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M.A. Thesis Defense: Savannah Guenthner

Savanna Guenthner will defend her M.A. thesis, "Imagining an Identity: the Activism and Photography of James Brady as a Catalyst for Renewed Metis Self-Determination Efforts"  via remote conference with her graduate advisory committee. The Major Professor is Dr. James Brooks. The university community is invited. If you wish to attend please contact the graduate program office in advance.


Virtual Fall 2020 Commencement Ceremonies

University of Georgia announces plan for rescheduling of Commencement ceremonies The University of Georgia announced today that the Fall 2020 undergraduate and graduate Commencement ceremonies, previously scheduled for Stegeman Coliseum on Dec. 18, 2020, will be held virtually. This difficult decision was made after extensive dialogue with faculty leaders and public health officials to address concerns regarding the spread of COVID-19 in…


PhD Oral Comprehensive Examination: Terrell Orr

Terrell Orr will take his oral doctoral comprehensive examinations via Zoom. The Major Professor is Dr. Cindy Hahamovitch. Members of the university community are invited. If you wish to attend please contact the graduate program office in history at least 4 days in advance to ensure remote access.


M.A. Thesis Defense: Thomas McShea

Thomas McShea will defend his M.A. thesis, "The Cromwell Brothers: New York Confronts the Civil War" via remote conference with his graduate advisory committee. The Major Professor is Dr. Stephen Berry. The university community is invited. If you wish to attend please contact the graduate program office in advance.


M.A. Thesis Defense: Amrish Nair

Amrish Nair will defend his M.A. thesis, "Confessional Frontiers: Conversion and Captivity in the Early Modern Mediterranean" via remote conference with his graduate advisory committee. The Major Professor is Dr. Ben Ehlers. The university community is invited. If you wish to attend please contact the graduate program office in advance.


M.A. Thesis Defense: Christine Combs

Chris Combs will defend her M.A. thesis, "Fruit Pie and the Making of a Queer Archive" with her graduate advisory committee. The Major Professor is Dr. Cassia Roth. The university community is invited. If you wish to attend please contact the graduate program office in advance.


M.A. Thesis Defense: David Charles Parker

David C. Parker will defend his M.A. thesis," “Rebels in Sentiment” - Harry St. John Dixon, White Masculinity, Slavery, and Politics in Antebellum Mississippi and Reconstruction California" via remote conference with his graduate advisory committee. The Major Professor is Dr. Dan Rood. The university community is invited. If you wish to attend please contact the graduate program office in advance.


M.A. Thesis Defense: Gordon Purcell

Gordon Purcell will defend his M.A. thesis, "The Exoticism of Italy in the British Travel Writer's Imagination, 1766-1810", in the Conference Room, LeConte Hall. The Major Professor is Dr. Steven Soper. The university community is invited. If you wish to attend please contact the graduate program office to ensure adequate seating.


PhD Comprehensive Examination: Louise Milone

Louise Milone will take oral comprehensive examinations via Zoom. Members of the university community are invited. If you wish to attend please contact the graduate program office in history for Zoom registration details.


Book Talk: Holly Pinheiro (Augusta U)

Join us as Franklin Visiting Scholar Holly Pinheiro presents a talk about his forthcoming book on Post-Civil War African American Family Life in Philadelphia. This event is free and open to the public. Holly Anthony Pinheiro is Assistant Professor of history at Augusta University. Dr. Pinheiro’s research focuses on the intersectionality of race, gender, and class in the military from 1850 through the 1910s. Counter to the national narrative…
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