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Faculty Book Talk: Cassia Roth's "A Miscarriage of Justice"

Join us in celebrating the release of Dr. Cassia Roth's forthcoming book, A Miscarriage of Justice: Women’s Reproductive Lives and the Law in Early Twentieth-Century Brazil, (Stanford U Press, January 2020). A Miscarriage of Justice examines women's reproductive health in relation to legal and medical policy in Rio de Janeiro, Brazil. Cassia Roth is Assistant Professor of History and Latin American and Caribbean Studies at the University of…


Capitalist Souths, a Graduate Student Conference

The University of Georgia Department of History and the Andrew W. Mellon Foundation is pleased to announce the first Capitalist Souths interdisciplinary graduate student conference to be held March 13-14, 2020, at the UGA campus in Athens, Georgia. This conference is part of the Willson Center for Humanities and Arts Global Georgia Initiative. Our conference invites graduate students to submit proposals that illuminate new work that draws…


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Research talk.


History at Work: Andrew Epstein

The History at Work Speaker Series invites former history majors, minors, and advocates to discuss how they have transformed historical thinking into post-college careers, and to show current majors how to think about the strengths and possibilities of their own training.  With special guest alum Andrew Epstein.  Andrew Epstein is a communications consultant and political advisor to New York City Mayor Zohran Mamdani. Epstein served…


History at Work: Richard Costigan

The History at Work Speaker Series invites former history majors, minors, and advocates to discuss how they have transformed historical thinking into post-college careers, and to show current majors how to think about the strengths and possibilities of their own training.  With special guest alum Richard Costigan.  Details to be announced. All students are welcome. Refreshments


History at Work: featuring an alumni panel of history in industry

The History at Work Speaker Series invites former history majors, minors, and advocates to discuss how they have transformed historical thinking into post-college careers, and to show current majors how to think about the strengths and possibilities of their own training.  Panel guests and more information to be announced. All students are welcome. Refreshments


The Vietnam War: From Total War to the Unfinished Accounting of Human Loss

Join us Tuesday for a guest lecture with Dr. Alex-Thai Dinh Vo, of The Vietnam Center and Archive at Texas Tech University. More than half a century after the end of the Vietnam War, hundreds of thousands of people—Vietnamese and American alike—remain missing, unaccounted for, and unmourned. For their families, the war never truly ended. This talk asks a fundamental but rarely confronted question: how did North Vietnam sustain a war of such…


Volunteer event: Historic Brooklyn Cemetery

Phi Alpha Theta, the History honor society, invites you to a volunteer event at Brooklyn Cemetery, beginning with a docent’s introduction to one of the first African American cemeteries in Athens. Volunteers will meet at the cemetery (link to directions). We’ll have snacks. All students are welcome! Please sign up using this form. This is a Black History month special event.


Applied History: VIPR Team Open House

UGA students have been thinking in time this year.  Join attendees to discover and honor the work that students in Dr. Kevin Jones's Applied History VIPR class have been doing all year to consider how better understanding the past can help make better decisions now for the future. Students have been collaborating on digital humanities projects that highlight the principles of Applied History through a series of policy case studies based on…


Ferdinand Phinizy Lecture: Rick Atkinson

Author and journalist Rick Atkinson will visit UGA and Athens for the Ferdinand Phinizy Lecture, which will be included in the university's annual Humanities Festival and in the Global Georgia public events series of the Willson Center for Humanities and Arts. The event is free and open to the public, with no advance registration required. Rick Atkinson is one of the nation’s foremost public historians, the author of eight…
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