MW and Monday Only Class Schedule in Effect ( does NOT include MWF classes) MW and Monday Only Class Schedule in Effect (Does not include MWF Classes) April 27 Monday Read more about MW and Monday Only Class Schedule in Effect ( does NOT include MWF classes)
Fall 2025 Graduate Commencement For all details on graduate commencement - go to commencement.uga.edu. General Ceremony Location: Stegeman Coliseum Ceremony start time: 2:30 p.m. Graduates and faculty should arrive by 12:45 p.m.Guest Doors Open: 1:30 p.m. Read more about Fall 2025 Graduate Commencement
Fall 2025 Undergraduate Commencement Undergraduate commencement - please go to commencement.uga.edu for all details. General Ceremony start time: 10:00amDoors open: 8:00am Tickets are REQUIRED for all graduates AND guests to attend the Fall 2025 Undergraduate Commencement ceremony. Read more about Fall 2025 Undergraduate Commencement
Checking in on Dr. Elizabeth Tandy Shermer and the Applied History Program The History Department is happy to welcome our new faculty this semester! Professor Elizabeth Tandy Shermer is coming to us from a previous appointment at Loyola University at Chicago to fill her role as the first director of the new interdisciplinary Applied History Certificate Program. Dr. Shermer she received her Ph.D. from the University of California, Santa Barbara. Read more about Checking in on Dr. Elizabeth Tandy Shermer and the Applied History Program
Lunchtime Time Machine: What's natural about childbirth? Join us as Dr. Emily Taylor Smith asks, What's natural about childbirth? Dr. Smith is a historian of women, gender, sexuality, and religion in twentieth-century America. Her research focuses on Catholic women and mid-century debates over contraception, abortion, and motherhood. After graduating from Kalamazoo College, she earned a Master of Theological Studies from Harvard Divinity School and a PhD in History from the University of Notre Dame. Read more about Lunchtime Time Machine: What's natural about childbirth?
Lunchtime Time Machine: What is the legacy of the 1965 Voting Rights Act at 60? Join us as Professor Robert Pratt asks, "What is the legacy of the 1965 Voting Rights Act at 60? America at a radical crossroads. Read more about Lunchtime Time Machine: What is the legacy of the 1965 Voting Rights Act at 60?
The Open: Jimmie Brown presents "But How Are you Going to Pay for It?" Join us as we invite Jimmie Brown, PhD Student, to present "'But How Are You Going to Pay for It?': The State Desires, Composition, and Economic Activity of the Reconstruction Era Georgia General Assembly" before his History Department peers. The essay will be circulated in advance of the workshop, and attendees are expected to have read the paper beforehand. Read more about The Open: Jimmie Brown presents "But How Are you Going to Pay for It?"
Student Spotlight: Charles Dew Charles (Charlie) Dew is a fourth-year history and advertising honors student at the University of Georgia who is exploring sports media careers. He is involved with the university’s Talking Dog advertising agency as a production specialist and covers sports for the Gwinnett Daily Post as a freelancer. He is interested in working in sports writing, production, art direction and graphic design. In addition to his two majors, Charlie is completing two certificate programs, Museum Studies, and Sports Media. Read more about Student Spotlight: Charles Dew
Athens Historical Society - Athens Film Project: “Industrial Athens Part 2" If you've followed our history news at all, you've probably discovered the Athens Historical Society's Athens Film Project. A number of UGA students, faculty, and alumni have been involved in this Athens Historical Society project, the goal being to create films on Athens history for local 11th grade U.S. Read more about Athens Historical Society - Athens Film Project: “Industrial Athens Part 2"
Alexander Bowen, W. Todd Groce Fellow Last spring, doctoral student Alexander "Alex" Bowen was awarded the second annual W. Todd Groce Fellowship in History from the Georgia Historical Society and in May he traveled to Savannah to start his work in their archives for the summer. Doctoral students Erleen Ellis and Caroline Alt met with Alex recently to find out more about the fellowship. Read more about Alexander Bowen, W. Todd Groce Fellow
