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

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?"

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.

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.

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.

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

 The History Department's undergraduate lecture series presents Dr. Jennifer Palmer, Assistant Prof, History. Think you can find all you need to know on Wikipedia? Think again! And again... and again. This talk will take a look at how the world's first major encyclopedia not only disseminated information, it also made people think.

Palmer's current research demonstrates that the presence of people of color in France shaped attitudes towards race, and shows how intimate relationships across racial lines disrupted racial assumptions.

"100 Years Since the Great War: Is Southeastern Europe Still Doomed by Gavrilo Princip's Bullets?"

Jennifer M. Wunn will defend her Doctoral dissertation entitled, "Jeder Treu Auf Seinem Posten": German Catholics and Kulturkampf Protests, in the conference rm., LeConte Hall. The major professor is Dr. Laura Mason. 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.