LTTM: Why are there no American Indians in the story of Athens? This installment of the History Department’s undergraduate lecture series is presented by Dr. James Brooks. Brooks is the recipient of numerous national awards for scholarly excellence. His 2002 "Triple-Crown" winning (Bancroft, Parkman, and Turner Prizes) Captives & Cousins: Slavery, Kinship and Community in the Southwest Borderlands focused on the traffic in women and children across the region as expressions of intercultural violence and accommodation. Read more about LTTM: Why are there no American Indians in the story of Athens?
LTTM: Boxed, Beheaded, Drowned: Why are we tearing down statues of Columbus? This installment of the Department of History’s undergraduate lecture series features Dr. Ben Ehlers. Professor Ehlers teaches courses on the history of early modern Europe, transnational Europe, and Christian-Muslim relations. He is the author of Between Christians and Moriscos: Juan de Ribera and Religious Reform in Valencia, 1568-1614. Free Admission. Free Pizza. An FYO event. Read more about LTTM: Boxed, Beheaded, Drowned: Why are we tearing down statues of Columbus?
LTTM: What happened in Athens in the LAST great pandemic? This installment of the History Department’s undergraduate lecture series is presented by Dr. Brian Drake. Professor Drake teaches the U.S. history survey and courses in environmental history. His book, Loving Nature, Fearing the State, focuses on the relationship of the postwar American environmental movement to postwar politics and ideology. Free admission, and free pizza! This is an FYO event. Read more about LTTM: What happened in Athens in the LAST great pandemic?
PDW: History Graduate Student Writing Retreat History Graduate Student Writing Retreat Saturday, November 12, 10-4pm. Lunch, snacks will be provided. Forget to RSVP? Please join us anyway - we'll have plenty of room! 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 PDW: History Graduate Student Writing Retreat
PDW: Grant-writing workshop for Graduate Students Grant-writing workshop for Graduate Students in history. Details TBA. A Professional Development Workshop event. Read more about PDW: Grant-writing workshop for Graduate Students
Dirty History Workshop: Andrew Craig Faculty and graduate students from any department are invited to join us to discuss the paper "'Seedtime and Harvest': Georgia's Fertilizer Industry and the Making of the New South," with Andrew Craig, PhD student, University of Georgia. The draft paper will be distributed to the Dirty History listserv two weeks in advance. If you'd like to get on the Dirty History listserv to receive the papers, email srnelson@uga.edu. Read more about Dirty History Workshop: Andrew Craig
PDW: Publishing an Academic Manuscript with Timothy Mennel, University of Chicago Press "Publishing an Academic Manuscript with Timothy Mennel, University of Chicago Press" for history graduate students. A Professional Development Workshop event. Read more about PDW: Publishing an Academic Manuscript with Timothy Mennel, University of Chicago Press
Dirty History Workshop: Lara Vapnek Faculty and graduate students from any department are invited to join us to discuss the paper "'The Extra Hazardous Business of Being a Baby': Infant Care and Feeding in the Gilded Age and Progressive Era," with its author, Lara Vapnek, Professor, St. John's College. The draft paper will be distributed to the Dirty History listserv two weeks in advance. If you'd like to get on the Dirty History listserv to receive the papers, email srnelson@uga.edu. Read more about Dirty History Workshop: Lara Vapnek
