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8th Annual Gregory Distinguished Lecture: Andrea Wulf on 'The Invention of Nature'

The Gregory Distinguished Lecture series presents New York Times Bestselling author of The Invention of Nature: Alexander von Humboldt’s New World, Andrea Wulf. “The Invention of Nature” lecture will be presented in the university Chapel. Wulf’s writing reveals the  life of the visionary German naturalist Alexander von Humboldt (1769-1859) and how he created the way we understand nature today. See our news section for more details about the…


Dirty History Seminar for Faculty and Graduate Students

Terrell Orr, PhD Candidate in History at UGA, will discuss his paper, "Growing Conflict: Phosphate, Labor, and Capital on a Southern Frontier." Participants should come having reading the paper. To receive a copy, email DanRood@UGA.edu.


Dirty History Seminar for Faculty and Graduate Students

Alma Igra, a PhD candidate in European History at Columbia University, will discuss her paper, "NEM vs. Calorie: Vienna’s post WWI humanitarian aid between British and American Nutritional Standards." Participants should have read the paper. To receive a copy, email Danrood@uga.edu.


Dirty History Seminar for Faculty and Graduate Students

Alden Young, Director of Africana Studies, Drexel University, will discuss his paper, "Making Sudan County: The Economizing Logic of the State." Participants should have read the paper. To receive a copy, email danrood@uga.edu.


Dirty History Seminar for Faculty and Graduate Students

Mac Marquis, PhD Candidate in History from the College of William & Mary, will discuss his paper, "Tick, Tick, Boom: Dynamite, Cattle Ticks, and the Southern Agrarian Bombing Campaign, 1906-1935." Participants should have read the paper. For a copy, email danrood@uga.edu. https://dirty-history.org/


M.A. Thesis Defense: Delaney Kelly

Delaney Kelly will defend her Master's thesis entitled, "Tiocfaidh Ár Lá and Mitakuye Oyasin: The Trans-Atlantic Alliance Between the American Indian Movement and the Irish Republican Movement", via Zoom. The major professor is Dr. James Brooks. Members of the university community are invited to attend. Please contact the graduate program prior to June 22 if you wish to attend, for a Zoom invite.


PhD Dissertation Defense: James Wall

James Wall will defend his doctoral dissertation, ""Settling Down for the Long Haul": The Black Freedom Movement in Southwest Georgia, 1945-1995" in the Conference Room, LeConte Hall. The Major Professor is Dr. Cindy Hahamovitch. All members of the university faculty are invited. If you wish to attend please contact the graduate program office to ensure adequate seating.


Ph.D. Dissertation Defense: Kurt Windisch

Kurt Windisch will defend his doctoral dissertation, "A Thousand Slain: St. Clair’s Defeat and the Evolution of the Early Republic" in the Conference Room, LeConte Hall. The Major Professor is Dr. Claudio Saunt. All members of the university faculty are invited. If you wish to attend please contact the graduate program office to ensure adequate seating.


Lunchtime Time Machine: Why was communism so popular in Iraq?

This installment of the Department of History’s undergraduate lecture series features Dr. Kevin Jones. Professor Jones teaches courses on the history of the medieval and modern Middle East, and his research interests include the subjects of nationalism, anti-colonialism, and poetry. He is writing a book entitled The Poetics of Revolution: Culture, Politics, and Modernity in Iraq, 1914-1963. Free admission, free pizza.  


Graduate-Professional Student Association Welcome for new graduate students

Bus Tours  |  11:30-12:30 pm Campus bus tours will leave from the front of the Classic Center beginning at 11:30, leaving approximately every 15 minutes, stopping at the Arches for students who want to attend the Welcome Reception. Welcome Reception  |  12:00-1:00 pm The Graduate-Professional Student Association will host a welcome reception on Herty Field (by the big fountain on North Campus) with refreshments and…
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