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Food Chains Film Screening (Latin American Sustainable Agriculture Initiative)

Join the Latin American Sustainable Agriculture Initiative for a screening of Food Chains. This exposé documents the human cost of food by focusing on the lives of the Coalition of Immokalee Workers, a group of Florida farmworkers, that battle the $4 trillion global supermarket industry through their Fair Food program. After the screening, a panel of discussants will talk about their research and lives as it relates to this important film.…


Food, Place, and Power Workshop: Heather Paxson

The Workshop in the History and Geography of Food, Place, and Power will host Heather Paxson, who is William R. Kenan, Jr. Professor of Anthropology at the Massachusetts Institute of Technology. Professor Paxson will present her paper "Regulating Microbial Ecologies: Policy and Practice in Artisanal Cheesemaking." Download a copy of the paper at the FPP website. Heather Paxson is interested in how people craft a sense of themselves as moral…


History of Capitalism Reading Group: Das Kapital, Part VII

For the 2015 Spring Semester, we will be reading Karl Marx's major contribution to political and economic theory, Das Kapital, Vol. I. At our brown bag lunch meetings, we will explore the book chronologically. Students, Faculty and the public are encouraged to attend. For the full schedule, please visit our website.


History of Capitalism Reading Group: Das Kapital, Part VI

For the 2015 Spring Semester, we will be reading Karl Marx's major contribution to political and economic theory, Das Kapital, Vol. I. At our brown bag lunch meetings, we will explore the book chronologically. Students, Faculty and the public are encouraged to attend. For the full schedule, please visit our website at capitalism.uga.edu.


Food Chains (documentary film) at CINÉ

The UGA Willson Center for Humanities and Arts and the UGA History Department present this special one-night only screening of FOOD CHAINS: THE REVOLUTION IN AMERICA'S FIELDS, a powerful and shocking expose about what feeds our country, from the producers of FOOD INC and FAST FOOD NATION. This powerful true story of one small group of workers overcoming corporate greed to end slavery and abuse in America’s fields will inspire you to demand your…


Research Funding Strategies for Graduate Students and Postdocs in the Humanities and Arts

The Willson Center and the Graduate School will host a panel discussion on funding strategies for graduate students and postdocs in the humanities and arts. Panelists will discuss both internal and external research funding strategies. Panelists include Chad Howe (Romance Languages), Mathew C. Hulbert (Ph.D. candidate, History), Scott Nesbit (CED, Digital Humanities), Chloe Wigston Smith (English), and Elizabeth Wright (Romance Languages). Cathy…


Hephzibah High School Visitation Day

Welcome Hephzibah High School students! Led by UGA History alumn Jonathan Martindale, students make their annual visit to the History Department for an overview of UGA programs and majors, and the college environment.


Global Capitalism Initiative Workshop: The Iron Heel

The Global Capitalism Initiative is excited to announce our first workshop. An assortment of paninis and salads from the Fresh Market will be offered for lunch. Wage Slaves and Revolutionists: The Historical Background of Jack London's The Iron Heel We will be reading and commenting on a chapter from recent PhD in English Jon Falsarella Dawson's book manuscript, The California Naturalists: Frank Norris, Jack London, and John Steinbeck. The piece…


Richard B. Russell 40th Anniversary Symposium: Panel Discussions

The Richard B. Russell Library for Political Research and Studies will host a scholars and policymakers symposium to celebrate the Library’s 40th anniversary year on Oct. 27-28 in the Richard B. Russell Building Special Collections Libraries. On Tuesday, scholars from across the country will participate in panel discussions, highlighting their use of Russell Library collections in recent publications. Policymakers will join these discussions,…


Richard B. Russell 40th Anniversary Symposium: Richard Baker, US Senate Historian Emeritus

The Richard B. Russell Library for Political Research and Studies will host a scholars and policymakers symposium to celebrate the Library’s 40th anniversary year on Oct. 27-28, 2014 in the Richard B. Russell Building Special Collections Libraries. Richard Baker, US Senate Historian Emeritus, will kick off the symposium with a keynote address. The keynote address and symposium sessions are free and open to the public and will be held in the…
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