Charlie Chaplin's Modern Times (1936) examines the human consequences of industrialization during the Great Depression. Dr. Jon Dawson will provide an introduction and moderate a Q&A afterward. Refreshments will be provided. Sponsored by the Global Capitalism Initiative and funded by the Willson Center for Humanities and Arts.

Bread and Roses (2000) examines the struggles of immigrant workers in Los Angeles to form a union. Dr. Patricia Richards will provide an introduction and moderate a Q&A afterward. Refreshments will be provided. Sponsored by the Global Capitalism Initiative, funded by the Willson Center for Humanities and Arts.

Ashton Ellett will defend his doctoral dissertation, "Recasting Conservatism: Georgia Republicans and the Transformation of Southern Politics since World War II" in the Conference Room, LeConte Hall. The Major Professor is Dr. James Cobb. All members of the university faculty are invited. If you wish to attend please contact the graduate program office to ensure adequate seating.

The UGA Willson Center for Humanities and Arts and the UGA History Department present this special one-night only screening of FOOD CHAINS: THE REVOLUTION IN AMERICA'S FIELDS, a powerful and shocking expose about what feeds our country, from the producers of FOOD INC and FAST FOOD NATION. This powerful true story of one small group of workers overcoming corporate greed to end slavery and abuse in America’s fields will inspire you to demand your food be fair!

Kathleen Nehls will defend her dissertation entitled, "Red-Tape Fraternities: State-building in the Age of Associationalism, 1870-1935" in the Conference Room, LeConte Hall. The major professor is Dr. Paul Sutter. Members of the university community are invited to attend. Please contact the graduate program at history@uga.edu if you wish to attend, to ensure adequate seating.

Jon Levy is Associate Professor of History at Princeton University. His first book, Freaks of Fortune: The Emerging World of Capitalism and Risk in America (Harvard UP, 2012), has been widely reviewed in the popular press and in academic journals and was awarded some of the most prestigious awards in the historical profession, including the Frederick Jackson Turner Award, the Ellis W. Hawley Prize, and the Avery O. Craven Award.

Ari Kelman, the McCabe Greer Professor of History at Penn State University, will present a program on his recent award-winning book, A Misplaced Massacre: Struggling Over the Memory of Sand Creek.  A Misplaced Massacre has been the recent recipient of the Avery O. Craven Award, the Bancroft Prize and the Tom Watson Brown Book Award.

Congratulations to Steve Soper, whose has been awarded the Society for Italian Historical Studies Marraro prize for the best book in Italian history in 2013! Soper previously took First Prize in the 18th-19th C category of the American Association of Italian Studies Book Award for his book, Building a Civil Society: Associations, Public Life, and the Origins of Modern Italy (U Toronto, 2013).

Maggie Neel will take the oral comprehensive examination in the Conference Room, LeConte Hall. The Major Professor is Dr. Akela Reason. All members of the university faculty are invited. If you wish to attend please contact the graduate program office at history@uga.edu to ensure adequate seating.

On Saturday, October 25, ten members of Sam McGuire’s Civil War class took part in a voluntary field trip to Chickamauga National Military Park. Chief park historian, Jim Ogden provided a four-hour educational program and guided tour of the battlefield. Jacob McClendon recalled the tour “made me proud to be a History major” and that “going to the battlefield was a chance to come as close to reliving the actual battle” as possible.