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8th Annual Gregory Distinguished Lecture: Andrea Wulf on 'The Invention of Nature'

The Gregory Distinguished Lecture series presents New York Times Bestselling author of The Invention of Nature: Alexander von Humboldt’s New World, Andrea Wulf. “The Invention of Nature” lecture will be presented in the university Chapel. Wulf’s writing reveals the  life of the visionary German naturalist Alexander von Humboldt (1769-1859) and how he created the way we understand nature today. See our news section for more details about the…


Lunchtime Time Machine: Why was communism so popular in Iraq?

This installment of the Department of History’s undergraduate lecture series features Dr. Kevin Jones. Professor Jones teaches courses on the history of the medieval and modern Middle East, and his research interests include the subjects of nationalism, anti-colonialism, and poetry. He is writing a book entitled The Poetics of Revolution: Culture, Politics, and Modernity in Iraq, 1914-1963. Free admission, free pizza.  


Lunchtime Time Machine: Why did the Germans under Hitler remain Nazis to the bitter end?

This installment of the Department of History’s undergraduate lecture series features Dr. John Morrow, Jr. Professor Morrow teaches courses on the history of modern Europe and of warfare and society. He has been a visiting professor at the U.S. Military Academy at West Point and at National Air and Space Museum (NASM). Among his many books, he is currently revising a co-authored manuscript on the 369th Regiment of African-American soldiers who…


The Dirtiest Work of All: Manual Scavenging, a Caste-Based Occupation in India

With an introduction by Jay Driskell, author of Hard Work: A History of Sanitation and the Teamsters. Part of the “Dirty Work” conference (www.southernlaborstudies.org), which is funded by the UGA Department of History, the Provost, the Vice President for Research, the Willson Center for Humanities and Arts, the Southern Historical Association, the Southern Labor Archives, and the University of Georgia Press. Free and open to the public.  


History Pop-up Exhibit!

Students in Prof. Soper's crime and punishment class are setting up their own pop-up exhibit, on display at the Russell Special Collections Building, Room 285, on Friday, April 27 from 1 to 2:30.  The title of the exhibit is "Unlocking Georgia:  Law, Crime, and Punishment."  Stop by and see the great items the students have found in our special collections!


Student Breakfast Q & A with Dr. Julian Zelizer

Can the American Congress be ethical in an age of intense partisan warfare? Dr. Julian Zelizer, Princeton University professor and CNN political analyst, will take up the topic of ethics in Congress in a lecture hosted on Thursday, April 5 at 4:00 p.m. in the auditorium of the Special Collections Building. We also invite UGA students to join us for a breakfast recap with our guest speaker the following morning (April 6) at 9:00 a.m.…


The Cruel Optimism of the Digital Panorama: Atlantic Humanism and Its Pacific Other

Why Walden pond might appear more virtual and a Pacific island more augmented can be better understood by returning to the archives of two print-age Pacific expeditions by James Cook and George Macartney. Both men ostensibly failed in their imperial tasks, and yet the printed journals and engravings of the expeditions, including the French wallpaper that Reihana draws upon, became fundamental to new conceptions of nature and empire in the late…


Julian Zelizer lecture: Politics in the Age of Partisan Warfare

Can the American Congress be ethical in an age of intense partisan warfare? Julian E. Zelizer, Princeton University professor and CNN political analyst, will take up the topic of ethics in "Ethics in the Age of Partisan Warfare." The lecture will explore past debates over ethics reform, as well as the push for new oversight and enforcement amid growing allegations of sexual misconduct. A light reception will follow the program. The event is co-…


Discussion: Thailand: Shifting Ground between the US and a Rising China

Benjamin Zawacki, a Bangkok-based human rights researcher and advocate, will present his recently-published book on Thailand's evolving foreign relations and their geo-political implications in Southeast Asia.  After many post-World War II years as a key strategic ally of the United States, Thailand has begun a sharp pivot toward China.  Consistent with US policy drift since the turn of the century and Thailand deepening…


UGA Spring Break

Spring Break March12-16. No classes.
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