April 29, 2026 -

The University of Georgia’s History Department is launching a new interdisciplinary Master's degree in Museum Studies this fall. The first of its kind in the state, the program will prepare students to enter the museum profession through specialized training and hands-on experience. With a slate of new courses, the program builds on the success of UGA’s existing undergraduate and graduate Museum Studies certificate programs and makes use of the university’s unparalleled collections. 

The Georgia Museum of Art is featuring an exhibition with work from Akela Reason's Public History Course this semester.

Benjamin Roy will defend his doctoral dissertation, "Homo Nicotiana: Tobacco and Cognition in the West During the Nineteenth Century." The major professor is Dr. Stephen Berry. 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.

Do you want to learn about museums through visiting some of the oldest public museums in the world? Do you want to travel to Rome and Florence with Dr. Raad next June and earn Museum Studies or History elective credits?

"Museum Studies in Italy" is a brand-new study abroad program starting Summer 2027! It will be a 12-day intensive open to undergrads and grad students associated with a new 3-credit course called "Italy and the Modern Museum." Interested in learning more? Come to this information session! We'll have pizza for attendees.

The American Council of Learned Societies (ACLS) has announced the 2026 ACLS Fellows. As ACLS celebrates 100 years of grantmaking in 2026, the ACLS Fellowship Program stands as its longest-running program, recognizing outstanding scholarship in the humanities and social sciences.

Congratulations to Amna Qayyum, recipient of a 2026 ACLS Fellowship, for her project, "The War on Reproduction: Authoritarianism and the Global Politics of Family Planning in Pakistan".

For more details, go to the link Commencement.uga.edu.

Date: Thursday May 7, 2026

Ceremony Location: Stegeman Coliseum

Ceremony start time
Master’s/Specialist – 10:00a.m. (Doors Open: 8:00 a.m.)
Doctoral – 2:30p.m. (Doors Open: 1:30 p.m.)

UGA Final Exam Schedule: https://reg.uga.edu/calendars/final-exam-schedule/

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.