History at Work: featuring an alumni panel of history in industry The History Department is thrilled to welcome three accomplished Department of History alumni to campus for the annual HISTORY@WORK Alumni Speaker Series. Pizza will be served. All students are welcome. This event is sponsored by the Parents Leadership Council and the Willson Center. The three alumni visitors include: Read more about History at Work: featuring an alumni panel of history in industry
Mastering Public Speaking: for advanced graduate students Graduate student Public Speaking Workshop with John Bowe. This is an in-person workshop. Students will be able to work one-to-one on their speaking skills This is an in-person workshop for advanced graduate students only (preferably ABD). Students should be finished with coursework. RSVP required - email Laurie at history@uga.edu to RSVP. Read more about Mastering Public Speaking: for advanced graduate students
Graduate Student Public Speaking Workshop with John Bowe This is a virtual workshop for graduate students, on public speaking. All graduate students in history are welcome. Scan the QR code to RSVP and obtain the Zoom invite for the workshop. Read more about Graduate Student Public Speaking Workshop with John Bowe
Dirty History: Andrew Ofstehage (N. Carolina State Univ.) Featuring Andrew Ofstehage, College of Agriculture and Life Sciences, North Carolina State University. "Food is such a chore: Soylent is the Solution". Dirty History is an interdisciplinary workshop for scholars working at the intersection of agriculture, environment, and capitalism. Dirty History workshops are attended mainly by faculty and graduate students from UGA and area universities. The authors whose work we discuss come from all over. Participants should come having read the papers in advance. Read more about Dirty History: Andrew Ofstehage (N. Carolina State Univ.)
Declaration Day at SPIA included notable historians On Friday January 23, 2026, SPIA hosted Declaration Day, a celebration the 250th anniversary of the creation and signing of the Declaration of Independence. The centerpiece of Declaration Day was an interactive panel featuring experts Robert Parkinson (Binghamton University), Peter Hoffer (History Dept., University of Georgia), and Jeremy Cynamon (Clemson University). Read more about Declaration Day at SPIA included notable historians
The Vietnam War: From Total War to the Unfinished Accounting of Human Loss Join us Tuesday for a guest lecture with Dr. Alex-Thai Dinh Vo, of The Vietnam Center and Archive at Texas Tech University. Read more about The Vietnam War: From Total War to the Unfinished Accounting of Human Loss
Volunteer event: Historic Brooklyn Cemetery Phi Alpha Theta, the History honor society, invites you to a volunteer event at Brooklyn Cemetery, beginning with a docent’s introduction to one of the first African American cemeteries in Athens. Volunteers will meet at the cemetery (link to directions). We’ll have snacks. Read more about Volunteer event: Historic Brooklyn Cemetery
Applied History: VIPR Team Open House UGA students have been thinking in time this year. Join attendees to discover and honor the work that students in Dr. Kevin Jones's Applied History VIPR class have been doing all year to consider how better understanding the past can help make better decisions now for the future. Students have been collaborating on digital humanities projects that highlight the principles of Applied History through a series of policy case studies based on original historical research and written for public audiences. Read more about Applied History: VIPR Team Open House
Ferdinand Phinizy Lecture: Rick Atkinson Author and journalist Rick Atkinson will visit UGA and Athens for the Ferdinand Phinizy Lecture, which will be included in the university's annual Humanities Festival and in the Global Georgia public events series of the Willson Center for Humanities and Arts. The event is free and open to the public, with no advance registration required. Read more about Ferdinand Phinizy Lecture: Rick Atkinson
History Film Series: Sinners (2025) The History Film Series presents Ryan Cooglers Sinners (2025). Sinners won two Golden Globes for Best Cinematic and Box Office Achievement and Best Original Score for Ludwig Göransson. A blend of horror, history, music and culture, the film is set 1932 in the Mississippi Delta. Starring Michael B. Jordan in dual roles as criminal twin brothers who return to their hometown in the Jim Crow South, where they are confronted by a supernatural evil. Co-stars include Hailee Steinfeld, Miles Caton, Jack O'Connell, Wunmi Mosaku, Jayme Lawson, Omar Miller, and Delroy Lindo. Read more about History Film Series: Sinners (2025)
