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Phi Alpha Theta, Epsilon Pi Induction Ceremony & Meeting

The UGA chapter of the National History Honor Society is holding the 2016 induction ceremony this evening. The ceremony for the induction of new members will be followed by a general meeting. All members are encourage to attend.  Refreshments will be provided.


Gregory Distinguished Lecture: Don H. Doyle

In this Sixth Annual Gregory Distinguished Lecture, Don H. Doyle, McCausland Professor of History, University of South Carolina, discusses his recent prize-winning book, The Cause of All Nations: An International History of the American Civil War. Sponsored by the History Department and the Amanda and Greg Gregory Graduate Studies Support Fund.  


Public History program in Washington DC Information session

For graduate and undergraduate students -- join us for an information session about UGA’s program in public history in Washington, DC this summer! Students will spend the entire summer living in Washington, DC while interning at major cultural and historical institutions. During Maymester, students participate in a course on American Museums, Parks, and Monuments, which will be taught (mostly) on the Washington Mall with an extended excursion to…


Phi Alpha Theta lecture series: Athens Illuminated with Dr. Stephen Berry

Phi Alpha Theta Epsilon Pi presents a lecture series about the sometimes forgotten aspects of Athens' local history. From historic markers to street and building names, our surrounding landscape may appear to present a white-washed history. However, just beneath the surface is a plurality of perspectives and voices. Each of the three Athens Illuminated lectures will focus on Athens' people or places in order to help bring to light some of this…


Dianne Harris: “Framing Los Angeles, 1960: Case Study House #22 and the Architecture of Whiteness”

Dianne Harris is Dean of the College of Humanities and professor of history at the University of Utah. She holds a doctorate in architectural history from the University of California, Berkeley and is best known for her scholarly contributions to the study of “race and space” – the relationship between the built environment and construction of racial and class identities. Her books include The Nature of Authority: Villa Culture,…


History at Work: Grant development and public school administration

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.  This installment features James Barlament, who received both his BA (2002) and MA (2005) in History at UGA. James will talk about how history and historical thinking have…


History at Work: Library science

History at Work is a series that explores the many ways to turn your degree into a post-college careeer. This installment features librarians and archivists of the UGA Library System. They'll talk about grad school in library science, the different kinds of work that libraries offer, and how historical thinking can keep going after you graduate. Open to students of any major. Free pizza.


Grad student audition edition of Lunchtime Time Machine

In this special edition of Lunchtime Time Machine, the Department of History's graduate students will present snapshots of their research and compete for the chance to give a full LTTM lecture in the spring. The event is open to all undergrads, grad students, and faculty — and the crowd picks the winner. Free pizza.   


History at Work: Grad school in history

Normally History at Work is dedicated to the non-obvious ways that you can put your degree to use after college, but this installment is dedicated to an option that is probably familiar but also maybe a bit mysterious. Professors Jones, Kreiner, Palmer, and Rood will talk about how grad school in history works, what the job market looks like, what the application process involves, and whatever else the audience wants to know.


Jim Grossman, American Historical Association: "Preparing Historians for the Future Instead of the Past”

Half of all history Ph.D's end up in tenured or tenure-track positions in colleges and universities. Only one-third of those are in research universities.  Are our Ph.D programs therefore preparing most graduate students for careers they are unlikely to have?   Except for faculty at a few elite research universities, historians no longer spend their professional lives just writing books and articles, lecturing in the…
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