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Ferdinand Phinizy Lecture: Rick Atkinson

Author and journalist Rick Atkinson will visit UGA and Athens for the Ferdinand Phinizy Lecture, which will be included in the university's annual Humanities Festival and in the Global Georgia public events series of the Willson Center for Humanities and Arts. The event is free and open to the public, with no advance registration required. Rick Atkinson is one of the nation’s foremost public historians, the author of eight…


Lunchtime Time Machine: What's natural about childbirth?

Join us as Dr. Emily Taylor Smith asks, What's natural about childbirth?  Dr. Smith is a historian of women, gender, sexuality, and religion in twentieth-century America. Her research focuses on Catholic women and mid-century debates over contraception, abortion, and motherhood. After graduating from Kalamazoo College, she earned a Master of Theological Studies from Harvard Divinity School and a PhD in History from the University of Notre…


Lunchtime Time Machine: What is the legacy of the 1965 Voting Rights Act at 60?

Join us as Professor Robert Pratt asks, "What is the legacy of the 1965 Voting Rights Act at 60? America at a radical crossroads. Dr. Pratt has served formerly as Director of the Institute for African American Studies and Chair of the History Department. His articles and essays have appeared in The Virginia Magazine of History and Biography, Rutgers Law Journal, The University of Richmond Law Review, Howard Law Review, The Georgia …


Inaugural Morrow Lecture in African American and Military History: with Matthew Delmont

Join us for the inaugural presentation of the Dr. John H. Morrow and Dr. Diane B. Morrow Lectureship Series: Matthew Delmont (Dartmouth College) will present a lecture on his recent book and research entitled, "Half American: The Heroic Story of African Americans Fighting World War II at Home and Abroad." A UGA Signature Lecture. Free and open to the public. Dr. Matthew Delmont is the Frank J. Guarini Associate Dean of International Studies and…
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