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Lunchtime Time Machine: Why were so many "witches" executed at Salem?

This installment of the Department of History’s popular undergraduate history talk series features Dr. Michael Winship, as he answers the question, "Why were so many "witches" executed at Salem?" Michael Winship's most recent book is  Hot Protestants: A History of Puritanism in England and America (Yale UP, 2018), a Choice Academic Title of the Year for 2019. Winship teaches courses on Early America and colonial history.

Free Admission. Free history. Free Chik fil A for lunch!

All majors are welcome. Open to the public.

 

Spotlight on Inclusive Excellence: Maya Brooks

This month we are featuring Maya Brooks, a third year doctoral student in the history department who is actively engaged in the university and local community. Brooks is a public historian who studies the U.S. South and the African American past. She is passionate about highlighting the voices of  Black Americans in the historical imagination as evidenced by her chosen research topics. Recently, she got the opportunity to present her research at two different  conferences.

Hispanic Heritage Month guest lecture: New Histories of the Latino South: A Conversation with Cecilia Márquez and Sarah McNamara

Hispanic Heritage Month guest lecture, "New Histories of the Latino South: A Conversation with Cecilia Márquez and Sarah McNamara".

Cecilia Márquez is the Hunt Family Assistant Professor in History and previously taught Latino/a Studies at New York University. She earned her MA and PhD in American History at the University of Virginia.

Dirty History presents Kris Lane: Cash for Your Gold! Precious Metals, the Environment, & Early Modernity

Join us for a talk by Dr. Kris Lane, "Cash for Your Gold! Precious Metals, the Environment, & Early Modernity." A historian of early modern mining, Kris Lane revisits precious metals extraction and circulation in light of new approaches to materialism and environmental degradation.

Dirty History Workshop: Kris Lane

Faculty and graduate students from any department are invited to join us to discuss the paper (TBA) with its author, Kris Lane.

The draft paper will be distributed to the Dirty History listserv two weeks in advance. If you'd like to get on the Dirty History listserv to receive the papers, email srnelson@uga.edu.

Dirty History is an interdisciplinary workshop for scholars working at the intersection of agriculture, environment, and capitalism.

Dirty History Workshop: Dr. Ashton Merck

Faculty and graduate students from any department are invited to join us to discuss the paper "Cooperation, Collusion, and the Chicken Cartels" with its author.

The draft paper will be distributed to the Dirty History listserv two weeks in advance. If you'd like to get on the Dirty History listserv to receive the papers, email srnelson@uga.edu.

Dirty History is an interdisciplinary workshop for scholars working at the intersection of agriculture, environment, and capitalism.

Dirty History Workshop: Jessie Luna

Faculty and graduate students from any department are invited to join us to discuss the paper (TBA) with its author, Jessie Luna.

The draft paper will be distributed to the Dirty History listserv two weeks in advance. If you'd like to get on the Dirty History listserv to receive the papers, email srnelson@uga.edu.

Dirty History is an interdisciplinary workshop for scholars working at the intersection of agriculture, environment, and capitalism.

Dirty History Workshop: Chad Montrie

Faculty and graduate students from any department are invited to join us to discuss the paper (TBA) with its author, Chad Montrie.

The draft paper will be distributed to the Dirty History listserv two weeks in advance. If you'd like to get on the Dirty History listserv to receive the papers, email srnelson@uga.edu.

Dirty History is an interdisciplinary workshop for scholars working at the intersection of agriculture, environment, and capitalism.

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