Join us as Dr. Scott Reynolds Nelson discusses his book, Oceans of Grain: How American Wheat Remade the World (Basic Books, 2022).

Scott Reynolds Nelson is the Georgia Athletic Association Professor of History at the University of Georgia.

A free and public event.

Panel: Kudzu and the Boll Weevil in Modern Georgia

The Russell Library is hosting a panel featuring Drs. James C. Giesen, associate professor of history and Grisham Master Teacher, Mississippi State University, and Derek Alderman, professor of geography, University of Tennessee. Discussion will include the social, cultural, and economic impact of notorious pests such as the boll weevil and kudzu in modern Georgia.

Dr. Brian Drake, senior lecturer, Department of History, University of Georgia, will moderate the event. 

Recently, a delegation of seven students and one faculty advisor represented the University of Georgia and the nation of Burkina Faso at the 2022 International Model African Union (IMAU) simulation held virtually this year from Friday, February 25 - Sunday, February 27, 2022. (https://modelafricanunion.org/.

Trying to make sense of the War in Ukraine?  Scott Reynolds  Nelson's latest book and research provides a further historical perspective on the current situation.

Panel: “Understanding the War in Ukraine: Cultural and Historical Perspectives”

Panelists: Victoria Hasko (Language and Literacy Education), Yuliia Kabina (Fulbright Researcher, National University of Cherkasy, Ukraine), Joseph Kellner (History), Alexandra Shapiro (Germanic & Slavic Studies)

Moderator: Charles Byrd (Germanic & Slavic Studies)

Sponsored by: Office of Global Engagement, Department of Germanic & Slavic Studies, Department of History, Mary Frances Early College of Education, Willson Center for Humanities and Arts

Please join us on April 1, 3:00pm, in the Conference Room of LeConte Hall as we discuss Charles Chesnutt's The Marrow of Tradition, a novel set against the Wilmington Insurrection of 1898. GRS reading group meetings are open to all graduate students, regardless of department affiliation. A Zoom link will be made available to those who would prefer to join virtually. If you have any questions, please contact Chris Choe (christianchoe@uga.edu).

Please join us as the history department’s Soviet expert, Dr. Joey Kellner, will explain Russia’s invasion of Ukraine, and answer questions from students about the crisis.

A FREE and public event.

For information on Spring Commencement at UGA, please go to the web site https://commencement.uga.edu/.

The Undergraduate Commencement ceremony will begin at 7:30 p.m. in Sanford Stadium.Tickets will not be required.

Ceremony Start Time:

7:30 p.m.

Gates Open:

5:30 p.m.

Dr. Barton Myers (UGA Phd history, 2009) will be featured as an expert historian in the History Channel's forthcoming documentary event, Abraham Lincoln. Lincoln will premiere this Sunday, February 20 at 8pm and continue at the same time on Feb. 21 and 22. 

 More information can be found here: https://www.history.com/shows/abraham-lincoln

Please join us for this event featuring Dr. Cassia Roth as she discusses her book, A Miscarriage of Justice: Women’s Reproductive Lives and the Law in Early Twentieth-Century Brazil, (Stanford U Press, January 2020).

A Miscarriage of Justice examines women's reproductive health in relation to legal and medical policy in Rio de Janeiro, Brazil.

Cassia Roth is Assistant Professor of History and Latin American and Caribbean Studies at the University of Georgia.