "The Hound of the Baskervilles," and Dr. Willis will be speaking. There will be free pizza!
Everybody try to make it so we can discuss our plans for next semester. |
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| "Goldwater at 100" Conference, Arizona State University |
| Thursday, November 12th, 2009 to Friday, November 13th, 2009 |
| UGA History Lecturer Brian Drake paper will present his paper entitled "Extremism in the Defense of Nature is No Vice: Barry Goldwater and Federal Environmentalism."
Sponsored by the Arizona Historical Foundation. |
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| Furlough Day |
| Tuesday, November 10th, 2009 | 12:00pm |
| In implementation of the Board of Regents furlough policy, the University of Georgia has designated November 25 as one of the six furlough days to be taken by UGA employees unless they are otherwise designated. Only essential campus services will be operating today. |
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| "Beyond the Movement: Global and Contemporary Freedom Struggles" |
| Saturday, November 7th, 2009 to Monday, November 9th, 2009 |
| The three-day conference, which is open free to the public, is sponsored by the Institute for African American Studies at UGA, part of the Franklin College of Arts and Sciences. The symposium honors the accomplishments of Georgia's civil rights activists and considers the global and national legacies of the Movement since its early years in the 50s and 60s. |
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| Symposium: Beyond the Movement: Global and Contemporary Freedom Struggles |
| Saturday, November 7th, 2009 to Monday, November 9th, 2009 |
| The Institute for African American Studies is hosting a symposium November 7-9, 2009 (Beyond the Movement: Global and Contemporary Freedom Struggles).
Noted speakers are: Dr. Peniel Joseph, Hadjii and a few of our faculty members Dr. Reginald McKnight and Dr. Chana Kai Lee from the History Department.
A program of the Institute for African American Studies with additional sponsorship provided by: Willson Center for Humanities and Arts; Franklin College of Arts and Sciences; President's Office; History Department; Department of Lifelong Learning; Creative Writing Center; Dr. Judith Ortiz Cofer, Regents Professor of English, College of Education, School of Social Work, Office for Institutional Diversity. |
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| Women's Studies Graduate Student Association |
| Tuesday, November 3rd, 2009 | 6:30pm |
| History graduate students: if you are interested in pursuing a graduate certificate in WMST, consider gender integral to your research, or just like WMST, please join us!
About us:
The Women's Studies Graduate Student Association aims to confer distinction for high achievement in scholarship and activism in conjunction with the program of Women s Studies, to promote support for and enhance community among Women s Studies graduate students, to provide a forum for the interchange of ideas among those students and scholars who are seriously pursing knowledge in these areas, and to promote the study of women, gender and society, both locally and globally. Questions? Contact Daleah Goodwin dgoodwin@uga.edu |
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| October |
| Fall Break |
| Friday, October 30th, 2009 |
| No classes. Furlough Day. In implementation of the Board of Regents furlough policy, the University of Georgia has established October 30 as one of the six furlough days to be taken by UGA employees unless they are otherwise designated. Only essential campus services will be operating today. |
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| History Graduate Student Colloquium |
| Monday, October 26th, 2009 | 12:30pm to 1:10pm |
| Student Speaker Series: Drew Swanson will be presenting the topic of 19th century agricultural reform and the limitations created by bright tobacco in the Piedmont of Virginia and North Carolina. Please contact Hannah Waits at hwaits@uga.edu if you have any questions. |
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| History Department Fall reception |
| Friday, October 23rd, 2009 | 5:00pm to 7:00pm |
| For History Dept. Faculty, staff, and graduate students: the History Department will sponsor a Fall Reception on Friday at the home of Michael Kwass and Laura Mason. Please RSVP to Sheree Dendy at sdendy@uga.edu so that we may know how many to plan for. We look forward to seeing you there. |
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| Withdrawal Deadline |
| Thursday, October 22nd, 2009 |
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| History Graduate Student Book Sale! |
| Wednesday, October 21st, 2009 to Thursday, October 22nd, 2009 | 9:00am to 3:30pm |
| All kinds of books at low, low prices. Fiction and non-fiction. All genres. Proceeds benefit our graduate students in History. The sale will take place on the plaza behind LeConte Hall on North Campus, from the morning thru afternoon on Tuesday and Wednesday. |
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| Virtual Book signing: Barton Myers |
| Saturday, October 17th, 2009 | 12:00pm CST |
| Join us on Saturday when the Abraham Lincoln Book Shop, Inc. welcomes UGA history alumnus Barton Myers to talk about his new book, Executing Daniel Bright: Race, Loyalty and Guerilla Violence in a Coastal Carolina Community 1861-1865.
Sponsored by Abraham Lincoln Book Shop, Inc. |
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| Midterm |
| Thursday, October 8th, 2009 |
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| APERO Africana Brown Bag Lecture: 'The 369th Regiment--The Heroic Harlem Hellfighters' |
| Wednesday, October 7th, 2009 | 12:15pm to 1:15pm |
| Sponsored by Institute for African American Studies, African Studies Institute, African American Cultural Center. Speaker: John Morrow, Jr., history. African American Cultural Center, Fourth Floor Memorial Hall. Contact: fsgiles@uga.edu |
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| September |
| An African-Andalucian Freedman |
| Friday, September 25th, 2009 | 3:30pm to 4:30pm |
| Elizabeth Wright will present "Liberty via Latinity: the Epic Stratagems of Joannes Latinus, an African-Andalucian Freedman Negotiating an Age of Mass Enslavement" on Friday, 3:30 - 4:30 in 350K Gilbert Hall. |
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| Ferdinand Phinizy Lecture |
| Friday, September 18th, 2009 | 11:00am |
| Pulitzer-prize winning novelist Richard Ford will deliver the Ferdinand Phinizy Lecture in the Chapel on the University of Georgia campus. The event is open and free to the public.
Winner of the 1996 Pulitzer Prize for his novel Independence Day, Ford also won the PEN/Faulkner Prize for that same book, the first to receive both awards simultaneously. He is also the recipient of a Guggenheim Fellowship, the 2001 PEN/Malamud Award for Short Fiction and the 1995 Rea Award for the Short Story. A member of the American Academy of Arts and Letters, Ford taught at Williams, Princeton, Harvard, and Northwestern. His writing has appeared in The New York Times, Esquire, Granta, Le Monde and The New Yorker among other magazines and journals.
The Ferdinand Phinizy Lectureship was established and endowed by Phinizy Calhoun, UGA class of 1900, as a memorial to his grandfather, Ferdinand Phinizy, who was a graduate of the UGA class of 1838.
Contact: 706-542-2474, cobby@uga.edu. |
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| APERO Africana Brown Bag Lecture: 'The Integration of UGA--Stories Untold' |
| Wednesday, September 16th, 2009 | 12:15pm to 1:15pm |
| Sponsored by the Institute for African American Studies, African Studies Institute, African American Cultural Center. Speaker: Robert Pratt, history. African American Cultural Center, 4th floor, Memorial Hall. Contact: fsgiles@uga.edu |
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| Roundtable Discussion: American Values and our Current Recession |
| Tuesday, September 15th, 2009 | 4:00pm |
| Sponsored by the Willson Center for Humanities and Arts. Panelists: Shane Hamilton, history; Andy Herod, geography; Doris Kadish, (LACSI and Romance languages; Bill Lastrapes, economics; and Amy Ross, geography. 4:00 p.m. 480 Tate Student Center. Contact: 706-542-3966, jdingus@uga.edu |
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| Holiday: Labor Day |
| Monday, September 7th, 2009 |
| No classes. UGA offices closed. |
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| August |
| Drop/Add for Fall semester |
| Friday, August 21st, 2009 |
| Drop August 17 - 20.
Add August 17 - 21. |
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| NEW Graduate Student Meeting |
| Wednesday, August 12th, 2009 | 2:00pm to 3:30pm |
| Rm. 102 LeConte Hall. The meeting is required for all new graduate students in the History program. |
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| Graduate Student Association welcome party |
| Wednesday, August 12th, 2009 | 11:30am to 2:00pm |
| Miller Student Learning Center. |
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| Fall International Student Orientation August 3 - 7 |
| Friday, August 7th, 2009 | 12:00pm |
| New international students and international transfer students attending classes during the fall semester 2009 should plan to attend the international student orientation sponsored by International Student Life. Immigration information, social security numbers, banking, housing, utilities as well as non-resident tax information are among the topics that will be discussed. The Fall International Orientation dates are from August 3 - August 7. Registration and check-in will begin from 10:00 a.m.-5 p.m. on August 3 at the International Student Life Office located in 210 Memorial Hall. For more information, contact 706/542-5867. |
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| July |
| PhD Dissertation Defense: Min Song |
| Friday, July 10th, 2009 | 2:10pm to 5:10p |
| Min Song will defend her dissertation entitled, "Economic Normalization: Sino-American Trade Relations From 1969 to 1980." The defense will be held in the Conference Room, LeConte Hall. Members of the university community are invited to attend. If you wish to attend please contact the Major Professor William Stueck at wstueck@uga.edu to ensure adequate seating. |
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| MA Thesis Defense: Jessica Fowler |
| Thursday, July 9th, 2009 | 1:00pm |
| Jessica Fowler will defend her thesis entitled, "Illuminating Heretics: Alumbrados and Inquisition in Sixteenth-Century Cuenca." The defense will be held in the Conference Room, LeConte Hall. Members of the university community are invited to attend. If you wish to attend please contact the Major Professor Benjamin Ehlers at behlers@uga.edu to ensure adequate seating. |
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| June |
| PhD Dissertation Defense: Steven Nash |
| Thursday, June 25th, 2009 | 1:00pm |
| Steven Nash will defend his dissertation entitled, "The Extremest Condition of Humanity: Emancipation, Conflict, and Progress in Western North Carolina, 1865-1880." The defense will be held in the Conference Room, LeConte Hall. Members of the university community are invited to attend. If you wish to attend please contact the Major Professor John Inscoe at jinscoe@uga.edu to ensure adequate seating. |
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| Main Libraries Dedication of the F.N. Boney Collection |
| Friday, June 12th, 2009 | 2:00pm |
| The University of Georgia Libraries invites current and retired members of the History Department to the dedication of the F. N. Boney Collection, which will find a permanent homes in the Reading Room of the Miller Learning Center. MLC Reading Room, 3rd floor. Refreshments will be served following the dedication. Parking will be available at the Tate Center Parking Deck. Parking validation will be provided.
F.N. Boney, Ph.D. University of Virginia, taught American History at the University of Georgia for twenty-eight years. He published nine books and contributed large sections to three others and authored over a hundred articles and over a hundred book reviews. He specialized in Southern history with emphasis on Georgia and Virginia and wrote and lectured extensively on the University of Georgia. |
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| MA Thesis Defense: Nikolas Frye |
| Wednesday, June 10th, 2009 | 4:00pm |
| Nikolas Frye will defend his thesis entitled, "Applying for Cherokee Citizenship: Constructing Nation, Race, and Identity, 1900-1906." The defense will be held in the Conference Room, LeConte Hall. Members of the university community are invited to attend. If you wish to attend please contact the Major Professor Claudio Saunt at csaunt@uga.edu to ensure adequate seating. |
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| May |
| Grades due |
| Monday, May 11th, 2009 | 7:00pm |
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| PhD Oral Comprehensive Examinations: Michele Lansdown |
| Monday, May 11th, 2009 | 10:00am to 12:00pm |
| Michele Lansdown will take her oral examinations in the Conference Room, LeConte Hall. All members of the university faculty are invited. If you wish to attend please contact the Major Professor Kathleen Clark at katclark@uga.edu to ensure adequate seating. |
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| Spring Commencement |
| Saturday, May 9th, 2009 |
| Undergraduate Ceremony at 9:30 am in Sanford Stadium
Graduate Ceremony at 2:30 pm in Stegeman Coliseum |
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| Georgia Workshop in Early American History and Culture |
| Friday, May 8th, 2009 | 3:30pm to 5:30pm |
| Jim Gigantino will be on hand to discuss his paper "Creating Freedom North of Mason-Dixon: New Jersey's Era of Abolition." Rm. 320, LeConte Hall. A reception will be held after the seminar and all who are interested are encouraged to attend a dinner with Jim at a local restaurant. We try to get an estimate of attendees for dinner. To RSVP please contact gweahc@uga.edu. |
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| Southern Salon |
| Thursday, May 7th, 2009 | 7:00pm |
| We'll discuss Allan Gallay's The Maya of Morganton: Work and Community in the Nuevo New South. Location and time TBA to meeting members the week before. |
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| Final Exams |
| Monday, May 4th, 2009 to Friday, May 8th, 2009 |
| Monday through Friday. |
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| Reading day, no classes. |
| Friday, May 1st, 2009 |
| No mandatory assignments are to be scheduled for completion during reading days -- either for course work or extra-curricular or co-curricular activities. Exceptions for good cause can be made to this policy by the Vice President for Instruction. |
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| PhD Oral Comprehensive Examinations: Zac Smith |
| Friday, May 1st, 2009 | 10:00am to 12:00pm |
| Zac Smith will take his oral examinations in the Conference Room, LeConte Hall. All members of the university faculty are invited. If you wish to attend please contact the Major Professor John Morrow at jmorrow@uga.edu to ensure adequate seating. |
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| April |
| Monday class schedule in effect |
| Thursday, April 30th, 2009 |
| Last day of spring classes. *Note: For the Spring Semester 2009, the University will operate a Monday class schedule on Thursday, April 30. This is done to equalize the class minutes between MWF and TTH classes and to provide an equal number of class meetings for courses which may meet only once per week. |
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| Workshop in the Cultural History of Capitalism |
| Thursday, April 30th, 2009 | 5:00pm to 6:30pm |
| Mexicanist Michael Snodgrass will lead a discussion of his work on the bracero program in Leconte Hall, room 320. His paper is posted on the following website: |
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| PhD Oral Comprehensive Examinations: Jennifer Malto |
| Thursday, April 30th, 2009 | 9:00am to 12:00pm |
| Jennifer Malto will take her oral examinations in the Conference Room, LeConte Hall. All members of the university faculty are invited. If you wish to attend please contact the Major Professor Jake Short at jshort@uga.edu to ensure adequate seating. |
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| History Dept. Annual awards/reception |
| Wednesday, April 29th, 2009 | 5:00pm to 7:00pm |
| Wednesday. History department graduate students, faculty, instructors, retirees, staff and award nominees are invited to attend our annual awards reception and dinner. Demosthenian Hall, North campus. It is very important that you RSVP to Sheree Dendy at sdendy@uga.edu and let us know how many in your family will attend. |
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| PhD Oral Comprehensive Exams: Lesley-Anne Reed |
| Monday, April 27th, 2009 | 11:30am to 1:30pm |
| Lesley-Anne Reed will take her oral examinations in the Conference Room, LeConte Hall. All members of the university faculty are invited. If you wish to attend please contact the Major Professor Paul Sutter at histcoord@uga.edu to ensure adequate seating. |
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| Workshop in Early American History and Culture |
| Friday, April 24th, 2009 | 3:30pm to 5:30pm |
| Lucy Murphy (Ohio State University). LeConte Hall Room 320 |
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| History Lecture and book signing: Paul D. Escott |
| Thursday, April 23rd, 2009 | 5:00pm |
| Wake Forest historian Paul D. Escott will give a lecture on "Lincoln as Icon: Thinking about Myth and Reality in our History." He will also sign copies of his new book: "What Are We To Do With the Negro?: Lincoln, White Racism, and Civil War America." Lecture is Thursday in MLC Room 348. |
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| Honors Day |
| Wednesday, April 22nd, 2009 | 1:25pm to 4:25pm |
| For Honors Day date, time, and location, please see the Office of the Senior Vice President for Academic Affairs and Provost Academic Events Calendar. Typically, undergraduate classes scheduled for sixth, seventh and eighth periods (1:25-4:25 p.m.) will be dismissed so students and faculty can attend. |
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| Reacting to the Past Conference |
| Friday, April 17th, 2009 to Sunday, April 19th, 2009 |
| Interested faculty and administrators are invited to register for a regional "Reacting to the Past" Conference hosted by the University of Georgia (Athens, GA).
At the conference, faculty and administrators will learn about "Reacting to the Past" by participating in intensive two-day workshops on a particular game (see "featured games" below). In addition to game sessions, we will have discussions of a more general character on student motivation, teaching, liberal arts education, and the problems and possibilities of the "Reacting" pedagogy. Participants are encouraged to attend all game and plenary sessions. |
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| PhD Oral Comprehensive Examinations: Joshua Haynes |
| Wednesday, April 15th, 2009 | 2:45pm to 4:45pm |
| Joshua Haynes will take his oral examinations in the Conference Room, LeConte Hall. All members of the university faculty are invited. If you wish to attend please contact the Major Professor Clausio Saunt at csaunt@uga.edu to ensure adequate seating. |
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| Graduate School Student Appreciation Open House |
| Thursday, April 9th, 2009 | 12:00pm to 5:00pm |
| April 8-9. Sponsored by the Graduate School. To celebrate National Graduate and Professional Student Appreciation Week (Apr. 6-10), the Graduate School is hosting a two-day open house to honor all UGA graduate and professional students. Graduate students are invited to enjoy refreshments, meet other graduate students, learn about Graduate School services and enter their names for a chance to win door prizes. Graduate School, 320 E. Clayton St., Suite 400. Contact: 706-542-2953, jmilton@uga.edu |
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| History talk: Charles Bittner |
| Thursday, April 9th, 2009 | 5:00pm |
| This Thursday Nation correspondent Charles Bittner will speak with graduate students about the U.S. prison system in the contemporary period. Leconte Hall, Rm. 321. Pizza and drinks, so please do rsvp to voekel@uga.edu so we know how much to order! |
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| Doctoral Dissertation defense: Barton Myers |
| Wednesday, April 8th, 2009 | 2:30pm |
| Barton Myers will defend his dissertation entitled, "'Rebels Against a Rebellion': Southern Unionists in Secession, War and Remembrance." The defense will be held in the Conference Room, LeConte Hall. Members of the university community are invited to attend. If you wish to attend please contact the Major Professor John Inscoe at jinscoe@uga.edu to ensure adequate seating. |
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| Faculty Research Colloquium |
| Tuesday, April 7th, 2009 | 12:30pm to 1:30pm |
| Professor Oscar Chamosa will present work in progress. Room 320, LeConte Hall. |
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| Workshop in Early American History and Culture |
| Friday, April 3rd, 2009 | 3:30pm to 5:30pm |
| Greg O'Brien (UNC-Greensboro) will be on hand to discuss his paper "The Great Choctaw-Chickasaw Peace and the War that Made It Possible." LeConte Hall Room 320. A reception will be held after the seminar and all who are interested are encouraged to attend a dinner with Greg at one of our fine local restaurants. We try to get an estimate of dinner attendees. To RSVP please contact gweahc@uga.edu. |
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| MA Thesis Defense: Levi Van Sant |
| Wednesday, April 1st, 2009 | 10:00am |
| Levi Van Sant will defend his thesis entitled, "Representing Nature, Reordering Society: Eugene Odum, Ecosystem Ecology, and Environmental Politics." The defense will be held in the Conference Room, LeConte Hall. Members of the university community are invited to attend. If you wish to attend please contact the Major Professor Paul Sutter at histcoord@uga.edu to ensure adequate seating. |
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| March |
| Doctoral Dissertation defense: Robert Luckett |
| Tuesday, March 31st, 2009 | 9:15am |
| Robert Luckett will defend his dissertation entitled, "Yapping Dogs: Joe T. Patterson and the Limits of Massive Resistance." The defense will be held in the Conference Room, LeConte Hall. Members of the university community are invited to attend. If you wish to attend please contact the Major Professor Robert Pratt at rapratt@uga.edu to ensure adequate seating. |
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| Graduate Student Speaker series |
| Wednesday, March 25th, 2009 | 4:00pm to 5:00pm |
| Wednesday. Tom Okie will present an essay titled "The Garden Spot of the Universe': The Commercial Transformation of Southern Horticulture, 1850-1900." Rm. 320 LeConte Hall. |
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| Withdrawal deadline |
| Tuesday, March 24th, 2009 |
| Last day for a student to request a withdrawal passing (WP) grade. |
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| PhD Oral Comprehensive Examinations: Daleah Goodwin |
| Tuesday, March 24th, 2009 | 3:30pm |
| Daleah Goodwin will take her oral examinations in the Conference Room, LeConte Hall. All members of the university faculty are invited. If you wish to attend please contact the Major Professor Diane Morrow at dbmorrow@uga.edu to ensure adequate seating. |
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| Workshop in the History of Environment and Agriculture |
| Friday, March 20th, 2009 | 4:00pm to 5:30pm |
| Clifford Kuhn, Georgia State University, will present "'Restoring the Land, Restoring the People': Arthur Raper and the Unified Farm Program in Greene County, Georgia, 1940-1942" in room 320 Leconte. Contact Paul Sutter or Shane Hamilton for further information. |
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| Southern Salon |
| Friday, March 20th, 2009 | 7:00pm |
| We'll discuss Leon Fink's The Maya of Morganton (2003). Location and time TBA to meeting members the week before. |
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| Spring break. |
| Monday, March 9th, 2009 to Friday, March 13th, 2009 |
| There will be no classes, but UGA offices will be open from March 9 through March 13. |
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| UGA presents Appalachia: A History of Mountains and People |
| Wednesday, March 4th, 2009 | 7:30pm |
| A four-part series chronicling the history of one of Earth's oldest mountain ranges and its inhabitants will be shown at University of Georgia Campus. Filmmakers Ross Spears and Jamie Ross will be present to introduce and discuss the film. The showing is free and open to the public.
The Appalachian film series, scheduled for Mon and
Tues., had to cancel last nights showing, but will
show tonight's at 7:30. Due to damage to the MLC,
it will be shown in the Tate Center, Room 137.
The film event is co-sponsored by the EcoFocus Film Festival (a production of the Odum School of Ecology), the history department, the anthropology department and the Institute of Native American Studies. |
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| Faculty Research Colloquium |
| Tuesday, March 3rd, 2009 | 12:30pm to 1:30pm |
| Professor Bill Stueck will present work in progress. Room 320, LeConte Hall. |
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| UGA presents Appalachia: A History of Mountains and People |
| Monday, March 2nd, 2009 | 7:30pm |
| A four-part series chronicling the history of one of Earth's oldest mountain ranges and its inhabitants will be shown March 2-3 on the University of Georgia Campus. On Monday, March 2, the first half of Appalachia: A History of Mountains and People will be shown in 102 Miller Learning Center. The second half is Wednesday, March 3 in 171 Miller Learning Center. Filmmakers Ross Spears and Jamie Ross will be present to introduce and discuss the film. The showing is free and open to the public.
The film event is co-sponsored by the EcoFocus Film Festival (a production of the Odum School of Ecology), the history department, the anthropology department and the Institute of Native American Studies. |
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| February |
| Workshop in Early American History and Culture |
| Friday, February 27th, 2009 | 3:30pm to 5:30pm |
| Robert Desrochers (Emory University). LeConte Hall Room 320 |
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| Oral Comprehensive Examination |
| Thursday, February 19th, 2009 | 8:45am |
| Kathi Nehls will take her oral examinations Thursday in the Conference Room, LeConte Hall. Oral Comprehensive Examinations are open to all members of the faculty. Please contact the Major Professor Paul Sutter at histcoord@uga.edu if you wish to attend, to ensure adequate seating. |
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| Southern Salon |
| Wednesday, February 18th, 2009 | 4:00pm |
| Professor Richard J. Gray will participate in a panel discussion on his new book "A Web of Words: The Great Dialogue of Southern Literature" 4:00, 265 Park Hall. Dr. Cobb has graciously made seven copies of his new book, A Web of Words: The Great dialogue of Southern Literature (Toni Morrison, Cormac McCarthy, W.E.B. DuBois and Faulker among others) available for folks to read. |
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| Southern Salon |
| Tuesday, February 17th, 2009 | 4:30pm to 6:30pm |
| Professor Richard J. Gray, who teaches at the University of Essex Department of Literature, Film, and Theatre Studies will be visiting as the Barbara Lester Methvin Visiting Distinguished Professor of Southern Studies at the University of Georgia. On Tuesday, February 17 he'll give a public lecture: "'Maybe Nothing Ever Happens Once and Is Finished': Some Notes on Recent Southern Writing and Social Change" at 4:30, 148 Miller Learning Center |
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| Graduate Student Colloquium |
| Monday, February 16th, 2009 | 4:00pm |
| Levi Van Sant will be presenting and discussing a paper titled "Searching for the Fundamentals of Ecology: Eugene Odum, Ecosystem Ecology, and Environmental Politics." Rm. 320, LeConte Hall. |
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| Faculty Research Colloquium |
| Tuesday, February 10th, 2009 | 12:30pm to 1:30pm |
| Professor Ben Ehlers will present work in progress. Room 320, LeConte Hall. |
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| Workshop in the History of Agriculture and Environment |
| Tuesday, February 3rd, 2009 | 4:00pm to 5:30pm |
| Peggy Barlett, Emory University will present "Moving toward a Sustainable Food System on College Campuses." Co-sponsored with the Environmental Ethics Certificate Program, the Willson Center for Humanities and Arts, and the Organic Agriculture Certificate Program. Location TBA. |
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| January |
| Workshop in the History of Agriculture and Environment |
| Friday, January 30th, 2009 | 4:00pm to 5:30pm |
| Richard Mizelle, Florida State University, will present research in progress from his work on the Great Mississippi Flood of 1927. Room 320 Leconte. Contact Paul Sutter or Shane Hamilton for further information. |
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| 2009 Founders' Day Lecture |
| Tuesday, January 27th, 2009 | 3:00pm |
| This is a special invitation to faculty, staff and students in the History Department on behalf of the Alumni Association and the Emeriti Scholars.
The 2009 Founders' Day Lecture is scheduled for Tuesday at the University Chapel in honor of the 224th anniversary of the adoption of the University of Georgia charter by the Georgia General Assembly. University Professor and Vice President for Instruction Emeritus Tom Dyer'72, '75 will deliver the lecture entitled "Finding the Founders and What They Founded: Reflections on the Origins of the University of Georgia." The student responder to Dr. Dyer's remarks will be Noah Koon, a student in the Franklin College of Arts and Sciences. We open you will attend.
The lecture is free and open to the public. Parking will be available in the North Campus parking deck off Jackson Street at an hourly rate. |
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| Faculty Research Colloquium |
| Tuesday, January 13th, 2009 | 12:30pm to 1:30pm |
| Professor Tim Cleaveland will present work in progress. Room 320, LeConte Hall. |
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| Southern Salon |
| Thursday, January 1st, 2009 | 7:00pm to 9:00pm |
| We'll discuss Alan Gallay's The Indian Slave Trade: The Rise of the English Empire in the American South, 1670-1717 (2003). Location and time TBA to meeting members the week before (in January 2009) |
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| December |
| Grades Due |
| Monday, December 22nd, 2008 | 5:00pm |
| The Online Grade Roll System for grade submission by instructors for Fall 2008 will become available on Thursday, December 4, 2008. Grades are due by Monday, 5pm. |
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| Fall Commencement Ceremonies |
| Friday, December 19th, 2008 |
| Undergraduate ceremony 9:30 a.m.; featured speaker is Dr. Donald R. Eastman III, president of Eckerd College in St. Petersburg, Fla., and former UGA vice president for strategic planning. Graduate ceremony 2:30 p.m.; featured speaker is Harriet Mayor Fulbright, president of the J. William & Harriet Fulbright Center. Stegeman Coliseum. |
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| Southern Salon |
| Tuesday, December 16th, 2008 | 7:00pm to 9:00pm |
| We'll discuss Stephen Berry's All that Makes a Man: Love and Ambition in the Civil War South (2004). Location and time TBA to meeting members the week before. |
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| Graduate Admissions Deadline |
| Monday, December 15th, 2008 |
| Deadline for the receipt of all admission materials for applications to the graduate program in history. |
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| Ph.D. Oral Comprehensive Examinations: Catherine Holmes |
| Monday, December 15th, 2008 | 10:00am to 12:00pm |
| Cat Holmes will take her oral examinations 10am-Noon in the Conference Room, LeConte Hall. All members of the university faculty are invited. If you wish to attend please contact the Major Professor Jim Cobb at cobby@uga.edu to ensure adequate seating. |
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| Holiday Luncheon |
| Friday, December 12th, 2008 | 11:30pm to 1:30pm |
| This year the History Department will celebrate the holidays with a pot-luck luncheon for our History faculty, graduate students and staff. It is an exam day but we hope these hours will allow everyone to attend for at least a short while. The festivities will take place in the conference room and the faculty lounge, as needed on Friday. The department will furnish a honey-baked ham.
We hope you make plans to attend. Sign-up sheets for side dishes and desserts are in the Faculty mailroom. |
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| Final Exams |
| Thursday, December 11th, 2008 |
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| Reading Day |
| Wednesday, December 10th, 2008 |
| No mandatory assignments are to be scheduled for completion during reading days -- either for course work or extra-curricular or co-curricular activities. Exceptions for good cause can be made to this policy by the Vice President for Instruction. |
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| Last Day of Classes for Fall Term |
| Tuesday, December 9th, 2008 |
| Note: For the Fall Semester 2008, the University will operate a Friday class schedule on Tuesday, Dec. 9. This is done to equalize the class minutes between MWF and TTH classes and to provide an equal number of class meetings for courses which may meet only once per week. |
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| Workshop in the History of Agriculture and Environment |
| Friday, December 5th, 2008 | 4:00pm to 5:30pm |
| Jennifer Leigh Smith, Georgia Tech, will present research in progress, "The Soviet Cold War Fur Trade and its Environmental Consequences." Room 320 Leconte. Contact Paul Sutter or Shane Hamilton for further information. |
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| Doctoral Dissertaion Defense: Mary Ella Engel |
| Thursday, December 4th, 2008 | 3:30pm to 5:30pm |
| Mary Ella Engel will defend her dissertation entitled, "Praying With One Eye Open: Mormons and Murder in Late Nineteenth Century Appalachian Georgia." The defense will be held at 3:30pm in the Conference Room, LeConte Hall. Members of the university community are invited to attend. If you wish to attend please contact the Major Professor John Inscoe at jinscoe@uga.edu to ensure adequate seating. |
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| November |
| Thanksgiving Holiday |
| Monday, November 24th, 2008 |
| Please note changes from previous fall semesters: One day for Fall Break; No classes during week of Thanksgiving. |
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| History Program Review Interviews |
| Thursday, November 20th, 2008 |
Conference Room, LeConte Hall.
1:00-2:00 History Staff
2:15-3:15 Graduate Student Association Officers |
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| History Program Review Interviews |
| Tuesday, November 18th, 2008 |
Conference Room, LeConte Hall.
9:00-10:00 Policy Committee & Personnel Committee
1:00-2:00 Assistant Professors
2:15-3:15 Associate Professors
3:30-4:30 Professors |
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| Workshop in the History of Agriculture and Environment |
| Friday, November 14th, 2008 | 4:00pm to 5:30pm |
| Jim Giesen and Mark Hersey, Mississippi State University, will present research in progress in room 320 Leconte. Mark Hersey's paper is titled "What Dreams Might Die: The Collapse of George Washington Carver's Campaign on Behalf of Impoverished Sharecroppers." Jim Giesen will discuss "Boll Weevil Blues: Myth-Making in Alabama." Both papers are available on the website for download prior to the discussion. |
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| Meet-and-Greet Luncheon with Dr. Tera Hunter |
| Friday, November 7th, 2008 | 11:30am to 1:00pm |
| In the LeConte Hall Conference Room |
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| Graduate Workshop w/ Dr. Tera Hunter |
| Friday, November 7th, 2008 | 1:30pm to 3:00pm |
| Dr. Hunter will conduct a graduate workshop focused on her award winning book To 'Joy My Freedom': Southern Black Women's Lives and Labors After the Civil War in LeConte Hall Room 323. The lunch and workshop are open to graduate students and faculty. This lecture series is sponsored the Franklin College of Arts and Sciences Visiting Scholar Program, Willson Center for Humanities and Arts Department Invited Lecturer Program, History Graduate Student Association, Department of History, Institute for Women's Studies, Southern Historical Association and Institute for African American Studies.
Contact: Daleah Goodwin - dgoodwin@uga.edu |
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| Women's Studies Friday Speaker Series |
| Friday, November 7th, 2008 | 12:20pm to 1:10pm |
| Bethany Moreton (Women's Study & History) will discuss Women, Work, and Wal-Mart. All talks are free and open to the public. 12:20-1:10pm in 250 Student Learning Center. |
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| Workshop in the Cultural History of Capitalism |
| Friday, November 7th, 2008 | 3:30pm to 5:00pm |
| Beatrix Hoffman, Professor of History, Northern Illinois University will present "Access and Denial: Toward a History of Health Care Rights Consciousness in the 20th Century U.S." in room 320 LeConte. |
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| 2nd History Graduate Student Association Lecture Series / Book Signing, with Dr. Tera W. Hunter |
| Thursday, November 6th, 2008 | 4:00pm to 6:00pm |
| Professor of History and African American Studies at Princeton University, Hunter will present, "'Until Death or Distance Do You Part': Marriage and Slavery in the Nineteenth Century" Thursday, at 4:00 p.m. in the UGA Chapel. This lecture series is sponsored the Franklin College of Arts and Sciences Visiting Scholar Program, Willson Center for Humanities and Arts Department Invited Lecturer Program, History Graduate Student Association, Department of History, Institute for Women's Studies, Southern Historical Association and Institute for African American Studies.
Contact: Daleah Goodwin - dgoodwin@uga.edu |
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| October |
| Fall Break |
| Friday, October 31st, 2008 |
| Classes will not be held at UGA due to students' fall break. University offices are open. Please note changes from previous fall semesters: One day for Fall Break; No classes during week of Thanksgiving |
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| Workshop in Early American History and Culture |
| Friday, October 24th, 2008 | 3:30pm to 5:30pm |
| John Sensbach (University of Florida) will be on hand to discuss his paper "A Land 'Wholly Laid Waste': Religious Violence and the Transformation of the Early American South. The Workshop will be held in Room 320 in LeConte Hall, the main building for the History Department |
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| Fall Withdrawal Deadline |
| Thursday, October 23rd, 2008 |
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| Women's Studies Friday Speaker Series |
| Friday, October 17th, 2008 | 12:20pm to 1:10pm |
| Lauren Chambers (English) and Christina Davis (History) will discuss Georgia Women and the Struggle for Civil Rights, 1919-1975. All talks are free and open to the public. 12:20-1:10pm in 250 Student Learning Center. |
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| Graduate Student Book Sale |
| Tuesday, October 14th, 2008 | 9:00am to 4:00pm |
| Books for sale on the steps outside LeConte Hall |
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| Southern Salon |
| Thursday, October 9th, 2008 |
| We'll discuss Stephanie Smallwood's Saltwater Slavery: A Middle Passage from Africa to American Diaspora (2007). |
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| March |
| Southern Salon |
| Monday, March 24th, 2008 | 7:00pm to 9:00pm |
| We'll discuss Matthew Lassiter's The Silent Majority: Suburban Politics in the Sunbelt South (2007). Location and time TBA to meeting members the week before. |
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| October |
| WHEATS 2007 |
| Friday, October 12th, 2007 |
| The Georgia Workshop in History of Agriculture and Environment hosted the fourth annual international Workshop in History, Environment, Agriculture, Technology, and Science. This event brought together a select group of graduate students and faculty to discuss work-in-progress. For more information, visit www.uga.edu/wheats2007. The fifth annual WHEATS will be held in Manhattan, Kansas, at Kansas State University. |
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