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!
Dr. La Shonda Mims (UGA Alum), “A Black Gay Political Force”: Drastic Dykes in Late-Twentieth Century Atlanta Please join us for a talk by Dr. La Shonda Mims, (PhD, UGA) in which she presents her new book, Drastic Dykes and Accidental Activists: Queer Women in the Urban South (UNC Press, 2022). Read more about Dr. La Shonda Mims (UGA Alum), “A Black Gay Political Force”: Drastic Dykes in Late-Twentieth Century Atlanta
Documentary screening: "To What Remains" with UGA alum Pat Scannon 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" with UGA alum Pat Scannon
Grad student meetup with Dr. Garrett-Scott History Graduate student meetup with Dr. Garrett-Scott. Please stop by 3-4pm to welcome Dr. Garrett-Scott, and chat. Refreshments will be provided. Professor Shennette Garrett-Scott will be visiting us from Texas A&M to deliver a talk (“All the Other Devils This Side of Hades”: Jim Crow and Early Black Banks) at 12:45 pm in LeConte 101. Read more about Grad student meetup with Dr. Garrett-Scott
Indian Slavery and Maronnage in Early Modern Florida This presentation analyses instances of Indian maronnage across La Florida and the circum-Caribbean during the sixteenth and seventeenth centuries. As Indian slavery spread across the Spanish and English territories, distinct communities of displaced peoples appear across the historical record. Using the frameworks of maronnage, this presentation examines the role of these communities in the early colonial south. Read more about Indian Slavery and Maronnage in Early Modern Florida
Book Talk with James Cobb Thursday, February 2, 2023 | 04:00 pm - 07:00 pm Read more about Book Talk with James Cobb
Black History Month Event Calendar 2023 We are excited to offer a wide range of events in celebration of Black History Month this February. Some of our regular event series are offering themed talks as part of our Black History Month Calendar of Events. Read more about Black History Month Event Calendar 2023
Book Talk with James C. Cobb, Author of C. Vann Woodward: America's Historian James C. Cobb offers many original insights into Woodward's early years and private life, his long career, and his almost mythic public persona. In a time where the study and substance of American history are profoundly contested, Woodward's career is replete with lessons in how myths about the past, some created by historians themselves, come to be enshrined as historical truth. Dr. Cobb is B. Phinizy Spalding Professor Emeritus & the author of C. Vann Woodward: America's Historian. Read more about Book Talk with James C. Cobb, Author of C. Vann Woodward: America's Historian
Documentary Screening, "Monument: The Untold Story of Stone Mountain" Atlanta History Center Executive Director Sheffield Hale will host a free Athens premiere of the new documentary: Monument: The Untold Story of Stone Mountain. Kristian Weatherspoon, Executive Producer. Read more about Documentary Screening, "Monument: The Untold Story of Stone Mountain"
