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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…
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…
The Willson Center will present “Moving Statues: A Conversation of the Global South” at 6 p.m. Wednesday, April 10 in the M. Smith Griffith Auditorium of the Georgia Museum of Art as part of the 2019 Global Georgia Initiative. The event will include a panel discussion and a presentation by photographer and video artist Christo Doherty, an associate professor and deputy head of the Wits School of Arts of the University of the Witwatersrand,…
Joan Neuberger, director of the prize-winning podcast 15 Minute History presents: Two Hour Master Class: How To Get Started in Podcasting 3:30-5:30 pm | Friday, March 29, 2019 | 320 LeConte getting started problems you’ll encounter promotion technology format music narration vs interview Sponsored by the Willson Center for Humanities and Arts at the University of Georgia. Space may be limited for this event. Information: Scott Nelson…
Mariana Ivanova, assistant professor of German, Miami University of Ohio, will speak about "The American West in Cold War Eastern European Cinema: Transnational Agenda and Commentary on Race in DEFA's Indianerfilme." The event includes the lecture, film screening at 3:30 p.m., and Q&A with Ivanova. Sponsored by the Department of Germanic and Slavic Studies with additional support from the Department of Theatre and Film…
Jason Moore, Associate Professor of Sociology at Binghamton University, will give the annual Dirty History lecture: "Slaveship Earth: Climate Crisis, Planetary Justice, and the Rise of Capitalism." From the author's web site: "Jason W. Moore is an environmental historian and historical geographer at Binghamton University, where he is professor of sociology. He is author or editor, most recently, of Capitalism in the Web of Life (Verso,…
Joseph LeConte was a geologist, a naturalist, and a Darwinist. He was also energetically, unabashedly racist. So the Department of History is holding a forum for its students and faculty to discuss what we should do about his portrait — which until recently faced the main entrance of LeConte Hall. LeConte Hall is named after Joseph LeConte, a man emblematic of his times in his support for science, evolution, and Darwin — as well as his…
David Silkenat presents a talk on his new book,  Raising the White Flag: How Surrender Defined the American Civil War. Silkenat is a senior lecturer in the School of History, Classics, and Archaeology at the University of Edinburgh. He is also the author of Moments of Despair: Suicide, Divorce, and Debt in Civil War Era North Carolina. He is a co-host of The Whiskey Rebellion, an American History podcast. This is a FREE and public event.
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).