History Honor Society accepting New Membership Applications, 8:30am-1pm Stop by our table in the hall of LeConte, 2nd floor from 8:30am-1:00pm. We are accepting new memberships applications and fees. (Applications are not accepted without the fee).Epsilon Pi is UGA's chapter of Phi Alpha Theta Inc., the National History Honor Society. ALL majors are welcome! Stop by to find out about eligibility requirements, and upcoming events, or check them out online at https://phialphatheta.org/membership-requirements/. Read more about History Honor Society accepting New Membership Applications, 8:30am-1pm
The 85th Annual Meeting of the Southern Historical Association, Nov 7 - 10th, 2019 The Southern 2019 | November 7-10, 2019 | Louisville, Kentucky The 85th Annual Meeting of the Southern Historical Association will be held at the Galt House Hotel, November 7-10, 2019. Please note that this year’s meeting runs from Thursday through Sunday. Read more about The 85th Annual Meeting of the Southern Historical Association, Nov 7 - 10th, 2019
History Grad Student Seminar with Dr. Tiya Miles History Graduate student seminar with the Gregory Distinguished lecturer, Dr. Tiya Miles. RSVP list is now full. Coffee and donuts .Contact: Dr. Berry. Read more about History Grad Student Seminar with Dr. Tiya Miles
Guest Lecture: Teaching Latinx Atlanta History Iliana (Yami) Rodriquez is a doctoral candidate in American Studies at Yale University. Her interdisciplinary research focuses on Latinx history, migration, culture, and labor within the southern United States. This academic year she is a predoctoral fellow at Emory's James Weldon Johnson Institute for the Study of Race and Difference, where she is completing her dissertation, "Constructing Mexican Atlanta, 1980-2016." Read more about Guest Lecture: Teaching Latinx Atlanta History
Save the Date: 10th Annual Gregory Distinguished Lecture (time TBA) The 10th annual Gregory Lecture, delivered by Peter Carmichael, Director of the Civil War Institute at Gettysburg College, will be October 22, 2020 and will kickoff the "Historicizing the Self: Emotions and Cognition in U.S. History" conference. This is a free and public event. Lecture topic and details to be announced. Read more about Save the Date: 10th Annual Gregory Distinguished Lecture (time TBA)
Public History/ Museum Studies Table at the Miller Learning Center Today, 10AM - 2PM! Do you have class TR at 12:30, and can’t make our Public History Internship in Dc Info session at 12:30 Oct 22? Stop by our table at the MLC today, 10am-2pm. We are right across from Jittery Joe’s. Read more about Public History/ Museum Studies Table at the Miller Learning Center Today, 10AM - 2PM!
Phi Alpha Theta Presents: How to Study Abroad for Free! Elizabeth Goggin, Vice-President of UGA's chapter of Phi Alpha Theta, Inc. the National History Honor Society, will present a talk on Funding your Study Away program for UGA students. Elizabeth has studied abroad with the support of various national and campus-wide awards and scholarships, and has great tips for other students who wish to do the same. All majors are welcome! Pizza will be served. Read more about Phi Alpha Theta Presents: How to Study Abroad for Free!
UGA at Oxford: Brexit Panel This year UGA at Oxford celebrates the many UGA faculty who have taught in Oxford and made the program possible all these years. In the spirit of such academic and cross-cultural collaboration, we are gathering our forces to debate how and why: Read more about UGA at Oxford: Brexit Panel
As It Lies: A Natural History of Untruth Guest lecture featuring Henry M. Cowles, sponsored by the Departments of History and Philosophy and the Scott and Heather Kleiner Lecture Series in Philosophy Fund. Read more about As It Lies: A Natural History of Untruth
Historical Profiles of Incarceration On Thursday and Friday, October 3-4, over a dozen scholars from the United States, Canada, and Europe will meet in the University of Georgia’s DigiLab (Main Library, 3rd floor) to discuss the technical, archival, and historical dimensions of a proposed database and website of American prison records. Inspired in part by the relatively recent American phenomenon of “mass incarceration,” in part by the successful creation in the United Kingdom of The Digital Panopticon (www.digitalpanopticon.o Read more about Historical Profiles of Incarceration