Graduating History majors (Fall 2022, Spring 2023, and Summer 2023) are invited to the annual History Department Graduation Reception the afternoon of May 12 (Commencement day). Our guest list is now full. Award recipients and graduating seniors may still RSVP, but due to fire codes we can not accommodate late RSVPs for additional guests.

Friday, May 12, 2023 – 12:00-1:30 PM, Refreshments.

Join us and welcome Carol Gluck, George Sansom Professor of History, Columbia University, who will discuss "World War II and Global Memory Culture: The Case of the 'Comfort Women'".

Please join us on October 11, 3:30pm, at Walker's Pub and Coffee as we discuss two articles: Nicholas Syrett, "Mobility, Circulation, and Correspondence: Queer White Men in the Midcentury Midwest" (2014), and Zeb Tortorici, "Sex in the Archives: Desire in the Fales Library and Special Collections" (2019). GRS group meetings are open to all graduate students, regardless of department affiliation. If you have any questions or need access to the readings, please contact Christian Choe (christianchoe@uga.edu).

The History of Capitalism Reading Group will have its first meeting of the semester, 4:00 PM at Walker's Coffee and Pub, walking distance from UGA's North Campus. The event is open to graduate students in any department. We will be reading two articles, Niall G. MacKenzie, Jillian Gordon, and Martin J. Gannon, "A Spirit of Generosity: Philanthropy in the Scotch Whisky Industry" (2019), and Louis Galambos and Franco Amatori, "The Entrepreneurial Multiplier Effect" (2016).

Dr. Carmichael will be hosting a lunch workshop in LeConte 320 on "Making the Invisible Visible and Allowing Silences to Speak in Civil War Era History." Discussion will focus on how, both as historians and writers, we deal with lacunae in our sources to assure a fuller and more accurate understanding of the past. Some (very light) reading will be assigned.

For graduate students in history. Lunch will be provided. An RSVP is required - a limited number of seats are available.

You're invited to a day of reflection, remembrance, and understanding at the Fort Garland Museum and Cultural Center to view the new exhibit, Unsilenced: Indigenous Enslavement in Southern Colorado, and participate in activities throughout the day. 

Students are invited: build upon your reading, writing, and editing skills while helping students get published! Scan the QR code on the flyer image to apply. Open to all majors.

If you have any questions, email Alyza.

Faculty and graduate students from any department are invited to join us to discuss the paper “Safer than Bread: Cannabis Eradication and the Agricultural Politics of Drug Diplomacy” with its author, April Merleaux, Visiting Assistant Professor of Environmental Studies at Williams College.

The draft paper and Zoom link will be distributed to the Dirty History listserv two weeks in advance. Those not on the listserv who are interested in attending can contact Scott Nelson for a copy of the paper: srnelson@uga.edu.

The History and Gender Workshop presents a virtual speaker series on Gender and Race in Europe. Please join us for this event featuring Dr. Kira Thurman. 5:00 - 6:30 PM. Thurman will talk about her new book, Singing Like Germans: Black Musicians in the Land of Bach, Beethoven and Brahms, (Cornell University Press, 2021).

Pre-registration is required.

The History and Gender Workshop presents a virtual speaker series on Gender and Race in Europe. Please join us for this event featuring Dr. Robin Mitchell, with a talk entitled "Vénus Noire". 5:00 - 6:30 PM. Pre-registration is required.

A limited number of books by the author and historian will be given at no charge to history graduate students who register for this event.

Register here