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Katherine Mooney (Florida State): "Isaac Murphy: The Rise and Fall of a Black Jockey" 

Join us for a public lecture by Dr. Katherine Mooney (Florida State University). Dr. Mooney will give a presentation about her recent book Isaac Murphy: The Rise and Fall of a Black Jockey (2023), then host a workshop with grads that afternoon. Pizza will be served... Questions? Contact Alexander Bowen  A presentation of the History Graduate Student Association.


History guest lecture

The university community is invited to join us for a history talk on Thursday by a guest speaker. All majors are welcome.


History guest lecture

The university community is invited to join us for a history talk on Tuesday by a guest speaker. All majors are welcome.


History guest lecture

The university community is invited to join us for a history talk on Tuesday by a guest speaker. All majors are welcome.


“Leadership Lessons: Women, Activism, and the Black Freedom Struggle” with Dr. Kenja McCray

Join us for a guest lecture with Dr. Kenja McCray. Kenja McCray is a humanities faculty member at Clayton State University, where she teaches history. Dr. McCray has also served as a Visiting Associate Professor of History at the Georgia Institute of Technology. She holds a Ph.D. in history from Georgia State University and a B.A. from Spelman College. Her research focuses on the 20th century United States, African Americans, Africa and the…


Gregory Distinguished Lecture: Bryant Simon (Temple University)

Please join us for the Gregory Distinguished Lecture with Dr. Bryant Simon, entitled, "Disappearing Acts: Public Bathrooms and the Making of American Inequality." Bryant Simon is the Laura H. Carnell Professor of History and 2020 recipient of Temple's  Great Teacher Award. He is the author of four books, three co-edited collections, and numerous essays and commentary in the Washington Post,  New Republic, the Root.com,  Christian Science Monitor…


Plastic Capitalism: Banks, Credit Cards, and the end of Financial Control, with Sean Vanatta

Join us for a talk by UGA alum Sean Vanatta. Dr. Sean Vanatta is Senior Lecturer in Financial History and Policy (Political & International Studies) at the University of Glasgow. He is also a senior fellow at the Wharton Initiative on Financial Policy and Regulation at the University of Pennsylvania. He received a Ph.D. from Princeton University in 2018. Prior to that, Vanatta earned a Master's and undergraduate degrees at the University of…


UGA at Oxford presents: Dr. Ian Archer, Keble College, Oxford University

In celebration of Dr. Ian Archer's 30 plus years of teaching for the UGA at Oxford Study Abroad Program, UGA at Oxford is excited to be hosting Ian the Friday, Saturday, and Sunday of Homecoming week. Please join us for Dr. Archer's academic lecture on Friday afternoon. The title of the talk is Britain and the World, 1550-1700.  Dr. Archer is the Robert Stonehouse Tutorial Fellow in History at Keble College, Oxford University. He is a…


POSTPONED: Ben Gillespie, "Archives Fever"

POSTPONED.  Ben Gillespie, UGA alum (BA, BS '09).  "Archives Fever: Preserving History in Motion." For students and alumni in the humanities-all majors are welcome! Gillespie is a historian in Archives and American Art at the Smithsonian Institution. He graduated from UGA in 2009 with degrees in Physics and English. Free and open to the public. Sponsored by UGA Libraries and the History Department.


Civil War Ghosts of Georgia, with Courtney McInvale

Courtney McInvale is the founder of Seaside Shadows - A history and haunts walking (and boat) tour company based in Connecticut. She has interned at NCIS (Cold Case Homicide Unit) and worked with Homeland Security.  At an early age, she focused on American War History. She has been a guest on many Discovery/Travel Channel shows including Ghost Adventurers, and she routinely interviews on GAIA and Coast to Coast. As a 4th generation…
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