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“God’s Little Daughters” and a Missionary Odyssey in Modern China

Join us for a presentation by Ji Li on Friday: "God's Little Daughters" and a Missionary Odyssey in Modern China.   Dr. Ji Li is an Associate Professor of History at the University of Hong Kong and a 2023-24 joint visiting fellow at the Harvard-Yenching Institute and the Ricci Institute. She received her B.A. and M.A. at Peking University and her Ph.D. at the University of Michigan. Her research focuses on the relationship between…


Oscar Hokeah: Cherokee Novelist, winner of this year’s PEN Hemingway first novel prize

Join us for a talk by Oscar Hokeah: Cherokee Novelist, winner of this year’s PEN Hemingway first novel prize for Calling for a Blanket Dance. Oscar Hokeah is the winner of the 2023 PEN/Hemingway Award, a recipient of the Truman Capote Scholarship Award through IAIA, and a winner of the Native Writer Award through the Taos Summer Writers Conference. Hokeah has written for Poets & Writers, Literary Hub, World Literature Today, American…


Alaina E. Roberts: "Black Slavery, Native Nations, and the Path to Reconciliation"

Please join us for a talk by Dr. Alaina E. Roberts, Associate Professor, University of Pittsburgh: "Black Slavery, Native Nations, and the Path to Reconciliation". Building on her first book's examination of Black life in the Chickasaw and Choctaw Nations, Dr. Roberts will discuss her burgeoning examination of what it might look like to delineate and confront the legacies of slavery in these two nations. Alaina E. Roberts is an Associate…


Spring '26 On-line history course evaluations April 14-28

Spring 2026 students may submit on-line course evaluations for history classes April 14 through April 28, 2026. Student Login - https://webapps.franklin.uga.edu/evaluation/ Note: April 28 (Reading Day) is the last day to submit on-line course evaluations for history classes.


Black Women's Historical Wellness: Yoga, Tea, and Traditions of Collective Self-Care

In this presentation, Dr. Stephanie Evans (Professor, Georgia State University) will discuss the study of Black women’s narrative histories of health, healing, and wellness. Evans will explore what she calls #HistoricalWellness: Black women’s traditions of simultaneously practicing inner peace and working collectively to resist oppression. Specifically, she will answer the question, “How have Black women elders managed stress?” By illuminating…


Heirloom Southern Apples: Past, Present and Future

March 23, 9:00 am - 4:00 pm,  https://botgarden.uga.edu/event/heirloom-southern-apples/ Registration required:   Register Online The morning session begins with a presentation by orchardist and author Diane Flynt, founder of Foggy Ridge Cider and author of Wild, Tamed, Lost, Revived: The Surprising Story of Apples in the South. Next, Dr. Stephen Mihm, Head of the Department of History, and Gareth Crosby, Heritage Garden…


For Graduate students: Meet the Graduate Coordinator

History graduate students - you are invited to a coffee hour Tuesday, February 6 to meet with our Graduate Coordinator, Dr. Palmer, between 1-3 pm. Coffee and snacks provided.   Please stop by if you can! Bring questions, or just introduce yourself. Dr. Palmer had been on research leave and is looking forward to meeting with everyone!  


"So you want to work in an archive?"

"So you want to work in an archive?" Join us for a panel discussion on archive careers for history majors. UGA Special Collections staff and history alumni in the archival field will talk about archival careers and answer questions. Majors and graduate students at all levels are welcome!  


Oral History Workshop (registration required)

Visiting speaker Jacquelyn Dowd Hall and Bob Korstad will join us for an oral history workshop in conjunction with Montgomery Wolf's class HIST4755/6755 Oral History Methods and Theory. UGA students from any discipline are invited to attend by registering for this in-person workshop. Please RSVP to Dr. Hahamovitch at cxhaha@uga.edu  if you wish to attend, to ensure adequate seating. Or, if you are a History graduate student or history…


Dirty History Workshop: Alexander Bowen

Faculty and graduate students from any department are invited to join us to discuss doctoral student Alex Bowen's paper, "The Fall of the House of Bradford-Eppes: Planter Decline in Postbellum Florida”. The draft paper will be distributed to the Dirty History listserv two weeks in advance. If you'd like to get on the Dirty History listserv to receive the papers, email Scott Nelson at srnelson@uga.edu.  Dirty History is an…
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