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Visions of the Past Film: Man with a Movie Camera (1929)

The Soviet Union delivered the most experimental generation of filmmakers in cinematic history, innovation necessitated by a revolution that demanded a total rejection of bourgeois morality and convention. Between Dziga Vertov and Sergei Eisenstein, documentary and narrative filmmaking evolved at a much-quickened pace. With this silent film we return to one of cinema's earliest--certainly its most innovative--artists: Vertov. Man with a…


History Film Series: Sankofa (1993, dir. Haile Gerima), with Robert Pratt

In the Ghanaian Akan language, sankofa means "to go back, look for, and gain wisdom, power and hope." Perhaps the most obscure picture of this rotation, Haile Gerima's Sankofa takes us to Africa, only to return us to our home: the US South. This film forces us to grapple with the excruciating torments of chattel slavery, not from the perspective of a nation having to confront its past but from the perspective of a civilization reeling from the…


History Film Series: Memories of Underdevelopment

The History Film series presents: Memories of Underdevelopment (1968, dir. Tomás Gutiérrez Alea)  1 hr, 37 mins. Rated NR. Drama.   FREE and open to the public. Refreshments. ....... Join us as we watch Memories of Underdevelopment and learn a little history along the way. With an introduction from Dr. Reinaldo Román. Among Cuban films, Memorias de Subdesarrollo is widely considered the greatest. In part, its reputation is due to…


Graduate Student Appreciation Week: November 9-15, 2024 check the schedule here for events!

Graduate Student Appreciation Week: November 9-15 The Graduate School is excited to host a week of FREE events and activities, November 9-15, to celebrate our graduate students who are diligently making an impact. Saturday, November 9 UGA vs Ole’ Miss Football Watch Party3:30 p.m.Athentic Brewing Company – 108 Park Ave. GRADitude Flow Yoga Class6:00 – 7:00 p.m.Highland Yoga Studio – 196 Alps RoadMust register in advance – Register here Monday,…


UGA’s Three Minute Thesis (3MT®) competition

Join in supporting doctoral student Nathanael Mickelson, a Ph.D. candidate in the Department of History at Franklin College of Arts and Sciences. He is one of 10 3MT finalists who will compete in the final competition on November 14 at the Morton Theatre. The event is free and open to the public. Learn more here: https://grad.uga.edu/fall-2024-three-minute-thesis-3mt.../ UGA’s Three Minute Thesis (3MT®) competition challenges graduate students…


History Grad Yoga & Mindfulness

Just for history graduate students!  Join us for an interlude of yoga and mindfulness away from your office and books. A qualified University yoga practitioner will lead the group and we'll have some healthy snacks available. NO experience or prior knowledge of yoga is required - all levels are welcome. Important: Please bring a towel or yoga mat to use during the session! Please RSVP so we know how much snacks to provide. Email Laurie at…


The Open: A Graduate Student/Faculty Workshop

The Open is a series of workshops for graduate and faculty members of the history department to workshop their original historical research before an engaged and constructive audience of their colleagues, inside and outside their field and spanning all positions and ranks in the department.  Work will be distributed and read in advance by all participants, and the seminar will be focused on improving the work towards a specific…


Plastic Capitalism: Banks, Credit Cards, and the end of Financial Control, with Sean Vanatta

Join us for a talk by UGA alum Sean Vanatta. Dr. Sean Vanatta is Senior Lecturer in Financial History and Policy (Political & International Studies) at the University of Glasgow. He is also a senior fellow at the Wharton Initiative on Financial Policy and Regulation at the University of Pennsylvania. He received a Ph.D. from Princeton University in 2018. Prior to that, Vanatta earned a Master's and undergraduate degrees at the University of…


Graduate PDW: for historians pursuing a career outside the academy

For history graduate students - presentation on UGA resources for historians pursuing a career outside the academy. By Christine Lasek-White, Career Coordinator for the Humanities.


UGA at Oxford presents: Dr. Ian Archer, Keble College, Oxford University

In celebration of Dr. Ian Archer's 30 plus years of teaching for the UGA at Oxford Study Abroad Program, UGA at Oxford is excited to be hosting Ian the Friday, Saturday, and Sunday of Homecoming week. Please join us for Dr. Archer's academic lecture on Friday afternoon. The title of the talk is Britain and the World, 1550-1700.  Dr. Archer is the Robert Stonehouse Tutorial Fellow in History at Keble College, Oxford University. He is a…
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