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Lunchtime Time Machine: What do you mean black Catholic nuns taught in 1830s Baltimore?

This installment of the Department of History’s undergraduate lecture series features Dr. Diane Batts Morrow and the intriguing question, what do you mean black Catholic nuns taught in 1830s Baltimore?.  Professor Morrow teaches courses on African American history, and she is the author of Persons of Color and Religious at the Same Time: The Oblate Sisters of Providence, 1862-1860. Free admission, free pizza. This special edition of the…


Lunchtime Time Machine: Why didn't the United States ever go metric?

This installment of the Department of History’s undergraduate lecture series features Dr. Stephen Mihm who presents the question, "Why didn't the U.S. ever go metric? Can't make this event? @UGAResearch will Livestream this event Tuesday on Instagram! Professor Mihm teaches courses on the United States in the nineteenth century and the history of capitalism. He is finishing a book on the history of standards and standardization in the United…


Lunchtime Time Machine: Acid tests or activism — which was the better path to change?

This installment of the Department of History’s undergraduate lecture series features Dr. Montgomery Wolf. Professor Wolf teaches courses on the history of popular culture, music, and the modern United States. She is completing a manuscript entitled, We Accept You, One of Us? Punk Rock, Community, and Individualism in an Uncertain Era, 1974 to 1985. Free admission, free pizza.


Lunchtime Time Machine: How did the Haitian slave revolt become a revolution?

This installment of the Department of History’s undergraduate lecture series features Dr. Jennifer Palmer. Professor Palmer teaches courses on the history of Europe, the Atlantic world, women and gender, race, and pirates. She is the author of Intimate Bonds: Family and Slavery in the French Atlantic. Free admission, free pizza.


Lunchtime Time Machine: Were the Brazilian police always violent?

This installment of the Department of History’s undergraduate lecture series features Dr. Cassia Roth. Professor Roth teaches courses on the history of Brazil, slavery, and gender. She is finishing a book entitled A Miscarriage of Justice: Reproduction, Medicine, and the Law in Early Twentieth-Century Brazil. Free admission, free pizza.


Lunchtime Time Machine: Why is Spain in danger of distintegrating?

This installment of the Department of History’s undergraduate lecture series features Dr. Ben Ehlers. Professor Ehlers teaches courses on the history of early modern Europe, transnational Europe, and Christian-Muslim relations. He is the author of Between Christians and Moriscos: Juan de Ribera and Religious Reform in Valencia, 1568-1614. Free admission, free pizza.


"Below Baldwin" Documentary film screening

On November 17, 2015, construction on Baldwin Hall on the University of Georgia campus came to a halt when workers discovered human remains on the site. DNA tests revealed what many local historians already knew to be true: these were the remains of former slaves. This discovery and the events that followed have forced the often-forgotten histories of slavery and segregation to rise to the surface, both at the University of Georgia and in Athens…


Lunch and Learn: Immigration Policy

Join UGA’s Richard B. Russell Library for a lunch and learn series focused on developing a better understanding of Congress. Civic Knowledge, Civic Power invites guest speakers to give brief talks on topics connected to the history and function of this branch of government, followed by informal discussion. Dr. Jamie Monogan, UGA Department of Political Science, will discuss the politics of U.S. immigration policy. Pizza will be available.


Lunch & Learn: The Congressional Delegation and the Federal Emergencies Act

Join UGA’s Richard B. Russell Library for a lunch and learn series focused on developing a better understanding of Congress. Civic Knowledge, Civic Power invites guest speakers to give brief talks on topics connected to the history and function of this branch of government, followed by informal discussion. In this talk, Anthony Madonna will discuss the 1976 Federal Emergencies Act. Coffee and desserts provided. Partners for the series include…


Heather Cox Richardson Lecture: Government Shutdowns & Partisan Risk

Dr. Heather Cox Richardson, professor of history at Boston College, will present a public lecture exploring the partisan nature of recent federal government shutdowns by recounting the forgotten history of the nation’s first government shutdown in 1879. A reception will follow the event. This lecture is part of the Russell Library's annual observance of Congress Week, an event created by the Association of the Centers of Congress in 2009 to…
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