Required EOO Training: Graduate Students (History) Please mark your calendars for a session with Ms. Kellen Beegle of UGA's Equal Opportunity Office This meeting is mandatory for all graduate students who are employed as TAs/RAs or on UGA funding this fall, and we have scheduled it so it does not conflict with any TA assignment or graduate class in history. If you know you will be traveling on Sept. 12 please contact Dr. Ehlers at hiscoord@uga.edu. 12:45-2:00 PM. Questions? Contact Dr. Ehlers at hiscoord@uga.edu. Read more about Required EOO Training: Graduate Students (History)
2023 Holmes-Hunter Lecture The Honorable Verda M. Colvin, a Georgia Supreme Court justice and UGA School of Law alumna, will present the 2023 Holmes-Hunter Lecture on Feb. 28 at 2 p.m. in the Chapel. Read more about 2023 Holmes-Hunter Lecture
Lecture: Queering the Archive: Re-Scripting Narratives of U.S. Chattel Slavery Presented by Dr. Candice Lyons (University of California, Santa Barbara ). This project focuses on two key concerns: one, how enslaved (and formerly enslaved) women conceived of and performed their own genders and two, how enslaved and formerly enslaved women structured their relationships to other Read more about Lecture: Queering the Archive: Re-Scripting Narratives of U.S. Chattel Slavery
Lecture: Moved and Seduced by the Instigation of the Devil: Enslaved Women, Infanticide, and the Law Presented by Signe Peterson Fourmy (University of Texas at Austin). Sponsored by the Institute for Women's Studies and the Department of History. Read more about Lecture: Moved and Seduced by the Instigation of the Devil: Enslaved Women, Infanticide, and the Law
Lecture: Mary Ann Shadd Cary and Nineteenth-Century Black Women's Radicalism Presented by Nneka Dennie (Washington & Lee University). This lecture will explore the work of Mary Ann Shadd Cary— an abolitionist, suffragist, and the first Black woman newspaper editor in North America. Particular attention will be devoted to her analyses of women's rights, emigration, and economic self-determination. Read more about Lecture: Mary Ann Shadd Cary and Nineteenth-Century Black Women's Radicalism
Jim Cobb's C. Vann Woodward: America's Historian (University of North Carolina Press, 2022) Doctoral student Jared Asser interviewed James Cobb about his new book on the eminent historian C. Vann Woodward. Read more about Jim Cobb's C. Vann Woodward: America's Historian (University of North Carolina Press, 2022)
Graduate Student PDW: Teaching Portfolio/Interdisciplinary Teaching Certificate On Friday, January 13 from 3-4:30pm, Judy Milton from the University of Georgia Graduate School will discuss the Teaching Portfolio/Interdisciplinary Teaching Certificate with graduate students. A Professional Development Workshop event. Read more about Graduate Student PDW: Teaching Portfolio/Interdisciplinary Teaching Certificate
History Graduate Studies Accepted Student Open House Annual open house for our history graduate studies program accepted students. The invitation and details are emailed directly to all accepted students. The agenda typically includes, a campus tour, faculty and grad student meetups, housing tips, luncheon with faculty, etc. This is a two-day event. Questions? Contact history@uga.edu Read more about History Graduate Studies Accepted Student Open House
Graduate Student Writing Retreat For history graduate students only - History Graduate Student Writing Retreat, hosted by Dr. Joseph Kellner. Saturday, March 18, 10 AM - 4 PM. Lunch, snacks will be provided. Come and write together in a friendly, supportive environment. Finish (or start) your seminar paper; work on your dissertation/thesis prospectus; or write your dissertation/thesis. Questions? email Dr. Roth hiscoord@uga.edu. Read more about Graduate Student Writing Retreat
