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History of Capitalism Reading Group

The History of Capitalism Reading Group will have its first meeting of the semester, 4:00 PM at Walker's Coffee and Pub, walking distance from UGA's North Campus. The event is open to graduate students in any department. We will be reading two articles, Niall G. MacKenzie, Jillian Gordon, and Martin J. Gannon, "A Spirit of Generosity: Philanthropy in the Scotch Whisky Industry" (2019), and Louis Galambos and Franco Amatori, "The…


History Graduate Student Workshop

Dr. Carmichael will be hosting a lunch workshop in LeConte 320 on "Making the Invisible Visible and Allowing Silences to Speak in Civil War Era History." Discussion will focus on how, both as historians and writers, we deal with lacunae in our sources to assure a fuller and more accurate understanding of the past. Some (very light) reading will be assigned. For graduate students in history. Lunch will be provided. An RSVP is required - a limited…


Gender and Race in Europe Virtual Series: Kira Thurman

The History and Gender Workshop presents a virtual speaker series on Gender and Race in Europe. Please join us for this event featuring Dr. Kira Thurman. 5:00 - 6:30 PM. Thurman will talk about her new book, Singing Like Germans: Black Musicians in the Land of Bach, Beethoven and Brahms, (Cornell University Press, 2021). Pre-registration is required. A limited number of books by the author and historian will be given at no charge to history…


Gender and Race in Europe Virtual Series: Robin Mitchell

The History and Gender Workshop presents a virtual speaker series on Gender and Race in Europe. Please join us for this event featuring Dr. Robin Mitchell, with a talk entitled "Vénus Noire". 5:00 - 6:30 PM. Pre-registration is required. A limited number of books by the author and historian will be given at no charge to history graduate students who register for this event. Register here Dr. Mitchell is an Associate Professor of History at the…


Gender and Race in Europe Virtual Series: Christy Pichichero

The History and Gender Workshop presents a virtual speaker series on Gender and Race in Europe. Please join us for this event featuring Dr. Christy Pichichero, "TALKING B(L)ACK: Theorizing Race and its Intersections in Critical Eighteenth-Century Studies." 5:00 - 6:30 PM. Pre-registration is required. Register here Dr. Pichichero is a literary scholar and cultural historian of early modern France and the French Empire. Her research is deeply…


Constitution Day Lecture

On Friday, September 17, 2021, the American Founding Group and the School of Public and International Affairs will host a celebration of Constitution Day. The centerpiece of these festivities will be a lecture open to the public entitled “On Juneteenth: History, Memory, the Present and the Future” by Annette Gordon-Reed, Carl M. Loeb University Professor at Harvard University and Pulitzer Prize-winning author of The Hemingses of Monticello …


Lunchtime Time Machine: How Did We Double Human Life Expectancy?

Our ever-popular Lunchtime Time Machine talk series presents Dr. Stephen Berry, Gregory Professor of the Civil War Era as he explores the question "How did we double human life expectancy?" Berry feels compelled to study "old, unhappy, far-off things." A historian of mortality, his research explores the intersections of race, class, gender, family, violence, and death in the nineteenth-century South. All majors are welcome. Free admission, free…


History at Work: Museums and Educators

The History at Work Speaker Series explores the many ways of putting a history degree to use after college. This episode features history and Double Dawg alum and Museum Educator Isabel Mann. As a museum educator and digital specialist, Mann designs educational resources and facilitates a wide range of programs related to World War II and the Holocaust.  Pizza will be served to attendees. All majors are welcome!


M.A. Thesis Defense: Christian Choe

H. Christian Choe will defend his M.A. thesis, "Under New Management: U.S. Administration of the Panama Canal Zone, 1904-14"  via remote conference with the graduate advisory committee. The Major Professor is Dr. Stephen Mihm. The university community is invited. If you wish to attend please contact the graduate program office by 10 AM Wednesday July 14.


M.A. Thesis Defense: Imani Rose Carter

Imani Rose Carter will defend her M.A. thesis, "Acts of Resistance: Black W.A.C.S At War Against Discrimination" via Zoom in conference with her graduate advisory committee. The Major Professor is Dr. John Morrow. The university community is invited. If you wish to attend please contact the graduate program office  by 9 AM Monday July 12 for the event link.
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