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The Department of History at UGA has a strong tradition of expertise in subjects ranging from early American to modern African American history, the Caribbean to the Middle East, early modern Europe to the modern U.S. South, popular culture to foreign policy, religion to global capitalism. 

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2024 History Graduate Student Annual Awards

The History Department held our 2024 Annual Graduate Student Awards dinner Monday, April 29 at the University of Georgia Founders Memorial Garden.Our annual event recognizes those graduate students who have exceeded expectations in scholarship, teaching, and leadership while enrolled in graduate
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Honors class field study - Natives & Newcomers in the Transformation of North America

Dr. Timothy Cleaveland

Congratulations to Timothy Cleaveland, recipient of the Lioba Moshi Award for Service in African Studies.

Congratulations to Timothy Cleaveland, who has received the Lioba Moshi Award for Service in African Studies.
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Upcoming Events

Historic Athens Fire Hall No. 2, Athens, GA
May 3

History Department annual Faculty and Graduate student spring event



Historic Athens, Fire Hall No. 2, Prince Avenue

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May 9

UGA Spring 2024 Master's and Specialist Student Commencement



Stegeman Coliseum

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May 9

UGA Spring 2024 Doctoral Student Commencement



Stegeman Coliseum

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