Amanda and Greg Gregory dedicated the new study lounge in LeConte Hall to our undergraduate history students in a small ceremony hosted by UGA’s chapter of Phi Alpha Theta, the National History Honor Society (P.A.T.) Opening up the new study lounge Greg Gregory noted, “It’s all about the students.”  P.A.T. President and history major Ross Phillips gave a brief speech thanking the Gregorys and UGA for their contribution to our undergraduates, which has given them, said Ross, a “home” in the department.

James Cobb is profiled in this year' UGA Foundation Annual Report 2015 (faculty profiles). A "triple dawg", Professor Cobb earned his undergradaute, Master's, and Doctoral degrees here at UGA. See the 2015 Annual Report for the full article.

Stephen Mihm's latest column on the Bloomberg view "Paid Family Leave's Conservative Lineage" discusses conservative roots of family leave. Stephen Mihm is a regular contributor to Bloomberg View, and an Associate Professor in the Department of History at UGA.

Deborah Lipstadt, one of the world's leading scholars on modern Jewish history, will present a University Lecture,"The Holocaust: An American Understanding 1945-2015" Thursday, Oct. 22, in the Chapel.

Lipstadt is the Dorot Professor of Modern Jewish History and Holocaust Studies at Emory University.

Academy Award winner Hilary Swank is set to play Lipstadt in a movie based on Lipstadt’s book History on Trial: My Day in Court with a Holocaust Denier.

Free and open to the public.

The Southern Historical Associations holds it's 81st meeting in Little Rock, Arkansas. Featuring "Justice after the Civil Rights Movement." See the SHA website for panelist and presenter information.

Congratulations to Jim Cobb (history prof and alum) who received a 2015 Governor’s Award for the Arts and Humanities from Gov. Nathan Deal October 6th. 

Graduate students are having a book sale! Wednesday and Thursday this week, 9am - 4pm. Stop by and browse the selection. Books of all genres, paperback and hardback - novels, non-fiction, children's, cookbooks, etc.

All proceeds benefit the history graduate student association and events.

Henry Louis Gates Jr., Peabody-winning historian, TV personality and Harvard University professor, will present the sixth Peabody-Smithgall Lecture on Oct. 26 at 3 p.m. at the historic Morton Theatre in downtown. The event is presented by the University of Georgia's Peabody Awards. Gates' lecture, "Genealogy, Genetics and Race," is free and open to the public. For more information.

Presenting original research at an academic conference can be an incredibly rewarding experience. While the extra line on your CV certainly does not hurt, the feedback that you receive is often as illuminating as it is invaluable. Preparing for a conference can be a bit challenging, though, especially when it comes time to condense a 35-40-page research paper or thesis chapter into a 15-20 minute presentation. This month’s PDW will focus on how to best prepare for academic conferences.