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POSTPONED: Ben Gillespie, "Archives Fever"

POSTPONED.  Ben Gillespie, UGA alum (BA, BS '09).  "Archives Fever: Preserving History in Motion." For students and alumni in the humanities-all majors are welcome! Gillespie is a historian in Archives and American Art at the Smithsonian Institution. He graduated from UGA in 2009 with degrees in Physics and English. Free and open to the public. Sponsored by UGA Libraries and the History Department.


PhD Comprehensive Exam: Devin Jerome

Devin Jerome will take his oral comprehensive examinations in room 201 LeConte Hall. The Major Professor is Dr.Cindy Hahamovitch. All members of the university community are invited. If you wish to attend please contact the graduate program office in advance at history@uga.edu to ensure adequate seating.


Civil War Ghosts of Georgia, with Courtney McInvale

Courtney McInvale is the founder of Seaside Shadows - A history and haunts walking (and boat) tour company based in Connecticut. She has interned at NCIS (Cold Case Homicide Unit) and worked with Homeland Security.  At an early age, she focused on American War History. She has been a guest on many Discovery/Travel Channel shows including Ghost Adventurers, and she routinely interviews on GAIA and Coast to Coast. As a 4th generation…


History Film Series: "Roma"

The History Film series presents: Roma. An award winning drama, Roma was written and directed by Alfonso Cuarón. Set in 1970-71, Roma follows the life of a live-in indigenous housekeeper of an upper-middle-class Mexican family, as a semi-autobiographical take on Cuarón's upbringing in Mexico City. The film stars Yalitza Aparicio and Marina de Tavira in the leading roles. An international co-production between Mexico and the United States. Drama…


History Film Series: Tokyo Story (1953)

The History Film series presents: Tokyo Story (1953, dir. Yasujiro Ozu)  136 mins. Rated NR. Drama.  Directed by Yasujiro Ozu. Starring Chishu Ryu, Chieko Higashiyama, and So Yamamura. FREE and open to the public. Refreshments. ....... Join us as we watch Tokyo Story and learn a little history along the way. With an introduction from Dr. Timothy Yang, Associate Professor and the Director for Asian Studies. Watch history come alive, and…


History Film Series: Ladri di biciclette (Bicycle Thieves, 1948)

Ladri di biciclette (1948) 89 mins | Rated NR | Drama Directed by Vittorio De Sica | Starring Lianella Carell, Lambertp Maggiorani, Enzo Staiola, Vittorio Antonucci, Gino Saltamerenda. FREE and open to the public. Refreshments. ....... Join us as we watch Bicycle Thieves and learn a little Italian history along the way. With special guest speaker Dr. Steve Soper. Watch history come alive, and see the past unfold like never before! This series is…


DeLisa Hawkes, on "Olivia Ward Bush-Banks and Black/Indigenous Solidarities"

In this talk, Dr. DeLisa D. Hawkes (University of Tennessee) will discuss how the under-examined writer Olivia Ward Bush-Banks reflects on Black and Indigenous solidarities in her early twentieth-century literary works and the value of teaching-in-place to thinking about the intersections between African American Studies and Native American and Indigenous Studies. Free and open to the…


Graduate Student Lunch w/the Dept. Head & Grad Director

Grad student lunch with grad coordinator and chair!  All graduate students in history are invited to join us for an informal chat and lunch from Barberito's with the Director of Graduate Studies, Dr. Palmer, and our Department Head, Dr. Jones. Please RSVP by Oct. 14 so we order enough lunches! Scan the QR code or click on the link to RSVP.    


Dirty History Workshop: John-Henry Harter

Faculty and graduate students from any department are invited to join us to discuss John-Henry Harter's research, "Woodworkers as Environmentalists in British Columbia, 1937-1957." Dr. Harter is Lecturer, History and Labour Studies at Simon Fraser University. The draft paper will be distributed to the Dirty History listserv two weeks in advance. If you'd like to get on the Dirty History listserv to receive the papers, email Scott Nelson at…


Dirty History Workshop: Sarah Besky

Faculty and graduate students from any department are invited to join us to discuss Sarah Baresky's paper, "After the Country: Agrarian Life and the Plantation's Outsides." Dr. Besky is Professor of the Anthropology of Work Director, South Asia Program at the Einaudi Center for International Studies. The draft paper will be distributed to the Dirty History listserv two weeks in advance. If you'd like to get on the Dirty History listserv to…
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