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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…


History Film Series: Sankofa (1993, dir. Haile Gerima), with Robert Pratt

In the Ghanaian Akan language, sankofa means "to go back, look for, and gain wisdom, power and hope." Perhaps the most obscure picture of this rotation, Haile Gerima's Sankofa takes us to Africa, only to return us to our home: the US South. This film forces us to grapple with the excruciating torments of chattel slavery, not from the perspective of a nation having to confront its past but from the perspective of a civilization reeling from the…


History Film Series: Memories of Underdevelopment

The History Film series presents: Memories of Underdevelopment (1968, dir. Tomás Gutiérrez Alea)  1 hr, 37 mins. Rated NR. Drama.   FREE and open to the public. Refreshments. ....... Join us as we watch Memories of Underdevelopment and learn a little history along the way. With an introduction from Dr. Reinaldo Román. Among Cuban films, Memorias de Subdesarrollo is widely considered the greatest. In part, its reputation is due to…


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.
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