Join Phi Alpha Theta’s Epsilon Pi (History honor society) for Mellow Mushroom's trivia night, Wednesday. Take a break from studying and join us for a night of pizza, competition, and fun! Trivia starts at 8 pm at the Mellow Mushroom downtown - be there or be square!

There will be a documentary screening of the film Raising Resistance, a movie about the effects of GM crops on agribusiness and local farmers in Paraguay. This screening is part of the Georgia workshop on culture, power and history, an initiative featuring films and speakers on the Latin American Sustainable Agriculture. After the movie, there will be a question-and-answer session with the director. contact: Ashley Meadow 706-296-5674

 Carla W. Buss, the curriculum materials and education librarian, will talk about the overview of libraries’ resources and research techniques.

Buss earned her B.A. from Youngstown State University in political science and her M.L.S from Kent State University. She provides instruction in the use of the libraries for class assignments in education and history, as well as individual research conferences.

Hosted by the IDEA Society.

Danton portrays the last months of Georges Danton, one of the leaders of the French Revolution. It is an adaptation of the Polish play "The Danton Case" by Stanisława Przybyszewska. The film stars Gérard Depardieu in the title role. With a short introduction by Kate Marsden.

This event is free and the university community is invited.

 

We offer undergraduate and graduate courses in World History, focusing on global connections, cultural exchanges, and large-scale transformations. Faculty have special expertise in premodern Eurasian history, and their research interests include gender, disease, and transcultural comparisons. Recent graduate courses have included History of Disease and History of Marriage, and broader Colloquia and Research Seminars.

This event has been postponed due to weather, and will be rescheduled at a later date. Phi Alpha Theta is co-sponsoring a walking tour of Oconee Hill Cemetery on Monday with Dr. Stephen Berry. Come and hear the stories of those buried in this antebellum period cemetery. Berry is the Gregory Professor of the Civil War Era, Co-Director of the Center for Virtual History, and Secretary-Treasurer of the Southern Historical Society.

The tour will take place in Athens by north campus at the cemetery, which is right behind the stadium.

December 15 is the deadline for the receipt of all admission materials for prospective graduate student applications for history. Please see the history graduate program site AND the Graduate school web site for instructions and details.

UGA offices are closed today. See the UGA holiday schedule for more information.

UGA offices are closed this week. See the UGA holiday schedule for more information.

Undergraduate commencement is at 9:30 am;

Graduate student commencement is at 2:30 pm.

Complete information is available on The University of Georgia Commencement site.