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UGA’s Three Minute Thesis (3MT®) competition

Join in supporting doctoral student Nathanael Mickelson, a Ph.D. candidate in the Department of History at Franklin College of Arts and Sciences. He is one of 10 3MT finalists who will compete in the final competition on November 14 at the Morton Theatre. The event is free and open to the public. Learn more here: https://grad.uga.edu/fall-2024-three-minute-thesis-3mt.../ UGA’s Three Minute Thesis (3MT®) competition challenges graduate students…


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…


History Grad Student/Faculty Fall Social

History graduate students, faculty and staff are invited to dinner and conversation at Athentic Brewing Company October 3. Partners and kids are welcome, as are our retired and emeritus faculty. Please RSVP - the link will be emailed to our department members, or you can use the QR code below. Catering by Baskat Catering, Athens.   For more info: email Prof. Tracey Johnson, tdjohnson@uga.edu. Directions 108 Park Ave. Athens, GA 30601[…


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…


History Film Series: "Roma"

The History Film series presents: Roma. An award winning drama, Roma was written and directed by Alfonso Cuarón. Set in 1970-71, Roma follows the life of a live-in indigenous housekeeper of an upper-middle-class Mexican family, as a semi-autobiographical take on Cuarón's upbringing in Mexico City. The film stars Yalitza Aparicio and Marina de Tavira in the leading roles. An international co-production between Mexico and the United States. Drama…


History Film Series: Tokyo Story (1953)

The History Film series presents: Tokyo Story (1953, dir. Yasujiro Ozu)  136 mins. Rated NR. Drama.  Directed by Yasujiro Ozu. Starring Chishu Ryu, Chieko Higashiyama, and So Yamamura. FREE and open to the public. Refreshments. ....... Join us as we watch Tokyo Story and learn a little history along the way. With an introduction from Dr. Timothy Yang, Associate Professor and the Director for Asian Studies. Watch history come alive, and…


History Film Series: Ladri di biciclette (Bicycle Thieves, 1948)

Ladri di biciclette (1948) 89 mins | Rated NR | Drama Directed by Vittorio De Sica | Starring Lianella Carell, Lambertp Maggiorani, Enzo Staiola, Vittorio Antonucci, Gino Saltamerenda. FREE and open to the public. Refreshments. ....... Join us as we watch Bicycle Thieves and learn a little Italian history along the way. With special guest speaker Dr. Steve Soper. Watch history come alive, and see the past unfold like never before! This series is…


DeLisa Hawkes, on "Olivia Ward Bush-Banks and Black/Indigenous Solidarities"

In this talk, Dr. DeLisa D. Hawkes (University of Tennessee) will discuss how the under-examined writer Olivia Ward Bush-Banks reflects on Black and Indigenous solidarities in her early twentieth-century literary works and the value of teaching-in-place to thinking about the intersections between African American Studies and Native American and Indigenous Studies. Free and open to the…
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