The History Department and the Institute for African American Studies are hosting a talk and retirement reception in honor of Dr. Chana Kai Lee.  Dr. Pamela N. Walker from the University of Vermont will graciously join us to talk about the impact of Dr. Lee's scholarship at UGA. 

We hope that you will be able to join us in celebrating Chana’s career and legacy at UGA.

Catering will be provided by Rashe's Cuisine.

RSVP to Ashae.Burgess@uga.edu

   Jareema Hylton, Emory University, English

      "Renaissance Rivalry and Race: John Fletcher's England and Spain in the early Caribbean"

   Elizabeth Wright, UGA, Romance Languages,

Joseph Kellner, assistant professor of history at the University of Georgia, will give a gallery talk in the exhibition “The Awe of Ordinary Labors: 20th-Century Paintings from Ukraine.” Dr. Kellner’s research focuses on Russian and Soviet history. His talk will expand on the exhibition through the lens of early-Soviet state-building and the origins of Soviet Ukraine.

Presented by the Georgia Museum of Art's Faculty Perspectives.

 Join us downtown March 1 for a book release event and signing with UGA alum Dr. Andrew Fialka. Hope Never to See It: A Graphic History of Guerrilla Violence during the American Civil War (March 2025, UGA Press) by Andrew Fialka is a graphic history that brings to life two emblematic scenes of Civil War violence.  Illustrated by Anderson Carman.

The university community is invited to join us for a history talk by a guest speaker.

We are putting the spotlight on Professor Cindy Hahamovitch and a number of graduate students (Bryant Barnes, Cole Wicker, Ariana Persico) in history who have been involved in the Athens Historical Society's Athens Film Project. The four short films bring to life the stories of Athens’ industrial roots, its fight for emancipation, and the early struggles of Indigenous people and Black students in our community.

On Thursday, Feb. 13, Michael Thurmond will discuss his book James Oglethorpe, Father of Georgia: A Founder’s Journey from Slave Trader to Abolitionist, published by the UGA Press. The book explores Oglethorpe’s relationships with Ayuba Suleiman Diallo and Olaudah Equiano, two of 18th-century England's most influential Black men, and how they influenced his philosophy on the issue of enslavement.