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…

UGA Spring 2026 on-line course evaluations April 14 - 28

Tue, 03/24/2026 - 11:14am

Effective for spring 2026 courses, UGA will implement a new centralized platform for end-of-term course evaluations. Information about the system is available on the Office of the Registrar’s website and additional correspondence will be sent once the system is available for use. However, we wanted to provide the key information below in advance to help prepare for the upcoming evaluation period. Timeline: April 14: Course evaluations…

History Faculty Meeting

Fri, 03/06/2026 - 3:01pm

All History faculty - voting meeting.

Book Launch: Dan Rood's In the Shadow of the Great House: A History of the Plantation in America

Wed, 03/04/2026 - 12:51pm

We are pleased to announce that Dan Rood's new book In the Shadow of the Great House: A History of the Plantation in America (Norton, 2026) is slated for publication! To mark the launch, there will be a book discussion/Q&A followed by a reception at the Athenaeum on March 17th at 7:30 pm. Drinks and hors d'oeuvres will be served, and copies of the book will be on sale. This event is free and open to the public

Guest lecture: Jennifer Boittin

Thu, 02/26/2026 - 4:17pm

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…

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