Student Spotlight: Zach Dow Student Spotlight: Zach Dow is a 3rd year History and English major and Minor in African American Studies recently spotlighted by the Institute for African American Studies. Read more about Student Spotlight: Zach Dow
Women's History Month Campus Tour History majors, please join us March 24, for an event in celebration of Women's History Month. Our walking tour of UGA buildings named after women will begin at 4 pm in the Main Library, where Dr. Kaylynn Washnock Stooksbury will lead a discussion of the exhibit on Charlayne Hunter-Gault. The tour will also include a consideration of Kerry Rushin Miller and Mary Blackwell Diallo at Black-Diallo-Miller Hall, guided by Ms. Maya Brooks (graduate student in History), and Dr. Ehlers' reflections on Mildred Rutherford. The tour will conclude with dinner at Rutherford Hall. Read more about Women's History Month Campus Tour
Visiting Speaker: Santee Frazier, Cherokee Nation Poet & Educator Santee Frazier will be reading from his poetry collections Aurum (2019) and Dark Thirty (2009) at Old Fire Hall No. 2 (489 Prince Avenue) Thur March 2 from 5:00-6:30 PM. Free and open to the public. Read more about Visiting Speaker: Santee Frazier, Cherokee Nation Poet & Educator
History guest lecture: Carbon Technocracy with Dr. Victor Seow This is a virtual event. Registration is required. Scan the QR code below to register, or go to https://zoom.us/meeting/register/tJYrc-Cqqj0oHtMuU1YX7YtK0dNnuBqO1BMi. Read more about History guest lecture: Carbon Technocracy with Dr. Victor Seow
Chris Suh: “Asia, Asian America, and the American South: Doing Transpacific History in Georgia” Join us as Dr. Chris Suh (Assistant Professor, Emory University) presents: “Asia, Asian America, and the American South: Doing Transpacific History in Georgia”. Suh's talk will draw from his new book, The Allure of Empire: American Encounters with Asians in the Age of Transpacific Expansion and Exclusion (Oxford University Press, March 2023). A free and public event. Pizza lunch for attendees. Read more about Chris Suh: “Asia, Asian America, and the American South: Doing Transpacific History in Georgia”
From Confrontation to Détente? Controversies about a planned Cold War Museum at Checkpoint Charlie, Berlin Join us for a talk by Dr. Andreas Etges (University of Munich), " From Confrontation to Détente? Controversies about a planned Cold War Museum at Checkpoint Charlie, Berlin". Free and open to the public. Read more about From Confrontation to Détente? Controversies about a planned Cold War Museum at Checkpoint Charlie, Berlin
Documentary screening: "To What Remains" To What Remains is the story of Project Recover, a small team of accomplished scientists, oceanographers, archaeologists, historians, researchers, and military veterans, who have dedicated their lives to scouring the depths of the ocean and the farthest corners of the earth, to search for, recover, and repatriate the remains of the more than 80,000 Americans missing in action since WWII. Read more about Documentary screening: "To What Remains"
History Information table: stop by for a cookie, and news on upcoming events! Stop by our 2nd floor information table, grab a holiday cookie and find out what's happening in the history department this semester. We have a ton of upcoming history lectures, Lunchtime Time Machine talks, and career talks coming soon! All students are welcome. Read more about History Information table: stop by for a cookie, and news on upcoming events!
