Doctoral student Patrick Sheridan will take his oral comprehensive examinations in room 201 LeConte Hall. The Major Professor is Dr. Scott Nelson. All members of the university community are invited. If you wish to attend please contact the graduate program office in advance at history@uga.edu to ensure adequate seating.

Congratulations to history major Charlsie Wemple, 2024 recipient of the University of Georgia Presidential Award of Excellence! This prestigious award is handed to undergraduate students in their final year of study who have demonstrated outstanding academic achievement, heavy extracurricular involvement, and participated in service/involvement with their respective school or college. Charlsie is one out of just 46 students across campus who have been selected for the award.

Join us for a presentation by Christopher Craig (Tohoku University), "Middlemen of Modernity: Local Elites and Agricultural Development in Modern Japan". 

Via Zoom: https://zoom.us/j/92427629754

Christopher Craig is currently Professor of Japanese Studies and the Head of the Research and Development Unit of the Center for Integrated Japanese Studies at Tohoku University (Japan).

Join us for a virtual curatorial tour of Red Coral Stories: Reimagining Classical Pasts for Native Futures. Red Coral Stories is an ongoing curatorial project by Kendall Lovely (Diné), a doctoral student at University of California-Santa Barbara, to understand Southwest Native art as part of cultural exchanges across time and space.

Join us as Dr. Blair LM Kelley, Ph.D., discusses her research and book, Black Folk, The Roots of the Black Working Class, which was named one of the Smithsonian's Best Books of 2023. Black Folk was awarded a 2020 Creative Nonfiction Grant by the Whiting Foundation, and the 2022-23 John Hope Franklin/NEH Fellowship by National Humanities Center. 

Join us for "Imagining the Indian: The Fight Against Native American Mascoting" at the Morton Theatre. The film analyzes issues surrounding the usage of Native American "imagery" as mascots and how detrimental it is to all marginalized groups. 

Following the film screening, there will be a panel discussion featuring producers Ben West, Kevin Blackistone, and Yancey Burns. 

The event is open to the public, so all are welcome!

Maya Brooks will take her oral comprehensive examinations in room 320 LeConte Hall. The Major Professor is Dr. James Brooks. All members of the university community are invited. If you wish to attend please contact the graduate program office in advance at history@uga.edu to ensure adequate seating.