Franklin-Liverpool visiting faculty lecture. Dr. Christienna Fryar will be presenting, “Fears of Jim Crow: British Sovereignty, American Expansionism, and the 1907 Kingston Earthquake.”

This is a FREE and public event.

Professor Thomas Whigham is retiring from teaching history at Georgia in December. Dr Whigham has been teaching history for us since 1986. We'll have some refreshments in the hall Thursday Dec. 6 for any students or faculty who want to stop by and wish Dr. Whigham a happy retirement.

Jonathan Sachs is Professor of English at Concordia University in Montreal and Principal Investigator of the Montreal-based Interacting with Print Research Group. His work focuses on British literature from 1750-1850, where his research explores the role of literature in constructing historical and temporal experience, including the uses of antiquity, the anticipation of the future, and practices of reading. His research has been supported by multiple awards from the SSHRC (Canada) and by residential fellowships at th

This tour investigates the ways that the namesakes and landmarks at UGA are intertwined with the histories of persons of color, African Americans in particular. It is based on a collaborative research project involving undergrads, grad students, and faculty in the Department of History. The tour will take about 90 minutes, to be followed by a discussion and refreshments by The Plate Sale. Open to the public.

Congratulations to our majors Jacob Euster, Catherine Fain, and Helen Pearson on their newly published articles in The Classic Journal 3.1 – Bioarchaeology Special Issue.

Cindy Hahamovitch, B. Phinizy Spalding Distinguished Professor of History, The University of Georgia was on the radio yesterday at WBUR.org commenting on companies that use foreign guest workers.

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Georgia's local Epsilon Pi chapter of Phi Alpha Theta, Inc., the National History Honor Society is having a general meeting Tuesday Oct. 23. Please join us if you are a current member or are interested in joining the student organization activities!

A panel discussion of the agreement to end the fighting of World War I. Featuring John Morrow, Jr. (Chair); Alex Nordlund (History); Whitney Priest (History); and Adam Parkes (English).

Light refreshments to follow. This is a free, public event.

Sponsored by the History Department and the Transnational European Studies Program.

The Franklin College of Arts and Sciences is planning to host its first ever College-based study away fair. Join us to find out about the many Study Abroad and U.S. based programs such as UGA at Oxford, the Summer Public History Internship program, UGA at Cortona, and many more!

12-3 PM

Cassia Roth has a new article recently published at the Art Newspaper.com. Roth was recently at Brazil’s Museu Nacional in Rio de Janeiro in July for archival research and writes of the museum fire's impact and what the loss means to our historical record.