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Kevin Jones on the Washington Post: "How protesters used Arabic to subvert Western influence"

A recent article on the Washington Post's online site by UGA Associate Professor in history Kevin M. Jones discusses how "the recent hacking of the popular Showtime series “Homeland” by a team of Arab graffiti artists hired to draw pro-Assad graffiti on a set depicting a Syrian refugee camp has elicited laughter and applause" See the full article for more details.
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James Cobb is profiled in this year' UGA Foundation Annual Report 2015 (faculty profiles). A "triple dawg", Professor Cobb earned his undergradaute, Master's, and Doctoral degrees here at UGA. See the 2015 Annual Report for the full article.
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Mihm writes on family leave in history

Stephen Mihm's latest column on the Bloomberg view "Paid Family Leave's Conservative Lineage" discusses conservative roots of family leave. Stephen Mihm is a regular contributor to Bloomberg View, and an Associate Professor in the Department of History at UGA.
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Jim Cobb receives 2015 Governor's Award

Congratulations to Jim Cobb (history prof and alum) who received a 2015 Governor’s Award for the Arts and Humanities from Gov. Nathan Deal October 6th.  "The Governor’s Awards for the Arts and Humanities honor outstanding individuals and organizations that have made significant contributions to Georgia’s civic and cultural vitality through excellence and service to the arts and humanities.  Presented by the Office of the Governor in…
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Stephen Mihm on how "How the silver standard wrecked China's economy"

  The Chicago Tribune has an article on-line by Stephen Mihm on how "How the silver standard wrecked China's economy". You can view the artcle here. Stephen Mihm is an associate professor of history at the University of Georgia, and a contributor to the Bloomberg View.
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UGA Professor on Shortlist for 2015 Cundill Prize

Claudio Saunt's book West of the Revolution: An Uncommon History of 1776 (W.W. Norton & Company) is one of only six books vying for the 2015 Cundill Prize in Historical Literature.  The Cundill award offers one of the largest international prizes today for a book of nonfiction. Saunt is the Richard B. Russell Professor in American History, Co-Director, Center for Virtual History, Associate Director, Institute of Native American Studies…
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History professor John Morrow Jr. is quoted in the New York Times

History professor John Morrow Jr. served as co-chair of the national advisory committee that drew up plans for a new exhibit at the National World War II Museum in New Orleans.  Morrow was quoted in a recent New York Times article discussing the new exhibit titled "Fighting for the Right to Fight: The African American Experience in WWII."
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Steve Soper wins award for best book in Italian history

Congratulations to Steve Soper, whose has been awarded the Society for Italian Historical Studies Marraro prize for the best book in Italian history in 2013! Soper previously took First Prize in the 18th-19th C category of the American Association of Italian Studies Book Award for his book, Building a Civil Society: Associations, Public Life, and the Origins of Modern Italy (U Toronto, 2013).
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E. Merton Coulter Award to Lester Stephens

Lester D. Stephens, UGA emeritus professor of history, received the Georgia Historical Society's 2014 E. Merton Coulter Award for the best article published in the Georgia Historical Quarterly in 2013. His article, "John Ruggles Cotting and the First State Geological Survey of Georgia," appeared inthe summer 2013 issue. The Coulter Award is given for the best article to appear in the Georgia Historical Quarterly in the previous year. The Coulter…
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Is U.S. ready for a pandemic?

Bloomberg essay by associate professor of history Stephen Mihm:  “Although the likelihood of a large-scale outbreak of Ebola is almost immeasurably tiny, Americans have begun to ask, ‘Who, really, is in charge of snuffing out a potential epidemic?’” Stephen Mihm, a contributor to Bloomberg View, discusses the role of government and public health in this on-line essay.
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