James Wall will defend his doctoral dissertation, ""Settling Down for the Long Haul": The Black Freedom Movement in Southwest Georgia, 1945-1995" in the Conference Room, LeConte Hall. The Major Professor is Dr. Cindy Hahamovitch. All members of the university faculty are invited. If you wish to attend please contact the graduate program office to ensure adequate seating.

Congratulations to Dr. Cassia Roth, who will be joining our history faculty in August. Dr. Roth received the Berkshire Conference on Women Historian’s Prize for best article in the fields of the history of women, gender, and/or sexuality for “From Free Womb to Criminalized Woman: Fertility Control in Brazilian Slavery and Freedom,” Slavery and Abolition 38, no. 2 (2017).

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Kurt Windisch will defend his doctoral dissertation, "A Thousand Slain: St. Clair’s Defeat and the Evolution of the Early Republic" in the Conference Room, LeConte Hall. The Major Professor is Dr. Claudio Saunt. All members of the university faculty are invited. If you wish to attend please contact the graduate program office to ensure adequate seating.

Celebrating the 4th of July? Professor Peter Hoffer was featured in a WalletHub piece about the 4th of July facts and figures. You can find it here.

A 3-day Festival Supporting Music and Arts Education

June 22-24, 2018

The AthFest Music & Arts Festival brings the best local and regional musicians and visual artists together in Downtown Athens, Ga. By incorporating multiple events and venues throughout downtown, AthFest is able to reach a broad range of audiences and attracts an eclectic mix of lifestyle interests.

Whitney Priest will defend her doctoral dissertation, "What Happens Down South: Dating, Sex, and Collegiate Life in Alabama, 1890-1975 " in the Conference Room, LeConte Hall. The Major Professor is Dr. Stephen Berry. All members of the university faculty are invited. If you wish to attend please contact the graduate program office to ensure adequate seating.

This installment of the Department of History’s undergraduate lecture series features Dr. Cassia Roth. Professor Roth joined the history faculty this year, so now you can look forward to her courses on the history of Latin America, Brazil, gender, and medicine. She is writing a book entitled Birthing Abolition: Reproduction and the Gradual End of Slavery in Brazil. Free admission, free pizza.

This installment of the Department of History’s undergraduate lecture series features Dr. Akela Reason. Professor Reason teaches courses on the history of American cities, material culture, and public history. She is also the founder of the Department of History’s Summer Program in Public History in Washington, DC. She is currently preparing a study of the politics of Civil War monuments in New York City during the Gilded Age. Free admission, free pizza.

This installment of the Department of History’s undergraduate lecture series features Drs. Steve Soper and Jake Short. Professor Soper teaches courses on the history of modern Europe, Italy, microhistory, and the second half of western civ. He is working on a new book about political prisoners in southern Italy on the eve of Italian unification. Professor Short also teaches courses on the history of modern Europe, with a focus on Germany, France, and intellectual history.