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Dr. Todd Little-Siebold, "The Lost Ancestors: Apples, History and DNA"

Join historian turned genetic detective Todd Little-Siebold for a talk on the use of traditional techniques of historical research alongside genomic profiling to historic mysteries about the introduction of European fruit crops to North America.  In Georgia the iconic peach became a central crop for native communities long before Europeans settled. Apples arrived in America apparently as early as the 1530s  Through…


UGA School of Law presents Law, Migration, and Decolonization, a Book Launch w/ Dr. Kalyani Ramnath

Dr. Ramnath, a University of Georgia Assistant Professor of History and lawyer who has a courtesy appointment at the Law School, will discuss her new book, Boats in a Storm: Law, Migration, and Decolonization in South and Southeast Asia, 1942-1962 (Stanford UP 2023). Joining her in conversation will be Diane Marie Amann, Regents’ Professor, Emily & Ernest Woodruff Chair in International Law, and Co-Director of the Dean Rusk International…


“God’s Little Daughters” and a Missionary Odyssey in Modern China

Join us for a presentation by Ji Li on Friday: "God's Little Daughters" and a Missionary Odyssey in Modern China.   Dr. Ji Li is an Associate Professor of History at the University of Hong Kong and a 2023-24 joint visiting fellow at the Harvard-Yenching Institute and the Ricci Institute. She received her B.A. and M.A. at Peking University and her Ph.D. at the University of Michigan. Her research focuses on the relationship between…


Oscar Hokeah: Cherokee Novelist, winner of this year’s PEN Hemingway first novel prize

Join us for a talk by Oscar Hokeah: Cherokee Novelist, winner of this year’s PEN Hemingway first novel prize for Calling for a Blanket Dance. Oscar Hokeah is the winner of the 2023 PEN/Hemingway Award, a recipient of the Truman Capote Scholarship Award through IAIA, and a winner of the Native Writer Award through the Taos Summer Writers Conference. Hokeah has written for Poets & Writers, Literary Hub, World Literature Today, American…


Alaina E. Roberts: "Black Slavery, Native Nations, and the Path to Reconciliation"

Please join us for a talk by Dr. Alaina E. Roberts, Associate Professor, University of Pittsburgh: "Black Slavery, Native Nations, and the Path to Reconciliation". Building on her first book's examination of Black life in the Chickasaw and Choctaw Nations, Dr. Roberts will discuss her burgeoning examination of what it might look like to delineate and confront the legacies of slavery in these two nations. Alaina E. Roberts is an Associate…


Spring '26 On-line history course evaluations April 14-28

Spring 2026 students may submit on-line course evaluations for history classes April 14 through April 28, 2026. Student Login - https://webapps.franklin.uga.edu/evaluation/ Note: April 28 (Reading Day) is the last day to submit on-line course evaluations for history classes.


Black Women's Historical Wellness: Yoga, Tea, and Traditions of Collective Self-Care

In this presentation, Dr. Stephanie Evans (Professor, Georgia State University) will discuss the study of Black women’s narrative histories of health, healing, and wellness. Evans will explore what she calls #HistoricalWellness: Black women’s traditions of simultaneously practicing inner peace and working collectively to resist oppression. Specifically, she will answer the question, “How have Black women elders managed stress?” By illuminating…


Heirloom Southern Apples: Past, Present and Future

March 23, 9:00 am - 4:00 pm,  https://botgarden.uga.edu/event/heirloom-southern-apples/ Registration required:   Register Online The morning session begins with a presentation by orchardist and author Diane Flynt, founder of Foggy Ridge Cider and author of Wild, Tamed, Lost, Revived: The Surprising Story of Apples in the South. Next, Dr. Stephen Mihm, Head of the Department of History, and Gareth Crosby, Heritage Garden…


History at Work: Double Dawgs

HISTORY @ WORK is a series that explores the many ways to turn your history degree into a post-collegiate career. This installment features Dr. Jennifer Palmer, Dr. Scott Nesbit, and Dr. Benjamin Ehlers, who will provide an overview and advice about the Double Dawgs programs in History and Historic Preservation. For more details about the Double Dawgs program, check out the link https://doubledawgs.uga.edu/ProgramList. Join us - we'll have…


"So you want to work in an archive?"

"So you want to work in an archive?" Join us for a panel discussion on archive careers for history majors. UGA Special Collections staff and history alumni in the archival field will talk about archival careers and answer questions. Majors and graduate students at all levels are welcome!  
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