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With an introduction by Jay Driskell, author of Hard Work: A History of Sanitation and the Teamsters.

Part of the “Dirty Work” conference (www.southernlaborstudies.org), which is funded by the UGA Department of History, the Provost, the Vice President for Research, the Willson Center for Humanities and Arts, the Southern Historical Association, the Southern Labor Archives, and the University of Georgia Press.

Free and open to the public.

Heritage Foundation to present brown bag on Baldwin Hall

Contact: Kimberly Davis 404-906-6176

 Athens, Ga.-- The Athens-Clarke Heritage Foundation (ACHF) will host a Brown Bag Lunch about the slave remains found during an expansion at the University of Georgia’s Baldwin Hall. 

Below Baldwin - a student documentary

 The doc will be screened this Tuesday in the Tate Theatre at 7 pm (https://www.facebook.com/events/1642983295824929/). View the trailer here: https://vimeo.com/266973088.

Students in Prof. Soper's crime and punishment class are setting up their own pop-up exhibit, on display at the Russell Special Collections Building, Room 285, on Friday, April 27 from 1 to 2:30.  The title of the exhibit is "Unlocking Georgia:  Law, Crime, and Punishment."  Stop by and see the great items the students have found in our special collections!

Hunter Hellwig will defend his Master's thesis entitled, "Optimism Without Limit: Intellectual Life in the American Socialist Movement, 1895-1912" on Wednesday morning. The major professor is Dr. John Short. Members of the university community are invited to attend. Please contact the graduate program if you wish to attend, to ensure adequate seating.

Lauren Titley will defend her Master's thesis entitled, "'Property in Humans': Slaves as meubles and Inherent Difficulties" on Thursday morning. The major professor is Dr. Jennifer Palmer. Members of the university community are invited to attend. Please contact the graduate program if you wish to attend, to ensure adequate seating.