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Book Presentation /Lecture: Intimate Bonds: Family and Slavery in the French Atlantic

Book presentation and reception with Dr. Jennifer Palmer (UGA, Department of History), who will discuss her book Intimate Bonds: Family and Slavery in the French Atlantic (The University of Pennsylvania Press, 2016). See the symposium website for details. Sponsored by: Department of History, the Office of the President, the Program in World History and Cultures at Georgia State University, and The Center for Faculty Development and Excellence at…


Lecture: Taking the Courts to the Fields: Native Jurisdiction, Judicial Violence, and Agrarian Conflict in Colonial Oaxaca

Keynote address by Dr. Yanna Yannakakis (Emory University, Department of History), part of the graduate symposium “Research and Evidence: Cities in the Global South.” For details, see the symposium web site. Sponsored by: Department of History, the Office of the President, the Program in World History and Cultures at Georgia State University, and The Center for Faculty Development and Excellence at Emory University


Symposium/Conference: Research and Evidence: Cities in the Global South

A graduate conference sponsored by the Georgia Latin American and Caribbean Studies Initiative. Includes four panels showcasing original research by UGA, Emory, and Georgia State graduate students in history. Features a keynote address by Dr. Yanna Yannakakis (Emory University), 2:45 pm – 4:00 pm, and a book talk by Dr. Jennifer Palmer (UGA) 4:00 pm – 5:30 pm in Rm. 137.  Program available here. Sponsored by: Department of History, the…


History Faculty New Book Release and Reception: Jennifer Palmer

Please join us for a book signing, reception, and celebration of Intimate Bonds: Family and Slavery in the French Atlantic, a volume in the series Early Modern Americas (U Penn Press, 2016), by Dr. Jennifer L. Palmer of the Department of History. "Following the stories of families who built their lives and fortunes across the Atlantic Ocean, Intimate Bonds explores how households anchored the French empire and shaped the meanings of race,…


Gregory Distinguished Lecture: Don H. Doyle

In this Sixth Annual Gregory Distinguished Lecture, Don H. Doyle, McCausland Professor of History, University of South Carolina, discusses his recent prize-winning book, The Cause of All Nations: An International History of the American Civil War. Sponsored by the History Department and the Amanda and Greg Gregory Graduate Studies Support Fund.  


Phi Alpha Theta lecture series: Athens Illuminated with Dr. Stephen Berry

Phi Alpha Theta Epsilon Pi presents a lecture series about the sometimes forgotten aspects of Athens' local history. From historic markers to street and building names, our surrounding landscape may appear to present a white-washed history. However, just beneath the surface is a plurality of perspectives and voices. Each of the three Athens Illuminated lectures will focus on Athens' people or places in order to help bring to light some of this…


Dianne Harris: “Framing Los Angeles, 1960: Case Study House #22 and the Architecture of Whiteness”

Dianne Harris is Dean of the College of Humanities and professor of history at the University of Utah. She holds a doctorate in architectural history from the University of California, Berkeley and is best known for her scholarly contributions to the study of “race and space” – the relationship between the built environment and construction of racial and class identities. Her books include The Nature of Authority: Villa Culture,…


Grad student audition edition of Lunchtime Time Machine

In this special edition of Lunchtime Time Machine, the Department of History's graduate students will present snapshots of their research and compete for the chance to give a full LTTM lecture in the spring. The event is open to all undergrads, grad students, and faculty — and the crowd picks the winner. Free pizza.   


Jim Grossman, American Historical Association: "Preparing Historians for the Future Instead of the Past”

Half of all history Ph.D's end up in tenured or tenure-track positions in colleges and universities. Only one-third of those are in research universities.  Are our Ph.D programs therefore preparing most graduate students for careers they are unlikely to have?   Except for faculty at a few elite research universities, historians no longer spend their professional lives just writing books and articles, lecturing in the…


PhD Comprehensive Examination: Andrew Craig

Andrew Craig will take his oral comprehensive examinations with his Graduate Advisory Committee. The Major Professor is Dr. Hahamovitch. Members of the university community are invited. If you wish to attend please contact the graduate program office in history before November 15, to ensure adequate seating.
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