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.
Coffee Chat, with Dr. Akela Reason Please join us for the inaugural "coffee chat," a new series of informal chats with female faculty about their experiences in the field of history. The first meeting with Dr. Akela Reason will be held on Wednesday October 18th @ 12:30 in room 201LeConte Hall, the Conference Room. Coffee and snacks will be provided! While this event was designed with the experience of women in the field in mind, we welcome any and all grad students. If you would, please RSVP to Theodora Light at theodora.light@uga.edu. Read more about Coffee Chat, with Dr. Akela Reason
'Preparing for the Academic Job Market’ with UGA History alum, Pat Breen Graduate students are invited to an informal chat with UGA History alum and associate professor of history at Providence College, Dr. Pat Breen, who will talk about his experience on recent search committees at Providence. Refreshments. Read more about 'Preparing for the Academic Job Market’ with UGA History alum, Pat Breen
History Faculty Meeting Meeting for history faculty. (With Dean Stenport). Read more about History Faculty Meeting
Professional Development Workshop (PDW): Archives Panel Join us for a virtual panel featuring three Georgia-based archivists who will give us an overview of their collections and discuss some tips and tricks for visiting their specific archives. If time allows, our guests will also discuss possible routes to archival careers. To join the event, please email Andrew Craig for the Zoom info at Andrew.Craig@uga.edu. Our panelists will include: 1) Lisa Vallen - Southern Labor Archive 2) Hendry Miller - Georgia State Archives Read more about Professional Development Workshop (PDW): Archives Panel
UGA history Professor Stephen Berry awarded NEH grant News from The Willson Center: Stephen Berry, Gregory Professor of the Civil War Era in the department of history, has been awarded a National Endowment for the Humanities Public Scholars grant for his book project The Original Black Panther: Prince Rivers and the Lost City of Hamburg, a biography of Rivers (1824–1887) who was by turns a slave, color sergeant of the First South Carolina Volunteer Division of the Union Army, a South Carolina state legislator, and mayor of Hamburg, SC. Read more about UGA history Professor Stephen Berry awarded NEH grant
HGSA Book Sale, 9 AM - 4 PM Books of all kinds at low, low prices. Proceeds benefit the HGSA, a History Graduate Student Association. Rain cancels. Questions: contact Rory Oates Rory.Oates@uga.edu Read more about HGSA Book Sale, 9 AM - 4 PM
Oconee Library History Series: "From Slavery to the Stars: Examining the Lives and Legacies of Harriet Jacobs and Katherine Johnson" This month's History Lecture at the Oconee County Library features UGA Ph.D. student Maya Brooks presenting a talk that explores the lives of Harriet Jacobs and Katherine Johnson and the ways in which their experiences as Black women in America were both similar and different. Jacobs was born enslaved and her narrative explores her struggle to not only free herself but her children as well. Read more about Oconee Library History Series: "From Slavery to the Stars: Examining the Lives and Legacies of Harriet Jacobs and Katherine Johnson"
