Department Faculty, graduate student, staff fall social History graduate students, faculty, emeritus faculty, and staff and partners- please join us for our annual department fall semester social event, held this year at Puma Yu's* in Athens. By invitation. Please RSVP to Laurie history@uga.edu by Nov. 15. Dinner buffet. Read more about Department Faculty, graduate student, staff fall social
"Who is Doctor Bauer?: Rematriating a Censored Story on Internment, Wardship, and Sexual Violence in Wartime Alaska, 1941 - 1944" Join us for a virtual seminar with the winner of FOUR Western History Association awards for the article,“Who Is Dr. Bauer? Read more about "Who is Doctor Bauer?: Rematriating a Censored Story on Internment, Wardship, and Sexual Violence in Wartime Alaska, 1941 - 1944"
Historic Athens History Hour: Indigenizing Athens with Prof. James Brooks Join Historic Athens Tuesday at 12 pm @ the Lyndon House, where Dr. James F. Brooks, Gable Chair at UGA will discuss “Reclaiming Athens’ Indigenous Past & Present: Consultation & Collaboration,” including the recent installation at the Historic Athens Visitor Center. Read more about Historic Athens History Hour: Indigenizing Athens with Prof. James Brooks
History Behind the Headlines: The Gaza War and the Future of Palestine Join us as our faculty provide a historical context on current crises in the news and answer questions on the history of events. History Behind the Headlines is not an academic debate or political event, but a talk of historical events which often help inform our understanding of todays news. "History Behind the Headlines: The Gaza War and the Future of Palestine” Free and open to the public. An FYO event. Pizza will be served. Note: if all seats fill, the event will be closed to further attendees. We may not exceed seating capacity of the room. Read more about History Behind the Headlines: The Gaza War and the Future of Palestine
Spotlight on Inclusive Excellence: Libia Jiménez Chávez Read more about Spotlight on Inclusive Excellence: Libia Jiménez Chávez Our October spotlight features Libia Jiménez Chávez. Libia is a twentieth-century interdisciplinary historian studying migrations between Georgia and Latin America. More broadly, she is interested in transnational histories, processes of placemaking, and the relationship between race, belonging, and residency status. Through archival and oral histories, she is examining the Immigration Reform and Control Act of 1986 (IRCA/La Amnístia) to understand the resulting transformations that occurred within Georgia's immigrant communities.
Book Presentation: Exemplary Violence: Rewriting History in Colonial Colombia Join us Friday for an event co-hosted by LACSI and Romance Language—a book presentation featuring Dr. Alberto Villate-Isaza’s new book Exemplary Violence: Rewriting History in Colonial Colombia. Comments by Dr. Cassia Roth, Department of History & LACSI. Light refreshments will be served. Read more about Book Presentation: Exemplary Violence: Rewriting History in Colonial Colombia
Industry Insiders - Careers in Financial Services in New York: Arch Ready Fall 2023 If you have ever heard an historian talk about the range of career outcomes available to History majors, you’ve probably heard the words “Wall Street” and “Fortune 500 Companies.” While most of your professors are well aware that this career path is open to you, very few of us can offer good, practical advice about how exactly you can leverage your History major into a career on Wall Street. Read more about Industry Insiders - Careers in Financial Services in New York: Arch Ready Fall 2023
Franklin College Homecoming Tailgate 2023 Register for the Franklin College of Arts and Sciences Homecoming Tailgate, Join Dean Anna Stenport on the New College Lawn for Flying Biscuit Cafe, beverages, and pre-game fun! Invitations were emailed to Franklin College alumni. Click here to go to the event registration page. Read more about Franklin College Homecoming Tailgate 2023
Spotlight on Inclusive Excellence: Bryant K. Barnes Read more about Spotlight on Inclusive Excellence: Bryant K. Barnes Our September Spotlight on Inclusive Excellence features Ph.D. Candidate Bryant K. Barnes. Barnes has been awarded the Phelps-Stokes Graduate Fellowship for 2023. This fellowship was established in 1911 by the authorization of a monetary gift to the University of Georgia from the Phelps-Stokes Fund. The fund was a bequest from the estate of Miss Caroline Phelps Stokes (1854-1909), a New York City philanthropist. The recipient must make a scientific study of the role of Black or African American individuals in American society.