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Dirty History Workshop: Ben Prostine

Faculty and graduate students from any department are invited to join us to discuss the paper “Flying Vials of Bull Semen: Rockefeller Prentice and the Rise of the Artificial Insemination Industry in the US, 1935-70.” With Ben Prostine, Presidential Fellow, University of Georgia. The draft paper will be distributed to the Dirty History listserv two weeks in advance. If you'd like to get on the Dirty History listserv to receive the papers,…


Dirty History Workshop: Fraser Livingston

Faculty and graduate students from any department are invited to join us to discuss the paper “Prison Pines: Convict Labor and the Longleaf Pine.”With Fraser Livingston, Researcher and Writer, George Bird Grinnell Anthology. The draft paper will be distributed to the Dirty History listserv two weeks in advance. If you'd like to get on the Dirty History listserv to receive the papers, email srnelson@uga.edu. Dirty History is an…


Jacquelyn Dowd Hall, “Writing a Way Home: A Life in Southern and Women’s History”

Join us February 22. Jacquelyn Dowd Hall will be presenting the talk: “Writing a Way Home: A Life in Southern and Women’s History.”  Dr. Jacquelyn Dowd Hall is Julia Cherry Spruill Professor Emeritus at UNC-Chapel Hill and founding director emeritus of UNC’s Southern Oral History Program. She is past president of the Organization of American Historians and the Southern Historical Association and founding past president of the Labor and…


Faculty Lecture | Akela Reason: “Politics and Memory: Civil War Monuments in Gilded Age New York”

Associate Professor of History and Director of the UGA Museum Studies Certificate Program Akela Reason will present the lecture “Politics and Memory: Civil War Monuments in Gilded Age New York.” Lecture Abstract: As the financial and artistic capital of post-bellum America, New York built some of the most significant monuments to the Civil War. Yet in order to build the city’s monuments, the Republican elite who often spearheaded efforts to…


"Who is Doctor Bauer?: Rematriating a Censored Story on Internment, Wardship, and Sexual Violence in Wartime Alaska, 1941 - 1944"

Join us for a virtual seminar with the winner of FOUR Western History Association awards for the article,“Who Is Dr. Bauer? Indigenous Internment and Intimate Violence in Wartime Alaska, 1941-44” which explores the violation of Aleut women interred by the US Armed Forces during World War II.  Drawing on Oral History, Tribal History, and Federal Archives, Guise weaves a story of sordid abuse and courageous resistance from a heretofore little…


History Behind the Headlines: The Gaza War and the Future of Palestine

Join us as our faculty provide a historical context on current crises in the news and answer questions on the history of events. History Behind the Headlines is not an academic debate or political event, but a talk of historical events which often help inform our understanding of todays news. "History Behind the Headlines: The Gaza War and the Future of Palestine” Free and open to the public. An FYO event. Pizza will be served. Note: if all…


Franklin College Homecoming Tailgate 2023

Register for the Franklin College of Arts and Sciences Homecoming Tailgate, Join Dean Anna Stenport on the New College Lawn for Flying Biscuit Cafe, beverages, and pre-game fun! Invitations were emailed to Franklin College alumni. Click here to go to the event registration page. Questions? Contact Haley Avery at havery@uga.edu. Phone (706) 542-2206. Game: Georgia vs. Missouri, 


History Faculty Meeting

Meeting for history faculty. (With Dean Stenport).


Oconee Library History Series: "From Slavery to the Stars: Examining the Lives and Legacies of Harriet Jacobs and Katherine Johnson"

This month's History Lecture at the Oconee County Library features UGA Ph.D. student Maya Brooks presenting a talk that explores the lives of Harriet Jacobs and Katherine Johnson and the ways in which their experiences as Black women in America were both similar and different.  Jacobs was born enslaved and her narrative explores her struggle to not only free herself but her children as well. Johnson, best known for her work at…


Book talk: "Latin America's Democratic Crusade", with Allen Wells

Join us for a presentation by Dr. Allen Wells, Bowdoin College, on his research and new book Latin America’s Democratic Crusade: The Transnational Struggle Against Dictatorship, 1920s–1960s (Yale University Press, 2023). Allen Wells is Roger Howell, Jr. Professor Emeritus of History at Bowdoin College. His scholarship has focused on modern Mexican history, especially Yucatán, the history of commodities, and U.S.-Latin American relations, and he…
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