A one-day symposium on Children, Youth, and War will be held at the University of Georgia on March 19, 2018.  Hosted by James Marten, Professor of History at Marquette University, and Stephen Berry, Gregory Professor of the Civil War Era at the University of Georgia, the symposium will provide an intense exploration of all aspects—on both the home front and the battlefront—of the experiences of children in times of war in all eras and throughout the world.  Interdisciplinary (although historically based) approaches are welcome.  “War” will be defined broadly to include irregu

Can the American Congress be ethical in an age of intense partisan warfare?

Julian E. Zelizer, Princeton University professor and CNN political analyst, will take up the topic of ethics in "Ethics in the Age of Partisan Warfare." The lecture will explore past debates over ethics reform, as well as the push for new oversight and enforcement amid growing allegations of sexual misconduct.

The latest by historian Stephen Mihm on gun control history.  "FDR's Gun-Control Strategy: Tax 'Em"

FDR's administration, reported Mihm-- "gave gangsters 3,700 reasons to stop buying machine guns."

 Read the complete article on Bloomberg View online. March 8, 2018, 10:00 AM EST

Read the new article on CNNMoney by Chris Isidore, "When American steel was king".  March 9, 2018: 12:11 AM ET.

Mihm offers his comments on the decline of the American steel industry in the article by Isidore.

You can follow more articles by Stephen Mihm online at Bloomberg View or on twitter @SMihm.

Benjamin Zawacki, a Bangkok-based human rights researcher and advocate, will present his recently-published book on Thailand's evolving foreign relations and their geo-political implications in Southeast Asia.  After many post-World War II years as a key strategic ally of the United States, Thailand has begun a sharp pivot toward China.  Consistent with US policy drift since the turn of the century and Thailand deepening adoption of China's model of "authoritarian capitalism", the countr

For information: https://commencement.uga.edu/

http://reg.uga.edu/academicCalendar2017-2018 Last day to withdraw from Spring 2018 classes.

Spring Break March12-16. No classes.

James Scott is Sterling Professor of Political Science and Professor of Anthropology, Yale University. Author of Against the Grain: A Deep History of the Earliest States, 2017, and Weapons of the Weak, 1987

Sponsored by the Willson Center for Humanities and Arts and the Department of History in partnership with Dirty History: An Interdisciplinary Workshop in Agriculture, Environment, and Capitalism.

 

This is a FREE event, the public is invited

The Michael L. Thurmond Lecture Series, in celebration of Black History, presents guest lecturer Derrick P. Alridge, from the University of Virginia. Alridge is the author of the book The Educational Thought of W.E.B. Dubois, and member of UVA's "Commission on Slavery." He is also the founder and director of Teachers in the Movement.

Special Honorees include: former Athens Police Chief Joseph Lumpkin, and Chief Magistrate Patricia Barron.