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Faculty Book Talk: Cassia Roth's "A Miscarriage of Justice"

Join us in celebrating the release of Dr. Cassia Roth's forthcoming book, A Miscarriage of Justice: Women’s Reproductive Lives and the Law in Early Twentieth-Century Brazil, (Stanford U Press, January 2020). A Miscarriage of Justice examines women's reproductive health in relation to legal and medical policy in Rio de Janeiro, Brazil. Cassia Roth is Assistant Professor of History and Latin American and Caribbean Studies at the University of…


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…


Guest speaker: Andreas Etges

Join us for a talk by Andreas Etges.  Free and open to the public. Details forthcoming.


Book Release reception: Akela Reason

Save the date! Join us for a reception honoring the new book release by Dr. Akela Reason, Associate Professor, History and the Director of the Museum Studies Certificate program.  Her new book is Politics and Memory: Civil War Monuments in Gilded Age New York (June 10, 2025, Yale University Press).     The Press describes her research as: A rich history of Gilded Age partisan politics, aesthetics, and the creation of New…


UGA Geography Colloquium Series: "Renewal: Owning our histories and strengthening university-community partnerships"

UGA Geography Colloquium Series presents -  "Renewal: Owning our histories and strengthening university-community partnerships."   Davarian L. Baldwin is an internationally recognized scholar, author, and public advocate. He is the Paul E. Raether Distinguished Professor of American Studies and Founding Director of the Smart Cities Research Lab at Trinity College in Hartford, Connecticut. Baldwin is the award-winning author of several…


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

Save the Date!  Time is tentative and may be changed. Join us for the inaugural Morrow lecture in African American and Military History. Free and open to the public. Light refreshments.    


Politics and Memory: Civil War Monuments in Gilded Age New York

The American Antiquarian Society presents the following book talk: Join virtually, or in person, to hear Akela Reason discuss her new book, Politics and Memory: Civil War Monuments in Gilded Age New York (June 2025, Yale Univ Press), a rich history of Gilded Age partisan politics, aesthetics, and the creation of New York City’s Civil War monuments. Illuminating the historical context of Civil War soldiers’ monuments in New York City, Reason…


Dirty History: Heather Roller (Colgate University)

Featuring Heather Roller, History and Environmental Studies, Colgate University. "Legacy Chemicals: A Half Century of Pesticides in American Farming and Rural Life." Dirty History is an interdisciplinary workshop for scholars working at the intersection of agriculture, environment, and capitalism. Dirty History workshops are attended mainly by faculty and graduate students from UGA and area universities. The authors whose work we discuss come…


Dirty History: Joseph Lanning and Bram Tucker

Featuring Joseph Lanning, Anthropology, University of Georgia and School for International Training, and Bram Tucker, Anthropology, University of Georgia. "Farming as Gambling: Illusionary Profits and Agricultural Decision-making in the Malawian Green Revolution." Dirty History is an interdisciplinary workshop for scholars working at the intersection of agriculture, environment, and capitalism. Dirty History workshops are attended mainly by…


Dirty History: Amna Qayyum

Featuring Amna Qayyum, Assistant Professor of History and Women's and Gender Studies at the University of Georgia. "The Ghost of Comilla: Local Pilots and Global Development in Rural East Pakistan." Dirty History is an interdisciplinary workshop for scholars working at the intersection of agriculture, environment, and capitalism. Dirty History workshops are attended mainly by faculty and graduate students from UGA and area universities. The…
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