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Doctoral Dissertation Defense: Steven Krug

Steven Krug will defend his doctoral dissertation, "“An Entire Revolution in Fortune”: Wealth, Risk, and Crisis in the Post-Revolutionary Virginia Plantation Economy." The major professor is Dr. Stephen Mihm. 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.


UGA Geography Colloquium Series: "Renewal: Owning our histories and strengthening university-community partnerships"

UGA Geography Colloquium Series presents -  "Renewal: Owning our histories and strengthening university-community partnerships."   Davarian L. Baldwin is an internationally recognized scholar, author, and public advocate. He is the Paul E. Raether Distinguished Professor of American Studies and Founding Director of the Smart Cities Research Lab at Trinity College in Hartford, Connecticut. Baldwin is the award-winning author of several…


Inaugural Morrow Lecture in African American and Military History: with Matthew Delmont

Join us for the inaugural presentation of the Dr. John H. Morrow and Dr. Diane B. Morrow Lectureship Series: Matthew Delmont (Dartmouth College) will present a lecture on his recent book and research entitled, "Half American: The Heroic Story of African Americans Fighting World War II at Home and Abroad." Free and open to the public. Light refreshments. Dr. Matthew Delmont is the Frank J. Guarini Associate Dean of International Studies and…


Hands-on Grant Proposal Workshop for Graduate Students

Presented by the Willson Center for the Humanities and Arts -   The purpose of this session is to workshop grant proposals you plan to submit in 2025 or 2026. Examples include the ACLS Dissertation Innovation Fellowship (deadline 29 Oct 25), Newcombe Doctoral Dissertation Fellowship (1 Nov 25), and residential fellowships at institutions like the Newberry Library, Huntington Library, Folger Shakespeare Library, and John Carter Brown…


Dirty History: Heather Roller (Colgate University)

Featuring Heather Roller, History and Environmental Studies, Colgate University. "Legacy Chemicals: A Half Century of Pesticides in American Farming and Rural Life." 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 authors whose work we discuss come…


Dirty History: Joseph Lanning and Bram Tucker

Featuring Joseph Lanning, Anthropology, University of Georgia and School for International Training, and Bram Tucker, Anthropology, University of Georgia. "Farming as Gambling: Illusionary Profits and Agricultural Decision-making in the Malawian Green Revolution." Dirty History is an interdisciplinary workshop for scholars working at the intersection of agriculture, environment, and capitalism. Dirty History workshops are attended mainly by…


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,…


The State of Public History: A Conversation with W. Todd Groce

Join us for a talk with Dr. W. Todd Groce,  President and Chief Executive Officer of the Georgia Historical Society. Groce will discuss the state of history today; opportunities and perspectives for graduate students and other students interested in the present career environment and future outlook for the discipline. In addition to being a leader in the field of public history, Dr. Groce is a published scholar and authority on the Civil…


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…
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