Join us for a book talk by Lesley J. Gordon,  Dread Danger: Cowardice and Combat in the American Civil War (2024 Cambridge University Press). Dr. Gordon is the Charles Boal Ewing Chair in Military History at West Point and the Charles G. Summersell Chair of Southern History at the University of Alabama. Dr. Gordon received her Ph.D. from the University of Georgia and specializes in civil war history. 

Free and open to the public. This is an FYO event.

Never one to shy away from more work, Christian Poe is a senior in his fourth year at the University of Georgia triple-majoring in History, International Affairs, and Spanish with a minor in Aerospace Studies. He is a cadet in Air Force ROTC and a member of the Georgia Commitment Scholars Executive Board. This past summer, he studied abroad in Spain, contributing to his Spanish major, and this summer he plans to study away once more to finish his history coursework. After graduating in 2026, Chris will commission into the U.S.

The National Institute for the Study of Transfer Students (NISTS) has declared the third week of October as National Transfer Student Week. At the University of Georgia, we understand the value that transfer students bring to the Bulldog community. We are excited to recognize students who became Bulldogs via the transfer process.

We’re celebrating our transfer students! Stop by the history study lounge on Wednesday for a snack.

Our spotlight this month is turned on Associate Professor of history Oscar Chamosa and his history students, with special thanks to the Athens Historical Society. HIST 3140/H class in U.S. Latinx History collaborated up with the Athens Historical Society to celebrate Latinx heritage with a special poster project. The poster is currently on display for a limited time in the History Department.

Meet new doctoral student Erleen Ellis! Ellis joined our graduate program this year with an Osborne Graduate Fellowship in the Franklin College of Arts and Sciences, which supports outstanding students in graduate studies. She will be working under the guidance of Dr. Cindy Hahamovitch, Ellis aims to fully flesh out connections between labor organizing and social mobilization for Black and Brown women in the southern United States in the context of the global oppression of subaltern labor.

 The Georgia Historical Society (GHS) has announced that Emily McClatchey has been awarded the 2025 John C. Inscoe Award for the best article published in the Georgia Historical Quarterly (GHQ) in 2024. Her article, “The House that Harry Stephens Built: How an Emancipated Family's Home was Hijacked for the Lost Cause,” was featured in GHQ Vol. 108, No. 1....

Explore the rich world of primary sources in this interactive workshop! 

Participants will learn how to discover and analyze original materials—such as letters, diaries, newspapers, and government documents—using tools like Adam Matthew’s curated digital collections.

Questions: Contact Sheila Devaney sdevaney@uga.edu.

Join us for a talk by Danielle Terrazas Williams, “What is Owed to Me”: Reimagining Ideas of Legitimacy and Honor among Black Women in Colonial Mexico.

Danielle Terrazas Williams is associate professor in the School of History at the University of Leeds. She won the Kimberly S. Hanger Prize from the Southern Historical Association for the research and writing of material included in her book, The Capital of Free Women: Race, Legitimacy, and Liberty in Colonial Mexico (2022, Yale University Press).

This is an FYO event. Free and open to the public.

Academic Publishing Panel hosted by the History Graduate Student Association.

Monday, November 17 2025 3:00 – 4:15 pm, LeConte 101

Join us for a panel on academic publishing with the editor-in-chief from UGA Press and three professors from the History Department! We’ll discuss book proposals, the peer review process, tips for turning a dissertation into a monograph, and more. Bring any questions you may have regarding the wide world of academic publishing! Email benjamin.prostine@uga.edu with any inquiries.