The History at Work Speaker Series explores the many ways to turn historical thinking into a post-college career. In this installment, Travis Coberly ('14) will talk what it's like to work as an operations manager for a private firm that has one foot in the U.S. and the other in Germany, how his history degree helped him get a better position than the one he applied for, and how his education is an asset on the job. 

Open to undergraduates of any major. FREE PIZZA

No classes; UGA offices closed.

This summer the Department of History launches its Summer Program in Public History in Washington, DC. Students will earn credit for their degree from coursework and internship participation. During Maymester, students will take HIST 4027: American Museums, Parks, and Monuments as an introduction to the field of Public History. In the summer thru semester, students will intern with major cultural institutions in the area. This is a great way to learn about employment opportunities in public history and gain valuable experience in the field.

Dr. Akela Reason will provide students with information and materials regarding a new summer program in Public History that will be held during Maymester and the Summer thru semester in Washington, DC. Please come with questions.

"Gendering Villagization: Women and Kinship Networks in Colonial and Socialist Lindi, Tanzania," Husseina Dinani, Assistant professor of history and Institute for African Studies.

Sponsored by the Institute for Women's Studies.

Daleah B. Goodwin, an assistant professor of history at Illinois College, and UGA alum (PhD history, 2014), will present a Women’s Studies Friday Speaker Series Lecture.

Sponsored by the Institute for Women's Studies.

January 7-10, 2016, Atlanta, Georgia. The theme of the 2016 Annual Meeting of the American Historical Association is 'Global Migrations: Empires, Nations, and Neighbors.' You can check out the AHA blog here to see what some of our faculty, graduate students, and other historians are noting about the highlights.

Patricia Bell-Scott, UGA professor emerita of women’s studies and human development and family science, will discuss her new book, "The Firebrand and the First Lady," which is a portrait of the friendship between civil rights activist Pauli Murray and Eleanor Roosevelt. A part of Black History Month observance. Co-sponsored by the University of Georgia Libraries and Institute for African American Studies.

"Driving Dixie: The Politics of Early Automobile Tourism," Tammy Ingram, author of "Dixie Highway: Roadbuilding and the Making of the Modern South, 1900-1930." Ingram will give a talk focused on the ways that automobile tourism reshaped both the physical and political landscapes of the South and Georgia from the 1910s through the 1930s. A book signing and reception will follow the lecture. A screening of the GPB documentary "Down the Dixie Highway" will follow.