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We are happy to announce that UGA now has a NEW interdisciplinary Museum Studies Certificate program! See the university web site bulletin.uga.edu for certificate requirements. Thanks to Dr. Akela Reason and all of the UGA interdisciplinary faculty who worked to make this program a reality for our students. A number of the courses for this certificate are offered from different departments, including a number of history courses so check it out on the bulletin!

For graduate students only.

The Gregory Distinguished Lecture series presents New York Times Bestselling author of The Invention of Nature: Alexander von Humboldt’s New World.

       Date: Thursday October 18, 2018

       Location: the Chapel, North Campus, University of Georgia

       The public is invited.

History department faculty, staff and graduate students are invited to a department "mixer" for dinner on Tuesday. Please join us to meet and welcome our new graduate students and faculty in history!

The Gregory Distinguished Lecture series presents New York Times Bestselling author of The Invention of Nature: Alexander von Humboldt’s New World, Andrea Wulf.

Jason Moore, Associate Professor of Sociology at Binghamton University, NY, will discuss his paper, "Econoly and the Rise of Capitalism." Participants should come having read the paper. To receive a copy, email DanRood@uga.edu.

Terrell Orr, PhD Candidate in History at UGA, will discuss his paper, "Growing Conflict: Phosphate, Labor, and Capital on a Southern Frontier." Participants should come having reading the paper. To receive a copy, email DanRood@UGA.edu.

Brent Shaw, Andrew Fleming West Emeritus Professor in Classics, Princeton University, will discuss his paper, "Social Status and Economic Behavior: A Hidden History of the Equites?" Participants should have read the paper. To receive a copy, email DanRood@uga.edu.

Alma Igra, a PhD candidate in European History at Columbia University, will discuss her paper, "NEM vs. Calorie: Vienna’s post WWI humanitarian aid between British and American Nutritional Standards." Participants should have read the paper. To receive a copy, email Danrood@uga.edu.