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History at Work: Andrew Epstein

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.  With special guest alum Andrew Epstein.  Andrew Epstein is a communications consultant and political advisor to New York City Mayor Zohran Mamdani. Epstein served…


History at Work: Richard Costigan

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.  With special guest alum Richard Costigan. A recognized political, policy strategist and advocate for over three decades, bringing unique insight and practical experience…


Mastering Public Speaking: for advanced graduate students

Graduate student Public Speaking Workshop with John Bowe. This is an in-person workshop. Students will be able to work one-to-one on their speaking skills This is an in-person workshop for advanced graduate students only (preferably ABD). Students should be finished with coursework. RSVP required - email Laurie at history@uga.edu to RSVP. John Bowe is the award-winning author of I Have Something to Say (Random House, August, 2020). He is a…


Graduate Student Public Speaking Workshop with John Bowe

This is a virtual workshop for graduate students, on public speaking. All graduate students in history are welcome. Scan the QR code to RSVP and obtain the Zoom invite for the workshop. John Bowe is the award-winning author of I Have Something to Say (Random House, August, 2020). He is a speech and presentation consultant specializing in corporate and individual presentations. He has worked with business and charity leaders, entrepreneurs and…


Dirty History: Andrew Ofstehage (N. Carolina State Univ.)

Featuring Andrew Ofstehage, College of Agriculture and Life Sciences, North Carolina State University. "Food is such a chore: Soylent is the Solution". Dirty History is an interdisciplinary workshop for scholars working at the intersection of agriculture, environment, and capitalism. Dirty History workshops are attended mainly by faculty and graduate students from UGA and area universities. The authors whose work we discuss come from all over…


The Vietnam War: From Total War to the Unfinished Accounting of Human Loss

Join us Tuesday for a guest lecture with Dr. Alex-Thai Dinh Vo, of The Vietnam Center and Archive at Texas Tech University. More than half a century after the end of the Vietnam War, hundreds of thousands of people—Vietnamese and American alike—remain missing, unaccounted for, and unmourned. For their families, the war never truly ended. This talk asks a fundamental but rarely confronted question: how did North Vietnam sustain a war of such…


Volunteer event: Historic Brooklyn Cemetery

Phi Alpha Theta, the History honor society, invites you to a volunteer event at Brooklyn Cemetery, beginning with a docent’s introduction to one of the first African American cemeteries in Athens. Volunteers will meet at the cemetery (link to directions). We’ll have snacks. All students are welcome! Please sign up using this form. This is a Black History month special event.


Ferdinand Phinizy Lecture: Rick Atkinson

Author and journalist Rick Atkinson will visit UGA and Athens for the Ferdinand Phinizy Lecture, which will be included in the university's annual Humanities Festival and in the Global Georgia public events series of the Willson Center for Humanities and Arts. The event is free and open to the public, with no advance registration required. Rick Atkinson is one of the nation’s foremost public historians, the author of eight…


History Film Series: Sinners (2025)

The History Film Series presents Ryan Cooglers Sinners (2025). Sinners won two Golden Globes for Best Cinematic and Box Office Achievement and Best Original Score for Ludwig Göransson. A blend of horror, history, music and culture, the film is set 1932 in the Mississippi Delta. Starring Michael B. Jordan in dual roles as criminal twin brothers who return to their hometown in the Jim Crow South, where they are confronted by a supernatural evil.…
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