Reading Day examinations. No mandatory assignments are to be scheduled for completion during reading days--either for course work or extra-curricular or co-curricular activities. More information Read more about Reading Day
Last day of Fall Classes** This is done to equalize the class minutes between MWF and TTH classes and to provide an equal number of class meetings for courses which may meet only once per week. More Information Read more about Last day of Fall Classes**
Thanksgiving Break Nov 24-26 No classes Wednesday thru Friday. UGA offices are closed Thursday and Friday. Read more about Thanksgiving Break Nov 24-26
Lecture: "Well-Behaved Women Seldom Make History: Georgia Women Shape the 20th Century" Discussion based on a collection of essays, Georgia Women: Their Lives and Times, vol. 2, recently published by UGA press and co-edited by Anne Chirhart, Indiana State U., and UGA history professor Kathleen Clark. Location: Richard B. Russell Building Special Collections Libraries Auditorium Contact: Jean Cleveland 706-542-8079. For more information, click here. Sponsored by: University of Georgia Libraries, University of Georgia Press Read more about Lecture: "Well-Behaved Women Seldom Make History: Georgia Women Shape the 20th Century"
Lunchtime Time Machine: "Why did medieval monks draw so many obscene cartoons?" The History Department's undergraduate lecture series presents Dr. Jamie Kreiner, Assistant Prof., History who will give a talk on "Why did medieval monks draw so many obscene cartoons?" Read more about Lunchtime Time Machine: "Why did medieval monks draw so many obscene cartoons?"
Richard B. Russell 40th Anniversary Symposium: Panel Discussions The Richard B. Russell Library for Political Research and Studies will host a scholars and policymakers symposium to celebrate the Library’s 40th anniversary year on Oct. 27-28 in the Richard B. Russell Building Special Collections Libraries. Read more about Richard B. Russell 40th Anniversary Symposium: Panel Discussions
Richard B. Russell 40th Anniversary Symposium: Richard Baker, US Senate Historian Emeritus The Richard B. Russell Library for Political Research and Studies will host a scholars and policymakers symposium to celebrate the Library’s 40th anniversary year on Oct. 27-28, 2014 in the Richard B. Russell Building Special Collections Libraries. Richard Baker, US Senate Historian Emeritus, will kick off the symposium with a keynote address. The keynote address and symposium sessions are free and open to the public and will be held in the auditorium on the second floor of the Richard B. Russell Building Special Collections Libraries. Read more about Richard B. Russell 40th Anniversary Symposium: Richard Baker, US Senate Historian Emeritus
2014 Gregory Distinguished Lecture: Eric Foner One of the nation's preeminent historians, Foner is the author of the seminal Reconstruction: America’s Unfinished Revolution. His most recent book,The Fiery Trial: Abraham Lincoln and American Slavery (2010), received, among other awards, the Bancroft Prize, the Pulitzer Prize for History, and the Lincoln Prize. His lecture, "Gateway to Freedom: The Hidden History of the Underground Railroad," will take place in the M. Smith Griffith Auditorium at the Georgia Museum of Art. Read more about 2014 Gregory Distinguished Lecture: Eric Foner
UGA Geography Colloquium: April Merleaux The Geography Colloquium presents""The Sugar Tariff and the Spatial Logic of American Empire," by April Merleaux, an assistant professor in the Department of History at Florida International University. Location: The Geography and Geology building, Rm. 200C. Contact: Deepak Mishra 706-542-2856 Read more about UGA Geography Colloquium: April Merleaux