Instructional Break - No Classes From: All Faculty, Staff and Students <ARCHNEWS@LISTSERV.UGA.EDU> On Behalf Of Archnews Sent: Thursday, October 29, 2020 1:27 PM To: ARCHNEWS@LISTSERV.UGA.EDU Subject: Revisions to the Spring 2021 Academic Calendar Read more about Instructional Break - No Classes
Instructional Break - No Classes The Engagement, Leadership, and Service department and UHC Health Promotion present Take a Break! These days are full of events to offer you relaxation and fun over instructional break days. Reservations are required for some events. Learn more at: http://bit.ly/UGAbreak ................................. Read more about Instructional Break - No Classes
Trivia Hour with the Department of History The Department of History is hosting a trivia hour exclusively for our history majors and grad students. Come for the competition and the faculty quizmasters, stay for the prizes and team names with bad puns. Winners will receive a $25 gift card of their choice to the campus bookstore or Jittery Joe's, plus a tote bag. Runners-up will also receive tote bags! (Historians love books and therefore love tote bags.) Register to play here. Read more about Trivia Hour with the Department of History
Teaching the Atlantic World: A Virtual Roundtable Different scholars will share their approach on how to teach others about the cultural relationship between the Iberian Peninsula, Africa, and the Americas in the early modern period. Read more about Teaching the Atlantic World: A Virtual Roundtable
Call for Papers: Capitalist Souths Graduate Student Conference Call for Papers University of Georgia May 21-22, 2021 The University of Georgia Department of History and the Andrew W. Mellon Foundation is pleased to announce its second Capitalist Souths interdisciplinary graduate student conference to be held May 21-22, 2021. Because of the ongoing pandemic, it will be held virtually. This conference is part of the Willson Center for Humanities and Arts Global Georgia Initiative. Read more about Call for Papers: Capitalist Souths Graduate Student Conference
Call for Papers, Presentations, and Performances - History of Slavery at the University of Georgia Symposium on Recognition, Reconciliation, and Redress Symposium on Recognition, Reconciliation, and Redress April 30 and May 1, 2021 Hybrid Online Format Read more about Call for Papers, Presentations, and Performances - History of Slavery at the University of Georgia Symposium on Recognition, Reconciliation, and Redress
Scientists and Pigs: A Conversation with Henry Cowles and Jamie Kreiner Join Henry Cowles (University of Michigan) and Jamie Kreiner (University of Georgia) for a conversation about scientists, pigs, and history writing, featuring their books The Scientific Method: An Evolution of Thinking from Darwin to Dewey and Legions of Pigs in the Early Medieval West. To sign up for the virtual event, visit the event page over at Avid Bookshop's site. Read more about Scientists and Pigs: A Conversation with Henry Cowles and Jamie Kreiner
"Presumed Criminal: Black Youth and the Justice System in Postwar New York" with Dr. Carl Suddler Dr. Carl Suddler, Assistant Professor of History, Emory University, will appear on Zoom at 12:45 PM to discuss his book, Presumed Criminal: Black Youth and the Justice System in Postwar New York (New York University Press, 2019). A short presentation will be followed by a question-and-answer session. Participants will receive a free copy of Dr. Suddler's book in advance of the talk. Registered attendees may pick up copies Monday through Friday before 3PM at LeConte Hall, rooms 220 (Main Office) or 211. Read more about "Presumed Criminal: Black Youth and the Justice System in Postwar New York" with Dr. Carl Suddler
Join us! Book club discussion with Dr. Carole Emberton Carole Emberton, associate professor of history at SUNY Buffalo, will participate in a discussion and Q&A on her 2013 book Beyond Redemption: Race, Violence, and the American South after the Civil War. Free copies of the book will be available to participants. For a copy, please email Cilla Cartwright at cilla71@uga.edu. Read more about Join us! Book club discussion with Dr. Carole Emberton
