Studies of politics, law, and political economy--long central to the discipline of history--have been rejuvenated in recent years by the influence of cultural and social history and  interdisciplinary interactions with political science, economics, and law. Our faculty and graduate students are among the nation's leading practitioners in what is sometimes called the "new political history," exploring political ideologies, practices, and structures in a wide range of time periods and places.

The History Department is a central component of UGA's Institute of Native American Studies (INAS). The INAS offers a host of interdisciplinary courses in the departments of anthropology, english, history, religion, and others that lead to a graduate certificate in Native American Studies. With students and faculty drawn from around the university, the INAS is the hub of a vibrant community. Each semester, the institute also hosts leading scholars from around the country, and it has sponsored several conferences, including the 2008 Native American/Indigenous Studies Conference.

The University of Georgia History Department supports a developing research and teaching agenda for the Middle East. Faculty members have published in internationally recognized journals on a broad range of topics relating to the political, social, and cultural history of the modern Middle East. Areas of interest and expertise include the history of colonialism and anti-colonialism in the Arab world, the social history of Middle Eastern working classes, the development of sectarian conflict in Iraq, Iran, and the Persian Gulf, and the cultural politics of revolutionary movements.

The study of gender and sexuality is an exciting and expanding field in history, and an area of great strength for the UGA History Department.  Faculty offer classes at the undergraduate and graduate level in this thematic area, with temporal and geographic foci from the ancient to the modern world and across the globe.  Particular research strengths include the intersection of gender and sexuality with the issues of race, slavery, the family and citizenship.​

The University of Georgia History department is committed to the study of European history, defined in the broadest possible terms. The graduate faculty includes Europeanists whose specializations cover a wide variety of geographic and thematic areas. Chronologically, we range from the ancient world to the late twentieth century. Our particular thematic strengths encompass: war & society; women & gender; intellectual & cultural history; nationalism & imperialism; popular culture; French history; twentieth-century Europe.

The University of Georgia History department is committed to the study of European history, defined in the broadest possible terms. The graduate faculty includes Europeanists whose specializations cover a wide variety of geographic and thematic areas. Chronologically, we range from the ancient world to the late twentieth century. Our particular thematic strengths encompass: war & society; women & gender; intellectual & cultural history; nationalism & imperialism; popular culture; French history; twentieth-century Europe.

Graduate students working at the intersection of environmental and agricultural history have been among our most successful alums in recent years. Multiple dissertation awards have been garnered from the American Society for Environmental History and the Agricultural History Society by our graduates. Our award-winning, nationally recognized faculty in the field actively participate in Dirty History, an interdisciplinary workshop in agriculture, environment, and capitalism.