Tags: Graduate

Stop by the graduate lounge for free coffee and donuts courtesy of HGSA. For History graduate students only.
Faculty and graduate students are invited to join us on Friday, January 18th at 3:30 in 320 LeConte to discuss the paper “A Terrible Transformation: Creating an Agro-Carceral Landscape in the Texas Sugar Bowl, 1843-1912” with its author, Jermaine Thibodeaux, Ph.D. Candidate, History, University of Texas. This is a graduate student and faculty workshop. Please email Dan Rood danrood@uga.edu for a copy of the paper to read in advance.
These days have been designated by the University Council to provide time for students to prepare for final exams. No mandatory assignments are to be scheduled for completion during reading days -- either for course work or for co-curricular activities. Exceptions for good cause can be made to this policy by the Office of the Vice President for Instruction. Nothing in this policy limits an instructor from scheduling optional study reviews for…
No tests or quizzes are to be administered on the final instructional day of a course, unless the course has not been assigned a final examination time slot by the University. All labs may administer tests or quizzes on the final instructional day. For purposes of this policy, student presentations to the class in a seminar or graduate course shall not be considered a test or a quiz.
  Athens MLK Day of Service is an annual celebration in support of Dr. Martin Luther King, Jr.'s birthday and commitment to service. In 1994, Congress made the Martin Luther King Jr. federal holiday an official day of service. Athens, Georgia is one of the thousands of cities across the United States that decided to make this "A Day On and Not a Day Off." We invite you to honor Dr. King's legacy at the 17th Annual…
A discussion of selections from Ibram X. Kendi's Stamped from the Beginning: The Definitive History of Racist Ideas in America (2016). To sign up for the book club and receive a copy of the book prior to the first meeting, please email Dr. Kreiner at jkreiner@uga.edu. All majors are welcome!
Franklin-Liverpool visiting faculty lecture. Dr. Christienna Fryar will be presenting, “Fears of Jim Crow: British Sovereignty, American Expansionism, and the 1907 Kingston Earthquake.” This is a FREE and public event.
Jonathan Sachs is Professor of English at Concordia University in Montreal and Principal Investigator of the Montreal-based Interacting with Print Research Group. His work focuses on British literature from 1750-1850, where his research explores the role of literature in constructing historical and temporal experience, including the uses of antiquity, the anticipation of the future, and practices of reading. His research has been…
Georgia's local Epsilon Pi chapter of Phi Alpha Theta, Inc., the National History Honor Society is having a general meeting Tuesday Oct. 23. Please join us if you are a current member or are interested in joining the student organization activities!
The Romance Language Colloquium Series present Dr. Cassia Roth: "Specters of the Womb: Enslaved Women, Childbirth, and Pain in Nineteenth Century Brazil." Dr. Roth is Assistant Professor in History and Latin American and Caribbean Studies Institute.