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GRS Visiting Scholar Workshop: Antwain Hunter on black gun ownership

The Gender, Race, and Sexuality Group has invited historian Antwain Hunter (Butler University) to campus this February to share his research on the history of black gun ownership.  We'll be reading both a paper and two complementary articles suggested by Dr. Hunter. Join us Friday, February 7 at 3:30pm in 320 LeConte Hall to workshop Dr. Hunter’s paper. All are welcome! Please RSVP Annelle Brunson for the…


History of Capitalism Reading Group

The History of Capitalism Reading Group (for graduate students) will have its first meeting of the semester, 3:30 PM at The Globe, walking distance from UGA's North Campus. We will be reading two essays by cultural theorist Stuart Hall on the relationship between race and capital. For the readings or any questions contact: terrell.orr@uga.edu. The event will be co-hosted with our friends in the Gender, Race, and Sexuality Reading Group…


(CANCELLED) Dirty History Seminar for Faculty and Graduate Students

Faculty and graduate students are invited to join us on Friday, April 3rd, at 3:30 PM to discuss a paper (topic to be announced) with its author, Rachel Schurman, Professor of Sociology and Global Studies, University of Minnesota. This is a graduate student and faculty workshop. Please email Dan Rood danrood@uga.edu for a copy of the paper to read in advance.


(CANCELLED) Dirty History Seminar for Faculty and Graduate Students

(CANCELLED) Faculty and graduate students are invited to join us on Friday, March 20th at 3:30 PM to discuss the paper “Two Coffee Colonies: Environment, Slavery, and Anti-Slavery in Suriname and St. Domingue, 1730-1800” with its author, Rafael Marquese, Research Professor, Department of History, Universidade de Sao Paulo. This is a graduate student and faculty workshop. Please email Dan Rood danrood@uga.edu for a copy of the paper to read…


Dirty History Seminar for Faculty and Graduate Students

Faculty and graduate students are invited to join us on Friday, November 8th at 3:30 in 320 LeConte to discuss the paper “Unsettling the Steppe: The Limits of Agricultural Expansion in Inner Mongolia, 1890-1930” with its author, Sakura Christmas, Assistant Professor of History and Asian Studies, Bowdoin College. This is a graduate student and faculty workshop. Please email Dan Rood danrood@uga.edu for a copy of the paper to read in advance.


Dirty History Seminar for Faculty and Graduate Students

Faculty and graduate students are invited to join us on Friday, September 6th at 3:30 in 320 LeConte to discuss the paper “Community Action: Social Change Through Participatory Research” with its author, Loka Ashwood, Assistant Professor, Department of Agricultural Economics and Rural Sociology, Auburn University. This is a graduate student and faculty workshop. Please email Dan Rood danrood@uga.edu for a copy of the paper to read in…


The Federal Job Search: Graduate Student Workshop

A substantial number of graduate-level job opportunities are found within the federal government. These research, policy, and administrative fields provide a rich array of career opportunities for graduate students in nearly every discipline. However, many candidates find it challenging to navigate the federal job search process. This workshop will feature UGA alumna Sheila Porter, Deputy Branch Chief at the Centers for Disease Control and…


Gender, Race, and Sexuality Reading Group meeting

For graduate students and faculty only.  The first GRS meeting of this semester will be Wednesday, February 6th @ 6:30pm at the Globe. Anyone interested is encouraged to attend. For the readings, please contact Lauren Titley (let94308@uga.edu) or Jeffrey Jones (jeffrey.jones@uga.edu).


Graduate Student Speaker Series

Join us at The Globe as we workshop James Owen's "'From My Heart, Because of Your Tears':  Hymn-singing and Arawak Language Translation, 1738-1815," which tells the story of a multi-ethnic mission community in Berbice and the translation of Christian hymn-lyrics in the terms of the indigenous cosmology. Come prepared with comments, suggestions, and criticisms. Bar snacks will be provided. RSVP to Lauren Titley let94308@uga.edu. …


History at Work: Journalism

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 is dedicated to journalism. It features Brad Schrade, a Putlizer-Prize-winning reporter who now works at The Atlanta Journal-Constitution. He received…
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