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Required for new history TAs: GTA and GLA Orientation

Fall 2018 TA Orientation will take place on Thursday, August 9th in the Biological Sciences Building. As per TA Policy, all graduate teaching and laboratory assistants are required to attend TA Orientation at least once before their appointment begins. Registration for Fall 2018 Orientation is now available through the online registration form.    Before the beginning of each fall semester, CTL organizes a morning orientation for…


UGA Libraries Graduate Student Open House

Meet your librarians, learn about key resources, and tour the buildings. Representatives from various Libraries’ departments and collections will be available to answer questions and demonstrate research tools including the GIL catalog, GALILEO system of research databases, and the citation management tools EndNote and RefWorks. There will be door prizes and light refreshments! Two locations: Main Library on North Campus (humanities, arts,…


The Dirtiest Work of All: Manual Scavenging, a Caste-Based Occupation in India

With an introduction by Jay Driskell, author of Hard Work: A History of Sanitation and the Teamsters. Part of the “Dirty Work” conference (www.southernlaborstudies.org), which is funded by the UGA Department of History, the Provost, the Vice President for Research, the Willson Center for Humanities and Arts, the Southern Historical Association, the Southern Labor Archives, and the University of Georgia Press. Free and open to the public.  


History Pop-up Exhibit!

Students in Prof. Soper's crime and punishment class are setting up their own pop-up exhibit, on display at the Russell Special Collections Building, Room 285, on Friday, April 27 from 1 to 2:30.  The title of the exhibit is "Unlocking Georgia:  Law, Crime, and Punishment."  Stop by and see the great items the students have found in our special collections!


M.A. Thesis Defense: Lauren Titley

Lauren Titley will defend her Master's thesis entitled, "'Property in Humans': Slaves as meubles and Inherent Difficulties" on Thursday morning. The major professor is Dr. Jennifer Palmer. Members of the university community are invited to attend. Please contact the graduate program if you wish to attend, to ensure adequate seating.


M.A. Thesis Defense: Isabel M. Mann

Isabel Mann will defend her Master's thesis entitled, "Benedictine Missionaries and the Intersection of Religion and Race on Skidaway Island, Georgia " on Thursday afternoon. The major professor is Dr. Diane Batts Morrow. Members of the university community are invited to attend. Please contact the graduate program if you wish to attend, to ensure adequate seating.


M.A. Thesis Defense: Zachary J. Allen

Zachary Allen will defend his Master's thesis entitled, "The Freedmen's Bureau 1865: The Great Failure of  Labor Contracts and Fixed Wage Rates" on Thursday afternoon. The major professor is Dr. John Inscoe. Members of the university community are invited to attend. Please contact the graduate program if you wish to attend, to ensure adequate seating.


M.A. Thesis Defense: Laura E. Nelson

Laura Nelson will defend her Master's thesis entitled, "A 'Miserable Creature' or 'Remarkable Man': Wilkes Flagg and the Ambiguity of Race in Nineteenth-Century Middle Georgia" on Tuesday morning. The major professor is Dr. Jennifer Palmer. Members of the university community are invited to attend. Please contact the graduate program if you wish to attend, to ensure adequate seating.


GSAW History Graduate Student Pizza Lunch

It's Graduate Student Appreciation Week! If you are a graduate studnet in history at UGA stop by on your way to class for a slice--we'll have pizza for you today!    


Student Breakfast Q & A with Dr. Julian Zelizer

Can the American Congress be ethical in an age of intense partisan warfare? Dr. Julian Zelizer, Princeton University professor and CNN political analyst, will take up the topic of ethics in Congress in a lecture hosted on Thursday, April 5 at 4:00 p.m. in the auditorium of the Special Collections Building. We also invite UGA students to join us for a breakfast recap with our guest speaker the following morning (April 6) at 9:00 a.m.…
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