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Capitalist Souths, a Graduate Student Conference

The University of Georgia Department of History and the Andrew W. Mellon Foundation is pleased to announce the first Capitalist Souths interdisciplinary graduate student conference to be held March 13-14, 2020, at the UGA campus in Athens, Georgia. This conference is part of the Willson Center for Humanities and Arts Global Georgia Initiative. Our conference invites graduate students to submit proposals that illuminate new work that draws…


History Behind the Headlines- The War in Iran: How Did We Get Here?

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 War in Iran: How Did We Get Here?” Free and open to the public. An FYO event. Note: if all seats fill, the event will be…


Guest lecture: Jennifer Boittin

Join us for a talk by Dr. Jennifer Boittin, Frank Porter Graham Distinguished Professor of History, UNC: "From 20th-Century ‘Undesirables’ to Golden Statues at the 2024 Paris Olympics: Women Defying French Colonial Policing." Boittin’s first book, Colonial Metropolis: The Urban Grounds of Anti-imperialism and Feminism in Interwar Paris (2010, University of Nebraska Press) is an innovative, intersectional history of radical interwar…


Gender and History Workshop: Guest lecture by Sara Barker

Guest lecture. Free and open to the public. Details forthcoming. A presentation of the Gender and History Workshop series, with support from the UGA/Leeds partnership.


CAS Guest lecture: Benjamin Min Han

Join us for a guest lecture by UGA Grady Professor Dr. Benjamin Min Han: Beyond Squid Game: Korean Media and the Netflix Paradigm  Since the launch of Netflix in South Korea in 2016, the global streaming platform has transformed the Korean media industry in terms of financing, content, and production culture. Netflix has also been celebrated as a patron of creativity, further contributing to the diversification of genres and the…


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History at Work: Andrew Epstein - date to be confirmed

The History at Work Speaker Series invites former history majors, minors, and advocates to discuss how they have transformed historical thinking into post-college careers, and to show current majors how to think about the strengths and possibilities of their own training.  With special guest alum Andrew Epstein.  Andrew Epstein is a communications consultant and political advisor to New York City Mayor Zohran Mamdani. Epstein served…


History at Work: Richard Costigan

The History at Work Speaker Series invites former history majors, minors, and advocates to discuss how they have transformed historical thinking into post-college careers, and to show current majors how to think about the strengths and possibilities of their own training.  With special guest alum Richard Costigan. A recognized political, policy strategist and advocate for over three decades, bringing unique insight and practical experience…


History at Work: featuring an alumni panel of history in industry

The History Department is thrilled to welcome three accomplished Department of History alumni to campus for the annual HISTORY@WORK Alumni Speaker Series.  Pizza will be served.  All students are welcome.   This event is sponsored by the Parents Leadership Council and the Willson Center.   The three alumni visitors include: Joshua Couch (1997 History Graduate) – Joshua Couch is the Senior Director of Software Engineering…


The Vietnam War: From Total War to the Unfinished Accounting of Human Loss

Join us Tuesday for a guest lecture with Dr. Alex-Thai Dinh Vo, of The Vietnam Center and Archive at Texas Tech University. More than half a century after the end of the Vietnam War, hundreds of thousands of people—Vietnamese and American alike—remain missing, unaccounted for, and unmourned. For their families, the war never truly ended. This talk asks a fundamental but rarely confronted question: how did North Vietnam sustain a war of such…
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