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Dirty History: Amna Qayyum

Featuring Amna Qayyum, Assistant Professor of History and Women's and Gender Studies at the University of Georgia. "The Ghost of Comilla: Local Pilots and Global Development in Rural East Pakistan." Dirty History is an interdisciplinary workshop for scholars working at the intersection of agriculture, environment, and capitalism. Dirty History workshops are attended mainly by faculty and graduate students from UGA and area universities. The…


Special Screening: The Athens Film Project

Join us for a special showing of the Athens Film Project, a production of the Athens Historical Society.  This screening is sponsored by the history department and The B. Phinizy Spalding Chair in History. The Athens Film Project creates short films on Athens history for use in area schools with funds generously donated by local supporters. Working with local teachers, student consultants,  and hired graduate students in history,…


Save the date: Todd Groce, Georgia Historical Society

Join us for a talk with Todd Groce of the Georgia Historical Society. Details forthcoming.


History Film Series: Harakiri

How do historians enjoy movies made in or about the past? Learn how film shapes how we remember historical events and how the historian's craft can leap off the page and onto the silver screen! Join us for a short lecture, discussion, and screening of history on film.  This month, the History Film Series is screening Harakiri (1962, dir. Masaki Kobayashi). When a ronin requesting seppuku at a feudal lord's palace is told of the brutal…


History Film Series: Al-Ard (The Land)

How do historians enjoy movies made in or about the past? Learn how film shapes how we remember historical events and how the historian's craft can leap off the page and onto the silver screen! Join us for a short lecture, discussion, and screening of history on film.  This month, the History Film Series is screening The Land (1970, dir. Youssef Chahine). A small peasant village's struggles against the careless inroads of the large local…


History Film Series: A Matter of Life and Death (1946)

How do historians enjoy movies made in or about the past? Learn how film shapes how we remember historical events and how the historian's craft can leap off the page and onto the silver screen! Join us for a short lecture, discussion, and screening of history on film.  This month, the History Film Series is screening A Matter of Life and Death (1946, dir. Michael Powell and Emeric Pressburger). A British wartime aviator who cheats death…


PhD Oral Comprehensive Exam: David K. Parker

David K. Parker will take his oral comprehensive examinations in the Conference Room. The Major Professor is Dr. Peter Hoffer. All members of the university community are invited. If you wish to attend please contact the graduate program office in history at history@uga.edu to ensure adequate seating.


Required Meeting for all Post-Comps PhD Students

Fall meeting for all doctoral students in history who have successfully completed comprehensive exams, plus ABD students. This meeting is required.  Presented by the Director of Graduate Studies. Lunch will be provided.


Meeting for all 3rd year/pre-comps PhD History grad students - Required

Meeting for all 3rd year/pre-comps PhD History grad students - Required.  (If you are beyond your 2nd year PhD and have not yet taken/passes comps you need to attend). Presented by the Director of Graduate Studies. Lunch will be provided.


Graduate Student Milestone Meetings

Milestone Meetings. These are mandatory, once-a-year meetings for each graduate cohort with the Director of Graduate Studies, Dr. Jennifer Palmer. The goal is to make sure everyone is on track, informed, and equipped for what’s ahead in your specific year of the program. Milestone Meetings Schedule: First Years: August 11, Grad Student Orientation. No further meetings necessary! Second Years (both MA and PhD): August 26, 12:45 Third Years/…
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