Gender, Race, and Sexuality Reading Group This will be the first virtual meeting for 2020-21 of the Gender, Race, and Sexuality Reading Group. Topics and discussion will vary based on collaborative input from history graduate students. Check back for updates and future events! Please contact Ally Velez or Valerie McLaurin for an invitation link. Read more about Gender, Race, and Sexuality Reading Group
Fall 2020 classes begin; Drop/Add Aug. 20 – 26 Fall 2020 classes begin. Drop/Add August 20 - 26. Read more about Fall 2020 classes begin; Drop/Add Aug. 20 – 26
Dirty History Seminar for Faculty and Graduate Students Faculty and graduate students from any department are invited to join us on Friday, September 18 at 3:30 PM to discuss the paper “Two Coffee Colonies: Environment, Slavery, and Anti-Slavery in Suriname and St. Domingue, 1750-1790” with its author, Rafael Marquese, Professor in the Department of History at the Universidade de São Paulo. Read more about Dirty History Seminar for Faculty and Graduate Students
History of Capitalism Reading Group This will be the first meeting for 2020-21 of the History of Capitalism Reading Group. The readings will be precirculated based on interest to graduate students in the department who would like to attend the Zoom call. Readings will vary temporally and geographically, and will include new works from UGA scholars, first books, historiographical articles and/or works of theoretical significance to what has become a vibrant field of historical inquiry. Updates coming soon. Email rsb87526@uga.edu for an invitation link. Read more about History of Capitalism Reading Group
"In Plenty and in Time of Need": with Dr. Lia Bascomb Dr. Lia Bascomb, Associate Professor in the Department of African American Studies, Georgia State University, will discuss her book In Plenty and in Time of Need: Popular Culture and the Remapping of Barbadian Identity (Rutgers U Press, 2019). Read more about "In Plenty and in Time of Need": with Dr. Lia Bascomb
Lunchtime Time Machine: What Did It Take To Be a Cold War Spy? This installment of the Department of History's undergraduate lecture series welcomes Dr. Joseph Kellner to our history faculty. Joey Kellner teaches Russian and Soviet history, and was previously a lecturer in Russian and global history at the University of California, Berkeley. Free admission, free lunch! (Box lunches will be distributed at the end of the talk) Space is limited, and this event is full. Reservations are no longer being accepted. Please wear a face covering. Read more about Lunchtime Time Machine: What Did It Take To Be a Cold War Spy?
Lunchtime Time Machine: How Did the Nazis Subvert Democracy and Seize Power? This installment of the Department of History's undergraduate lecture series features Dr. John Morrow. Military historian, professor, and author Dr. John H. Morrow, Jr. is the 13th recipient of the Pritzker Military Museum & Library Literature Award for Lifetime Achievement in Military Writing. Free admission, free lunch! (Box lunches will be distributed at the end of the talk) Space is limited, and this event is full. Reservations are no longer being accepted. Read more about Lunchtime Time Machine: How Did the Nazis Subvert Democracy and Seize Power?
Lunchtime Time Machine: Why Was the Leader of the Confederacy So Often Depicted as a Mule? This installment of the Department of History's undergraduate lecture series features Dr. Akela Reason, Associate Professor and Director of the Museum Studies Certificate program. Dr. Reason will discuss Winslow Homer’s last major painting of the Civil War, Rainy Day in Camp, and the depiction of the leader of the Confederacy as a mule. Free admission, free pizza! Read more about Lunchtime Time Machine: Why Was the Leader of the Confederacy So Often Depicted as a Mule?
The Corbin Expulsion of 1919, with PhD student Matt O'Neal The Corbin Expulsion of 1919, posted from Read more about The Corbin Expulsion of 1919, with PhD student Matt O'Neal
