Dirty History: Amna Qayyum Featuring Amna Qayyum, Assistant Professor of History and Women's and Gender Studies at the University of Georgia. "The Ghost of Comilla: Local Pilots and Global Development in Rural East Pakistan." Dirty History is an interdisciplinary workshop for scholars working at the intersection of agriculture, environment, and capitalism. Dirty History workshops are attended mainly by faculty and graduate students from UGA and area universities. The authors whose work we discuss come from all over. Participants should come having read the papers in advance. Read more about Dirty History: Amna Qayyum
Special Screening: The Athens Film Project Join us for a special showing of the Athens Film Project, a production of the Athens Historical Society. This screening is sponsored by the history department and The B. Phinizy Spalding Chair in History. Read more about Special Screening: The Athens Film Project
Phi Alpha Theta and History Club: join us for history trivia! History students and history fans- join us Wednesday for information on Phi Alpha Theta, UGA's chapter of the National History Honor Society, and our History Club. Meet the returning members, participate in some fun history trivia, and compete for a candy prize! Pizza for attendees. Read more about Phi Alpha Theta and History Club: join us for history trivia!
Save the date: Todd Groce, Georgia Historical Society Join us for a talk with Todd Groce of the Georgia Historical Society. Details forthcoming. Read more about Save the date: Todd Groce, Georgia Historical Society
Museum Studies Meet & Greet The Certificate in Museum Studies program is having a meet and greet with our new program faculty member Dr. Danielle Raad. Join us for light refreshments in the undergraduate lounge. Read more about Museum Studies Meet & Greet
New Faculty Meet & Greet History graduate students and faculty, stop by for a cup of coffee or tea and meet our newest faculty members in the history department Thursday morning! Refreshments. Read more about New Faculty Meet & Greet
Lunchtime Time Machine: What makes a historical object "real"? Join us as Assistant Professor Danielle Raad asks, What makes a historical object "real"? Danielle Raad is an Assistant Professor of History and Museum Studies. She is a public historian, anthropologist, archaeologist, and curator with a focus on how people in the present make meaning from the material culture—art, artifacts, and historic sites—of the past. Read more about Lunchtime Time Machine: What makes a historical object "real"?
Lunchtime Time Machine: Who killed Edgar Allan Poe? Join us as Professor Stephen Berry asks, Who killed Edgar Allan Poe? Read more about Lunchtime Time Machine: Who killed Edgar Allan Poe?
Lunchtime Time Machine: Where does humanity fit into the history of the Universe? Join us as Associate Professor Timothy Cleaveland asks, Where does humanity fit into the history of the Universe? Read more about Lunchtime Time Machine: Where does humanity fit into the history of the Universe?
Lunchtime Time Machine: Why do Americans owe so much student debt? Join us as Professor Elizabeth Shermer asks, Why do Americans owe so much student debt? Read more about Lunchtime Time Machine: Why do Americans owe so much student debt?
