Global Georgia Initiative/ Ferdinand Phinizy Lecture: Stephanie McCurry – “Reconstructing: A Georgia Woman’s Life Amidst the Ruins” The Ferdinand Phinizy Lecture Series presents Stephanie McCurry, the R. Gordon Hoxie Professor of American History in Honor of Dwight D. Eisenhower at Columbia University. Professor McCurry is the author of Masters of Small Worlds: Yeoman Households, Gender Relations and the Political Culture of the Antebellum South Carolina Low Country (Oxford U. Press, 1997) and Confederate Reckoning: Power and Politics in the Civil War South (Harvard U Press, 2010). Read more about Global Georgia Initiative/ Ferdinand Phinizy Lecture: Stephanie McCurry – “Reconstructing: A Georgia Woman’s Life Amidst the Ruins”
Gender, Race, and Sexuality Reading Group meeting For graduate students and faculty only. The Gender, Race, and Sexuality Reading Group will hold its first regular reading session of the semester on Wednesday, September 19. Please contact Lauren Titley (let94308@uga.edu) or Jeffrey Jones (jeffreyjones@uga.edu) for readings. Cali N’ Tito’s (Lumpkin Street) Read more about Gender, Race, and Sexuality Reading Group meeting
HGSA Book Sale Sign up to volunteer now! Come out and support the History graduate students through our annual book sale! All proceeds fund HGSA activites. Read more about HGSA Book Sale
DIGI Colloquium: The Digital Library of Georgia The Digital Library of Georgia (DLG) will showcase their redesigned site and their collections Please join us! Sponsored by the DIGI Lab at UGA. Read more about DIGI Colloquium: The Digital Library of Georgia
DIGI Colloquium Fall's first DIGI Colloquium will be Friday August 24 from 4-5 pm, featuring the work of our six student summer scholars. Our first cohort of six undergraduate summer scholars from four different disciplines will showcase their work and talk about the process of moving from idea to prototype in just six weeks. Please join us! Sponsored by the DIGI Lab at UGA. Read more about DIGI Colloquium
History of Capitalism Reading Group Come join us at The Globe for libations and spirited discussion of the history of capitalism. We will be reading excerpts from Louis Hyman's Debtor Nation: The History of America in Red Ink. This is a just for graduate students event. Read more about History of Capitalism Reading Group
History of Capitalism Reading Group Come join us for libations and spirited discussion of the history of capitalism. Readings will be emailed in advance. Grad Students Only Read more about History of Capitalism Reading Group
Program brings history students to campus Please read the complete article by Alan Flurry on UGA Today. The focus of the History Fellows Summer Workshop was to create broad new inroads for students from Georgia and beyond who are underrepresented on campus, which may include groups such as women in STEM, older returning students, military veterans, first-generation college students and others. Read more about Program brings history students to campus
Changing Perceptions: Teaching Lincoln and Recontructruction by Public History intern Ian Robbins UGA Public History intern Ian Robbins was an Education Intern at Ford’s Theatre during summer 2018. His article, "Changing Perceptions: Teaching Lincoln and Recontructruction" was recently published on the Ford's Theatre blog. Read more about Changing Perceptions: Teaching Lincoln and Recontructruction by Public History intern Ian Robbins
Constitution Day at UGA The American Founding Group and the School of Public and International Affairs will host a celebration of Constitution Day. The centerpiece of these festivities is a lecture by Carol Berkin, Presidential Professor of History Emerita at Baruch College & the Graduate Center, City University of New York. The lecture and moderated question and answer session will be followed by a dessert reception in Candler Hall. In addition, historical documents and materials related to the American founding and U.S. Read more about Constitution Day at UGA