Victoria Do will take her oral comprehensive examinations in the Conference Room, LeConte Hall. The Major Professor is Dr. Cindy Hahamovitch. All members of the university faculty are invited. If you wish to attend please contact the graduate program office in advance at history@uga.edu to ensure adequate seating.

Pulitzer Prize-winning historian and legal scholar Edward Larson will return to the University of Georgia to deliver the Charter Lecture titled "George Washington and America's Second Revolution." Larson taught at UGA for two decades, serving as chair of the history department as well as the Richard B. Russell Professor of American History and holder of the Herman E. Talmadge Chair of Law.

This lecture is free and open to the public.

Monthly faculty meeting for faculty members in history. The meeting this month will be in Rm. 221.

The History Graduate Student is having a Book Sale!  April 15-16. Books of all genres will be available. All proceeds benefit the history graduate student association. This event will be held outdoors (rain cancels). The university community is invited.

Kenneth Roundy will defend his thesis entitled, "Chemical Solutions and Human Resistance: The Fight Against Coca Eradication in the Andes" in the Conference Room, LeConte Hall. The major professor is Dr. Shane Hamilton. Members of the university community are invited to attend. Please contact the graduate program at if you wish to attend, to ensure adequate seating.

The Jason Manthorne Memorial Annual Award will be presented to a deserving graduate student Rm. 221, LeConte Hall. Details TBA. Refreshments.

The History Department will hold our annual departmental award ceremony and reception for history graduate students, staff and faculty at Demosthenian Hall. BBQ Dinner will be provided(with vegetarian alternative). History faculty, staff, MA and PhD students should RSVP to history@uga.edu by April 15, 2017.

Women’s History Month –

Women’s Studies Friday Speaker Series Lecture

"Well-Behaved Women Seldom Make History: Georgia Women Shape the 20th Century," Kathleen Clark, an associate professor in the Department of History. Contact: Terri Hatfield 706-542-2846

Free, Open to the Public, First Year Odyssey Approved

Sponsored by the Institute for Women’s Studies

Luke Manget will take his oral comprehensive examinations in the Conference Room, LeConte Hall. The Major Professor is Dr. John Inscoe. All members of the university faculty are invited. If you wish to attend please contact the graduate program office at history@uga.edu to ensure adequate seating.

Kylie Hulbert will defend her dissertation entitled, "“Vigorous and Bold Operations”: The Times and Lives of Privateers in the Atlantic World during the American Revolution" in the Conference Room, LeConte Hall. The major professor is Dr. Peter Hoffer. Members of the university community are invited to attend. Please contact the graduate program at history@uga.edu if you wish to attend, to ensure adequate seating.