Lecture: Eastman Kodak, Tennessee Eastman, and Film’s Militant Chemistry in the New South The Department of Theatre and Film presents a lecture by Dr. Alice Lovejoy (University of Minnesota) based on her new book, Tales of Militant Chemistry: The Film Factory in a Century of War (University of California Press). The book explores how the manufacture of film stock - considered as a product of the chemical industry, rather than solely as a raw material for film and photography - intersects with the history of military technologies from poison gas to the atom bomb, which Kodak chemists helped create by enriching uranium. Read more about Lecture: Eastman Kodak, Tennessee Eastman, and Film’s Militant Chemistry in the New South
Guest speaker: Andreas Etges Join us for a talk by Andreas Etges, "Destination Berlin: Staging Visits in a Divided City. Kennedy, Khrushchev, King, and Springsteen." Free and open to the public. This is an FYO event. Andreas Etges is senior lecturer in American history at the Ludwig Maximilian University, Munich. The Cold War specialist has curated several historical exhibits on US history and is frequently interviewed by German and international media on US politics, elections, and on transatlantic relations. Read more about Guest speaker: Andreas Etges
Award-winning Student: Matthew Powell Congratulations and welcome to the History Department, doctoral student Matthew Powell! Read more about Award-winning Student: Matthew Powell
Graduate Student Career Workshop (jobs and fellowships) A workshop for advanced graduate students on applying for jobs and fellowships. Any graduate student can come for general advice; if you would like more in-depth feedback, bring drafts of job and/or postdoc applications. You can attend in person or on zoom via https://zoom.us/j/97886419138?pwd=Jbvd4QEZhkKU7X0RKb5RbqJRNz0vab.1 With Dr. Palmer and Dr. Levine. Read more about Graduate Student Career Workshop (jobs and fellowships)
History at Work: Careers in History/Public History What can you do with a history degree? Join Dr. Brooks and guests as they discuss careers in history/public history. Read more about History at Work: Careers in History/Public History
Book Release reception: Akela Reason's Politics and Memory: Civil War Monuments in Gilded Age New York The Willson Center for Humanities and Arts will host a reception honoring the new book release by Akela Reason, associate professor of history and director of the Museum Studies Certificate Program. Her new book is Politics and Memory: Civil War Monuments in Gilded Age New York (Yale University Press, 2025). Snacks and light refreshments will be on hand, and the reception is open to all. Read more about Book Release reception: Akela Reason's Politics and Memory: Civil War Monuments in Gilded Age New York
Study Abroad Info session: Rwanda Interested in Study Abroad this summer? Join us Monday Sept 22 for an information session about a new Maymester study abroad program in Rwanda: Reconciliation and Reconstruction. (See attached flyer for details.) Students will take two classes: a "topics" in African history course focused on the 1994 genocide and the history leading up to it; and an upper-division Journalism elective. Scholarships are available! All majors are welcome. Snacks provided at the info. session. Read more about Study Abroad Info session: Rwanda
Doctoral Dissertation Defense: Theodora Light Tedi Light will defend her doctoral dissertation, ""On the Road to Rebel”: Indigenous Maroons in Cuba and Florida, 1500-1739." The major professor is Dr. James Brooks. Members of the university community are invited to attend the presentation part of the defense. Please contact the graduate program at history@uga.edu if you wish to attend, to ensure adequate seating. Read more about Doctoral Dissertation Defense: Theodora Light
Doctoral Dissertation Defense: Steven Krug Steven Krug will defend his doctoral dissertation, "“An Entire Revolution in Fortune”: Wealth, Risk, and Crisis in the Post-Revolutionary Virginia Plantation Economy." The major professor is Dr. Stephen Mihm. Members of the university community are invited to attend the presentation part of the defense. Please contact the graduate program at history@uga.edu if you wish to attend, to ensure adequate seating. Read more about Doctoral Dissertation Defense: Steven Krug
Student Spotlight: Keira Hallauer Keira Hallauer (class of ’28) entered UGA already knowing her career interests, although she had no idea of the expansive choices available to her once enrolled. In high school, history was one of her favorite subjects, and she came to have a sense that she might want to go into academia for a career, so decided to pursue a discipline she was passionate about. She explained that, Read more about Student Spotlight: Keira Hallauer
