Accepted Graduate Student Virtual Open House For our accepted graduated students in history. This one-day event will allow our new admits to meet our faculty, graduate students, and other accepted applicants and to become acquainted with the opportunities available in Athens. A Zoom invite and further details and times will be forthcoming via email to newly admitted students. Read more about Accepted Graduate Student Virtual Open House
Bonds of War: How Civil War Financial Agents Sold the War on the Union Join us as alum David K. Thomson (Ph.D. '16) discusses his research and new book, Bonds of War: How Civil War Financial Agents Sold the World on the Union (University of North Carolina Press, April, 2022). Read more about Bonds of War: How Civil War Financial Agents Sold the War on the Union
Recent media mentions and accolades from the history department Congratulations to Dr. Jennifer Palmer, who was awarded a National Endowment for the Humanities grant for her project: "Race, Gender, and Property Ownership in the Eighteenth-Century French Atlantic World." Read more about Recent media mentions and accolades from the history department
Join us for our Black History Month Special Events In celebration of Black History Month, we are presenting a number of special events. These events are free and open to the public. Advance registration is required for some of the events. Please see the history department upcoming event calendar for more details and registration information, at https://history.uga.edu/events/all. Read more about Join us for our Black History Month Special Events
A Georgian in Greece: Exploring the Life of John Wesley Gilbert (1863-1923) Join us via Zoom for this special presentation. Professor John W. I. Lee of UC Santa Barbara will discuss his new book, The First Black Archaeologist: A Life of John Wesley Gilbert (Oxford University Press 2022), with a particular focus on Gilbert’s community, educational, and scholarly connections in Georgia. Read more about A Georgian in Greece: Exploring the Life of John Wesley Gilbert (1863-1923)
Made Visible: Collecting and Curating Black Artists at the Georgia Museum of Art Join us for a talk with Dr. Shawnya Harris, Larry D. and Brenda A. Thompson Curator of African American and African Diasporic Art of the Georgia Museum of Art. Read more about Made Visible: Collecting and Curating Black Artists at the Georgia Museum of Art
The Linnentown Project, with Hattie Whitehead Featuring Hattie Whitehead, Co-Chair of the Linnentown Project, with guest Bobby Crook. Read more about The Linnentown Project, with Hattie Whitehead
Saunt named Regents’ Professor Article excerpt from Franklin.uga.edu by Alan Flurry Read more about Saunt named Regents’ Professor
The Deportation Express: A History of America through Forced Removal Please join Dr. Ethan Blue as he presents his new book The Deportation Express: A History of America through Forced Removal (University of California Press, 2021). The Deportation Express: A History of America through Forced Removal is a history of the United States' systematic expulsion of "undesirable" immigrants, told through the lives of the passengers who traveled from around the world, only to be locked up and forced out aboard America's first deportation trains. Read more about The Deportation Express: A History of America through Forced Removal
2021 Outstanding Academic Title... A Miscarriage of Justice: Women’s Reproductive Lives and the Law in Early Twentieth-Century Brazil Congratulations to Dr. Cassia Roth, whose book A Miscarriage of Justice: Women’s Reproductive Lives and the Law in Early Twentieth-Century Brazil (Stanford University Press, 2020), has been named a 2021 Outstanding Academic Title by Choice Reviews, Association of College and Research Libraries (ACRL), American Library Association (ALA). Read more about 2021 Outstanding Academic Title... A Miscarriage of Justice: Women’s Reproductive Lives and the Law in Early Twentieth-Century Brazil
