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Call for Papers, Presentations, and Performances - History of Slavery at the University of Georgia Symposium on Recognition, Reconciliation, and Redress

Symposium on Recognition, Reconciliation, and Redress April 30 and May 1, 2021 Hybrid Online Format We invite proposals for presentations, research papers, themed sessions, workshops, and performances on the histories of slavery at the University of Georgia to be part of an inaugural symposium on the topic. Scholars, activists, community members, political representatives, artists, educators, students, and practitioners are all welcome to…


Doing Research in Federal Archives, with Jay Driskell

Join us for the presentation and talk, "Doing Research in Federal Archives" with Jay Driskell. Pre-registration is required. Register for the meeting at https://zoom.us/meeting/register/tJ0sfu2oqjwqG9eccjK1MRGWH_BtprebOwjn. Dr. Jay Driskell is the author of Schooling Jim Crow: The Fight for Atlanta’s Booker T. Washington High School and the Roots of Black Protest Politics (University Press of Virginia, 2014).  A Yale PhD and former…


Accepted Graduate Student Virtual Open House

The history department is hosting a virtual history open house for newly admitted graduate students! Our online guests are invited to attend and virtually interact with current graduate students and faculty in history for a fun, and casual event. We will have  several sessions, some social, some informational, to help introduce newly admitted graduate students to our graduate faculty and current grad students. Join us and meet the…


Lunchtime Time Machine: "Should you have a plantation wedding?"

The History Department's Lunchtime Time Machine undergraduate talk series presents Sara Small, a Master's student in history, who will discuss the question, "Should you have a plantation wedding?" Reservations are required. To reserve your virtual space, please send an email from your UGA email address with your name to Ms. Cartwright in history, at cilla71@uga.edu. Students of all majors are invited. This is an FYO event. We've gone virtual!…


February faculty meeting

For history faculty


Monumental Discussions with Sheffield Hale (B.A. '82)

 Free Join the Atlanta Chapter of the UGA Alumni Association for a conversation with Sheffield Hale (BA history ’82), president and CEO of the Atlanta History Center. Sheffield will lead an educational discussion on historical facts and context around monuments, historic markers, and the meaning behind them. Sign up today to make sure you get to ask your questions! This event will be moderated by Dr. Bennett-Alexander, extensively…


Faculty Meeting

For history faculty.


Spring 2021 Classes Begin

    From: All Faculty, Staff and Students <ARCHNEWS@LISTSERV.UGA.EDU> On Behalf Of Archnews Sent: Thursday, October 29, 2020 1:27 PM To: ARCHNEWS@LISTSERV.UGA.EDU Subject: Revisions to the Spring 2021 Academic Calendar   To promote the health and safety of the University of Georgia and local communities during the COVID-19 pandemic, UGA’s Spring 2021 Academic Calendar has been modified. These modifications have been…


UGA Franklin/Gable Visiting Scholar Liza Black, "Picturing Indians: Native Americans in Film"

Please join the departments of History, Anthropology, and the Institute of Native American Studies to welcome Professor Liza Black of the Cherokee Nation of Oklahoma for a discussion of her new book, Picturing Indians: Native Americans in Film, 1941-1960.  As a UGA Franklin/Gable Visiting Scholar, she will discuss a life that moved between Oklahoma and Los Angeles, and her explorations into the working lives of Native actors in Hollywood.…


Dirty History Seminar for Faculty and Graduate Students

Faculty and graduate students from any department are invited to join us to discuss current research by Devin Jerome, a doctoral student in history at the University of Georgia. (Topic TBA). The draft paper and Zoom link will be distributed to the Dirty History listserv two weeks in advance. Those not on the listserv who are interested in attending can contact Scott Nelson for a copy of the paper: srnelson@uga.edu. Dirty History is an…
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