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Black History Month Book Club: Heather Thompson, U Michigan

This presentation of the history department's Black History Month book club features Heather Thompson's Blood in the Water: The Attica Prison Uprising of 1971 and Its Legacy. Heather Thompson (U Michigan) and Keeanga-Yamahtta Taylor (Princeton U) author of  #BlackLivesMatter to Black Liberation, featured last week, will be participating in a spotlight event for Black History month Feb 13 (see the history calendar for more details).


PDW - Conflict De-escalation Training

This is a history graduate student professional development workshop (PDW): Conflict De-escalation Training with Dr. John Newton from the Office of Emergency Preparedness. Contact: Whitney Priest


Dirty History: Marcia Chatelain, Georgetown U

Dirty History is an Interdisciplinary Workshop in Agriculture, Environment, and Capitalism for faculty and advanced graduate students (space is limited, please contact us if you would like to attend). Today's speaker Marcia Chatelain (Georgetown U) will present “From Fighting for the Franchise to Fighting for a Franchise: Civil Rights Heroes at the Drive-thru”. Contact: Dan Rood, History Department


Dirty History: Ashley Roseberry, UGA

Dirty History is an Interdisciplinary Workshop in Agriculture, Environment, and Capitalism for faculty and advanced graduate students (space is limited, please contact us if you would like to attend). Ashley Roseberry (PhD candidate, history) will present “The Color of Yerba Mate: Cultivation, Industrialization, and Nationalism in the Argentine Yerba Mate Industry, 1901-1940”. Contact: Dan Rood, History Department


History Graduate Program Accepted Student Days, March 1-2

The graduate program in history will be hosting a two day accepted student open house. Invited guests will visit graduate classes and department programs, meet with faculty and graduate students, and take a campus tour. By invitation only.   Sponsored by the History Department.


Black History at UGA Panel Discussion

UGA's chapter of the NAACP and Phi Alpha Theta, Epsilon Pi (UGA's chapter of the National History Honor Society, Inc.) are hosting a panel discussion about how Black History is represented on our campus. From street and building names to historic markers, our surrounding campus landscape may appear to present a white-washed history. However, just beneath the surface is a wealth of black history that extends far beyond Hunter, Holmes, and…


Discussion: The Legacy of Fidel Castro

The death of Fidel Castro on November 25, 2016 marked the end of one of the world’s most influential people. Leaving behind a legacy mired in international sanctions, political imprisonments, human and civil rights abuses while simultaneously achieving universal healthcare, the right to employment for the Cuban people and close to a 100% literacy rate. Described by many as a dictator, he was also hailed, as Richard Gott described him, as a “…


The 2016 Election in Historical Perspective: A Panel Discussion

Join us the Monday after Thanksgiving for: The 2016 Election in Historical Perspective: A Panel Discussion. The university community is invited. Sponsored by the history department.  


Cervantes and his Mediterranean Contexts: A Roundtable on Religious Identity and Cultural Encounters

"Cervantes and his Mediterranean Contexts: A Roundtable on Religious Identity and Cultural Encounters" with Dr. Claire Gilbert, Saint Louis University; Dr. Ben Ehlers, UGA Department of History; plus Dr. Elizabeth R. Wright and the members of Spanish 8010 (Baroque Character).


Conference: The Southern 2016

The 82nd Annual Meeting of the Southern Historical Association will take place at the TradeWinds Resort in St. Pete Beach, Florida November 2-5, 2016. With daily panel sessions at the humane hours of 9:30a and 2:30p, "The Southern" is an intellectually vibrant and convivial conference that provides plenty of time for mentorship, networking with colleagues, meeting with friends, and seeing the historical sites. Highlights of this year's…
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