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Phi Alpha Theta Presents: How to Study Abroad for Free!

Elizabeth Goggin, Vice-President of UGA's chapter of Phi Alpha Theta, Inc. the National History Honor Society, will present a talk on Funding your Study Away program for UGA students. Elizabeth has studied abroad with the support of various national and campus-wide awards and scholarships, and has great tips for other students who wish to do the same. All majors are welcome! Pizza will be served.


For History Students: Q & A pizza lunch with guest speaker Mary Ellen Curtin

Please join us on Monday September 16 at 5:30PM at the Special Collections Library for the lecture, “Was It Justice? Convict Labor And The Practice Of Punishment In America,” by Dr. Mary Ellen Curtin, Associate Professor of History at American University. The lecture will explore the history of forced labor as legal punishment for men and women, black and white.  History Department students are also invited to join us for free pizza at…


Graduate Student Meetup with guest Todd Shepard

All graduate students are invited to coffee and pastries with Dr. Todd Shepard, of Johns Hopkins University: Thursday September 12,  9 AM The meeting and the talk will be valuable to students interested in colonialism, decolonization, immigration, race, ethnicity, sexuality, and the aftermath of war.  Dr. Shepard will give a talk at 12:30 called “Affirmative Action and the End of Empires,”room 101 LeConte Hall.


PDW: Careers in Archives and Public History Talk

The History Graduate Student Association (HGSA) invites you to attend this professional development workshop. Kaylynn Washnock, Ph.D. and Ashton G. Ellett, Ph.D. from the Richard Russell Library for Political Research and studies will discuss careers in archives and public history.


Lecture: Dr. Hilary Green, The Hallowed Grounds Project

Please join us for a talk by Dr. Hilary Green entitled, "The Hallowed Grounds Project: Slavery, Memory and Engagement at the University of Alabama." Dr. Hilary N. Green is an Associate Professor of History and Co-Program Director of African American Studies in the Department of Gender and Race Studies at the  University of Alabama. She earned her Ph.D. in History from the University of North Carolina at Chapel Hill in 2010, her M.A. in…


Ferdinand Phinizy Lecture: Lawrence Wright, "The Future of Terrorism"

Lawrence Wright will visit the University of Georgia to give the Department of History’s Ferdinand Phinizy Lecture, “The Future of Terrorism.”  Lawrence Wright is a staff writer for The New Yorker and the author of six previous books of nonfiction, including In the New World, Remembering Satan, The Looming Tower, Going Clear, Thirteen Days in September, The Terror Years, and one novel, God’s Favorite. His books have received many prizes…


History of Capitalism Reading Group

The History of Capitalism Reading Group (for graduate students) will have its first meeting of the semester, 3:30 PM at The Globe, walking distance from UGA's North Campus. We will be reading two essays by cultural theorist Stuart Hall on the relationship between race and capital. For the readings or any questions contact: terrell.orr@uga.edu. The event will be co-hosted with our friends in the Gender, Race, and Sexuality Reading Group…


Faculty Book Release: Peter Hoffer's "The Search for Justice: Lawyers in the Civil Rights Revolution"

Join us in celebrating the release of Peter Hoffer's latest book, The Search for Justice: Lawyers in the Civil Rights Revolution, 1950-1975, (U Chicago Press, 2019). Peter Hoffer is a Distinguished Research Professor at UGA. In 2016, the University Press of Kansas released his Rutgers v. Waddington: Alexander Hamilton, The End of the War for Independence, and the Origins of Judicial Review. Later in that year, his co-authored The Federal Courts…


HGSA Town Hall

HGSA Town Hall. We will discuss all information relevant to history department grad students, including events, deadlines, and procedures. Lunch will be provided. History graduate students only.


Sean Vanatta (UGA History alumni): Graduate Student discussion

Graduate students are invited to speak with Sean Vanatta in an informal discussion about topics such as career paths for historians, and research in capitalism. Vanatta will also be giving a lecture hosted by the UGA Russell Libraries (details forthcoming). Sean Vanatta is a visiting assistant professor at NYU's Gallatin School of Individualized Study, where he teaches American financial history and the history of economic thought. He received…
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