Tags: Undergraduate

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…
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…
MW and Monday Only Class Schedule in Effect (Does not include MWF Classes) April 27 Monday
Undergraduate commencement - please go to commencement.uga.edu for all details. General Ceremony start time: 10:00amDoors open: 8:00am Tickets are REQUIRED for all graduates AND guests to attend the Fall 2025 Undergraduate Commencement ceremony.
Join us as Dr. Emily Taylor Smith asks, What's natural about childbirth?  Dr. Smith is a historian of women, gender, sexuality, and religion in twentieth-century America. Her research focuses on Catholic women and mid-century debates over contraception, abortion, and motherhood. After graduating from Kalamazoo College, she earned a Master of Theological Studies from Harvard Divinity School and a PhD in History from the University of Notre…
Join us as Professor Robert Pratt asks, "What is the legacy of the 1965 Voting Rights Act at 60? America at a radical crossroads. Dr. Pratt has served formerly as Director of the Institute for African American Studies and Chair of the History Department. His articles and essays have appeared in The Virginia Magazine of History and Biography, Rutgers Law Journal, The University of Richmond Law Review, Howard Law Review, The Georgia …
Join us as Associate Professor and Director of the Center for Asian Studies Timothy Yang asks, "How did ramen become so popular after World War II? Dr. Yang's current research focuses on the politics of agriculture and capitalism in post-World War II Japan through a re-examination of land reform during the Allied Occupation from the perspective of global food security. He is the author of A Medicated Empire: The Pharmaceutical Industry and…
Dr. Rood from the UGA Department of History will be presenting a lunch & learn on “Lake-ification: Rural Change in Middle Georgia After Cotton.”  Dr. Rood specializes in histories of plantation societies across the Americas, with a focus on the American South. Please join us for a great opportunity to learn more about rural Georgia. Lunch will be provided! RSVP through the link below:    RSVP required: https://forms.office.com…
Join us for a book talk by Lesley J. Gordon,  Dread Danger: Cowardice and Combat in the American Civil War (2024 Cambridge University Press). Dr. Gordon is the Charles Boal Ewing Chair in Military History at West Point and the Charles G. Summersell Chair of Southern History at the University of Alabama. Dr. Gordon received her Ph.D. from the University of Georgia and specializes in civil war history.  Free and open to the…
The National Institute for the Study of Transfer Students (NISTS) has declared the third week of October as National Transfer Student Week. At the University of Georgia, we understand the value that transfer students bring to the Bulldog community. We are excited to recognize students who became Bulldogs via the transfer process. We’re celebrating our transfer students! Stop by the history study lounge on Wednesday for a snack. Our undergraduate…