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Harvard Stanford UGA Capitalism Workshop

This digitally-hosted workshop will foster an ongoing, interregional relationship between Harvard’s Program on the Study of Capitalism, Stanford’s Approaches to Capitalism Workshop, and the University of Georgia’s History of Capitalism reading group. The Harvard-Stanford-UGA Workshop aims to foster a sense of community among graduate student researchers in the study of capitalism, and will begin with all participants briefly introducing their work, followed by presentations and discussions of three papers.

Undergraduate Award Winners

Blake Rice and Melissa DeVelvis are the first recipients of the History Department Undergraduate Research Award. Rice will use the funds to access archival papers for his research on "Jeremiah Wilkinson: The Making of a Prophet", while DeVelvis will use funds to travel to other historical collections for her research on "Secession at Home."

 

Lunchtime Time Machine: Why did a New York mob go after an opera singer?

This installment of the History Department’s undergraduate lecture series is presented by Dr. Dan Rood. Professor Rood teaches courses on the U.S. Civil War, the U.S. South, and the Atlantic world. He is finishing a new book called "The Reinvention of Atlantic Slavery: Circuits of Techno-science in the Greater Caribbean, 1830-1860." This is an FYO event.



Students of all majors and the university community are welcome. Free pizza.

Sponsored by the Department of History.



 

Lunchtime Time Machine: Who won the Cold War?

This installment of the History Department’s undergraduate lecture series is presented by Dr. Shane Hamilton. Professor Hamilton teaches the second half of the U.S. history survey and other courses in modern U.S. history, and he is finishing a new book called “Supermarket USA: Food and Power in the Cold War Farms Race.”



Students of all majors and the university community are welcome. Free pizza. This is an FYO event.

Sponsored by the Department of History.



 

Lunchtime Time Machine: What was it like for Civil War soldiers to get shot in the junk?

This installment of the History Department’s undergraduate lecture series is presented by Dr. Stephen Berry. Professor Berry teaches the first half of the U.S. history survey and courses in nineteenth-century U.S. history, and he is a co-director of UGA’s Center for Virtual History. This is an FYO event.



Students of all majors and the university community are welcome. Free pizza!

Sponsored by the Department of History.



 

Research Funding Strategies for Graduate Students and Postdocs in the Humanities and Arts

The Willson Center and the Graduate School will host a panel discussion on funding strategies for graduate students and postdocs in the humanities and arts. Panelists will discuss both internal and external research funding strategies. Panelists include Chad Howe (Romance Languages), Mathew C. Hulbert (Ph.D. candidate, History), Scott Nesbit (CED, Digital Humanities), Chloe Wigston Smith (English), and Elizabeth Wright (Romance Languages). Cathy Jones (Romance Languages) will moderate the discussion. Graduate students and postdocs in the humanities and arts are encouraged to attend.

Applying To Graduate School in History/How To Choose a Graduate School

Are you a History or Social Studies Education or other major thinking about applying to graduate school for a graduate degree in history? Join us for a presentation by graduate admissions and advising staff and graduate students in history for a presentation on how to choose a graduate school, submit a personal statement, and how to submit the best application possible in your pursuit of graduate studies in history. All majors are welcome!

Pizza will be provided.

Hosted by the History Department.

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