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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.

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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.

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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.

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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.

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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.

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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,

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History's Lunchtime Time Machine

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Since our first Lunchtime Time Machine in 2016, our history faculty has brought history to light for our students and community at our popular Lunchtime Time Machine talks. Faculty from a variety of historical fields - Women's studies, African American history, Asian studies, Latin American and Latinx history and much more, feature topics as varied as How did Roman toilets work? To headier subjects like. Where does humanity fit into the universe? Our award-winning faculty bring forth little known facts and sometimes, humor to evoke thought and curiosity about history and its relevance.

Congratulations to Ashton Ellett, Director of the Richard B. Russell Library for Political Research and Studies

University of Georgia Associate Provost & University Librarian Toby Graham has announced the appointment of Dr. Ashton Ellett as the director of the Richard B. Russell Library for Political Research and Studies.