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Guest speaker: Joseph Kelly, 2017 Franklin-Liverpool Graduate Research Fellow

Joseph Kelly, a doctoral candidate from the University of Liverpool, will  present his research Tuesday afternoon entitled, "Shareholder Anti-Slavery? Capitalism and Slavery in the Joint-Stock Economy."  Kelly is a 2017 Franklin-Liverpool Graduate Research Fellow. His week-long research stay at UGA is sponsored by the Franklin-Liverpool Graduate Research Fellowship program and Franklin College, and the History Department. The…


Graduate student speaker series (SSS)

For graduate students in history.  


Professional Development Workshop (PDW): Writing Edition

We are excited to announce our PDW event for March! If you would like to attend, please RSVP Nicole Gallucci . This month’s PDW focuses on one of the most important (and grueling) aspects of graduate school− writing. In addition to free lunch, you will get the opportunity to hear two incredibly talented writers, Dr. Claudio Saunt and Dr. Jamie Kreiner, talk about everything from process and style to publishing. As always, this event includes…


Graduate program open house

By invitation only. Sponsored by the history graduate student association and department of history.


Graduate Coordinator's meeting

Dr. Román will have the annual spring meeting and luncheon for all current grad students in the history department. Updates and events on this year's programming and prospective graduate class.


PhD Dissertation Defense: David Thomson

David Thomson will defend his Doctoral dissertation entitled, "Bonds of War: The Evolution of World Financial Markets in the Civil War Era" in the conference rm., LeConte Hall. The major professor is Dr. Stephen Berry. Members of the university community are invited to attend. Please contact the graduate program if you wish to attend, to ensure adequate seating.


Phi Alpha Theta, History honor society: Dinner lecture event tickets available

Phi Alpha has some tickets still available for the upcoming dinner lecture, "Lincoln and The Todds: First Family of the American Civil War", given by UGA's very own, Dr. Stephen Berry on February 25th. This event is hosted at the historic Cobb House, downtown Athens and begins at 6pm. Cost per person is $20 and tickets will be sold on the main floor of LeConte on February 10, 11, 16, and 17 from 10-2:30. We have a limited number of seats, so be…


PhD Dissertation Defense: Laura J. Davis

Laura Davis will defend her Doctoral dissertation entitled, "Vexed Waters: Naval Guerrillas, Masculinity, and Mayhem Along The Lower Mississippi River, 1861-1865" in the conference rm., LeConte Hall. The major professor is Dr. Stephen Berry. Members of the university community are invited to attend. Please contact the graduate program if you wish to attend, to ensure adequate seating.


POSTPONED: Stories of Oconee Hill Cemetery

This event has been postponed due to weather, and will be rescheduled at a later date. Phi Alpha Theta is co-sponsoring a walking tour of Oconee Hill Cemetery on Monday with Dr. Stephen Berry. Come and hear the stories of those buried in this antebellum period cemetery. Berry is the Gregory Professor of the Civil War Era, Co-Director of the Center for Virtual History, and Secretary-Treasurer of the Southern Historical Society. The tour will take…


#Throwback Therapies: History of Medical Science Series Lecture: Vivian Nutton

"Reading Outside the Canon: Some New Thoughts on Medicine in the Time of Galen," Vivian Nutton, a professor of the history of medicine and culture at the First Moscow State Medical School. Nutton studied classics at Cambridge University, before becoming a Fellow of Selwyn College, specializing in ancient history. In 1977, he moved to London where he taught the history of medicine to students at University College and the Wellcome Institute for…
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