We are pleased to announce that Dan Rood's new book In the Shadow of the Great House: A History of the Plantation in America (Norton, 2026) is slated for publication! To mark the launch, there will be a book discussion/Q&A followed by a reception at the Athenaeum on March 17th at 7:30 pm. Drinks and hors d'oeuvres will be served, and copies of the book will be on sale. This event is free and open to the public

Join us for a talk by Dr. Jennifer Boittin, Frank Porter Graham Distinguished Professor of History, UNC: "From 20th-Century ‘Undesirables’ to Golden Statues at the 2024 Paris Olympics: Women Defying French Colonial Policing."

The UGA community is invited to a reception in celebration of the new book Above the Oxbow: Stories Entangled with a Mountain (West Virginia University Press, April 2026) by Dr. Danielle Raad, Assistant Professor of History and Museum Studies.

A special opportunity for history students! Meet our guest speaker, Dr. Alex-Thái Đình Võ of the Vietnam Center and Archive at Texas Tech University. 

By reconstructing forgotten lives and tracing the missing, this project re-imagines the archive as a site of reconciliation.

We'll have coffee, bagels and pastries for attendees. 

"Teaching and Researching Old (French) Books in a Digital Age", with Dr. Sara Barker, University of Leeds (U.K.).

For History faculty and graduate students - 

The History Department will hold our annual departmental award ceremony and reception for history graduate students (M.A. and Ph.D.), staff and faculty on Monday. You are welcome to bring a guest. 

It's our last department gathering for spring so please join us in celebrating our graduate students and spring MA and PhD graduates!

A catered dinner will be served at 5:00 pm, followed by the awards. 

Join us for a guest lecture by UGA Grady Professor Dr. Benjamin Min Han:

Beyond Squid Game: Korean Media and the Netflix Paradigm

Margaret Stewart will defend her Master's thesis Friday afternoon; ""Hoodlums into Hamlets:" The Federal Theatre Project and Disability."

Research talk.