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Doctoral Dissertation Defense: Jared Asser

Jared Asser will defend his doctoral dissertation, "A Reconstruction of Feeling: Emotions and Political Crisis in the Postwar U.S. South." The major professor is Dr. Scott Nelson. Members of the university community are invited to attend the presentation part of the defense. Please contact the graduate program at history@uga.edu if you wish to attend, to ensure adequate seating.


Graduate student meetup with Dr. Sara Barker (UGA/Leeds partnership)

 Graduate students in history are invited to meet up with Dr. Sara Barker, who is visiting the history department this week as a participant in the UGA/Leeds partnership. Coffee, tea, pastries.


Book Launch: Dan Rood's In the Shadow of the Great House: A History of the Plantation in America

We are pleased to announce that Dan Rood's new book In the Shadow of the Great House: A History of the Plantation in America (Norton, 2026) is slated for publication! To mark the launch, there will be a book discussion/Q&A followed by a reception at the Athenaeum on March 17th at 7:30 pm. Drinks and hors d'oeuvres will be served, and copies of the book will be on sale. This event is free and open to the public


Guest lecture: Jennifer Boittin

Join us for a talk by Dr. Jennifer Boittin, Frank Porter Graham Distinguished Professor of History, UNC: "From 20th-Century ‘Undesirables’ to Golden Statues at the 2024 Paris Olympics: Women Defying French Colonial Policing." Boittin’s first book, Colonial Metropolis: The Urban Grounds of Anti-imperialism and Feminism in Interwar Paris (2010, University of Nebraska Press) is an innovative, intersectional history of radical interwar…


Faculty Book Launch: Above the Oxbow, by Danielle Raad

The UGA community is invited to a reception in celebration of the new book Above the Oxbow: Stories Entangled with a Mountain (West Virginia University Press, April 2026) by Dr. Danielle Raad, Assistant Professor of History and Museum Studies. Above the Oxbow is a journey through the tangle of rich narratives surrounding Mount Holyoke, a locally cherished mountain in Western Massachusetts. The book sits at the intersection of public history and…


Sara Barker: Teaching and Researching Old (French) Books in a Digital Age

"Teaching and Researching Old (French) Books in a Digital Age", with Dr. Sara Barker, University of Leeds (U.K.). Sara Barker researches Early Modern France, especially late sixteenth and early seventeenth century; history of printing, books and news, particularly international works and translation; material culture of books. She is Director of the Centre for the Comparative History of Print (Centre ChoP) at Leeds, and series editor for…


History Graduate Student Annual Awards and Dinner

For History faculty and graduate students -  The History Department will hold our annual departmental award ceremony and reception for history graduate students (M.A. and Ph.D.), staff and faculty on Monday. You are welcome to bring a guest.  It's our last department gathering for spring so please join us in celebrating our graduate students and spring MA and PhD graduates! A catered dinner will be served at 5:00 pm, followed by the…


CAS Guest lecture: Benjamin Min Han

Join us for a guest lecture by UGA Grady Professor Dr. Benjamin Min Han: Beyond Squid Game: Korean Media and the Netflix Paradigm  Since the launch of Netflix in South Korea in 2016, the global streaming platform has transformed the Korean media industry in terms of financing, content, and production culture. Netflix has also been celebrated as a patron of creativity, further contributing to the diversification of genres and the…


Spring 2026 Withdrawal Deadline

Withdrawal FAQ THE Spring 2026 Withdrawal Deadline is Thursday, April 9th. How can I withdraw? You can initiate a withdrawal in Athena. Follow these steps: Log in to Athena Choose “Student” > “Student & Registration” > “Registration”>"Register for Classes" From there, you will see a list of the courses in which you are registered. For the course you want to drop, choose “Action” > “Course Withdrawal.” Submit Changes.…


M.A. Thesis Defense: Margaret Stewart

Margaret Stewart will defend her Master's thesis Friday afternoon; ""Hoodlums into Hamlets:" The Federal Theatre Project and Disability." The major professor is Dr. Cindy Hahamovitch. Members of the university community are invited to attend. Please contact the graduate program at history@uga.edu if you wish to attend, to ensure adequate seating.
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