Join us for a film screening of the film Glory, and a discussion afterwards led by Professor Holly Pinheiro. Glory is the story of the first black regiment to fight for the North in the Civil War, starring Matthew Broderick, Denzel Washington, Cary Elwes and Morgan Freeman. With Denzel Washington in an Oscar®-winning performance (1989, Best Supporting Actor), as the runaway slave who embodies the spirit of the 54th Regiment of Massachusetts.

This event is free and open to the public. Please note the time change to 1:30PM.

Louis Nelson (University of Virginia) will meet with students to discuss Educated in Tyranny: Slavery at Thomas Jefferson's University (UVA Press, 2019), the volume he co-edited with Maurie McInnis (University of Texas). We have twenty copies of the book to give away free to students who are interested in participating. Please email history@uga.edu to RSVP and to obtain a free copy of the book.

Pizza will be provided!

In celebration of Black History Month, the Department of History is presenting a number of noted speakers and activities for our students, faculty, and the local community during the month of February. While our programming typically includes a lot of African American history on a regular basis, we have added additional events in a celebration of culture and history.

A documentary film screening. In 2015, graves were discovered during renovations to the University of Georgia’s Baldwin Hall under and nearby the foundation of the building. The documentary Below Baldwin, directed by Joe Lavine and narrated by Broderick Flanigan, tells the story of the discovery of the graves, and the events that followed.

Refreshments, 6:30 PM.

The Capitalism Reading Group in conjunction with the Gender, Race, and Sexuality reading group will be hosting this event.  We will be reading excerpts from Nan Enstad’s 2018 work Cigarettes, Inc.: An Intimate History of Corporate Imperialism (U Chicago Press).  All newly accepted students are invited to this open house as well as current students and faculty.  Refreshments will be provided and all interested parties will be invited to a happy hour event afterwards downtown.  If anyone would like copy of the excerpts they can reach o

Black History Month is February, and the Department of History is kicking things off with a reading club, featuring Professor Thavolia Glymph's The Women's Fight: The Civil War's Battles for Home, Freedom, and Nation, which has just been published this month.  Glymph is a distinguished historian of African-American history at Duke University.  You can read more about her work here.&

Join us as Thavolia Glymph (Duke University) presents a public lecture entitled “The Civil War: The Beauty and Blood of Cotton Come Home.”

Monday Class Schedule in Effect.

The Looming War With Iran (History of the Present): Professor Kevin Jones discusses the historical background to the recent eruption of violence between Iran and the United States and the prospects for war and peace in the coming days.