September Institute for African American Studies Lecture Thursday, September 18th, 2014 | 4:00 p.m. to 7:00 p.m. Please join us at 4 PM, Thursday, Sept. 18, 2014 at Richard B. Russell Building Special Collections Libraries Auditorium (room 271), 300 S. Hull Street, as co-authors Dr. John Morrow, Franklin Professor of History at The University of Georgia and Jeffrey T. Sammons, Professor of History at New York University, discuss the storied African American combat unit that grew out of the 15th New York National Guard. As noted by Dr. Morrow, The "Harlem Hellfighters" are the most famous African American fighting unit of World War I and compiled a record unmatched by any other Regiment in the American Expeditionary Forces. HARLEM'S RATTLERS AND THE GREAT WAR:THE UNDAUNTED 369TH REGIMENT AND THE AFRICAN AMERICAN QUEST FOR EQUALITY by Jeffrey Sammons and John Morrow is the definitive study of this famous regiment known to have "never lost a man to capture or a foot of ground." The evening will also include a screening of William Miles's acclaimed documentary "Men of Bronze," in which the Regiment detail their experiences. A book signing and reception will follow. History Graduate program meeting Thursday, September 18th, 2014 | 12:30pm to 1:30pm All graduate students in history are invited to meet with our Graduate Coordinator for program updates and information. Questions on current programming and policies are welcome. Location: Rm. 101, LeConte Hall. Refreshments. Doctoral Dissertation Defense: Christina Davis Tuesday, September 16th, 2014 | 1:00pm to 4:00pm Christina Davis will defend her dissertation entitled, "The Collective Identities of Women Teachers in Black Schools in the Post-Bellum South" in the Conference Room, LeConte Hall. The major professor is Dr. Ron Butchart. Members of the university community are invited to attend. Please contact the graduate program at history@uga.edu if you wish to attend, to ensure adequate seating. UGA Geography Colloquium presents: Turn to the Working Class Friday, September 5th, 2014 | 3:15pm The Geography Colloquium presents, "Turn to the Working Class: Radical Intellectuals and the U.S. Labor Movement in the 1970s," by Kerry Taylor, an associate professor in the Department of History at The Citadel. Location: Geography and Geology Building, Rm. 200C. Contact: Deepak Mishra 706-542-2856 History Graduate Student Travel Meeting Thursday, September 4th, 2014 | 12:30pm to 1:30pm The History Graduate Travel Committee will hold an information session for grad students in history on the policies and procedures of applying for departmental research and conference funding. Location: Rm. 101 LeConte Hall. Labor Day Holiday Monday, September 1st, 2014 No classes. August Fall semester classes begin Friday, August 22nd, 2014 Last day of Drop/Add for undergraduate level courses (1000 – 5999) and graduate level courses (6000-9999). Click here for more information History Dept. New Student Breakfast Meeting Monday, August 18th, 2014 | 8:00am to 9:15am Attendance is required for new graduate students in history. LeConte Hall, Rm. 201. Teaching & Lab Assistant Orientation Thursday, August 14th, 2014 | 8:00am to 12:30pm Annual fall orientation required for new teaching and laboratory assistants with instructional duties during the 2014-2015 academic year. Location: Zell B. Miller Learning Center, Room 101 and 102. The Center for Teaching and Learning sponsors the 2014-2015 TA Orientation for all new graduate teaching and laboratory assistants with instructional duties during the 2014-2015 academic year. All new GTAs and GLAs are required to attend the orientation in partial fulfillment of University TA Policy. Sponsored by: Center for Teaching and Learning (CTL) Contact: Paul S. Quick Coordinator of TA Development and Recognition 706-542-0534 Graduate School Orientation & Information Fair Wednesday, August 13th, 2014 | 9:00am to 11:30am Attendance is required for new graduate students. Location: Classic Center, Grand Hall. Contact Chelsey in the Graduate School, ccw85@uga.edu or 706-425-2952, for additional information Summer 2014 Commencement Friday, August 1st, 2014 | 9:30am This is a combined undergraduate and graduate ceremony. Speaker: Francis "Abit" Massey, a 1949 graduate of UGA and president emeritus of the Georgia Poultry Federation. Tickets are not required. July Session II Final Exams Thursday, July 31st, 2014 Thru session final exams Wednesday, July 30th, 2014 to Thursday, July 31st, 2014 Click here for more information Georgia Museum of Art Family Day: Picturing America Saturday, July 19th, 2014 | 10:00am to 12:00p.m. Learn about the history of the United States from colonial times to the mid-20th century by looking at works of art in Picturing America: Signature Works from the Westmoreland Museum of American Art and participating in interactive gallery stations. Then head down to the Michael and Mary Erlanger Studio Classroom to create your own work of art inspired by the exhibition. Family Day programs are sponsored by Heyward Allen Motor Co., Inc., Heyward Allen Toyota, YellowBook USA and the Friends of the Georgia Museum of Art. Click here for more information Doctoral. Dissertation Defense: Daleah Goodwin Monday, July 14th, 2014 | 3:00pm to 6:00pm Daleah Goodwin will defend his dissertation entitled, "'A Torch in the Valley': The Life and Work of Miss Hallie Quinn Brown" in the Conference Room, LeConte Hall. The major professor is Dr. Diane Batts Morrow. Members of the university community are invited to attend. Please contact the graduate program at history@uga.edu if you wish to attend, to ensure adequate seating. Independence Day holiday Friday, July 4th, 2014 No classes. UGA offices closed. Session II classes begin July 3 Thursday, July 3rd, 2014 to Tuesday, July 8th, 2014 Session II Drop/Add is July 3-8. Short Session I Final Exams Wednesday, July 2nd, 2014 Click here for more information June Ulster-American Heritage Symposium Thursday, June 26th, 2014 to Saturday, June 28th, 2014 The 20th Biennial Ulster-American Heritage Symposium will take place June 26-28 in the University of Georgia Richard B. Russell Building Special Collections Libraries. The symposium, titled "Contacts, Contests, and Contributions: Ulster-Americans in War and Society," is sponsored by the T.R.R. Cobb House, the Scotch-Irish Society of the USA, the Georgia Humanities Council, the UGA Department of History, and the Willson Center. Click here for more information Gender Workshop Series: Gender Writing Workshop Monday, June 16th, 2014 to Tuesday, June 17th, 2014 This will be a hands-on workshop for graduate students in history that includes general sessions on writing and editing, as well as work shopping of participants’ work. Space is limited. If you are interested in taking part in this exciting opportunity, or if you would like more information, please contact Jennifer Palmer at palmerjl@uga.edu. Location: Rm. 102 LeConte Hall. Thru term and Session I classes begin Thursday, June 5th, 2014 to Monday, June 9th, 2014 Drop classes through June 6, add through June 9. Maymester Final Exams Wednesday, June 4th, 2014 Click here for more information May Georgia State history professor to give multimedia presentation on Southern songwriter Wednesday, May 28th, 2014 | 4:00pm Glenn T. Eskew, UGA alumni and author of Johnny Mercer, Southern Songwriter for the World, will discuss the popular lyricist in a multimedia presentation in the auditorium of the University of Georgia Richard B. Russell Building Special Collections Libraries. Co-sponsored by the University of Georgia Press and the UGA Libraries. Memorial Day Holiday Monday, May 26th, 2014 No classes. UGA offices closed. Click here for more information Maymester withdrawal deadline Thursday, May 22nd, 2014 Click here for more information Undergraduate Commencement and Awards Reception Friday, May 9th, 2014 | 2:00pm to 3:30pm Spring 2014, Fall 2013 and Summer 2014 graduating History majors and their families are invited to an Open House Graduation Reception the afternoon of May 9 (Commencement day). Location: Zell B. Miller Learning Center, Sidney Samuel Thomas Reading Room (3rd floor, East Wing). Refreshments will be served by campus catering. RSVP required to angela87@uga.edu. Click here for more information Spring 2014 Undergraduate Commencement Friday, May 9th, 2014 | 7:00pm The 2014 Spring Undergraduate Commencement exercise will be held inside Sanford Stadium. Tickets are not required. If you are unable to attend the Undergraduate exercise, watch it live on UGA's streaming link or YouTube site. Click here for more information Spring 2014 Graduate Student Commencement Friday, May 9th, 2014 | 10:00am The 2014 Spring Graduate Student Commencement ceremony will be held in Stegeman Coliseum. Tickets are not required. Click here for more information PhD Oral Comprehensive Examination: Dan Du Tuesday, May 6th, 2014 | 12:00pm to 3:00pm Dan Du will take her oral comprehensive examinations in the Conference Room, LeConte Hall. All members of the university faculty are invited. If you wish to attend please contact the graduate program office at history@uga.edu to ensure adequate seating. April Spring 2014 Final Exams Wednesday, April 30th, 2014 to Tuesday, May 6th, 2014 April 30, May 1,2,5,6. Wed – Fri; Mon, Tues. Click here for more information Reading Day Tuesday, April 29th, 2014 These days have been designated by the University Council to provide time for students to prepare for final examinations. No mandatory assignments are to be scheduled for completion during reading days -- either for course work or extra-curricular or co-curricular activities. Exceptions for good cause can be made to this policy by the Vice President for Instruction. Nothing in this policy limits an instructor from scheduling optional study reviews for students during reading days. Click here for more information History Dept. Dinner and Graduate Student Awards Monday, April 28th, 2014 | 5:00pm to 7:00pm History Department faculty, graduate students, retirees and staff are invited to attend our Annual Awards dinner and ceremony. Location: Demosthenian Hall. Data-Driven Histories: Reinterpreting Nineteenth-Century Data Tuesday, April 22nd, 2014 | 12:30 to 2:00 Guest lecture by Benjamin Schmidt, Assistant Professor of History at Northeastern University and core faculty at the NuLab for Texts, Maps, and Networks. Schmidt's digital humanities research focuses particularly on text mining and massive historical datasets, with work in topic modeling, visualization, and thematic mapping, some of which he presents on his blog Sapping Attention. His work has been published and reported in The Atlantic, The New Republic, and the New York Times. Park Hall, Room 265. "Doing Digital History: A Graduate Student Workshop" with Benjamin Schmidt Monday, April 21st, 2014 | 12:15pm to 1:15pm Graduate students who are interested in attending should contact Jamie Kreiner at jkreiner@uga.edu before April 14. Graduate Student Workshop with Benjamin Schmidt, Assistant Professor of History at Northeastern University and core faculty at the NuLab for Texts, Maps, and Networks. Schmidt's digital humanities research focuses particularly on text mining and massive historical datasets, with work in topic modeling, visualization, and thematic mapping, some of which he presents on his blog Sapping Attention. His work has been published and reported in The Atlantic, The New Republic, and the New York Times. Location: LeConte Hall, Room 102 Food, Place, Power Workshop Friday, April 18th, 2014 | 4pm to 5:30pm The Workshop in the History and Geography of Food, Place, and Power will host Edward D. Melillo, Assistant Professor of History and Environmental Studies, Amherst College. We will discuss his paper, "Making Sea Cucumbers Out of Whales' Teeth: Nantucket Castaways and Encounters of Value in Nineteenth-Century Fiji." Edward Melillo is the author of the forthcoming book Strangers on Familiar Soil: Rediscovering the Chile-California Connection, 1786-2008. This paper chronicles the stories of David Whippy and William Cary, a pair of nineteenth-century Nantucket mariners who spent many years residing in Fiji. These two castaways were involved in the export of edible sea cucumbers from Fiji to China and the importation of whales' teeth to Fiji from various parts of the Pacific. The histories of Whippy, Cary, and the commodities they traded offer potent testimonials about cultural and ecological changes during the nineteenth century. They also illustrate the long-term connections that emerged among Nantucket, Fiji, and the broader ecosystems and cultures of the Pacific Ocean region during the 1800s. Location: Room 320 LeConte Hall Click here for more information "Law in a Liminal Space: Inquisitors and Witches in Navarre, 1609-1611." Lu Ann Homza, Professor of History, College of William and Mary. Thursday, April 17th, 2014 | 3:30pm to 4:30pm Lu Ann Homza is a professor of history and the dean for educational policy at the College of William and Mary, where she has taught since 1992. She holds a Ph.D. from The University of Chicago; her research focuses on the religious and cultural history of Spain between 1500 and 1700. She is the author of Religious Authority in the Spanish Renaissance (Johns Hopkins, 2000), and The Spanish Inquisition, 1478-1614: an anthology of sources. Willson Center for Humanities and Arts, Distinguished Lecturer. Also sponsored by the Departments of History and Romance Languages. Location: Gilbert Hall, Rm. 115. Applying to Graduate School/How to Choose a Graduate School Tuesday, April 15th, 2014 | 12:30pm to 1:30pm Are you a History or Social Studies Education or other major thinking about applying to graduate school? Join us for a presentation by graduate admissions and advising staff and graduate students in history for a presentation on how to choose a graduate school, submit a personal statement, and how to submit the best application possible in your pursuit of graduate studies in history. All majors are welcome! Location: Rm. 101 LeConte Hall. Pizza will be served. Jason Manthorne Memorial Golf Scramble Saturday, April 12th, 2014 | 12:30 PM to 6:00 PM To honor the memory of our friend and colleague, Jason Manthorne, his friends and family are organizing the first annual Jason Manthorne Memorial Golf Scramble. The event will be held on Saturday, April 12, at the Jennings Mill Country Club (1150 Chambers Ct, Bogart, GA 30622). The scramble begins with a memorial toast at 12:30 PM, shotgun start at 1 PM, and concludes with an awards reception at 5 PM. The cost of this event is $65 per player ($260 per team). The entry fee includes 18-holes, cart, lunch, refreshments and awards. Teams of four players are recommended, but individuals players are also cordially invited to register. All proceeds raised from the golf scramble will go toward the Jason Manthorne UGA Memorial Fund. Money from this fund will help underwrite an annual Jason Manthorne Memorial Award. Faculty, staff, students, alumni, and friends are all invited. Please contact Ashton Ellett at ellettag@uga.edu for information regarding the golf scramble. History and Gender Workshop: Dr. Tamar Carroll Lecture, "Transforming the Movement: Working Class Feminism in the 1970s" Thursday, April 10th, 2014 | 12:30 pm to 1:45 pm Tamar Carroll is Assistant Professor of History at Rochester Institute of Technology and her research interests are tied to gender, class, social activism and change in post-WWII New York City. Her book, Grassroots Feminism: Direct Action Organizing and Coalition Building in New York City is under contract with the University of North Carolina Press in their Gender and American History series. *Light Refreshments served after lecture in Rm. 200, the Conference Room. Location: 101 LeConte Hall Sponsored by the History Department and the Willson Center for the Humanities 1st Annual Jason Manthorne Memorial Award Presentation Thursday, April 10th, 2014 | 5:00pm History faculty and graduate students are invited to attend the presentation of the first annual Jason Manthorne Memorial Award to an outstanding graduate student in room 221 LeConte Hall. Light refreshments will be served. Guest Lecturer, Andrea Livesey (University of Liverpool) Wednesday, April 9th, 2014 | 12:15pm to 1:15pm The History Department and Franklin College of Arts & Sciences present a talk by Andrea Livesey, a 2014 recipient of the Franklin College-University of Liverpool Doctoral Student Short-Term International Research Fellowship. Recipients of this award have the opportunity to conduct research and develop an international network of research contacts. Livesey's topic is entitled, "Seamstresses, Housekeepers and 'Concubines': Exploring a Culture of Abuse in the Nineteenth Century South". The university community is invited to attend. Location: Rm. 101, LeConte Hall. Elizabeth Tandy Shermer on Luther Hodges and the Transatlantic Origins of the Nuevo South Wednesday, April 9th, 2014 | 5:00pm to 6:00pm LeConte Hall, Room 221 The Department of History is pleased to host Elizabeth Tandy Shermer, assistant professor at Loyola University Chicago, for a talk titled "'White Moderate' or 'The South's No. 1 Salesman'? Luther Hodges and the Transatlantic Origins of the Nuevo South." North Carolina Governor Luther Hodges is perhaps best remembered as one of the South's "best men," one of the so-called "racial moderates" whom Martin Luther King, Jr. considered more of a "stumbling block to black freedom" than the "White Citizen's Counciler or the Ku Klux Klanner." But when historians consider the long history of Civil Rights legislation and the South's rapid development, it becomes clear that Hodges's real legacy lay in transforming the economic policies and managerial practices that would reshape global capitalism. Hodges, in effect, helped lay the groundwork for the European and American metropoles and the twenty-first century South, which is as much a part of the lucrative knowledge economy, multifaceted service industry, and global neo-liberal manufacturing belt as Southeast Asia, Eastern Europe, and Latin America. Elizabeth Tandy Shermer (Ph.D., University of California at Santa Barbara, 2009; B.A. University of Virginia, 2003) is an assistant professor of history at Loyola University Chicago where she teaches courses in twentieth-century United States history, with an emphasis on in the fields of capitalism, business, labor, political ideas and ideologies, regional development, and urbanization. She previously taught at Claremont McKenna College in California. Guest lecturer, Pablo Bradbury (University of Liverpool) Tuesday, April 8th, 2014 | 12:30pm to 1:30pm The History Department and Franklin College of Arts & Sciences present a talk by Pablo Bradbury, a 2014 recipient of the Franklin College-University of Liverpool Doctoral Student Short-Term International Research Fellowship. Recipients of this award have the opportunity to conduct research and develop an international network of research contacts. Bradbury's talk is entitled, "Revolutionary Christianity in Argentina: Politics, Peronism and Repression, 1966-1983". The university community is invited to attend. Location: Rm. 101, LeConte Hall. Middle East Film Series 2014: "The Battle of Algiers" Monday, April 7th, 2014 | 6:00pm The History Dept. Middle East Film Series presents The Battle of Algiers in Rm. 221 LeConte Hall. Members of the university community are invited to attend. History Graduate Student Speaker Series Thursday, April 3rd, 2014 | 12:30pm to 1:30pm "Mock" Job Talk, by Trae Welborn: Trae's work, Drinkin’, Fightin’, Prayin’: The Southern White Male in the Civil War Era, unmasks the personal, emotional, and moral dimensions of antebellum white southern manhood as it lurched toward its self-destructive apotheosis. Come hear Trae give a job talk in Rm. 320. Lunch provided. History graduate students RSVP to kbrack@uga.edu. March Tiago Saraiva on Genocidal Sheep Monday, March 31st, 2014 | 2:30pm to 4:00pm The Transnational European Studies program and the Workshop in History and Geography of Food, Place, and Power are pleased to host Tiago Saraiva, assistant professor at Drexel University, who will present a talk titled "Genocidal Sheep: Frontier Settlement and Animal Breeding in the Empires of Hitler, Mussolini, and Salazar." The ability of Karakul sheep to thrive under harsh environmental conditions and their high value in the fur market made it a perfect companion species for imperial expansion. During the 1910s, karakul farms became the cornerstone of German violent colonization of Southwest Africa (today Namibia), a successful settlement experience to be reproduced three decades later in the Nazi occupation of Eastern Europe. This paper connects Germany’s colonial empire in Africa with Hitler’s empire by following the trajectories of Karakul sheep. Centering the narrative on the animal breeders practices at the University of Halle that made karakul into technoscientific things able to circulate between different geographical settings, it unveils unexpected fascist connections. The white settlement projects of the Italians in Libya and Ethiopia, and of the Portuguese in Southwest Angola, also counted with karakul sheep to materialize fascist imperial dreams. The paper thus follows the transnational circulation of karakul through three different fascist regimes illuminating their role in frontier settlement. It weaves together laboratory production of pure forms of life, the development of artificial insemination, and the history of the frontier. It contends that exploring forms of life production contributes to a better understanding of the general historical dynamics of the violent expansion of fascist regimes. The talk will be held in Room 101 LeConte Hall. Contact Shane Hamilton for details. Food, Place, Power Workshop Monday, March 31st, 2014 | 10am to 11:30am The Workshop in History and Geography of Food, Place, and Power will host Drexel University historian Tiago Saraiva. Tiago Saraiva's work deals with the historical connections between science, food, and landscapes. Saraiva is currently researching the orange's role in globalizing California in the first half of the twentieth century. Mixing approaches from history of technology, history of science, and environmental history, Saraiva delves into the practices of scientists in producing a standardized landscape by tracing the trajectory of scientific objects from the laboratory into the field. Saraiva follows the transnational circulation of Californian oranges and scientists into the Mediterranean (Israel, Spain, and Algeria) as well as into the "New Mediterranean" areas of South Africa and Australia. Saraiva explores what comes attached to Californian technoscientific oranges such as cooperative modes of production, racial relations, and urbanization patterns. Tiago's paper, "Cloning California: Oranges, Genetics, and the Mediterranean," will precirculate on the Workshop's webpage. LeConte 320 Click here for more information History Lecture: ""Preparing a Flourishing Empire": France, Indigenous America, and the Atlantic World to 1600" Thursday, March 27th, 2014 | 4:00pm Brett Rushforth teaches courses on the history of early America, American Indians, and comparative race and slavery at the College of William & Mary, where he is an Associate Professor. His research focuses on cultural, diplomatic, and commercial relationships between Europeans and the Native peoples of the Atlantic world. His first book, co-edited with his colleague Paul Mapp, is Colonial North America and the Atlantic World: A History in Documents (Pearson/Prentice-Hall, 2008). His second book, Bonds of Alliance: Indigenous and Atlantic Slaveries in New France, explores the enslavement of American Indians by French colonists and their Native allies in the seventeenth and eighteenth centuries. It was published by the Omohundro Institute of Early American History and Culture in 2012. He is now at work, with Christopher Hodson, on a general history of the early modern French Atlantic. Under contract with Basic Books, its working title is Discovering Empire: France and the Atlantic World from the Age of Columbus to the Rise of Napoleon. Location: Sanford Hall, Rm. 309. Cosponsored by History Department and the Institute of Native American Studies History Graduate Student Association Spring Book Sale Wednesday, March 26th, 2014 to Thursday, March 27th, 2014 | 9:00am to 4:00pm An array of fiction and non-fiction used and new books will be for sale. Proceeds support the HGSA. Sale will be held outside LeConte Hall (rain cancels). History and Gender Workshop--Dr. Husseina Dinani Paper Workshop Thursday, March 20th, 2014 | 12:30 pm to 1:30 pm Africanist Dr. Husseina Dinani will share some of her in-progress research. Paper title is: "'At first I liked them, but then I didn't. So I just left them.' Marriage, Kinship Networks, and Wage Labor in post-World War II Lindi, Tanganyika." This paper workshop will meet in LeConte 320 to discuss Dr. Dinani's paper. Light lunch and refreshments will be served. Spring Break Monday, March 10th, 2014 to Friday, March 14th, 2014 No classes; offices open. Click here for more information History and Gender Workshop--PDW Thursday, March 6th, 2014 | 12:30 pm to 1:30 pm "Integrating Gender into Upper-Level History Classes" This workshop will feature several history faculty and will meet in LeConte 320 at 12:30 pm. Light lunch/refreshments will be served. Storytellers & Scholars: Life in the Atomic Age Wednesday, March 5th, 2014 | 7:00pm to 9:00pm Inspired by the storytelling format of the popular radio show This American Life and co-sponsored by the Georgia Museum of Art, the Russell Library will host an event showcasing selected scholars, community members, and archival footage. The chosen theme: Life in the Atomic Age. Featured scholars will include Shane Hamilton (Department of History), Janice Simon (Department of Art History), Mark Reinberger (College of Environment and Design), and Callie Holmes (Oral History and Media Archivist, Russell Library). Light refreshments will be served during the event. Location: Large Event Space (Room 285) Richard B. Russell Building Special Collections Libraries Click here for more information PhD Oral Comprehensive Examinations: David Thomson Tuesday, March 4th, 2014 David Thomson will take his oral examinations in the Conference Room, LeConte Hall. All members of the university faculty are invited. If you wish to attend please contact the graduate program office at history@uga.edu to ensure adequate seating. February History lecture: Pamela Scully, Emory U Friday, February 28th, 2014 | 2:00pm Dr. Pamela Scully, of Emory University, will present a lecture entitled: "Gender History, Sexual Violence, and Truth Commissions: South Africa and Liberia." It will be held in the Miller Learning Center, room 348. Sponsored by the Willson Center, the Department of History and the History & Gender Workshop, and African Studies. Roundtable on ‘12 Years a Slave’ Friday, February 21st, 2014 | 4:00pm A roundtable panel on director Steve McQueen's "12 Years a Slave" in Room 148 of the Miller Learning Center will bring together University of Georgia faculty members to discuss the Academy Award-nominated 2013 film. The event is the latest in an ongoing series of Cinema Roundtables sponsored by the UGA Jane and Harry Willson Center for Humanities and Arts. The panel of faculty members is Valerie Babb, professor of English and director of the Institute for African American Studies; John Inscoe, Albert B. Saye Professor of History and University Professor; Rielle Navitski, assistant professor of theatre and film studies; and Freda Scott Giles, associate professor of theatre and film studies. Richard Neupert, Wheatley Professor of the Arts, will moderate the discussion.The film will be screened at the UGA Tate Center Theatre Feb. 21-23 as part of the University Union Cinematic Arts division's spring semester film series. Women's Studies Friday Speaker Series Lecture Friday, February 21st, 2014 | 12:20pm "'An Account of These Women': Hallie Quinn Brown and the Institutionalization of Black Women's History," Daleah Goodwin, history and women's studies. Zell B. Miller Learning Center, Room 213. Sponsored by: Institute for Women’s Studies Contact:Terri Hatfield, Program Coordinator 706-542-0066. Guest Lecture: Paul Pressly - Colonial Georgia and the British Atlantic World Thursday, February 20th, 2014 | 4:00pm to 5:30pm Dr. Paul Pressly will discuss how colonial Georgia, an economic backwater, made its way into the burgeoning Caribbean and Atlantic economies. Lecture based on his new book, On the Rim of the Caribbean: Colonial Georgia and the British Atlantic World (University of Georgia Press, 2013)Location: UGA Chapel.Free and open to the public.This event is part of the Willson Center’s Global Georgia Initiative, which brings world-class thinkers to Georgia. Click here for more information Panel Discussion: Nuclear Anxiety and Civil Defense in Popular Culture Thursday, February 20th, 2014 | 5:30pm to 7:00pm This event will feature a panel discussion focused on the cultural impact of the atomic bomb addressing how films, fashion, and comics of the time period were inspired and shaped by both the technology and anxiety of the nuclear age. Featured speakers will include: Kirk Willis, (Department of History); Christopher Pizzino(Department of English); José Blanco F. (Historic Clothing and Textiles Collection, College of Family and Consumer Sciences); and Christopher Sieving, (Department of Theatre & Film Studies). Light refreshments will be served. Location: Auditorium (Room 271) Richard B. Russell Building Special Collections Libraries. Click here for more information PhD Oral Comprehensive Exams: Alisha Cromwell Wednesday, February 19th, 2014 | 2:30pm to 5:30pm Alisha Cromwell will take her oral examinations in the Conference Room, LeConte Hall. All members of the university faculty are invited. If you wish to attend please contact the graduate program office at history@uga.edu to ensure adequate seating. Food, Place, Power Workshop Monday, February 17th, 2014 | 10am to 11:30am The Workshop in History and Geography of Food, Place, and Power will discuss a paper by Brian Williams, graduate student in Geography, titled "The Productivist Agricultural State and the Politics of Hunger." Location: LeConte 320. Click here for more information History and Gender Workshop--Integrating Gender into Upper Level History Classes Thursday, February 13th, 2014 | 12:30 pm to 1:30 pm The History and Gender Workshop will hold a Professional Development Workshop for graduate students on Thursday, February 13 from 12:30-1:30. The theme of this workshop is "Integrating Gender into Upper Level History Classes." Panel members include Jennifer Palmer and Husseina Dinani. A light lunch and refreshments will be served. LeConte Hall, Rm. 320. Corporate Personality Revisited -- TO BE RESCHEDULED Wednesday, February 12th, 2014 | 12:30 p.m. to 2:00pm [THIS EVENT WILL BE RESCHEDULED.] Jonathan Levy (Princeton University) presents new research on the history of for-profit and non-profit corporations in the late nineteenth and twentieth centuries. His first book, Freaks of Fortune: The Emerging World of Capitalism and Risk in America (Harvard UP, 2012), has been widely reviewed in the popular press and in academic journals, and has been awarded the Frederick Jackson Turner Award, the Ellis W. Hawley Prize, and the Avery O. Craven Award. Rm. 101 LeConte Hall. Global Georgia Initiative Lecture: Pete McCommons Thursday, February 6th, 2014 | 4:00pm Introduction by James C. Cobb, B. Phinizy Spalding Distinguished Professor in the History of the American South. Pete McCommons is editor and publisher of "Flagpole" magazine and has been involved in weekly journalism in Athens for most of the last 40 years, beginning as co-founder of "The Athens Observer." His lecture is titled, "The Stuff of Journalism: Death, Kudzu, and the Unexamined Life." This event is part of the Willson Center’s Global Georgia Initiative, which brings world class thinkers to Georgia. It presents global problems in local context by addressing pressing contemporary questions, including the economy, society and the environment, with a focus on how the arts and humanities can intervene. Global Georgia combines the best contemporary thinking and practice in the arts and humanities with related advances in the sciences and other areas. Location: UGA Chapel. Click here for more information January Food, Place, Power Workshop Monday, January 27th, 2014 | 10am to 11:30am Alisha Cromwell of the UGA History Department will workshop her paper, "To Market, To Market: Enslaved Women and Islamic Marketing Practices in the Antebellum South." Her paper examines the antebellum period, when African and African American women integrated West African trading techniques into southern marketplaces. Market behaviors that specifically imitated those of the Muslim Hausa dominated local food commerce. Between 1803 and 1808, South Carolina and Georgia imported over 40,000 Africans from the Bight of Biafra, many of whom were female war captives of the "jihads" occurring in Hausaland. In 1804, Shehu Usman dan Fodio had initiated the Sokoto "jihad" against the Hausa in what is now Northern Nigeria. He waged war, in part, to reduce Hausa women's unlimited freedom in local markets, which contradicted his interpretation of a woman's public place under shari'a law. Unlike their Fulani neighbors, Hausa women had bought, sold, and controlled agricultural surpluses from the rural areas to the city markets for generations. The rise of the Sokoto Caliphate pushed the Hausa out of the markets and into strict purdah; women who did not abide by the new laws were sold to slave traders. In the United States South, antebellum newspapers frequently described enslaved women colluding on prices and organizing trade networks outside the plantation, practices that paralleled Hausa commercial behaviors. Like their West African counterparts, enslaved women in South Carolina and Georgia created economic relationships between different groups of enslaved people and were responsible for the flow of surplus foods to the cities. In the process, they created a distinctive commercial system that intertwined African and European foodways into something uniquely southern. Room 320, LeConte Hall Click here for more information Women’s Studies Friday Speaker Series Lecture Friday, January 24th, 2014 | 12:20pm "Men's Journeys and Women's Contracts: How Colonial Practices Shape Women's Roles in France," Jennifer Palmer, history. Zell B. Miller Learning Center, Room 213. Sponsored by: Institute for Women’s Studies Contact:Terri Hatfield, Program Coordinator 706-542-0066. Logbook: Cuban Historical Studies since the 1990s / Cuaderno de bitácora: el caso de los estudios históricos cubanos desde los años noventa hasta hoy Thursday, January 23rd, 2014 | 12:30pm to 1:45pm A talk by Dr. Ricardo Quiza Moreno. Dr. Ricardo Quiza Moreno teaches at the University of Havana, where he is affiliated with the Casa de Altos Estudios “Fernando Ortiz.” He is the author of Imaginarios al ruedo, winner of the Best Book Prize of the Cuban Academy of Sciences (2011). This event is sponsored by the President’s Venture Fund and the Department of History with support from the Latin American and Caribbean Studies Institute. Rm. 101, LeConte Hall. For details, contact rroman@uga.edu. The talk will be presented in Spanish. Friday, January 17th, 2014 December Christmas Holidays Wednesday, December 25th, 2013 to Tuesday, December 31st, 2013 UGA office are closed. UGA Commencement Fall 2013 Friday, December 13th, 2013 Click here for more information History Dept. Final Graduate Admissions Deadline Friday, December 13th, 2013 to 12:00p.m. This date is the final date for the receipt of ALL required admission and application materials. See the History Dept. web site for more information. Click here for more information Food, Place, Power Workshop Friday, December 6th, 2013 | 10am to 11:30am Timothy Johnson, Ph.d. candidate in our department, will present his paper, "The TVA and the End of Conservation: Rethinking the Muscle Shoals Controversy." Tim's dissertation examines how America became a nation fed and fueled by chemical fertilizers. Before the Civil War, American farmers relied on fresh soil and animal manure to feed their plants. Yet by the 1950s, Americans were enmeshed in a vast, energy-intensive system built by the fertilizer industry, state actors, and farmers. Farmers in the post-Civil War American South were the unlikely shock troops of this new fertilizer-fueled regime, but their tenuous position in the emerging global economy of nutrients created geopolitical challenges for the American state during the World Wars. Flawed assumptions about the connection between the manufacture of explosives and fertilizer led the federal government to go into the business of fertilizer research and development. This intrinsic scientific connection between the projects of arming and farming ultimately proved to be a boon to the burgeoning fertilizer industry, which kicked into gear after World War II. Geography Room 147 Attendees are expected to read the paper beforehand, which is available for download at the workshop's website. Click here for more information Fall 2013 Final Exams Thursday, December 5th, 2013 to Wednesday, December 11th, 2013 Click here for more information Fall Reading Day Wednesday, December 4th, 2013 Friday class schedule Tuesday, December 3rd, 2013 For the Fall Semester 2013, the University will operate a Friday class schedule on Tuesday, Dec. 3. This is done to equalize the class minutes between MWF and TTH classes and to provide an equal number of class meetings for courses which may meet only once per week. Click here for more information M.A. Thesis Defense: Long Di Monday, December 2nd, 2013 | 12:30pm Long Di will defend her Master's thesis entitled, "Divorce in New York from the 1850s to the 1920s" in the Conference Room, LeConte Hall. The major professor is Dr. Allan Kulikoff. Members of the university community are invited to attend. Please contact the graduate program at history@uga.edu if you wish to attend, to ensure adequate seating. November Holidays: Thanksgiving Monday, November 25th, 2013 to Friday, November 29th, 2013 UGA office are closed Thursday and Friday Nov. 28-29. Click here for more information M.A. Thesis Defense: Christopher Marsh Friday, November 22nd, 2013 | 2:30pm Christopher Marsh will defend his Master's thesis entitled, "Andrew Gennett, the Weeks Act of 1911, and the Development of National Forests in Appalachian Georgia" in the Conference Room, LeConte Hall. The major professor is Dr. John Inscoe. Members of the university community are invited to attend. Please contact the graduate program at history@uga.edu if you wish to attend, to ensure adequate seating. HGSA Student Speaker Series Thursday, November 21st, 2013 | 12:30 to 1:30 A HGSA workshop for graduate students, featuring a paper by James Owen. Room 320 LeConte Hall. History Graduate program meeting and lunch Wednesday, November 20th, 2013 | 12:15pm to 1:15pm For History graduate students. Meet with the Graduate Coordinator and also next year's new Graduate Coordinator Dr. Roman. Pizza and refreshments will be provided. PhD Comprehensive Oral Exams: Angela Elder Monday, November 18th, 2013 | 9:00am Angela Elder will undergo her oral comprehensive exams in the Conference Room, LeConte Hall. The major professor is Dr. Jim Cobb. Members of the university community are invited to attend. Please contact the graduate program at history@uga.edu if you wish to attend, to ensure adequate seating. Film Screening: "Glory" Friday, November 15th, 2013 | 7:00pm As part of a four-day film festival, the University of Georgia Press will be screening "Glory" (1989), followed by a question-and-answer session led by the History Department's Matthew Hulbert. The movie is based in part on Robert Gould Shaw's letters, which were later collected as "Blue-Eyed Child of Fortune: The Civil War Letters of Robert Gould Shaw," published by the University of Georgia Press. The event is part of the Spotlight on the Arts festival, the UGA Press 75th anniversary and University Press Week. Richard B. Russell Building Special Collections Libraries, Auditorium. Click here for more information Guest Lecture: Kate Cooper Friday, November 15th, 2013 | 6:30pm Kate Cooper, professor of ancient history at the University of Manchester will give a lecture entitled "The Women of Early Christian Africa" in conjunction with the release of her new book "Band of Angels: The Forgotten World of Early Christian Women." Zell B. Miller Learning Center, Room 101. Sponsored by the Department of Classics. Memorial sevices: Jason Manthorne Thursday, November 14th, 2013 | 1:00pm The history department is sad to report the death of UGA alumni and History instructor Jason Manthorne. Jason earned his B.A., MA., and Ph.D. degrees in history at the University of Georgia. Funeral services will be held this Thursday at 1 PM at Bridges Funeral Home in Athens. Visitation is available from 11:00am-1:00pm. "Constructing a Manly Nation through Nature: Hunting, Fishing, and the Wilderness Idea in North America and the Nordic Countries" by Dr. Mikko Saikku Tuesday, November 12th, 2013 | 5pm to 6:30pm Location: Special Collections Library, Room 285 Dr. Mikko Saikku, University of Helsinki, is an environmental historian with a keen interest in conservation biology, endangered species, and wilderness. He is the author of This Delta, This Land: An Environmental History of the Yazoo-Mississippi Floodplain (University of Georgia Press 2005) and co-editor of Encountering the Past in Nature (Ohio University Press 2001). His current project, under contract with the McGill-Queens University Press, is tentatively titled "Constructing a Manly Nation through Nature: Hunting, Fishing, and the Wilderness Idea in North America and the Nordic Countries." It juxtaposes late-nineteenth and early-twentieth-century North American and Nordic ideas about nature, landscape, and masculinity. The forthcoming monograph attempts to shed light on notions of nationalism and manliness--some shared, some distinct between the two regions, emphasizing the role of recreational hunting and fishing in the creation of national cultures. This transnational project pays special attention to the concepts of wilderness and discusses the formation of an idealized manhood in peripheries of North America and the Nordic countries. The relationship between socioeconomic class and access to wilderness resources, and the roles and motivations of recreational hunters and fishers in the evolving national conservation movements are particularly important.This seminar is co-sponsored by the EECP, the History Department, the Gender and History Workshop, the Willson Center for Humanities and Arts, and the University of Georgia Press, with the cooperation of the Special Collections Library. It is part of the UGA Spotlight on the Arts Festival. Click here for more information Graduate Student "Meet and Greet" with Dr. Mikko Saikku Tuesday, November 12th, 2013 | TBA The History and Gender Workshop is pleased to host a Graduate Student "Meet and Greet" with Dr. Mikko Saikku (Department of History, University of Helsinki). Saikku is an environmental historian of the American South whose current research intersects with gender. Refreshments will be served. Ph.D. Comprehensive Oral Exam: Roberto Arguedas Monday, November 11th, 2013 | 10:00am to 1:00pm Roberto Arguedas will undergo his oral comprehensive exams in the Conference Room, LeConte Hall. The major professor is Dr. Thomas Whigham. Members of the university community are invited to attend. Please contact the graduate program at history@uga.edu if you wish to attend, to ensure adequate seating. Fall Break 2013 Friday, November 1st, 2013 No classes. October Food, Place, Power Workshop Friday, October 25th, 2013 | 10:00am to 11:30am Geography Building, Room 147 Hilda Kurtz, Associate Professor of Geography, University of Georgia, will present her paper "Scaling Biopolitics: Enacting Food Sovereignty in Maine." Dr. Kurtz researches alternative food networks and agri-food systems, environmental justice, the politics of scale, and community food security. Attendees are expected to read the paper beforehand, which is available for download at the workshop's website. Click here for more information History Graduate student seminar: Prof. Edward Ayers Friday, October 25th, 2013 | 9:00am to 10:00am University of Richmond President Edward L. Ayers will conduct an informal seminar with interested graduate students in history in Draper Conference Room 268 of the new Special Collections Library. (Doughnuts and coffee will be served.) Space is limited, so please let RSVP to history@uga.edu if you would like to attend. Gregory Distinguished Lecture: "What Was Gettysburg, Anyway?" By Edward L. Ayers Thursday, October 24th, 2013 | 3:30pm to 5pm University of Richmond president Edward L. Ayers will present the 2013 Gregory Distinguished Lecture. An historian of the American South and president and professor of history at the University of Richmond, Ayers is an expert in Civil War era history and a pioneer in digital approaches to historical pedagogy and scholarship. His books include "Promise of the New South" (1992), a Pulitzer and National Book Award finalist; and "In the Presence of Mine Enemies" (2004), winner of the Bancroft Prize. Location: University of Georgia Chapel. Free and open to the public. Lecture: "It's Still a Man's World: Gendering Freedom in the Civil War Era" Wednesday, October 23rd, 2013 | 1:30 pm to 3:30pm Dr. Carole Emberton, Assistant Professor of History at the University at Buffalo, will give her lecture at the Miller Learning Center, Room 350. Presented by the History and Gender Workshop with support from the Department of History and the Willson Center. Click here for more information Student Speaker Series Thursday, October 17th, 2013 | 12:30 to 1:30 "Reassessing Guerrillas: A Spatiotemporal Analysis of Missouri's Civil War" History graduate students, join us to see digital history in action! Andrew Fialka will present a paper written based on a digital mapping program he used to reframe evidence concerning Missouri's guerrilla conflict during the American Civil War. Were guerrillas simply violent savages who attacked combatants and civilians without rhyme or reason? Or, were guerrilla actions carefully organized and more methodical that most historians are apt to admit? Andrew's mapping efforts place guerrilla actions in their geographic and chronological contexts to illustrate recognizable patterns of guerrilla violence. Plus, don't forget about free lunch! LeConte Hall, 320 History Dept. Veteran's Lunch Wednesday, October 16th, 2013 | 12:00 om Prof. Nash Boney will again host an informal Dutch treat luncheon for veterans at Ryan’s. Anyone in LeConte faculty and graduate student ranks who has served on act duty in the American armed forces is welcome. Spouse, friend etc. included. (This started years ago only in LeConte when most professors were veterans from the draft days that ended long ago.) Professional Development Workshop Tuesday, October 15th, 2013 | 12:30 to 1:30 LeConte Hall 320 Technology: Friend or Foe? Join us for a panel discussion led by our department's technological legends: Dr. Saunt, Dr. Hamilton, and Dr. Berry. In this professional development workshop, we will discuss digital history and technology both in the classroom and in our profession. How might we include technology in our assignments for students in an engaging, purposeful way? Should technology play a role in our lectures? What exactly is ehistory.org and how is our department involved? Why should we care about digital history? How is it impacting the profession (and the job market)? Come with your questions and your appetites! Pizza will be served! Click here for more information Phi Alpha Theta Meeting Thursday, October 3rd, 2013 | 5:00pm Epsilon Pi, UGA's chapter of the National History Honor Society, will hold a meeting on in Rm. 101, LeConte Hall for new members to submit required dues. If you are interested in joining, please come to the meeting for information, and to discuss plans for the year. History Graduate Student Association Book Sale Wednesday, October 2nd, 2013 to Thursday, October 3rd, 2013 | 9:00am to 3:00pm The History Graduate Student Association will be hosting a book sale on the grounds of LeConte Hall Tuesday and Wednesday. All genres, fiction and non-fiction. New and slightly used books will be offered at very low prices. All proceeds benefit the HGSA. Rain cancels. September Middle Eastern Film Series: "A Struggle on the Nile" Monday, September 30th, 2013 | 6:00pm The History Department presents the next film in the Middle Eastern Film Series: "A Struggle on the Nile." Rm. 221 LeConte Hall. Food, Place, Power Workshop Friday, September 27th, 2013 | 10am to 11:30am "Lowcountry Visions: Foodways, Race, and the Politics of Myth" Levi Van Sant's paper examines the cultural politics of Lowcountry cuisine - a set of culinary practices and ingredients generally associated with coastal Georgia and South Carolina. Through a close reading of several regional cookbooks, Levi argues that the history of Lowcountry cuisine is indelibly marked by regional white supremacy. At the same time, Levi explores the possibility that regional food myths could be used to facilitate a more just society in the future. GEOG Room 147 Click here for more information History and Biomedical Lecture Friday, September 13th, 2013 | 1:00pm to 3:00pm Professor Elizabeth Fenn will discuss the the great smallpox epidemic of 1775-82 that coursed across the North American continent during the years of the American Revolution. Paul D. Coverdell Center for Biomedical and Health Sciences, 500 D.W. Brooks Drive. Arabic Table Wednesday, September 11th, 2013 | 4:00 Students of Arabic from all levels are invited to discuss political, social, cultural, and religious issues. LeConte Hall, Room 322. TLC Television: "Who Do You Think You Are?" Tuesday, September 10th, 2013 | 9:00pm History instructor Joshua Haynes will be featured on the TLC television series "Who Do You Think You Are?" Haynes appears as an expert historian to speak about the eighteenth-century Georgia ancestors of a current, still-secret celebrity. To find out the identity of the celebrity and to see UGA's finest in action, tune in on Tuesday. Holiday: Labor Day Monday, September 2nd, 2013 UGA offices are closed. No classes. Click here for more information August Willson Center Faculty Research Cluster Launch Reception Thursday, August 29th, 2013 | 4:00pm A reception to launch and officially recognize the six initial Willson Center Faculty Research Clusters. Location: Richard B. Russell Building Special Collections Libraries, 300 South Hull Street. Click here for more information Georgia Historical Society Presents Two Book Awards Thursday, August 29th, 2013 | 11:00am The Georgia Historical Society will be presenting awards to two UGA Press books. The Malcolm Bell, Jr., and Muriel Barrow Bell Award will go to Drew Swanson's (Ph.D. History, U Georgia, 2010) "Remaking Wormslow Plantation" and the Lilla M. Hawes Award will be awarded to Ren and Helen Davis' "Atlanta's Oakland Cemetery." Each author will give a brief presentation and answer questions. A light reception will follow the ceremony. Ren and Helen Davis will be there in person while Swanson will be joining the presentation virtually. The event is being co-sponsored by the Georgia Historical Society, UGA's College of Environment and Design and UGA Press. Location: Jackson St. Building, Conference Rm. Meeting for New Graduate Students in History Monday, August 12th, 2013 | 9:00a.m. to 10:00a.m. Attendance is required for all new students in the Master's and Doctoral programs in history. Breakfast refreshments will be served. Room 200, the Conference Room, LeConte Hall. Fall 2013 classes begin Monday, August 12th, 2013 to Friday, August 16th, 2013 Drop/Add for undergraduate level courses (1000–5999) and graduate level courses (6000–9999) is August 12-16 (Mon.-Fri.) Click here for more information Teaching & Lab Assistant Orientation Thursday, August 8th, 2013 | 8:45a.m. to 12:30p.m. Attendance is required for all new teaching assistants. Miller Learning Center, Rm. 101. Click here for more information Graduate School Orientation and Information Fair Wednesday, August 7th, 2013 | 9:00a.m. to 11:30a.m. Attendance is required for all new graduate students in history. Downtown Athens Classic Center, Grand Hall. Graduate Student Association Welcome Wednesday, August 7th, 2013 | 11:30a.m. to 2:00p.m. Bus tour and welcome lunch. UGA Summer Commencement Monday, August 5th, 2013 Click here for more information Summer session II Final Exams Thursday, August 1st, 2013 July Summer Thru session Final Exams Wednesday, July 31st, 2013 to Thursday, August 1st, 2013 Click here for more information Summer session II classes end Wednesday, July 31st, 2013 Summer Thru session classes end Tuesday, July 30th, 2013 International Student Orientation Monday, July 29th, 2013 to Friday, August 2nd, 2013 Doctoral Dissertation Defense: Kyle Osborn Friday, July 19th, 2013 | 10:00am to 1:00pm Kyle Osborn will defend his dissertation entitled, "Masters of Fate: Efficacy and Emotion in the Civil War South in the Conference Room, LeConte Hall. The major professor is Dr. John Inscoe. Members of the university community are invited to attend. Please contact the graduate program at history@uga.edu if you wish to attend, to ensure adequate seating. Summer session II Midterm and Withdrawal deadline Thursday, July 18th, 2013 Click here for more information Doctoral Dissertation Defense: Jason Manthorne Thursday, July 11th, 2013 | 11:00am to 2:00pm Jason Manthorne will defend his dissertation entitled, "As You Sow: Culture, Agriculture, and the New Deal" in the Conference Room, LeConte Hall. The major professor is Dr. James Cobb. Members of the university community are invited to attend. Please contact the graduate program at history@uga.edu if you wish to attend, to ensure adequate seating. M.A. Thesis Defense: Brice Bongiovanni Tuesday, July 9th, 2013 | 2:00pm to 5:00pm Brice Bongiovanni will defend his Master's thesis entitled, ""Unificar, Enseñar, y Limpiar la Imagen:" Public Representation and Religious Community in Santería from Cuba to Miami" in Room 322, LeConte Hall. The major professor is Dr. Reinaldo Román. Members of the university community are invited to attend. Please contact the graduate program at history@uga.edu if you wish to attend, to ensure adequate seating. Summer session II classes begin Friday, July 5th, 2013 to Tuesday, July 9th, 2013 Drop is July 5-8. Add is July 5-9. Click here for more information Holiday: 4th of July Thursday, July 4th, 2013 UGA offices are closed - no classes. Summer session I Final Exams Wednesday, July 3rd, 2013 Thru session Midterm and withdrawal deadline Tuesday, July 2nd, 2013 Summer session I classes end Tuesday, July 2nd, 2013 Click here for more information June M.A. Thesis Defense: Hilary Phillips Friday, June 28th, 2013 | 9:30am to 12:30pm Hilary Phillips will defend her Master's thesis entitled, "Doctors, Reformers, and a Demon Disease: The Impact of Cholera Epidemics on Nineteenth-Century British Society" in the Conference Room, LeConte Hall. The major professor is Dr. Benjamin Ehlers. Members of the university community are invited to attend. Please contact the graduate program at history@uga.edu if you wish to attend, to ensure adequate seating. Doctoral Dissertation Defense: Joshua Haynes Monday, June 24th, 2013 | 2:30pm to 5:30pm Joshua Haynes will defend his dissertation entitled, "Patrolling the Border: Theft and Violence on the Creek-Georgia Frontier, 1770-1796" in the Conference Room, LeConte Hall. The major professor is Dr. Claudio Saunt. Members of the university community are invited to attend. Please contact the graduate program at history@uga.edu if you wish to attend, to ensure adequate seating. Summer session I Midterm and Withdrawal deadline Wednesday, June 19th, 2013 Summer Thru session classes begin Thursday, June 6th, 2013 to Tuesday, June 11th, 2013 Thru session Drop/Add is June 6-10. Thru session Add is June 6-11. Click here for more information Summer session I classes begin Thursday, June 6th, 2013 to Monday, June 10th, 2013 Drop is June 6-7. Add is June 6-10. May session Final Exams Wednesday, June 5th, 2013 May Holiday: Memorial Day Monday, May 27th, 2013 UGA offices are closed. No classes. Click here for more information May session midterm and withdrawal deadline Thursday, May 23rd, 2013 Click here for more information Summer 2013 May session classes begin Tuesday, May 14th, 2013 to Wednesday, May 15th, 2013 May session classes begin Drop/Add is May 14-15. Click here for more information UGA Spring 2013 Commencement Friday, May 10th, 2013 The 2013 Spring undergraduate commencement exercise will be held on Friday, May 10, 2013 at 7 p.m. inside Sanford Stadium. The graduate ceremony will be held earlier that day at 10 a.m. in Stegeman Coliseum. Tickets are not required for either ceremony. If you are unable to attend the Spring undergraduate ceremony at Sanford Stadium, watch it live on UGA's streaming link. Click here for more information Undergraduate Reception for Graduating History Majors Friday, May 10th, 2013 | 2:00pm to 3:30pm Save the Date! Spring 2013 (also Fall 2012 and Summer 2013) Graduating History majors and their families are invited to an Open House Graduation Reception on the LeConte Hall grounds the afternoon of May 10 (Commencement day). In the event of rain the reception will be in LeConte Hall,1st floor. Refreshments will be served. Graduating history seniors should RSVP for themselves and their families to ellettag@uga.edu. Spring 2013 Final Exams Wednesday, May 1st, 2013 to Monday, May 6th, 2013 Click here for more information Doctoral Dissertation Defense: Michael Howell Wednesday, May 1st, 2013 | 2:00pm to 5:00pm Michael Howell will defend his dissertation entitled, "In the Service of State and Agriculture: The Agricultural Association in Bavaria and the Unintended Consequences of State Action, 1871-1895" in the Conference Room, LeConte Hall. The major professor is John H. Morrow, Jr. Members of the university community are invited to attend. Please contact the graduate program at history@uga.edu if you wish to attend, to ensure adequate seating. April M.A. Thesis Defense: Leisha Meade Tuesday, April 30th, 2013 | 10:00am Leisha Meade will defend her Master's thesis entitled, "Land Renewal Plus People Renewal: Urban Renewal, Adult Businesses, and Public Health in Nashville" in the Conference Room, LeConte Hall. The major professor is Dr. Bethany Moreton. Members of the university community are invited to attend. Please contact the graduate program at history@uga.edu if you wish to attend, to ensure adequate seating. History Department Annual Awards dinner and ceremony Monday, April 29th, 2013 | 5:00pm to 7:00pm History Department faculty, graduate students, retirees and staff are invited to attend our Annual Awards diner and ceremony. Location: Demosthenian Hall. M.A. Thesis Defense: Catherine Ariail Monday, April 29th, 2013 | 1:00pm to 4:00pm Catherine Ariail will defend her Master's thesis entitled, "The Women's Distance Running Industry and the Paradox of Women's Sports: Class, Consumption, Identity, and the Subordination of Women in American Sports Culture" in the Faculty Lounge, LeConte Hall. The major professor is Dr. Bethany Moreton. Members of the university community are invited to attend. Please contact the graduate program at history@uga.edu if you wish to attend, to ensure adequate seating. Ph.D. Comprehensive Oral Exam: Dillon Carroll Monday, April 29th, 2013 | 9:00am Dillon Carroll will undergo his oral comprehensive exams in the Conference Room, LeConte Hall. The major professor is Stephen Berry. Members of the university community are invited to attend. Please contact the graduate program at history@uga.edu if you wish to attend, to ensure adequate seating. Achy Obejas: Poetry Reading and Lecture Monday, April 22nd, 2013 | 11:00am Achy Obejas is the author of the critically acclaimed novels Ruins, Days of Awe and three other books of fiction. Her poetry chapbook, This is What Happened in Our Other Life, was both a critical favorite and a best-seller. She edited and translated, into English, Havana Noir, a collection of crime stories by Cuban writers on and off the island. Her translation, into Spanish, of Junot Díaz’ The Brief Wondrous Life of Oscar Wao / La Breve y Maravillosa Vida de Óscar Wao was a finalist for Spain’s Esther Benítez Translation Prize from the national translators’ association. Location: University of Georgia Chapel, North Campus. Sponsored by the Willson Center, the Department of Romance Languages, the Department of History, and the Latin American & Caribbean Studies Institute, with support from the Franklin College Office of Inclusion & Diversity Leadership. Click here for more information The Civil War & the Transformation of American Higher Education Monday, April 22nd, 2013 | 4:30pm A lecture by Michael David Cohen, University of Tennessee. The Civil War transformed American life well beyond the battlefield. Cohen will discuss its impact on the nation’s colleges. During the war, they struggled to remain open as students left to join the armies and as governments commandeered some college buildings. Afterward, especially in the South, they expanded their curricula and admitted new types of students—including some former slaves—in an effort to serve the postbellum nation. The Civil War thus gave rise, in several ways, to our modern system of higher education. Miller Learning Center, room 213. History and Gender Workshop PDW Tuesday, April 16th, 2013 | 12:30pm to 1:30pm The History and Gender Workshop will be hosting a special professional development workshop on "How to Integrate Gender into History Survey Classes." LeConte Hall, Rm.320. Click here for more information Undergraduate History course POM date Wednesday, April 10th, 2013 Registration Note: For the first couple of weeks of each term's registration, all upper division history courses are available to History Major Juniors and Seniors (those who have completed 60 or more hours, and declared the History Major with the Franklin College of Arts and Sciences). All other undergraduate students may also register for any Fall 2013 upper division history course once the POM is removed today. History Graduate Student Meet and Greet with Visiting Lecturer Michael Hughes Tuesday, April 9th, 2013 | 12:30pm History graduate students are invited to a pizza lunch and meet with visiting Professor Michael Hughes from the University of Liverpool.Dr. Hughes will chat with us about the job market, graduate school in England, and the potential for a Graduate Student Exchange program. Rm. 101 LeConte Hall. Visiting Lecturer: Michael Hughes, University of Liverpool Monday, April 8th, 2013 | 4:00pm "Every Picture Tells Some Stories: British Travelers and Images of Russia on the Eve of Revolution," Michael Hughes, University of Liverpool. Location: Rm. 101 LeConte Hall PhD Comprehensive Oral Exam: Kevin Krause Wednesday, April 3rd, 2013 | 2:00pm Kevin Krause will undergo his oral comprehensive exams in Rm. 102 LeConte Hall. The major professor is Stephen Berry. Members of the university community are invited to attend. Please contact the graduate program at history@uga.edu if you wish to attend, to ensure adequate seating Ph.D. Comprehensive Oral Exam: Matthew Hulbert Wednesday, April 3rd, 2013 | 10:30am to 1:30am Matthew Hulbert will undergo his oral comprehensive exams in the Conference Room, LeConte Hall. The major professor is John Inscoe. Members of the university community are invited to attend. Please contact the graduate program at history@uga.edu if you wish to attend, to ensure adequate seating Workshop: How to Apply to Graduate Programs in History Wednesday, April 3rd, 2013 | 3:30pm to 5:00pm Students of all majors are invited to attend this information session on applying to graduate programs in history. Topics covered will be how to choose a graduate school, admission requirements and deadlines, and supplementary admission materials. Our graduate coordinator, admissions staff, and current graduate students will present information and answer frequently asked questions. Open to all majors. Refreshments will be provided. Location: Rm. 101 LeConte Hall. History and Gender Workshop Tuesday, April 2nd, 2013 | 12:30pm to 1:30pm We will be workshopping a paper by Georgia Tech history professor, Madina Goldberg. "Gayaz Iskhaky's Zoleiha, from Romanticism to Identity Politics: Restructuring the Past on the Tatar Stage in Late Imperial and Post-Soviet Russia" is part of a greater book project on the Muslim Kazan Tatar identity. Location: LeConte 320. For information, contact ljdavis@uga.edu. March Graduate Student Professional Development Workshop Tuesday, March 26th, 2013 | 12:30 to 1:30 Assistant Professor Jamie Kreiner will lead a Professional Development Workshop on the job market and job search. Doctoral Dissertation Defense: Stephen Huggins Friday, March 22nd, 2013 | 1:00pm to 4:00pm Stephen Huggins will defend his dissertation entitled, "The Mask of Grotius: The United States' use of Terror and Civilian Violence as Policy, from its Colonial Origins to World War II" in the Conference Room, LeConte Hall. The major professor is John H. Morrow, Jr. Members of the university community are invited to attend. Please contact the graduate program at history@uga.edu if you wish to attend, to ensure adequate seating. Veteran's luncheon at Ryans Wednesday, March 6th, 2013 | 12:00pm An informal, Dutch treat luncheon for veterans at Ryan’s - across the street from Wal-mart on Epps Bridge Road - on Wednesday. Any graduate student or faculty member in LeConte Hall who has served on active duty in American armed forces are welcome along with spouse or date. No formal agenda beyond fellowship and brief introductions all around. Please RSVP, if you can. Nash Boney,706-542-7895, nboney@uga.edu. Coffee hour with guest lecturer Tara Zahra Friday, March 1st, 2013 | 11:00am to 12:30pm The History and Gender Workshop hosts guest speaker Tara Zahra prior to her afternoon lecture in the MLC. History dept. faculty and graduate students are invited to Rm. 201 the Conference Rm. to meet Dr. Zahra. History and Gender Workshop Guest Lecture Friday, March 1st, 2013 | 2:30pm Tara Zahra will be giving a lecture entitled "Compelling Family Reasons": Gender, Human Rights, and Refugee Relief after World War II. Location: MLC 150. Free and open to the public. Light reception to follow. Contact: ljdavis@uga.edu for more information February Cortona Program information session and coffee hour Thursday, February 28th, 2013 to Tuesday, November 30th, 1999 | 3:30 p.m. to 5:00 p.m. Interested students are welcome to stop by the English Department Library (Park Hall 261) for coffee and cookies and to learn about opportunities to study abroad in Cortona. Registration for the Fall 2013 semester is coming up: courses in English, History, Art History, and the Visual Arts will be offered. Please contact Steve Soper (ssoper@uga.edu) and Susan Rosenbaum (srosenb@uga.edu) for further information. Flush Times and Fever Dreams: A Story of Capitalism and Slavery in the Age of Jackson Wednesday, February 27th, 2013 | 4:30 to 5:30 Lecture and Booksigning by Joshua Rothman, University of Alabama, Miller Learning Center 213 UGA Cinema Roundtable: Django Unchained Friday, February 22nd, 2013 | 4:00pm A panel discussion on Quentin Tarantino's controversial 2012 film Django Unchained will take place in room 248 of the University of Georgia's Miller Learning Center. The panel members, made up of Franklin College faculty, are Giles; Valerie Babb, professor of English and director of the Institute for African American Studies; John Morrow, head of the department of history; and Christopher Sieving, assistant professor of theatre and film studies. Richard Neupert, Wheatley Professor of the Arts and Josiah Meigs Distinguished Teaching Professor of Theatre and Film, will moderate the discussion. Click here for more information Willson Center lecture: Jennifer Palmer Thursday, February 21st, 2013 | 4:00pm "An Ocean Between Them: Race, Gender, and the Family in France and its Colonies," Jennifer L. Palmer, assistant professor of history. She is interested in the social and cultural history of eighteenth-century France and its colonies. In eighteenth-century France, the height of the Enlightenment was also the height of the slave trade. The book project, supported by a grant from the Willson Center, demonstrates how slavery and colonialism shaped family and gender roles for both people who journeyed across the ocean and directly participated in the plantation system, and for their compatriots who never set foot outside of France. Location: Jackson St. Bldg., Rm. 123. Part of the Willson Center for Humanities and Arts 2012-2013 Fellows Series. Click here for more information Guest speaker: Andrea Gayoso Thursday, February 14th, 2013 | 3:30pm Andrea Gayoso (Universidad de la Republica, Uruguay)will present, "On Names and the Body, that Elusive Rose." Rm. 102, LeConte Hall. Ari Levine – Read-Write Memory: How to Translate Images of Early Modern Chinese Cityscapes into Texts (and Back Again) Wednesday, February 13th, 2013 | 4:00pm Willson Center for Humanities and Arts Fellows lecture. Ari Daniel Levine is Associate Professor of History. He is a cultural historian of early modern China. Jackson St. Building, Rm. 123. Click here for more information Guest speaker: Andrea Gayoso Wednesday, February 13th, 2013 | 3:30pm Andrea Gayoso (Universidad de la Republica, Uruguay) will present, "Nuns, Jews, and Muslims: Convivencia in Medieval Spain." Rm. 102, LeConte Hall. Academic Majors Fair Tuesday, February 12th, 2013 | 10:00am to 2:00pm Interested in adding History as a major or minor? Join us at the SGA Majors Fair today at the Tate Center Grand Hall, 10am-2pm. This is a great opportunity for your students to find a second major or minor, explore study abroad opportunities, or meet with a career counselor. It will also be a blue card event and we will be raffling off four early registrations to students that attend. Guest speaker: Andrea Gayoso Tuesday, February 12th, 2013 | 3:30pm Andrea Gayoso (Universidad de la Republica, Uruguay) will present, "On Nuns and Notaries: Feminine Identity in 13th - Century Burgos." Rm. 102, LeConte Hall. Northeast Georgia National History Day Competition Saturday, February 9th, 2013 | 8:00am to 1:00pm Middle- and high-school students from 32 Georgia counties present their original historical research at the University of Georgia Center for Cont Ed. The 2013 theme is "Turning Points in History: People, Events, Ideas." Click here for more information Guest speaker: Juan Manuel Casal Friday, February 8th, 2013 | 3:30pm to 4:45pm Juan Manuel Casal (Universidad de Montevideo) will present, "Militarism in Latin America: Cultural Heritage or Foreign Influences?" Rm. 101, LeConte Hall. Job Talk: Middle East Thursday, February 7th, 2013 | 12:30pm to 1:30pm History presentation in Rm. 101 LeConte Hall. All history dept. faculty and graduate students are encouraged to attend. Guest speaker: Juan Mauel Casal Thursday, February 7th, 2013 | 2:00pm Juan Manuel Casal (Universidad de Montevideo) will present, "National Security Regimes in Brazil, Chile, and Argentina, 1964-1990." Rm. 321, LeConte Hall. Job Talk: Middle East Tuesday, February 5th, 2013 | 12:30pm to 1:30pm History presentation in Rm. 101 LeConte Hall. All history dept. faculty and graduate students are encouraged to attend. Guest speaker: Juan Manuel Casal Tuesday, February 5th, 2013 | 2:00pm Juan Manuel Casal (Universidad de Montevideo) will present, "Authoritarian Reform in Argentina and Brazil: Peronismo and Varguismo Compared". Rm. 321, LeConte Hall. January History and Gender Workshop: Jennifer Heuer Thursday, January 31st, 2013 | 12:30pm to 1:30pm The History and Gender Workshop is sponsoring a guest lecture by Professor Jennifer Heuer of the University of Massachusetts, Amherst. Her talk is entitled "From Firebrands to Fretters? Mothers and War from the French Revolution to the Restoration" This event is co-sponsored by the Department of Romance Languages and the History Department. Rm. 101 LeConte Hall. Phi Alpha Theta, Epsilon Pi Induction Wednesday, January 30th, 2013 | 7:00pm Epsilon Pi, UGA's chapter of the National History Honor Society, will hold the annual induction ceremony and meeting in Rm. 101 LeConte Hall, at 7pm. Willson Center’s Global Georgia Initiative series: James C. Cobb Tuesday, January 29th, 2013 | 4pm James C. Cobb will present the first lecture in the Global Georgia Initiative, as part of a new Wilson center series of speakers. Cobb will discuss "De-Mystifying Dixie: Southern History and Culture in Global Perspective" in the UGA Chapel. The B. Phinizy Spalding Distinguished Professor in the History of the American South, Cobb is the author of a number of books, including Away Down South: A History of Southern Identity (Oxford University Press, 2005), Georgia Odyssey: A Short History of the State (UGA Press, 2008) and The South and America Since World War II (Oxford, 2010). Click here for more information Mock Job Talk: Tore Olsson Friday, January 25th, 2013 | 12:30pm to 1:30pm You are invited to a mock job talk in preparation for campus interviews. The talk is titled, "Transnational Agrarian Dialogues: The American South and Mexico, 1900-1950." A Q&A will follow the talk. There will be pizza provided by the HGSA's Student Speaker Series fund. Tore Olsson is the Ambrose Monell Fellow in Technology and Democracy, Miller Center of Public Affairs, 2012-2013 and Ph.D. Candidate, U.S. & Latin American History. Job Talk: Middle East Thursday, January 24th, 2013 | 12:30pm to 1:30pm History presentation in Rm. 101 LeConte Hall. All history dept. faculty and graduate students are encouraged to attend. Graduate Student Professional Development Workshop Tuesday, January 22nd, 2013 | 12:30pm Topic: "Conference Papers and Panel Proposals" presented by Dr. Ari Levine. Rm. 320 LeConte Hall. Ari Levine: Dislocated Memories: Urban Space and Diasporic Nostaligia in Song China Thursday, January 17th, 2013 | 4:00pm Dr. Levine is Associate Professor of History. He is a cultural historian of early modern China. This is a Willson Center for Humanities and Arts Fellows lecture. Jackson St. Building, Rm. 123. 127th Annual Meeting of the American Historical Association Thursday, January 3rd, 2013 to Sunday, January 6th, 2013 The 127th annual meeting of the Association will be held in New Orleans at the New Orleans Marriott and Sheraton New Orleans. Click here for more information December Grades Due Monday, December 17th, 2012 | 5:00pm Click here for more information PhD Oral Comprehensive Examinations: Kevin Young Monday, December 17th, 2012 | 10:00am to 1:00pm Kevin Young will take his oral examinations in the faculty lounge, LeConte Hall. All members of the university faculty are invited. The Major Professor is John Inscoe. If you wish to attend please contact the Graduate Coordinator's office at history@uga.edu to ensure adequate seating. Commencement Friday, December 14th, 2012 Undergraduate Commencement, 9:30a.m. Stegeman Coliseum. Graduate Commencement, 2:30p.m. Stegeman Coliseum. Click here for more information Final Exams Monday, December 10th, 2012 to Wednesday, December 12th, 2012 Click here for more information Final Exams Thursday, December 6th, 2012 to Friday, December 7th, 2012 Click here for more information Reading Day Wednesday, December 5th, 2012 Click here for more information Friday Class Schedule In Effect Tuesday, December 4th, 2012 For the Fall Semester 2012, the University will operate a Friday class schedule on Tuesday, Dec. 4. Click here for more information November M.A. Thesis Defense: Andrew Epstein Friday, November 30th, 2012 | 9:30am Andrew Epstein will defend his thesis entitled, "Unsettled New York: Land, Law and Haudenosaunee Nationalism in the Early Twentieth Century." The defense will be held in the Conference Room, LeConte Hall. Members of the university community are invited to attend. If you wish to attend please contact the Graduate Coordinator's office at history@uga.edu to ensure adequate seating. PhD Oral Comprehensive Examinations: Leah Richier Wednesday, November 28th, 2012 | 9:30am to 12:30pm Leah Richier will take her oral examinations in the Conference Room, LeConte Hall. All members of the university faculty are invited. The Major Professor is Stephen Berry. If you wish to attend please contact the Graduate Coordinator's office at history@uga.edu to ensure adequate seating. M.A. Thesis Defense: Kainien C. Morel Monday, November 26th, 2012 | 12:00pm Kainien Morel will defend his thesis entitled, "Overthrowing Tashkent: The Demise of the Soviet-American Consensus Over the Asian Subcontinent Following the Second Kashmir War." The defense will be held in the Conference Room, LeConte Hall. Members of the university community are invited to attend. If you wish to attend please contact the Major Professor John H. Morrow Jr. jmorrow@uga.edu to ensure adequate seating. Holidays: Thanksgiving Monday, November 19th, 2012 to Friday, November 23rd, 2012 Click here for more information History and Gender Workshop Tuesday, November 13th, 2012 | 12:30pm to 1:30pm The workshop will discuss "I Railly Thought Ol' Miss wuz an Angel": Post-bellum Convergence Histories by Ex-Slaveholding Women and Former Bondspeople in the Religious Milieu, by Katherine Rohrer. LeConte Hall Rm. 320. For information, contact ljdavis@uga.edu. PhD Dissertation Defense: Hayden Smith Tuesday, November 13th, 2012 | 2:00pm to 5:00pm Hayden Smith will defend his dissertation entitled, "Rich Swamps and Rice Grounds: The Specialization of Inland Rice Culture in the South Carolina Lowcountry, 1670-1861." The Major Professor is Dr. Paul Sutter. The defense will be held in the Conference Room, LeConte Hall. Members of the university community are invited to attend. If you wish to attend please contact the Graduate Program at historyy@uga.edu to ensure adequate seating. Phi Alpha Theta Epsilon Pi History Honor Society Movie Night Wednesday, November 7th, 2012 | 6:00pm For Phi Alpha Theta members - History discussion and a movie at 6pm in LeConte 101. Dinner will be provided for Phi Alpha Theta members! Please email Brad at bradburz@uga.edu if you have any questions. Dr. Drake will be showing a movie on the Cane Toad, and lecturing on the unintended consequences of the human introduction of foreign species to an environment. We are really excited about this opportunity and we hope that all of our members come out to enjoy this awesome lecture with us! Also, that date, November 7th, will be the deadline to get new member dues to a member of the Exec Board, the Treasurer or President treasurer. If you wish to be inducted into Phi Alpha Theta this year, we must have a check made out to Phi Alpha Theta Epsilon Pi, or cash, for $45 dollars, by November 7th. Graduate Student Professional Development Workshop Tuesday, November 6th, 2012 | 12:30pm Associate Professor Stephen Mihm will lead a Professional Development Workshop on "organizing your research" in Rm. 320, LeConte Hall. Humanities and Arts Grants Town Hall Monday, November 5th, 2012 | 4:00pm Please join us in Room 148 of the Miller Learning Center for a town hall meeting to discuss support for external grant applications with Willson Center Associate Academic Director Stephen Berry (History Dept.) and panelists William Kretzschmar (chair), Nicholas Allen, Celeste Condit, Lisa Fusillo, and Richard Gordon. Professor Berry also invites you to take part in a survey on external grants. Willson Center for the Humanities and Arts. Click here for more information Politics of Politics Film Series Thursday, November 1st, 2012 | 6:30pm A screening of "The Candidate." Introductions provided by Brian Drake, lecturer in history. 6:30 and 9:30 p.m. Light refreshments served. Part of the Ready, Steady, Vote! Program Series. Location: Richard B. Russell Building Special Collections Libraries, 300 South Hull Street History Lecture Thursday, November 1st, 2012 | 4:00pm "Muckworm Wordlings, Scarlet Stains and Glorious Lovers: the Varieties and Uses of Dissenting Verse, 1600-1700," George Southcombe, Oxford University. Richard B. Russell Building Special Collections Libraries, Rm. 285, 300 South Hull Street. Graduate Program Fall Meeting Thursday, November 1st, 2012 | 12:30pm to 1:30pm For Graduate students in the History Dept. Meet with the Graduate Coordinator to discuss the program and answer your questions. Pizza and drinks will be provided for lunch! Please RSVP to kahorney@uga.edu. Southern Historical Association Annual Meeting: Mobile, Alabama Thursday, November 1st, 2012 to Sunday, November 4th, 2012 Renaissance Riverview Plaza Hotel Mobile, Alabama Click here for more information October History Department Faculty Meeting Tuesday, October 30th, 2012 | 12:30pm to 1:45pm For History Dept. faculty. Rm. 101, LeConte Hall. Fall break: no classes. Friday, October 26th, 2012 Click here for more information History and Gender Workshop Thursday, October 25th, 2012 | 12:30pm to 1:30pm We will be workshopping a paper by Dr. Timothy Cleaveland. This paper, "Milk Kinship in Islamic West and Northwest Africa and the Intellectual Construction of the Body," is part of a greater book project on milk-kinship. LeConte Hall Rm. 320. For information, contact ljdavis@uga.edu. Civil War Lecture Sunday, October 21st, 2012 | 2:30pm "Understanding the Civil War in Georgia," John Inscoe, editor of "The Civil War in Georgia," published in 2011 by the UGA Press. Meet-the-author reception and book signing at 2:30 p.m. with the talk beginning at 3 p.m. Jackson Street Building, 285 S. Jackson St. Graduate Student Professional Development Workshop Friday, October 19th, 2012 | 3:30pm Assistant Professor James Gigantino from the University of Arkansas (Georgia PhD 2010) will lead a Professional Development Workshop on "the job search and junior faculty responsibilities" in Room 320, LeConte Hall. Withdrawal Deadline Thursday, October 18th, 2012 | 12:00pm Phi Alpha Theta Open House Thursday, October 11th, 2012 | 6:00pm Epsilon Pi, UGA's chapter of Phi Alpha Theta, Inc. The National History Honor Society, will host an open house on Thursday for all interested students. Pizza, fun History trivia and information will be provided. Thursday, Rm. 101 LeConte Hall. Or check us out on Facebook! History Graduate Student Speaker Series Tuesday, October 2nd, 2012 | 12:30pm to 1:30pm Steve Huggins will be presenting a piece titled "The Mask of Grotius: The United States Use of Terror as Policy, from its Colonial Origins to World War II" in Rm. 320, LeConte Hall. September Graduate Student Professional Development Workshop Tuesday, September 25th, 2012 | 12:30pm to 1:30pm Assistant Professor Daniel Rood will lead a Professional Development Workshop on "networking at professional conferences" in Rm. 320, LeConte Hall. History Graduate Student Book Sale Wednesday, September 19th, 2012 to Thursday, September 20th, 2012 | 9:00am to 4:00pm Books of all types and genres will be available at very low prices. Fiction, non-fiction etc. Proceeds benefit the History Graduate Student Association. Location: LeConte Hall Plaza outdoors. (Rain cancels.) History Dept. Fall Reception Friday, September 14th, 2012 | 5:00pm For History Dept. Faculty, staff, and graduate students: the History Department will sponsor a Fall Reception on Friday at the home of Allan Kulikoff. This event is 'potluck' please bring your favorite dish! Beverages and a main dish will be provided. History Graduate Student Speaker Series Tuesday, September 11th, 2012 | 12:30pm to 1:30pm Dave Thomson will be presenting a conference paper titled "'The Will of God Prevails': Ministerial Influence on Union Diplomacy" in Rm. 320, LeConte Hall. August History Graduate student 1st Year Committee Brown Bag Lunch Thursday, August 30th, 2012 | 12:30pm to 1:45pm Welcome to the department for new graduate students and returning students. Please bring your lunch and join the 1st year committee on Thursday in Rm. 320. Please contact Robbie at rpoister@uga.edu if you have any questions. Oral Comprehensive Examinations: Jun Suk Hyun Friday, August 24th, 2012 | 1:00pm to 4:00pm Jun Suk Hyun will take his oral examinations in the Conference Room, LeConte Hall. All members of the university faculty are invited. If you wish to attend please contact the Major Professor William Stueck at wstueck@uga.edu to ensure adequate seating. Undergraduate Add Period Ends Friday, August 17th, 2012 | 12:00am to 11:59pm Annual Meeting for New Graduate Students in History Monday, August 13th, 2012 | 8:45am to 10:00am History dept. meeting for new Graduate students in History - attendance is required. Rm. 320 LeConte Hall, on the 3rd floor. Please come early - Refreshments will be provided before the meeting starts. Teaching Assistant Orientation Thursday, August 9th, 2012 | 8:45am to 12:30pm All new graduate teaching and laboratory assistants who will have instructional responsibilities during 2012-2013 are required to attend the Orientation for Graduate Teaching and Laboratory Assistants. This includes laboratory and teaching assistants as well as other graduate classifications who will be serving as instructors. In addition, returning GTAs and GLAs are welcome to attend the sessions of interest to them. If you have specific questions regarding the orienation please contact Paul Quick in the Center for Teaching and Learning at (706) 542-0534. Click here for more information Graduate School Orientation and Information Fair Wednesday, August 8th, 2012 | 9:00am to 11:30am Required for all new graduate students in history. Location: Athens Classic Center, Grand Hall, 300 N. Thomas Street. Contact Judy Milton, jmilton@uga.edu, in the Graduate School for additional information. The Graduate Student Organization usually conducts a short tour and holds a welcome luncheon for new students after the Graduate School Orientation on Wednesday from 11:30 am-2:00 pm. More information about this event will be available in late spring. Click here for more information July M.A.Thesis Defense: Robert Poister Monday, July 23rd, 2012 | 11:00am Robert Poister will defend his thesis entitled, "The Business of Exile: The Money and Memory of a "Confederate" Family in Cuba" on Monay. The Major Professor is Dr. John Inscoe. The defense will be held in the Conference Room, LeConte Hall. Members of the university community are invited to attend. If you wish to attend please contact the Graduate Coordinator's Office at history@uga.edu to ensure adequate seating. PhD Dissertation Defense: La Shonda Mims Friday, July 20th, 2012 | 10:00am La Shonda Mims will defend her dissertation entitled, "Drastic Dykes and Accidental Activists: Lesbians, Identity, and the New South." The Major Professor is Dr. James Cobb. The defense will be held in the Conference Room, LeConte Hall. Members of the university community are invited to attend. If you wish to attend please contact the Graduate Coordinator's office at history@uga.edu to ensure adequate seating. M.A. Thesis Defense: Quin'Nita Cobbins Thursday, July 19th, 2012 | 9:30am Quin'Nita Cobbins will defend her thesis entitled, "Making "Good" Citizens: Education, Citizenship, and the National Association of Colored Women, 1920-1941" on Thursday. The Major Professor is Dr. Chana Kai Lee. The defense will be held in the Conference Room, LeConte Hall. Members of the university community are invited to attend. If you wish to attend please contact the Graduate Coordinator's Office at history@uga.edu to ensure adequate seating. PhD Oral Comprehensive Examinations: Laura J. Davis Friday, July 13th, 2012 | 1:00pm Laura Davis will take her oral examinations in the Conference Room, LeConte Hall. All members of the university faculty are invited. If you wish to attend please contact the Graduate Coordinator's Office at history@uga.edu to ensure adequate seating. June PhD Dissertation Defense: W. Thomas Okie Monday, June 18th, 2012 | 2:00pm to 5:00pm Thomas Okie will defend his dissertation entitled, ""Everything is Peaches Down in Georgia": Culture and Agriculture in the American South." The Major Professor is Dr. Paul S. Sutter. The defense will be held in the Conference Room, LeConte Hall. Members of the university community are invited to attend. If you wish to attend please contact the Graduate Coordinator's office at history@uga.edu to ensure adequate seating. May PhD Oral Comprehensive Examinations: Samuel McGuire Wednesday, May 16th, 2012 | 10:00am to 1:00pm Samuel McGuire will take his oral examinations in the Conference Room, LeConte Hall. All members of the university faculty are invited. The Major Professor is John Inscoe. If you wish to attend please contact the Graduate Coordinator's office at history@uga.edu to ensure adequate seating. UGA Commencement Friday, May 11th, 2012 Click here for more information Reading Day Tuesday, May 1st, 2012 These days have been designated by the University Council to provide time for students to prepare for final examinations. No mandatory assignments are to be scheduled for completion during reading days -- either for course work or extra-curricular or co-curricular activities. Exceptions for good cause can be made to this policy by the Vice President for Instruction. Nothing in this policy limits an instructor from scheduling optional study reviews for students during reading days. Click here for more information April PhD Dissertation Defense: Christopher A. Huff Friday, April 27th, 2012 | 10:00am to 1:00pm Christopher Huff will defend his dissertation entitled, "A New Way of Living Together: A History of Atlanta's Hip Community, 1965-1973". The Major Professor is Dr. Robert Pratt. The defense will be held in the Conference Room, LeConte Hall. Members of the university community are invited to attend. If you wish to attend please contact the Graduate Coordinator's office at history@uga.edu to ensure adequate seating. Master's Thesis Defense: Brad A. Wood Friday, April 27th, 2012 | 2:00pm Brad Wood will defend his thesis entitled, "Sacrificed to Capital: The Degradation of Textile Workers in the Early Postwar Era" on Friday. The Major Professor is Dr. Bethany Moreton. The defense will be held in the Conference Room, LeConte Hall. Members of the university community are invited to attend. If you wish to attend please contact the Graduate Coordinator's Office at history@uga.edu to ensure adequate seating. Oral Comprehensive Examinations: Timothy Johnson Wednesday, April 25th, 2012 | 2:00pm Timothy Johnson will take his oral examinations in the Conference Room, LeConte Hall. All members of the university faculty are invited. If you wish to attend please contact the Graduate Coordinator's Office at history@uga.edu to ensure adequate seating. Master's Thesis Defense: M. McNeill Smart Thursday, April 19th, 2012 | 8:00am McNeill Smart will defend her thesis entitled, ""We Have Improvised": The Anglo-American Alliance and Axis Prisoners of War in World War II" on Thursday. The Major Professor is Dr. John H. Morrow, Jr. The defense will be held in the Conference Room, LeConte Hall. Members of the university community are invited to attend. If you wish to attend please contact the Graduate Coordinator's Office at history@uga.edu to ensure adequate seating. PhD Dissertation Defense: Lesley-Ann Reed Thursday, April 12th, 2012 | 10:00am Lesley-Ann Reed will defend her dissertation entitled, "'Smells like Money': The Rise and Fall of a Paper Dream in Dixie, 1920-1975." The Major Professor is Dr. Stephen Berry. The defense will be held in the Conference Room, LeConte Hall. Members of the university community are invited to attend. If you wish to attend please contact the Graduate Coordinator's office at history@uga.edu to ensure adequate seating. Guest Lecture: Mark Wilson Thursday, April 5th, 2012 | 3:30pm Mark Wilson will be presenting "War and Capitalism in United States History: Reconsiderations" Location: Room 221, LeConte Hall. March Guest Speaker: Jonathan Hogg, University of Liverpool Tuesday, March 27th, 2012 | 3:30pm Dr. Jonathan Hogg of the University of Liverpool will present a paper in 101 LeConte on Thursday. Dr. Hogg's visit is part of the Franklin International Faculty Exchange (FIFE) program. PhD Dissertation Defense: Zachary Smith Friday, March 23rd, 2012 | 9:00am Zachary Smith will defend his dissertation entitled, "That Liberty Shall Not Perish:"American Propaganda and the Politics of Fear, 1914-1919 on Tuesday. The Major Professor is Dr. John H. Morrow, Jr. The defense will be held in the Conference Room, LeConte Hall. Members of the university community are invited to attend. If you wish to attend please contact the Graduate Coordinator's office at history@uga.edu to ensure adequate seating. Willson Center Distinguished Lecturer Geoff Eley Friday, March 23rd, 2012 | 4:00pm "The Past Under Erasure: History, Memory, and the Contemporary," Geoff Eley, historian. Rm. 248 Miller Learning Center. Sponsored by the Willson Center for Humanities and Arts, as well as by the departments of History, Germanic and Slavic Studies, and English. Guest Speaker: Regina Morantz-Sanchez Friday, March 23rd, 2012 | 12:30pm Prof. Morantz-Sanchez will give a talk on her current research project, on Friday in LeConte Hall Rm. 221. Her talk is entitled "The Personal is Political: A Biography of Rose Pastor Stokes," and it examines "a range of historical changes affecting Jewish and American life in the U. S. Progressive period: in particular, immigration, political reform, shifting understandings of race, gender, and class, Jewish-American acculturation, the relationship of Jews to the history of the American left, and the role of Jews in progressive reform politics." It is sponsored by the University of Georgia History and Gender Workshop. Prof. Morantz-Sanchez's visit is supported by the UGA President�s Venture Fund, with the assistance of Dean Barbara Schuester of the UGA Medical Partnership. Withdrawal Deadline Thursday, March 22nd, 2012 Click here for more information Visiting Lecturer: Regina Morantz-Sanchez Thursday, March 22nd, 2012 | 5:00pm Prof. Morantz-Sanchez will be presenting "What's History Got to Do with It: Four Decades of Scholarship on Gender and Medicine," on Thursday at 5:00 p.m. in MLC 148 and will be followed by a reception in the North Tower of the MLC, to which everyone is invited. Morantz-Sanchez is the author of three critically acclaimed books on women and medicine in nineteenth-century America. The talk is sponsored by the University of Georgia History and Gender Workshop. Prof. Morantz-Sanchez's visit is supported by the UGA President's Venture Fund, with the assistance of Dean Barbara Schuester of the UGA Medical Partnership. Noel Ignatiev on Reconstruction Tuesday, March 20th, 2012 | 12:30pm Acclaimed historian Noel Ignatiev, author of How the Irish Became White, will give a public lecture in 101 LeConte Hall contrasting Eric Foner's and W.E.B. DuBois' interpretations of the Reconstruction period. Organized by the History of Capitalism Group. This is a UGA Blue Card event. Spring Break Monday, March 12th, 2012 to Friday, March 16th, 2012 No UGA classes. Oral Comprehensive Examinations: Kylie Horney Thursday, March 8th, 2012 | 11:00am Kylie Horney will take her oral examinations in the Conference Room, LeConte Hall. All members of the university faculty are invited. If you wish to attend please contact the Graduate Coordinator's office at history@uga.edu to ensure adequate seating. Women's Studies Friday Speaker Series: Diane Batts Morrow Friday, March 2nd, 2012 | 12:20pm to 1:10pm Dr. Diane Batts Morrow, Department of History and Department of African American Studies, will give a talk on "The Oblate Sisters of Providence During the Civil War Era" on Friday. Rm. 250 Miller Learning Center. This is a UGA Blue Card event. Oral Comprehensive Examinations: Katherine Rohrer Thursday, March 1st, 2012 | 3:30pm Katherine Rohrer will take her oral examinations in the Conference Room, LeConte Hall. All members of the university faculty are invited. If you wish to attend please contact the Major Professor Stephen Mihm at mihm@uga.edu to ensure adequate seating. February Professional Development Workshop Tuesday, February 28th, 2012 | 12:30pm Graduate student workshop series, "How to Turn a Seminar Paper into a Publishable Article" with Dr. Hamilton. Rm. 320 LeConte Hall. Please RSVP to Kylie at kahorney@uga.edu. Lunch will be provided. Film - Double Victory: the Story of the Tuskegee Airmen Friday, February 24th, 2012 | 6:00pm This documentary film, produced by George Lucas, is a companion to his feature film, "Red Tails," and was aired on The History Channel. Dr. John Morrow, history, who appeared in the documentary, will introduce the film and lead a discussion afterward. Location: Rm. 171 Miller Learning Center. Sponsored by the Institute for African American Studies and the Department of History. Student Speaker Series: Alisha Cromwell Friday, February 24th, 2012 | 4:30pm History Graduate Student Speaker Series: We will be workshopping Alisha Cromwell's paper, "George Fitzhugh, Charles Fourier, and Revolutionary France: Proslavery Thought and Utopian Socialism in the Antebellum South." Please come prepared with detailed feedback. Location: Magnolias (off-campus) History and Gender Workshop Tuesday, February 21st, 2012 | 12:30pm History Graduate students are invited to attend this month's History and Gender Workshop in LeConte Hall, Rm. 320. Dr. Palmer will be presenting her paper "White Subjects: Constructing Race and Gender through Portraiture in Eighteenth-Century France." Lunch will be provided. For information, please contact Jennifer at jmalto@uga.edu. Capitalism in America: A New History (State of the Art Conference) Saturday, February 18th, 2012 | 9:00am to 5:00pm Shane Hamilton, Stephen Mihm, and Bethany Moreton, assisted by Alisha Cromwell, Andrew Epstein, and Brad Wood, are hosting a "State of the Art" conference at the new UGA Special Collections Library. Top scholars in the history of American capitalism will speak on key issues at stake in this emerging field. Along with our own colleague Allan Kulikoff, the speakers include: Tracy Deutsch, Associate Professor of History, University of Minnesota; Colleen Dunlavy, Professor of History, University of Wisconsin-Madison; Sarah Haley, Visiting Fellow, Princeton University; Peter James Hudson, Assistant Professor of History, Vanderbilt University; Richard John, Professor of History, Columbia University; Naomi Lamoreaux, Professor of Economics and History, Yale; Jessica Lepler, Assistant Professor of History, University of New Hampshire; Suzanna Reiss, Assistant Professor of History, University of Hawai'i. All members of the UGA community are invited to attend and participate in the discussion. The conference website includes abstracts of all talks and a complete schedule of events. Click here for more information January Dept. of Geography Colloquium Series: Shane Hamilton Friday, January 27th, 2012 | 3:30pm Associate Prof. of History Shane Hamilton will speak on the topic: The American Supermarket and the Cold War "Farms Race" in the Geography building, Room 200C. History Department Faculty Meeting Tuesday, January 24th, 2012 | 12:300pm to 1:30pm For History Dept. faculty. Rm. 101 LeConte Hall. Martin Luther King Jr. Day (Holiday) Monday, January 16th, 2012 | 12:00pm No classes. UGA offices are closed. Spring 2012 classes begin Jan. 9. Monday, January 9th, 2012 Drop for undergraduate level courses is Jan 9-12. Add for undergraduate level courses is Jan. 9 - 13. Click here for more information December UGA Commencement Friday, December 16th, 2011 Undergraduate Commencement is at 9:30am. Stegeman Coliseum. Graduate student Commencement is at 2:30 pm, Stegeman Coliseum. Please see the Registrar's website for further details. Click here for more information Reading Day Wednesday, December 7th, 2011 These days have been designated by the University Council to provide time for students to prepare for final examinations. No mandatory assignments are to be scheduled for completion during reading days -- either for course work or extra-curricular or co-curricular activities. Exceptions for good cause can be made to this policy by the Vice President for Instruction. Nothing in this policy limits an instructor from scheduling optional study reviews for students during reading days. Click here for more information Friday Class Schedule in Effect Tuesday, December 6th, 2011 Note: For the Fall Semester 2011, the University will operate a Friday class schedule on Tuesday, Dec. 6. This is done to equalize the class minutes between MWF and TTH classes and to provide an equal number of class meetings for courses which may meet only once per week. Click here for more information August Fall Semester 2011 classes begin Monday. Monday, August 15th, 2011 Click here for more information New Graduate Student meeting Monday, August 15th, 2011 | 8:30am to 9:30am History dept. meeting for new Graduate students in History (required). Rm. 341 LeConte Hall, on the 3rd floor. Refreshments will be provided. Orientation for GraduateTeaching and Laboratory Assistants Thursday, August 11th, 2011 | 8:45am to 12:30pm Location: Rm. 101, Miller Learning Center. All new graduate teaching and laboratory assistants who will have instructional responsibilities during 2011-2012 are required to attend the Orientation for Graduate Teaching and Laboratory Assistants. This includes laboratory and teaching assistants as well as other graduate classifications who will be serving as instructors. In addition, returning GTAs and GLAs are welcome to attend the sessions of interest to them. If you have specific questions regarding the orienation please contact Paul Quick in the Center for Teaching and Learning at (706)542-0534. The orientation program is available from the homepage of the Center for Teaching and Learning website. Click here for more information UGA Graduate School Orientation and Information Fair Wednesday, August 10th, 2011 | 9:00am to 11:30am Attendance is required for all new graduate students in History. Location: Athens Classic Center, 300 N. Thomas Street, Athens, GA 30601. Please contact Judy Milton in the Graduate School, jmilton@uga.edu or 706-425-2953, with any questions. At this time, the Graduate Student Association plans to host a welcome party immediately following the Graduate School orientation from 11:30-2:00 in the Miller Learning Center, Wednesday, August 10. The Graduate and Professional Scholars will also have a welcome event before classes begin on Monday, August 15. Click here for more information Summer commencement Saturday, August 6th, 2011 | 9:30am Combined Undergraduate and Graduate Ceremony Ceremony. Stegeman Coliseum. Click here for more information Final Exams for Thru Session August 4-5 Thursday, August 4th, 2011 to Friday, August 5th, 2011 Thursday and Friday. Grades Due Aug. 8, 5pm. Short Session II Final Exams Thursday. Thursday, August 4th, 2011 Grades due Monday August 8, 5pm. Thru Session classes end Wednesday. Wednesday, August 3rd, 2011 Short Session II classes end Wednesday. Wednesday, August 3rd, 2011 July Short Session I Final Exams Friday, July 8th, 2011 Friday. Grades due July 11, 5pm. Click here for more information Short Session II classes begin Friday. Friday, July 8th, 2011 Short Session I classes end Thursday. Thursday, July 7th, 2011 Holiday: 4th of July Monday, July 4th, 2011 No classes on Monday. Offices will be closed. June MA Thesis Defense: Erika Mostekller Monday, June 13th, 2011 | 12:00pm Erika Mosteller will defend her thesis entitled, "Pruning the Tree of Liberty: The Limits of the Early French Abolition Movement" . The Major Professor is Dr. Laura Mason. The defense will be held in the Conference Room, LeConte Hall. Members of the university community are invited to attend. If you wish to attend please contact the Graduate Program at history@uga.edu to ensure adequate seating. Maymester grades due Friday, June 10th, 2011 Deadline: 5pm. Click here for more information Summer Session I And Thru Session Classes begin Friday, June 10th, 2011 Classes begin on Friday. Click here for more information Maymester Final Exams Wednesday, June 8th, 2011 Wednesday. Click here for more information Last day of class for Maymester. Tuesday, June 7th, 2011 Tuesday. Click here for more information May Memorial Day Holiday Monday, May 30th, 2011 Maymester classes begin Tuesday, May 17th, 2011 Spring Commencement Friday, May 13th, 2011 Graduate student Commencement, 10:00am, Stegeman Coliseum. Undergraduate Commencement, 7 pm, Sanford Stadium. Click here for more information Grades Due by 7 PM Friday, May 13th, 2011 Spring 2011 Final Exams Tuesday, May 10th, 2011 May 4 - 6, 9, 10; Wed. - Fri.; Mon. - Tues. Reading Day Tuesday, May 3rd, 2011 Spring Classes End Monday, May 2nd, 2011 Spring 2012 Final Exams Monday, May 2nd, 2011 to Sunday, May 8th, 2011 | 1 Click here for more information April History Dept. Annual Awards Reception Wednesday, April 27th, 2011 | 5:00pm to 7:00pm Save the Date. The history department will hold its spring reception and awards banquet on Wed. April 27, 5-7 pm in Demosthenian Hall. Dinner will be provided, and partners and families are welcome. Please plan on joining us to congratulate our awards recipients. Master's Thesis Defense: Angela E. Elder Tuesday, April 26th, 2011 | 9:30am Angela Elder will defend her thesis entitled, "Grieving for a Nation: From Wife to Widow in the Confederate South" on Tuesday. The Major Professor is Dr. Stephen Berry. The defense will be held in the Conference Room, LeConte Hall. Members of the university community are invited to attend. If you wish to attend please contact the Major Professor at berry@uga.edu to ensure adequate seating. Phi Alpha Theta Dinner Lecture: Dr. Benjamin Ehlers Tuesday, April 26th, 2011 | 6:30pm Epsilon Pi, UGA's chapter of the National History Honor Society, is hosting a dinner lecture with Dr. Ehlers on Tuesday evening at the East West Bistro, downtown Athens. Dr. Ehler's topic is "Actually, Everybody Expected the Spanish Inquisition." A limited number of tickets are available to UGA staff, faculty and students and will be available in Rm. 200 LeConte Hall on Tuesday April 19 from 12-3pm for Phi Alpha Theta Members, History faculty and history graduate Students. Tickets to other UGA students and the UGA community will be sold April 20-21 and Monday April 25 from 12-3pm. Dinner tickets: $15.00 (with gratuity.) Contact: Kelsey Shearman kshearma@uga.edu Master's Thesis Defense: Levi T. Collins Tuesday, April 26th, 2011 | 11:15am Levi Collins will defend his thesis entitled, "Rooted in the Old Soil: Emma Goldman's Path to Sexual Modernism" on Tuesday. The Major Professor is Dr. Shane Hamilton. The defense will be held in the Conference Room, LeConte Hall. Members of the university community are invited to attend. If you wish to attend please contact the Major Professor at shamilto@uga.edu to ensure adequate seating. Lecture: Dr. Tomiko Brown-Nagin Wednesday, April 20th, 2011 | 4:00pm Dr. Brown-Nagin is the Justice Thurgood Marshall Distinguished Professor of Law and Professor of History at the University of Virginia. She will speak on her new book "Courage to Dissent: Atlanta and the Long History of the Civil Rights Movement." Location: UGA Chapel. Contact: ashlandj@uga.edu. Sponsored by School of Law's American Constitution Society, the Department of History, and other departments. Master's Thesis Defense: Sean H. Vanatta Tuesday, April 19th, 2011 | 10:00am Sean Vanatta will defend his thesis entitled, "A Crisis of Credit: Jimmy Carter, Citibank, and the Political Economy of Consumer Credit, 1958-1985" on Tuesday. The Major Professor is Dr. Stephen Mihm. The defense will be held in the Conference Room, LeConte Hall. Members of the university community are invited to attend. If you wish to attend please contact the Major Professor at mihm@uga.edu to ensure adequate seating. UGA War and Society Film Series: "The Fog of War: Eleven Lessons from the Life of Robert S. McNamara" Wednesday, April 13th, 2011 | 6:30pm to 8:30pm UGA's War and Society Workshop presents a screening of the film "The Fog of War: Eleven Lessons from the Life of Robert S. McNamara" in LeConte Hall Rm.221. Screening preceded by historical and critical commentary. Click here for more information Honors Day ceremony. Wednesday, April 13th, 2011 | 2:00pm Ceremony honoring the top five percent students by college and school; and faculty and student recipients of awards for outstanding performance. Hodgson Hall, Performing Arts Center. Oral Comprehensive Examinations: Derek Bentley Tuesday, April 12th, 2011 | 9:00am to 12:00pm Derek Bentley will take his oral examinations in the Conference Room, LeConte Hall. All members of the university faculty are invited. If you wish to attend please contact the Graduate Coordinator's Office at history@uga.edu to ensure adequate seating. PhD Dissertation Defense: Thomas Chase Hagood Tuesday, April 5th, 2011 | 12:30pm to 3:30pm Chase Hagood will defend his dissertation entitled, "Rewriting the Frontier: Making History in Tuscaloosa, Alabama" on Tuesday. The Major Professor is Dr. Allan Kulikoff. The defense will be held in the Conference Room, LeConte Hall. Members of the university community are invited to attend. If you wish to attend please contact the Major Professor at kulikoff@uga.edu to ensure adequate seating. History Graduate Student Book Sale Tuesday, April 5th, 2011 to Wednesday, April 6th, 2011 | 8:30am to 3:00pm Books of all types and genres will be available at very low prices. Fiction, non-fiction etc. Proceeds benefit the History Graduate Student Association. Location: LeConte Hall Plaza outdoors. (Rain cancels.) March Phi Alpha Theta, Epsilon Pi: Chapter Induction Ceremony Wednesday, March 30th, 2011 | 6:30pm Induction is going to be held at the Cobb House, which is located at 175 Hill Street, Athens, GA 30601 (near downtown and off Prince Ave). Dress is Sunday best, if you will. We'll be taking pictures. There will be refreshments and afterwards, a group of us may go downtown and grab some dinner, so feel free to join in! We will need some volunteers to help with the set up (nothing major, so don't fret). Please let me know if you can help out. We will meet at the Cobb House at about 5:00 on Wednesday. Also, for those of you interested in a leadership position, we'll discuss it at induction. All of the positions are up for grabs (president, vice president secretary, treasurer, and historian). If you want honors cords for graduation, we will be collecting the money at induction. For more information, please contact Kelsey Shearman, PAT President at kshearma@uga.edu. Click here for more information Workshop in the Cultural History of Capitalism Friday, March 25th, 2011 | 4:00pm to 5:30pm Sterling Evans, the Louise Welsh Chair of Oklahoma, Southern Plains, and Borderlands History at the University of Oklahoma, will present from his work in progress: "Damming Sonora: An Environmental and Transnational History of Water, Agriculture, and Society in Northwest Mexico." We will meet at 4pm in Room 320 of LeConte Hall. Click here for more information Spring Withdrawal Deadline Thursday, March 24th, 2011 PhD Dissertation Defense: Robert Neil Smith Tuesday, March 22nd, 2011 | 2:00pm to 5:00pm Robert Smith will defend his dissertation entitled, ""An Evil Day in Georgia" The Executions of Clifford Thompson and Hugh Moss and The Death Penalty in Georgia" Tuesday. The Major Professor is Dr. James Cobb. The defense will be held in the Conference Room, LeConte Hall. Members of the university community are invited to attend. If you wish to attend please contact the Major Professor at cobby@uga.edu to ensure adequate seating. Spring Break Monday, March 14th, 2011 to Friday, March 18th, 2011 History Department's Retired Faculty/Staff Veterans Luncheon Thursday, March 10th, 2011 | 11:50am The history department's retired faculty veterans will meet for their annual luncheon at Ryan's (near Lowe's and Home Depot and across from Walmart on Epps Bridge Road). This is an informal, Dutch treat affair. Any current LeConte Hall faculty member or graduate student or staff member who has served on active duty in America's armed forces is welcome, along with spouse or date. Also welcome are veterans in the Folio Book Club and in the Office of the University Architects, some of whom have joined us in the past. There are no dues or elections or agendas or anything else resembling a formal faculty meeting. We simply gather, give quick introductions and enjoy fellowship. If you plan to come, drop me an e-mail or give me phone call. If you decide at the last minute, come anyway. Nash Boney 706-549-6677 (home) 706-542-7895 (office) nboney@uga.edu Midterm of Spring Semester Thursday, March 3rd, 2011 February Visiting Lecturer: Historian Peter Wood Thursday, February 24th, 2011 | 5:00pm Historian Peter H. Wood will be discussing his new book, Near Andersonville: Winslow Homer's Civil War (Harvard UP). At the Georgia Museum in the main auditorium. Wood is Professor Emeritus of History at Duke University. Click here for more information Panel Discussion on the Egyptian Revolution Wednesday, February 23rd, 2011 | 4:00pm Panelists: Muhammad Abulezz, graduate student in the department of religion; Sherry Lowrance, assistant professor of international affairs; Adam Sabra, associate professor of history. Moderated by Francis Assaf, Distinguished Research Professor of French. Sponsored by the Willson Center for Humanities and Arts. 148 Miller Learning Center. Contact asabra@uga.edu Willson Center Roundtable Discussion: "The Future of Graduate Education in the Humanities" Wednesday, February 2nd, 2011 | 4:00pm Hugh Ruppersburg, English, will moderate. Panelists: Ben Ehlers (history), Martin Kagel (Germanic and Slavic Studies), Nicolas Lucero (Romance Languages), Jed Rasula (English) and Susan Thomas (musicology). introduce the issue. 148 Miller Learning Center. Contact: 706-542-3966, jdingus@uga.edu. Sponsored by the Willson Center for Humanities and Arts. January Martin Luther King Jr. Day Monday, January 17th, 2011 Holiday, no classes. UGA offices will be closed. Click here for more information Spring 2011 Classes Begin Thursday, January 13th, 2011 Due to inclement weather, UGA classes will begin Thursday Jan 13 at 11am for Spring 2011. Click here for more information December Christmas Holidays Monday, December 27th, 2010 to Friday, December 31st, 2010 | 1 UGA offices are closed. Fall Semester Grades Due Tuesday, December 21st, 2010 | 5:00pm Fall Semester Commencement Friday, December 17th, 2010 Click here for more information Oral Comprehensive Examinations: L. Kathryn Tucker Thursday, December 9th, 2010 | 12:30pm to 3:30pm Kathryn Tucker will take her oral examinations in the Conference Room, LeConte Hall. All members of the university faculty are invited. If you wish to attend please contact the Major Professor James Cobb at cobby@uga.edu to ensure adequate seating. Fall Semester Final Exams Thursday, December 9th, 2010 to Wednesday, December 15th, 2010 Dec. 9, 10, 13, 14, 15 Click here for more information Oral Comprehensive Examinations: James Welborn Wednesday, December 8th, 2010 | 10:00am to 1:00pm James H. Welborn will take his oral examinations in the Conference Room, LeConte Hall. All members of the university faculty are invited. If you wish to attend please contact the Major Professor Stephen Berry at berry@uga.edu to ensure adequate seating. Reading Day Wednesday, December 8th, 2010 Friday Cass Shedule in Effect Tuesday, December 7th, 2010 For the Fall Semester 2010, the University will operate a Friday class schedule on Tuesday. This is done to equalize the class minutes between MWF and TTH classes and to provide an equal number of class meetings for courses which may meet only once per week. Click here for more information Oral Comprehensive Examinations: Hannah Waits Monday, December 6th, 2010 | 10:00am to 1:00pm Hannah Waits will take her oral examinations in the Conference Room, LeConte Hall. All members of the university faculty are invited. If you wish to attend please contact the Major Professor Bethany Moreton at moreton@uga.edu to ensure adequate seating. November Thanksgiving break Monday, November 22nd, 2010 to Friday, November 26th, 2010 No classes. MA Thesis Defense: Daphney Pascal Thursday, November 18th, 2010 | 12:30pm to 3:30pm Daphney Pascal will defend her thesis entitled, "Crisis in Haiti: The American Occupation 1915-1934." The defense will be held in the Conference Room, LeConte Hall. Members of the university community are invited to attend. If you wish to attend please contact the Major Professor Reinaldo Roman at rroman@uga.edu to ensure adequate seating. PhD Dissertation Defense: Drew Swanson Tuesday, November 16th, 2010 | 12:30pm to 3:30pm Drew Swanson will defend his dissertation entitled, "Land of the Bright Leaf: Yellow Tobacco, Environment, and Culture along the Border of Virginia and North Carolina." The Major Professor is Paul Sutter.The defense will be held in the Conference Room, LeConte Hall. Members of the university community are invited to attend. If you wish to attend please contact the Graduate Coordinator's office at history@uga.edu to ensure adequate seating. PhD Dissertation Defense: Ichiro Miyata Tuesday, November 9th, 2010 | 11:00am to 2:00pm Ichiro Miyata will defend his dissertation entitled, ""Setting Atlanta in Motion": The Making and Unmaking of Metropolitan Atlanta's "Public" Transit, 1952-1981" Tuesday. The Major Professor is Dr. Bryant Simon. The defense will be held in the Conference Room, LeConte Hall. Members of the university community are invited to attend. If you wish to attend please contact the Graduate Coordinator's office at history@uga.edu to ensure adequate seating. So. Historical Association Annual Meeting 2010 Thursday, November 4th, 2010 to Sunday, November 7th, 2010 The conference this year will be held at the Westin Charlotte, Charlotte, North Carolina. Please see our web site for details. Click here for more information October Fall break Friday, October 29th, 2010 No classes. UGA offices will remain open. Tenth Annual Exhibition of The Stephen Elliot Draper Center and Archives for the Waters of Georgia in History, Law and Policy. Friday, October 22nd, 2010 to Saturday, October 30th, 2010 | 8:00am to 5:00pm Sponsored by University of Georgia Libraries, Hargrett Rare Book and Manuscript Library. 1-5 p.m. Saturday, Weekdays 8:00 a.m. - 5:00 p.m. Through Saturday, October 30, 2010. Turner Gallery, Hargrett Library, 3rd Floor, Main Library. Contact: 706-542-7123, hargrett@uga.edu Visit the Mobile Museum of Modern-Day Slavery Thursday, October 21st, 2010 | 9:00am The Mobile Museum of Modern-Day Slavery will visit the UGA Campus, 9:00 am to 5:00 pm, at the NO8 parking lot off of Thomas and East Campus Rd at the end of Baldwin Street. The museum, which began touring in Collier County [Florida] three weeks ago, includes a replica of the 24-foot cargo truck that five field bosses, members of the Navarrette family, used to enslave and brutalize 12 Mexican and Guatemalan farmworkers. Led by Cesar and Geovanni, the Navarrete clan took the workers' IDs and locked the men in boxes, shacks and trucks on their property. The men were chained, beaten and forced to work on farms in the Carolinas and Florida. Click here for more information Fall Semester Withdrawal Deadline Thursday, October 21st, 2010 The Amanda and Greg Gregory Lecture Wednesday, October 20th, 2010 | 5:00pm Sponsored by the department of history. "Southern Dissent and Outrage: Community, Race and Kinship in the Civil War Era," Victoria Bynum, professor emeritus of history at Texas State University, San Marcos, gives the first Amanda and Greg Gregory Lecture. Her talk will give a broad overview of how she came to write her latest book and why she feels it is important to remember the Southerners who dissented. 5:00 p.m. Chapel. Reception and book signing follows in Room 100 of Old College. Contact: 706-542-1830, hpy@uga.edu Click here for more information Dr. Victoria Bynum: Closed door session for History Graduate Students Wednesday, October 20th, 2010 | 10:00am This week Dr. Victoria Bynum, renown Civil War historian and author of Unruly Women and The Free State of Jones, will be visiting UGA as our Gregory Guest Lecturer for Fall 2010. While she will be participating in many events during her stay, October 18-22, she has a particular event catered just to graduate students in the History program. Closed door sessions allow graduate students to discuss freely with established historians about the profession, the field, and the journey of school to professorship. So bring questions or concerns for Dr. Bynum! Please RSVP by Tuesday night to richier@uga.edu Location: Conference Rm. OR Rm. 320 if a larger room is needed. Honors Program 50th anniversary lecture Friday, October 15th, 2010 | 3:00pm The University of Georgia Honors Program is hosting a special lecture celebration of its 50th anniversary. Honors alumnus and UGA history professor James C. Cobb will speak at 3 p.m. in the University Chapel. Reception follows in Moore College. Contact: 706-583-0698 Phi Alpha Theta Movie Night presents: "Danton" Monday, October 11th, 2010 | 7:00pm Epsilon Pi, UGA's chapter of the National History Honor Society, will be screening the film:"Danton," presented by Dr. Steve Soper, history lecturer at UGA. There will be free pizza and drinks! Everyone is invited, but please RSVP to kshearm@uga.edu. Rm. 101 LeConte Hall, 7 p.m. Click here for more information Alejandro Velasco, New York University: "'La Pelea Era Brava': Guerrilla War, Electoral Politics, and the Popular Dimensions of Radicalism in 1960s Caracas, Venezuela" Friday, October 1st, 2010 | 3:30pm Presented by The Georgia Seminar on Culture, Power, and History. Location: Baldwin Hall Rm.114A. Please note that these are not lectures but discussions of work-in-progress. The paper is made available a week before the session at www.uga.edu/gcph. After a brief introduction, the session is opened up for an extended question and answer period between the author and those attending who have previously read the paper. For more information on this series as well as other upcoming workshop presentations please visit our website or contact Rebecca Hanson at beccara606@gmail.com Click here for more information September Georgia Workshop in Early American History & Culture Friday, September 24th, 2010 | 3:45pm Peter Charles Hoffer will present from his work, "A Partnership of Equals: Benjamin Franklin, George Whitefield, and the Birth of The Modern World." Location: Room 201 Conference Rm., LeConte Hall, Click here for more information War & Society Workshop: Judkin Browning, Appalachian State U Friday, September 17th, 2010 | 3:00pm A roundtable discussion of a chapter of Browning's forthcoming book, "Wearing the Mask of Nationality Lightly: The Effects of Union Military Occupation during the Civil War". Dr. Browning received his Ph.D. in history from the University of Georgia in 2006 and is now Assistant Professor of History at Appalachian State. He is also the editor of "The Southern Mind Under Union Rule: The Diary of James Rumley, Beaufort, North Carolina, 1862-1865" (UPF, 2009), which Richard M. Reid (University of Guelph) applauds for offering "a rare glimpse into the mind of an ardent Confederate sympathizer living under Union control." M.A. Thesis Defense: Timothy Johnson Tuesday, September 7th, 2010 | 8:00am to 11:00am Timothy Johnson will defend his thesis, "Growth Industry: Fertilizer and the Politics of Agriculture on the Georgia Cotton Belt, 1840-1900." The defense will be held in the Conference Room, LeConte Hall. Members of the university community are invited to attend. If you wish to attend please contact the Major Professor Shane Hamilton at shamilto@uga.edu to ensure adequate seating. Labor Day Holiday Monday, September 6th, 2010 No classes. UGA offices closed. August History Discussion: Dr. Gavin James Campbell Friday, August 27th, 2010 | 3:00pm Dr. Campbell will be on campus to workshop a part of his latest project--a dual biography of Niijima Jo (a samurai who traveled from Meiji Japan to the immediate post-Civil War United States to learn the secret of western military capitalism) and Lafcadio Hearn (an American who traveled to Meiji, Japan to find an antidote to western pugnacity and alienation). Dr. Campbell, a professor at Doshisha University in Kyoto, Japan, is also the author of Music and the Making of a New South (UNC, 2003), which Benjamin Filene called a "lively and astute exploration of how southerners coped with fundamental tension and how even their musical 'diversions' were fraught with meaning." (Journal of Southern History, May 2005). (Dr. Campbell's visit is being co-sponsored by the Georgia Workshop in the Cultural History of Capitalism and the War & Society Workshop at the University of Georgia.) Rm. 102, LeConte Hall; please see the link below to view a copy of Dr. Campbell's paper. Click here for more information Southern Graduate Music Research Symposium Friday, August 27th, 2010 to Saturday, August 28th, 2010 | 12:00pm Department of History lecturer Montgomery Wolf will be giving the keynote address at 7 p.m. in Edge Recital Hall in the Hodgson School of Music. Click here for more information History Graduate Student Mentor Program: Brown Bag meeting Wednesday, August 25th, 2010 | 12:15pm to 1:15pm Room 102 LeConte Hall. Bring your luinch! Geography Colloquium Series: "Regional roots of Neoliberalism: Wal-Mart and the Washington Consensus" Friday, August 20th, 2010 | 3:30pm Bethany Moreton, history and women's studies. Refreshments will be provided. 3:30 p.m. 200C Geography-Geology building. Contact: 706-542-1753, fsarmien@uga.edu. History Dept. Faculty Meeting Thursday, August 19th, 2010 | 12:30pm Rm. 101 LeConte Hall. Fall classes begin Monday, August 16th, 2010 Orientation for Teaching Assistants Thursday, August 12th, 2010 | 8:45am to 12:30pm All new graduate teaching and laboratory assistants who will have instructional responsibilities during 2010-2011 are required to attend the Orientation for Graduate Teaching and Laboratory Assistants. This includes laboratory and teaching assistants as well as other graduate classifications who will be serving as instructors. In addition, returning GTAs and GLAs are welcome to attend the sessions of interest to them. If you have specific questions regarding the orienation please contact Paul Quick in the Center for Teaching and Learning at (706) 542-0534. Registration starts at 8:45 outside of Room 101 in the Miller Learning Center. The orientation provides new GTAs and GLAs with information for teaching undergraduates and introduces instructional support systems available at the University. The orientation program is available from the Center for Teaching and Learning website. Click here for more information Graduate Student Orientation and Information Fair Wednesday, August 11th, 2010 | 9:00am to 11:30am Attendance is required for all new graduate students in history. Location: Athens Classic Center, Grand Hall (downtown Athens). Please contact Judy Milton in the Graduate School, jmilton@uga.edu or 706-425-2953, with any questions. Click here for more information July Summer Commencement Saturday, July 31st, 2010 | 9:30am Combined Undergraduate and Graduate Ceremony in Stegeman Coliseum. Click here for more information Summer Session II Final Exams Friday, July 30th, 2010 Summer Session II classes end Thursday, July 29th, 2010 Click here for more information Summer Session II Withdrawal deadline Tuesday, July 20th, 2010 MA Thesis Defense: Heather Whittaker Friday, July 16th, 2010 | 2:00pm to 5:00pm Heather Whittaker will defend her thesis entitled, ""This, then, is America!": Unto These Hills and Appropriation of Native American History." The defense will be held in the Conference Room, LeConte Hall. Members of the university community are invited to attend. If you wish to attend please contact the Major Professor Claudio Saunt at csaunt@uga.edu to ensure adequate seating. MA Thesis Defense: Ashton Ellett Thursday, July 15th, 2010 | 10:00am to 1:00pm Ashton Ellett will defend his thesis entitled, "Organizing the Right: Service Clubs, Conservatism, and the Origins of the Two-Party South in Cobb County, Georgia, 1942-1968." The defense will be held in the Conference Room, LeConte Hall. Members of the university community are invited to attend. If you wish to attend please contact the Major Professor Jim Cobb at cobby@uga.edu to ensure adequate seating. PhD Oral Comprehensive Exams: Jason Kirby Wednesday, July 14th, 2010 | 1:30pm to 4:30pm Jason Kirby will take his oral examinations in the Conference Room, LeConte Hall. All members of the university faculty are invited. If you wish to attend please contact the Major Professor James Cobb at cobby@uga.edu to ensure adequate seating. MA Thesis Defense: Meg Brearley Wednesday, July 14th, 2010 | 10:00am Meg Brearley will defend her thesis entitled, "The Politics of Persuasion: The Language and Limits of the Long Career of Rebecca Latimer Felton." The defense will be held in the Conference Room, LeConte Hall. Members of the university community are invited to attend. If you wish to attend please contact the Major Professor Kathleen Clark at katclark@uga.edu to ensure adequate seating. PhD Dissertation Defense: Lin Mao Friday, July 9th, 2010 | 8:00am to 11:00am Lin Mao will defend his dissertation entitled, "Guns and Butter: Sino-American Relations and the Diplomacy of Modernization, 1966-1979." The Major Professor is William Stueck. The defense will be held in the Conference Room, LeConte Hall. Members of the university community are invited to attend. If you wish to attend please contact the Graduate Coordinator's office at history@uga.edu to ensure adequate seating. Independence Day holiday Monday, July 5th, 2010 No classes. UGA offices closed. Click here for more information Summer Session II classes begin Friday, July 2nd, 2010 Click here for more information Summer Session I Final Exams Thursday, July 1st, 2010 June Summer Session I classes end Wednesday, June 30th, 2010 Click here for more information Summer Session I Withdrawal deadline Monday, June 21st, 2010 An Historical Deliberation: "Slavery or Freedom Forever" Friday, June 18th, 2010 | 3:00pm to 4:30pm Russell Forum for Civic Life in Georgia [RFCLG] hosts National Issues Forums on a monthly basis at the Russell Library on the University of Georgia campus to explore new issue guides in a smaller group setting. This forum then is both an opportunity to travel back in time to troubled times before the Civil War when people were grappling with slavery and a chance to consider how the values that animated 19th century Americans continue to do so today. Russell Library Auditorium. Free! Click here for more information Summer Thru and I Sessions classes begin Friday, June 4th, 2010 Click here for more information PhD Oral Comprehensive Exams: Beatrice Burton Friday, June 4th, 2010 | 10:00am Bea Burton will take her oral examinations in the Conference Room, LeConte Hall. All members of the university faculty are invited. If you wish to attend please contact the Major Professor James Cobb at cobby@uga.edu to ensure adequate seating. Maymester Final Exams Wednesday, June 2nd, 2010 Click here for more information Maymester classes end Tuesday, June 1st, 2010 Click here for more information May Memorial Day holiday Monday, May 31st, 2010 Monday. No classes. UGA offices closed. Click here for more information Film Showing: Appalachia: A History of Mountains and People Sunday, May 30th, 2010 This four-part series on PBS features UGA's Charles Hudson, retired professor of anthropology, and John Inscoe, professor of Southern history. The series runs through May 30. For air dates, check local PBS listings. Click here for more information Maymester Withdrawal deadline Monday, May 24th, 2010 Spring 2010 Commencement Saturday, May 8th, 2010 The Graduate Student Spring 2010 Commencement ceremony is at 10:00am on Saturday, May 8, 2010, in Stegeman Coliseum. The Spring Semester 2010 Undergraduate Commencement Ceremony will be held on Saturday, May 8, at 6:30 pm (note change in time from previous years) in Sanford Stadium. If Severe Weather is declared, the ceremony will be held on Sunday, May 9, at 1:30 pm in Sanford Stadium. Click here for more information MA Thesis Defense: Matthew Bentrott Thursday, May 6th, 2010 | 1:00pm to 4:00pm Matt Bentrott will defend his thesis entitled, "Rojos, Moros, y Negros: Race and the Spanish Civil War." The defense will be held in the Faculty Lounge, LeConte Hall. Members of the university community are invited to attend. If you wish to attend please contact the Major Professor John Morrow at jmorrow@uga.edu to ensure adequate seating. PhD Oral Comprehensive Exams: Michael Howell Wednesday, May 5th, 2010 | 9:00am to 12:00pm Michael Howell will take his oral examinations in the Faculty Lounge, LeConte Hall. All members of the university faculty are invited. If you wish to attend please contact the Major Professor John Morrow, Jr. at jmorrow@uga.edu to ensure adequate seating. Spring 2010 Final Exams. Monday, May 3rd, 2010 to Friday, May 7th, 2010 Monday - Friday. Click here for more information April Furlough Day. Friday, April 30th, 2010 In implementation of the Board of Regents furlough policy, the University of Georgia has designated March 8 as one of the six furlough days to be taken by UGA employees unless they are otherwise designated. Only essential campus services will be operating today. Click here for more information Reading Day. Friday, April 30th, 2010 Click here for more information Monday Class Schedule in Effect Thursday, April 29th, 2010 For the Spring Semester 2010, the University will operate a Monday class schedule on Thursday. This is done to equalize the class minutes between MWF and TTH classes and to provide an equal number of class meetings for courses which may meet only once per week. Click here for more information Georgia Workshop in Early American History Thursday, April 29th, 2010 | 3:30pm to 5:30pm Thomas Chase Hagood will present from his paper, "'I look upon the long journey, through the wilderness, with much pleasure:' Measuring the Landscapes of Tuscaloosa Migrations." This month�s Workshop will be in Room 322 in LeConte Hall, the main building for the History Department. Those coming to the seminar need to download and read the paper prior to the workshop. It can be accessed from our "Upcoming Events" section of the website at http://www.uga.edu/colonialseminar/Upcoming.htm Click here for more information MA Thesis Defense: Jennifer Schwartzberg Thursday, April 29th, 2010 | 2:00pm Jennifer Schwartzberg will defend her thesis entitled, "Race and Space: The Radical Nationalism of the Pan-German League." The defense will be held in the Faculty Lounge, LeConte Hall. Members of the university community are invited to attend. If you wish to attend please contact the Major Professor John Morrow at jmorrow@uga.edu to ensure adequate seating. Panel discussion: "The United States of Terror--Three Centuries of World Experience with State-Sponsored Terrorism" Tuesday, April 27th, 2010 | 4:00pm With historian Michael Fellman, Simon Fraser University. A panel discussion entitled "The United States of Terror: Three Centuries of World Experience with State-Sponsored Terrorism" will include History faculty Laura Mason and Bill Steuck, along with Amy Ross from Geography. Room 221 Leconte Hall. Contact: berry@uga.edu Click here for more information Lecture: "John Brown:Terrorism in a Slave Society" Monday, April 26th, 2010 | 4:00pm Speaker Michael Fellman, Simon Fraser University. 101 Miller Learning Center. Contact: berry@uga.edu Click here for more information Workshop in the Cultural History of Capitalism presents Julie Weise Thursday, April 22nd, 2010 | 2:00pm to 3:30pm Dr. Julie Weise of California State-Long Beach will present "Citizens of Somewhere: Mexican Workers, Dixiecrats, and Mexican Bureaucrats in the Arkansas Delta, 1939-64." The event will be held in the Miller Learning Center; room TBA. Click here for more information Screening: Oral History with Lorena Weeks, Trailblazer for Equal Opportunity. Thursday, April 22nd, 2010 | 2:00pm to 3:15pm Dr. Kathleen Clark, Associate Professor of History at UGA will introduce the first public screening of film about Lorena Weeks, a Georgia woman and pioneer in labor equity for women who successfully challenged her employer, Southern Bell's refusal to hire women for certain jobs as a violation of Title 7 of the 1964 Civil Rights Act. Her case, Weeks v. Southern Bell helped to end employers' old practice of keeping women out of higher-paying positions by claiming that they required qualifications only men could fulfill. Questions, discussion and reception follow. Weeks will be a special honored guest at the event. Russell Library Auditorium. Sponsored by Richard B. Russell Library fior Political Research and Studies.Contact: 706-542-5766 jsevern@uga.edu Lunchtime seminar with Julie Weise Thursday, April 22nd, 2010 | 12:15pm to 1:30pm We will discuss a precirculated paper by Julie Weise (California State University-Long Beach), "Dispatches from the 'Viejo' New South: Historicizing Recent Latino Migrations" [click on link below for PDF]. Meet in Room 102, LeConte Hall. Click here for more information 225 Symposium: Lecture Thursday, April 22nd, 2010 | 10:15am to 11:15am James C. Cobb, B. Phinizy Spalding Distinguished Professor of History, will discuss the baby boomer generation in college. James C. Hearn, a professor at the Institute of Higher Education, will give the response and commentary. 50 Miller Learning Center. Contact: mwinston@uga.edu 225 Symposium: "Historical Images of the University of Georgia" Thursday, April 22nd, 2010 | 11:15am to 12:00pm Presentation by Nash Boney, Professor Emeritus, Department of History. 150 Miller Learning Center. Contact: mwinston@uga.edu PhD Oral Comprehensive Exams: Kyle Osborn Monday, April 19th, 2010 | 9:00am to 12:00pm Kyle Osborn will take his oral examinations in the Conference Room, LeConte Hall. All members of the university faculty are invited. If you wish to attend please contact the Major Professor John Inscoe at jinscoe@uga.edu to ensure adequate seating. History Lecture: "The Murder of King James I" Monday, April 19th, 2010 | 3:30pm Thomas Cogswell, Professor of History, UC Riverside, one of the pioneers of the post-revisionist turn in early Stuart political history, will present a lecture on Monday in LeConte Hall, Rm. 135. Cogswell is currently working on a book entitled "Buckingham's Commonwealth: Faction, Ideology and the Transformation of Early Stuart England," and was a 1974 UGA history major. Peter Ling lecture: "King's Duragraha: Can Martin Luther King be Classified as a Gandhian?" Wednesday, April 14th, 2010 | 3:30pm Professor Peter Ling, Study Abroad Director for the American and Canadian Studies Program at the University of Nottingham, will present a lecture in room 101, LeConte Hall. Professor Ling argues that King's success between 1963-1965 stemmed from his departure from strictly Gandhian principles. PhD Dissertation Defense: Ivy Holliman Monday, April 5th, 2010 | 9:30am to 12:00pm Ivy Holliman will defend her dissertation entitled,"From 'Crackertown' to 'ATL': Race, Urban Renewal, and the Re-Making of Downtown Atlanta, 1945-2000." The Major Professor is Paul Sutter. The defense will be held in the Conference Room, LeConte Hall. Members of the university community are invited to attend. If you wish to attend please contact the Graduate Coordinator Benjamin Ehlers at hiscoord@uga.edu to ensure adequate seating. PhD Dissertation Defense: Christopher Manganiello Monday, April 5th, 2010 | 3:00pm Christopher Manganiello will defend his dissertation entitled, "Dam Crazy with Wild Consequences: Artificial Lakes and Natural Rivers in the American South, 1845-1990." The defense will be held in the Faculty Lounge, LeConte Hall. Members of the university community are invited to attend. If you wish to attend please contact the Graduate Coordinator's office at history@uga.edu to ensure adequate seating. PhD Oral Comprehensive Exams: W. Thomas Okie Monday, April 5th, 2010 | 12:30pm Thomas Okie will take his oral examinations in the Conference Room, LeConte Hall. The Major Professor is Paul Sutter. All members of the university faculty are invited. If you wish to attend please contact the Graduate Coordinator's office via history@uga.edu to ensure adequate seating. March Women's History Month Program: "The Life and Legacy of Jeannette Rankin"--Workplace Justice Then and Now" Wednesday, March 31st, 2010 | 5:00pm to 6:30pm A talk by Bethany Moreton, history and the Institute for Women's Studies, and Pamela Voekel, history, about Jeannette Rankin's advocacy for wage and hour laws, child labor laws, support for unions, and present day struggles for 'living wages' and benefits. Refreshments provided. Blue Card event. 248 Miller Learning Center. Contact 706-542-0066, tlhat@uga.edu History Talk and Film Screening: "Women in Film: Claire Denis" Tuesday, March 30th, 2010 | 6:00pm Please join Dr. Laura Mason, Associate Professor of History, on Tuesday, for a talk on Claire Denis. Mason will discuss a couple of themes common to all of Denis' films-- most notably exile, displacement, and personal bonds-- to give film-goers a broader sense of her work.This will accompany her latest film which will open at CINE' in downtown Athens on Friday. "35 Shots of Rum," a lovely and meditative film about fathers and daughters and letting go, will screen at 7:15. (The CINE' Barcafe' is on West Hancock Ave, next to the National and down the street from Little Kings Shuffle Club.) Click here for more information Workshop in the Cultural History of Capitalism presents Rowena Olegario Monday, March 29th, 2010 | 4:30pm to 6:00pm Dr. Rowena Olegario of the Said Business School, Oxford University, will present "The Nation that Credit Built: 300 Years of Innovation, Regulation, and Devastation" in the Miller Learning Center, room 150. For more information contact Shane Hamilton at shamilto@uga.edu. Click here for more information Business History Conference Annual Meeting Thursday, March 25th, 2010 to Sunday, March 28th, 2010 | 8:00am to 8:00pm The 2010 meeting of the Business History Conference will be held at the Center for Continuing Education Conference Center and Hotel at the University of Georgia. The local sponsor is the Department of History at the University of Georgia, with local arrangements being handled by Shane Hamilton, Stephen Mihm, and Bethany Moreton. Click here for more information Spring 2010 Withdrawal Deadline Tuesday, March 23rd, 2010 Click here for more information History Book Fair: Pearson Publishers Tuesday, March 23rd, 2010 | 12:30pm to 01:45pm History faculty are invited to meet with Barbara Robinson (Barbara.Robinson@pearson.com) who will be on site Tuesday for a presentation of Pearson Higher Education 's classroom resources. LeConte Hall, Rm. 101. Lunch by Panera Bread will be provided. Click here for more information Women's History Month Keynote Address Monday, March 22nd, 2010 | 3:00pm Joan Hoff, historian and author, will present the Women's History Month keynote address, "Too Little, Too Late-- Changes in the Legal Status of U.S. Women". A reception and book signing will follow in Demosthenian Hall. For more information, contact 706/542-0066 or tlhat@uga.edu. Furlough Day. Monday, March 8th, 2010 In implementation of the Board of Regents furlough policy, the University of Georgia has designated March 8 as one of the six furlough days to be taken by UGA employees unless they are otherwise designated. Only essential campus services will be operating today. Click here for more information Spring Break. Monday, March 8th, 2010 No classes; offices open March 9-12. Click here for more information PhD Dissertation Defense: Darren Grem Tuesday, March 2nd, 2010 | 5:00pm Darren Grem will defend his dissertation entitled, "The Blessings of Business: Corporate America and Conservative Evangelicalism in the Sunbelt Age, 1945-2000." The defense will be held in the Faculty Lounge, LeConte Hall. Members of the university community are invited to attend. If you wish to attend please contact the Major Professor James Cobb at cobby@uga.edu to ensure adequate seating. Faculty Research Colloquium. Tuesday, March 2nd, 2010 | 12:30pm Allan Kulikoff will present his new work, "What did Benjamin Franklin look like?" Rm. 102 LeConte Hall. Pizza and soft drinks will be served. February Georgia Workshop in Early American History & Culture Friday, February 26th, 2010 | 3:30pm to 5:30pm Rm. 102 LeConte Hall. John Juricek will present from his forthcoming book, Colonial Georgia and the Creeks: Anglo-Indian Diplomacy on the Southern Frontier, 1733-1763 (Univ. Press of Florida). To RSVP for dinner please contact gweahc@uga.edu. Click here for more information PhD Dissertation Defense: Kenneth Shefsiek Tuesday, February 23rd, 2010 | 12:30pm Kenneth Shefsiek will defend his dissertation entitled,"Stone House Days: Constructing Cultural Hybridity in the Hudson Valley." The defense will be held in the Conference Room, LeConte Hall. Members of the university community are invited to attend. If you wish to attend please contact the Major Professor Allan Kulikoff at kulikoff@uga.edu to ensure adequate seating. January Martin Luther King Jr. Birthday holiday Monday, January 18th, 2010 No classes. Offices closed. Spring semester classes begin Thursday, January 7th, 2010 Spring 2010 syllabi due on-line Wednesday, January 6th, 2010 Please upload all syllabi for spring courses by January 6th. Instructions are available from the entry page of the Syllabus System. Faculty can access this system using their UGA MyID and password. The Syllabus System is available online. See the web site for details. Click here for more information Furlough Day Monday, January 4th, 2010 In implementation of the Board of Regents furlough policy, the University of Georgia has designated November 25 as one of the six furlough days to be taken by UGA employees unless they are otherwise designated. Only essential campus services will be operating today. Click here for more information December Furlough Day Thursday, December 24th, 2009 In implementation of the Board of Regents furlough policy, the University of Georgia has designated December 24 as one of the six furlough days to be taken by UGA employees unless they are otherwise designated. Only essential campus services will be operating today. Click here for more information Commencement Friday, December 18th, 2009 Final Exams Dec. 10, 11, 14, 15, 16 Wednesday, December 16th, 2009 Click here for more information Reading Day Wednesday, December 9th, 2009 Reading Days : These days have been designated by the University Council to provide time for students to prepare for final examinations. No mandatory assignments are to be scheduled for completion during reading days -- either for course work or extra-curricular or co-curricular activities. Exceptions for good cause can be made to this policy by the Vice President for Instruction. Nothing in this policy limits an instructor from scheduling optional study reviews for students during reading days. Friday Class Schedule in Effect* Tuesday, December 8th, 2009 Last Day of Fall classes. For the Fall Semester 2009, the University will operate a Friday class schedule on Tuesday, Dec. 8. This is done to equalize the class minutes between MWF and TTH classes and to provide an equal number of class meetings for courses which may meet only once per week. Final Instructional Day: No tests or quizzes are to be administered on the final instructional day of a course, unless the course has not been assigned a final examination time slot by the University. All labs may administer tests or quizzes on the final instructional day. For purposes of this policy, student presentations to the class in a seminar or graduate course shall not be considered a test or a quiz. MA Thesis Defense: Elizabeth Summerlin Monday, December 7th, 2009 | 10:00am Elizabeth Summerlin will defend her thesis entitled, "'Not Ratified but Hereby Rejected:' The Women's Suffrage Movement in Georgia, 1895-1925." The defense will be held in the Faculty Lounge, LeConte Hall. Members of the university community are invited to attend. If you wish to attend please contact the Major Professor Kathleen Clark at katclark@uga.edu to ensure adequate seating. PhD Dissertation Defense: John Paul Hill Friday, December 4th, 2009 | 9:00am to 12:00pm John Paul Hill will defend his dissertation entitled, "A. B. 'Happy' Chandler and the Politics of Civil Rights." The defense will be held in the Faculty Lounge, LeConte Hall. Members of the university community are invited to attend. If you wish to attend please contact the Major Professor Jim Cobb at cobby@uga.edu to ensure adequate seating. PhD Dissertation Defense: Solomon Smith Wednesday, December 2nd, 2009 | 6:00pm to 8:00pm Solomon Smith will defend his dissertation entitled,"'A Profound Secret In the Breast of a Very Few': Industrial Ventures in the Chesapeake Region, 1720-1820." The defense will be held in the Conference Room, LeConte Hall. Members of the university community are invited to attend. If you wish to attend please contact the Major Professor Peter Hoffer at pchoffer@uga.edu to ensure adequate seating. Fall 2009 syllabi due on-line Tuesday, December 1st, 2009 Please have all your departmental courses taught this fall uploaded to the Syllabus System by December 1st. In addition, please upload all syllabi for spring courses by January 6th. Instructions are available from the entry page of the Syllabus System. Faculty can access this system using their UGA MyID and password. The Syllabus System is available online. See the web site for details. Click here for more information November Nov. 23 - 27, Thanksgiving Holiday Friday, November 27th, 2009 No classes Monday - Friday. UGA offices closed Thursday and Friday. Furlough Day Wednesday, November 25th, 2009 In implementation of the Board of Regents furlough policy, the University of Georgia has designated November 25 as one of the six furlough days to be taken by UGA employees unless they are otherwise designated. Only essential campus services will be operating today. Click here for more information PhD Oral Comprehensive Examinations: La Shonda Mims Wednesday, November 18th, 2009 | 10:30am to 12:30pm La Shonda Mims will take her oral examinations in the Conference Room, LeConte Hall. All members of the university faculty are invited. If you wish to attend please contact the Major Professor Jim Cobb at cobby@uga.edu to ensure adequate seating. Phi Alpha Theta Movie Night & Meeting Tuesday, November 17th, 2009 | 6:00pm We will be showing "The Hound of the Baskervilles," and Dr. Willis will be speaking. There will be free pizza! Everybody try to make it so we can discuss our plans for next semester. "Goldwater at 100" Conference, Arizona State University Thursday, November 12th, 2009 to Friday, November 13th, 2009 UGA History Lecturer Brian Drake paper will present his paper entitled "Extremism in the Defense of Nature is No Vice: Barry Goldwater and Federal Environmentalism." Sponsored by the Arizona Historical Foundation. Click here for more information Furlough Day Tuesday, November 10th, 2009 | 12:00pm In implementation of the Board of Regents furlough policy, the University of Georgia has designated November 25 as one of the six furlough days to be taken by UGA employees unless they are otherwise designated. Only essential campus services will be operating today. Click here for more information "Beyond the Movement: Global and Contemporary Freedom Struggles" Saturday, November 7th, 2009 to Monday, November 9th, 2009 The three-day conference, which is open free to the public, is sponsored by the Institute for African American Studies at UGA, part of the Franklin College of Arts and Sciences. The symposium honors the accomplishments of Georgia's civil rights activists and considers the global and national legacies of the Movement since its early years in the 50s and 60s. Click here for more information Symposium: Beyond the Movement: Global and Contemporary Freedom Struggles Saturday, November 7th, 2009 to Monday, November 9th, 2009 The Institute for African American Studies is hosting a symposium November 7-9, 2009 (Beyond the Movement: Global and Contemporary Freedom Struggles). Noted speakers are: Dr. Peniel Joseph, Hadjii and a few of our faculty members Dr. Reginald McKnight and Dr. Chana Kai Lee from the History Department. A program of the Institute for African American Studies with additional sponsorship provided by: Willson Center for Humanities and Arts; Franklin College of Arts and Sciences; President's Office; History Department; Department of Lifelong Learning; Creative Writing Center; Dr. Judith Ortiz Cofer, Regents Professor of English, College of Education, School of Social Work, Office for Institutional Diversity. Click here for more information Women's Studies Graduate Student Association Tuesday, November 3rd, 2009 | 6:30pm History graduate students: if you are interested in pursuing a graduate certificate in WMST, consider gender integral to your research, or just like WMST, please join us! About us: The Women's Studies Graduate Student Association aims to confer distinction for high achievement in scholarship and activism in conjunction with the program of Women s Studies, to promote support for and enhance community among Women s Studies graduate students, to provide a forum for the interchange of ideas among those students and scholars who are seriously pursing knowledge in these areas, and to promote the study of women, gender and society, both locally and globally. Questions? Contact Daleah Goodwin dgoodwin@uga.edu October Fall Break Friday, October 30th, 2009 No classes. Furlough Day. In implementation of the Board of Regents furlough policy, the University of Georgia has established October 30 as one of the six furlough days to be taken by UGA employees unless they are otherwise designated. Only essential campus services will be operating today. Click here for more information History Graduate Student Colloquium Monday, October 26th, 2009 | 12:30pm to 1:10pm Student Speaker Series: Drew Swanson will be presenting the topic of 19th century agricultural reform and the limitations created by bright tobacco in the Piedmont of Virginia and North Carolina. Please contact Hannah Waits at hwaits@uga.edu if you have any questions. History Department Fall reception Friday, October 23rd, 2009 | 5:00pm to 7:00pm For History Dept. Faculty, staff, and graduate students: the History Department will sponsor a Fall Reception on Friday at the home of Michael Kwass and Laura Mason. Please RSVP to Sheree Dendy at sdendy@uga.edu so that we may know how many to plan for. We look forward to seeing you there. Withdrawal Deadline Thursday, October 22nd, 2009 History Graduate Student Book Sale! Wednesday, October 21st, 2009 to Thursday, October 22nd, 2009 | 9:00am to 3:30pm All kinds of books at low, low prices. Fiction and non-fiction. All genres. Proceeds benefit our graduate students in History. The sale will take place on the plaza behind LeConte Hall on North Campus, from the morning thru afternoon on Tuesday and Wednesday. Virtual Book signing: Barton Myers Saturday, October 17th, 2009 | 12:00pm CST Join us on Saturday when the Abraham Lincoln Book Shop, Inc. welcomes UGA history alumnus Barton Myers to talk about his new book, Executing Daniel Bright: Race, Loyalty and Guerilla Violence in a Coastal Carolina Community 1861-1865. Sponsored by Abraham Lincoln Book Shop, Inc. Click here for more information Midterm Thursday, October 8th, 2009 APERO Africana Brown Bag Lecture: 'The 369th Regiment--The Heroic Harlem Hellfighters' Wednesday, October 7th, 2009 | 12:15pm to 1:15pm Sponsored by Institute for African American Studies, African Studies Institute, African American Cultural Center. Speaker: John Morrow, Jr., history. African American Cultural Center, Fourth Floor Memorial Hall. Contact: fsgiles@uga.edu September An African-Andalucian Freedman Friday, September 25th, 2009 | 3:30pm to 4:30pm Elizabeth Wright will present "Liberty via Latinity: the Epic Stratagems of Joannes Latinus, an African-Andalucian Freedman Negotiating an Age of Mass Enslavement" on Friday, 3:30 - 4:30 in 350K Gilbert Hall. Click here for more information Ferdinand Phinizy Lecture Friday, September 18th, 2009 | 11:00am Pulitzer-prize winning novelist Richard Ford will deliver the Ferdinand Phinizy Lecture in the Chapel on the University of Georgia campus. The event is open and free to the public. Winner of the 1996 Pulitzer Prize for his novel Independence Day, Ford also won the PEN/Faulkner Prize for that same book, the first to receive both awards simultaneously. He is also the recipient of a Guggenheim Fellowship, the 2001 PEN/Malamud Award for Short Fiction and the 1995 Rea Award for the Short Story. A member of the American Academy of Arts and Letters, Ford taught at Williams, Princeton, Harvard, and Northwestern. His writing has appeared in The New York Times, Esquire, Granta, Le Monde and The New Yorker among other magazines and journals. The Ferdinand Phinizy Lectureship was established and endowed by Phinizy Calhoun, UGA class of 1900, as a memorial to his grandfather, Ferdinand Phinizy, who was a graduate of the UGA class of 1838. Contact: 706-542-2474, cobby@uga.edu. APERO Africana Brown Bag Lecture: 'The Integration of UGA--Stories Untold' Wednesday, September 16th, 2009 | 12:15pm to 1:15pm Sponsored by the Institute for African American Studies, African Studies Institute, African American Cultural Center. Speaker: Robert Pratt, history. African American Cultural Center, 4th floor, Memorial Hall. Contact: fsgiles@uga.edu Roundtable Discussion: American Values and our Current Recession Tuesday, September 15th, 2009 | 4:00pm Sponsored by the Willson Center for Humanities and Arts. Panelists: Shane Hamilton, history; Andy Herod, geography; Doris Kadish, (LACSI and Romance languages; Bill Lastrapes, economics; and Amy Ross, geography. 4:00 p.m. 480 Tate Student Center. Contact: 706-542-3966, jdingus@uga.edu Holiday: Labor Day Monday, September 7th, 2009 No classes. UGA offices closed. August Drop/Add for Fall semester Friday, August 21st, 2009 Drop August 17 - 20. Add August 17 - 21. NEW Graduate Student Meeting Wednesday, August 12th, 2009 | 2:00pm to 3:30pm Rm. 102 LeConte Hall. The meeting is required for all new graduate students in the History program. Graduate Student Association welcome party Wednesday, August 12th, 2009 | 11:30am to 2:00pm Miller Student Learning Center. Fall International Student Orientation August 3 - 7 Friday, August 7th, 2009 | 12:00pm New international students and international transfer students attending classes during the fall semester 2009 should plan to attend the international student orientation sponsored by International Student Life. Immigration information, social security numbers, banking, housing, utilities as well as non-resident tax information are among the topics that will be discussed. The Fall International Orientation dates are from August 3 - August 7. Registration and check-in will begin from 10:00 a.m.-5 p.m. on August 3 at the International Student Life Office located in 210 Memorial Hall. For more information, contact 706/542-5867. Click here for more information July PhD Dissertation Defense: Min Song Friday, July 10th, 2009 | 2:10pm to 5:10p Min Song will defend her dissertation entitled, "Economic Normalization: Sino-American Trade Relations From 1969 to 1980." The defense will be held in the Conference Room, LeConte Hall. Members of the university community are invited to attend. If you wish to attend please contact the Major Professor William Stueck at wstueck@uga.edu to ensure adequate seating. MA Thesis Defense: Jessica Fowler Thursday, July 9th, 2009 | 1:00pm Jessica Fowler will defend her thesis entitled, "Illuminating Heretics: Alumbrados and Inquisition in Sixteenth-Century Cuenca." The defense will be held in the Conference Room, LeConte Hall. Members of the university community are invited to attend. If you wish to attend please contact the Major Professor Benjamin Ehlers at behlers@uga.edu to ensure adequate seating. June PhD Dissertation Defense: Steven Nash Thursday, June 25th, 2009 | 1:00pm Steven Nash will defend his dissertation entitled, "The Extremest Condition of Humanity: Emancipation, Conflict, and Progress in Western North Carolina, 1865-1880." The defense will be held in the Conference Room, LeConte Hall. Members of the university community are invited to attend. If you wish to attend please contact the Major Professor John Inscoe at jinscoe@uga.edu to ensure adequate seating. Main Libraries Dedication of the F.N. Boney Collection Friday, June 12th, 2009 | 2:00pm The University of Georgia Libraries invites current and retired members of the History Department to the dedication of the F. N. Boney Collection, which will find a permanent homes in the Reading Room of the Miller Learning Center. MLC Reading Room, 3rd floor. Refreshments will be served following the dedication. Parking will be available at the Tate Center Parking Deck. Parking validation will be provided. F.N. Boney, Ph.D. University of Virginia, taught American History at the University of Georgia for twenty-eight years. He published nine books and contributed large sections to three others and authored over a hundred articles and over a hundred book reviews. He specialized in Southern history with emphasis on Georgia and Virginia and wrote and lectured extensively on the University of Georgia. MA Thesis Defense: Nikolas Frye Wednesday, June 10th, 2009 | 4:00pm Nikolas Frye will defend his thesis entitled, "Applying for Cherokee Citizenship: Constructing Nation, Race, and Identity, 1900-1906." The defense will be held in the Conference Room, LeConte Hall. Members of the university community are invited to attend. If you wish to attend please contact the Major Professor Claudio Saunt at csaunt@uga.edu to ensure adequate seating. May Grades due Monday, May 11th, 2009 | 7:00pm PhD Oral Comprehensive Examinations: Michele Lansdown Monday, May 11th, 2009 | 10:00am to 12:00pm Michele Lansdown will take her oral examinations in the Conference Room, LeConte Hall. All members of the university faculty are invited. If you wish to attend please contact the Major Professor Kathleen Clark at katclark@uga.edu to ensure adequate seating. Spring Commencement Saturday, May 9th, 2009 Undergraduate Ceremony at 9:30 am in Sanford Stadium Graduate Ceremony at 2:30 pm in Stegeman Coliseum Georgia Workshop in Early American History and Culture Friday, May 8th, 2009 | 3:30pm to 5:30pm Jim Gigantino will be on hand to discuss his paper "Creating Freedom North of Mason-Dixon: New Jersey's Era of Abolition." Rm. 320, LeConte Hall. A reception will be held after the seminar and all who are interested are encouraged to attend a dinner with Jim at a local restaurant. We try to get an estimate of attendees for dinner. To RSVP please contact gweahc@uga.edu. Southern Salon Thursday, May 7th, 2009 | 7:00pm We'll discuss Allan Gallay's The Maya of Morganton: Work and Community in the Nuevo New South. Location and time TBA to meeting members the week before. Final Exams Monday, May 4th, 2009 to Friday, May 8th, 2009 Monday through Friday. Reading day, no classes. Friday, May 1st, 2009 No mandatory assignments are to be scheduled for completion during reading days -- either for course work or extra-curricular or co-curricular activities. Exceptions for good cause can be made to this policy by the Vice President for Instruction. PhD Oral Comprehensive Examinations: Zac Smith Friday, May 1st, 2009 | 10:00am to 12:00pm Zac Smith will take his oral examinations in the Conference Room, LeConte Hall. All members of the university faculty are invited. If you wish to attend please contact the Major Professor John Morrow at jmorrow@uga.edu to ensure adequate seating. April Monday class schedule in effect Thursday, April 30th, 2009 Last day of spring classes. *Note: For the Spring Semester 2009, the University will operate a Monday class schedule on Thursday, April 30. This is done to equalize the class minutes between MWF and TTH classes and to provide an equal number of class meetings for courses which may meet only once per week. Workshop in the Cultural History of Capitalism Thursday, April 30th, 2009 | 5:00pm to 6:30pm Mexicanist Michael Snodgrass will lead a discussion of his work on the bracero program in Leconte Hall, room 320. His paper is posted on the following website: Click here for more information PhD Oral Comprehensive Examinations: Jennifer Malto Thursday, April 30th, 2009 | 9:00am to 12:00pm Jennifer Malto will take her oral examinations in the Conference Room, LeConte Hall. All members of the university faculty are invited. If you wish to attend please contact the Major Professor Jake Short at jshort@uga.edu to ensure adequate seating. History Dept. Annual awards/reception Wednesday, April 29th, 2009 | 5:00pm to 7:00pm Wednesday. History department graduate students, faculty, instructors, retirees, staff and award nominees are invited to attend our annual awards reception and dinner. Demosthenian Hall, North campus. It is very important that you RSVP to Sheree Dendy at sdendy@uga.edu and let us know how many in your family will attend. PhD Oral Comprehensive Exams: Lesley-Anne Reed Monday, April 27th, 2009 | 11:30am to 1:30pm Lesley-Anne Reed will take her oral examinations in the Conference Room, LeConte Hall. All members of the university faculty are invited. If you wish to attend please contact the Major Professor Paul Sutter at histcoord@uga.edu to ensure adequate seating. Workshop in Early American History and Culture Friday, April 24th, 2009 | 3:30pm to 5:30pm Lucy Murphy (Ohio State University). LeConte Hall Room 320 Click here for more information History Lecture and book signing: Paul D. Escott Thursday, April 23rd, 2009 | 5:00pm Wake Forest historian Paul D. Escott will give a lecture on "Lincoln as Icon: Thinking about Myth and Reality in our History." He will also sign copies of his new book: "What Are We To Do With the Negro?: Lincoln, White Racism, and Civil War America." Lecture is Thursday in MLC Room 348. Honors Day Wednesday, April 22nd, 2009 | 1:25pm to 4:25pm For Honors Day date, time, and location, please see the Office of the Senior Vice President for Academic Affairs and Provost Academic Events Calendar. Typically, undergraduate classes scheduled for sixth, seventh and eighth periods (1:25-4:25 p.m.) will be dismissed so students and faculty can attend. Reacting to the Past Conference Friday, April 17th, 2009 to Sunday, April 19th, 2009 Interested faculty and administrators are invited to register for a regional "Reacting to the Past" Conference hosted by the University of Georgia (Athens, GA). At the conference, faculty and administrators will learn about "Reacting to the Past" by participating in intensive two-day workshops on a particular game (see "featured games" below). In addition to game sessions, we will have discussions of a more general character on student motivation, teaching, liberal arts education, and the problems and possibilities of the "Reacting" pedagogy. Participants are encouraged to attend all game and plenary sessions. Click here for more information PhD Oral Comprehensive Examinations: Joshua Haynes Wednesday, April 15th, 2009 | 2:45pm to 4:45pm Joshua Haynes will take his oral examinations in the Conference Room, LeConte Hall. All members of the university faculty are invited. If you wish to attend please contact the Major Professor Clausio Saunt at csaunt@uga.edu to ensure adequate seating. Graduate School Student Appreciation Open House Thursday, April 9th, 2009 | 12:00pm to 5:00pm April 8-9. Sponsored by the Graduate School. To celebrate National Graduate and Professional Student Appreciation Week (Apr. 6-10), the Graduate School is hosting a two-day open house to honor all UGA graduate and professional students. Graduate students are invited to enjoy refreshments, meet other graduate students, learn about Graduate School services and enter their names for a chance to win door prizes. Graduate School, 320 E. Clayton St., Suite 400. Contact: 706-542-2953, jmilton@uga.edu History talk: Charles Bittner Thursday, April 9th, 2009 | 5:00pm This Thursday Nation correspondent Charles Bittner will speak with graduate students about the U.S. prison system in the contemporary period. Leconte Hall, Rm. 321. Pizza and drinks, so please do rsvp to voekel@uga.edu so we know how much to order! Doctoral Dissertation defense: Barton Myers Wednesday, April 8th, 2009 | 2:30pm Barton Myers will defend his dissertation entitled, "'Rebels Against a Rebellion': Southern Unionists in Secession, War and Remembrance." The defense will be held in the Conference Room, LeConte Hall. Members of the university community are invited to attend. If you wish to attend please contact the Major Professor John Inscoe at jinscoe@uga.edu to ensure adequate seating. Faculty Research Colloquium Tuesday, April 7th, 2009 | 12:30pm to 1:30pm Professor Oscar Chamosa will present work in progress. Room 320, LeConte Hall. Workshop in Early American History and Culture Friday, April 3rd, 2009 | 3:30pm to 5:30pm Greg O'Brien (UNC-Greensboro) will be on hand to discuss his paper "The Great Choctaw-Chickasaw Peace and the War that Made It Possible." LeConte Hall Room 320. A reception will be held after the seminar and all who are interested are encouraged to attend a dinner with Greg at one of our fine local restaurants. We try to get an estimate of dinner attendees. To RSVP please contact gweahc@uga.edu. Click here for more information MA Thesis Defense: Levi Van Sant Wednesday, April 1st, 2009 | 10:00am Levi Van Sant will defend his thesis entitled, "Representing Nature, Reordering Society: Eugene Odum, Ecosystem Ecology, and Environmental Politics." The defense will be held in the Conference Room, LeConte Hall. Members of the university community are invited to attend. If you wish to attend please contact the Major Professor Paul Sutter at histcoord@uga.edu to ensure adequate seating. March Doctoral Dissertation defense: Robert Luckett Tuesday, March 31st, 2009 | 9:15am Robert Luckett will defend his dissertation entitled, "Yapping Dogs: Joe T. Patterson and the Limits of Massive Resistance." The defense will be held in the Conference Room, LeConte Hall. Members of the university community are invited to attend. If you wish to attend please contact the Major Professor Robert Pratt at rapratt@uga.edu to ensure adequate seating. Graduate Student Speaker series Wednesday, March 25th, 2009 | 4:00pm to 5:00pm Wednesday. Tom Okie will present an essay titled "The Garden Spot of the Universe': The Commercial Transformation of Southern Horticulture, 1850-1900." Rm. 320 LeConte Hall. Withdrawal deadline Tuesday, March 24th, 2009 Last day for a student to request a withdrawal passing (WP) grade. PhD Oral Comprehensive Examinations: Daleah Goodwin Tuesday, March 24th, 2009 | 3:30pm Daleah Goodwin will take her oral examinations in the Conference Room, LeConte Hall. All members of the university faculty are invited. If you wish to attend please contact the Major Professor Diane Morrow at dbmorrow@uga.edu to ensure adequate seating. Workshop in the History of Environment and Agriculture Friday, March 20th, 2009 | 4:00pm to 5:30pm Clifford Kuhn, Georgia State University, will present "'Restoring the Land, Restoring the People': Arthur Raper and the Unified Farm Program in Greene County, Georgia, 1940-1942" in room 320 Leconte. Contact Paul Sutter or Shane Hamilton for further information. Click here for more information Southern Salon Friday, March 20th, 2009 | 7:00pm We'll discuss Leon Fink's The Maya of Morganton (2003). Location and time TBA to meeting members the week before. Spring break. Monday, March 9th, 2009 to Friday, March 13th, 2009 There will be no classes, but UGA offices will be open from March 9 through March 13. UGA presents Appalachia: A History of Mountains and People Wednesday, March 4th, 2009 | 7:30pm A four-part series chronicling the history of one of Earth's oldest mountain ranges and its inhabitants will be shown at University of Georgia Campus. Filmmakers Ross Spears and Jamie Ross will be present to introduce and discuss the film. The showing is free and open to the public. The Appalachian film series, scheduled for Mon and Tues., had to cancel last nights showing, but will show tonight's at 7:30. Due to damage to the MLC, it will be shown in the Tate Center, Room 137. The film event is co-sponsored by the EcoFocus Film Festival (a production of the Odum School of Ecology), the history department, the anthropology department and the Institute of Native American Studies. Click here for more information Faculty Research Colloquium Tuesday, March 3rd, 2009 | 12:30pm to 1:30pm Professor Bill Stueck will present work in progress. Room 320, LeConte Hall. UGA presents Appalachia: A History of Mountains and People Monday, March 2nd, 2009 | 7:30pm A four-part series chronicling the history of one of Earth's oldest mountain ranges and its inhabitants will be shown March 2-3 on the University of Georgia Campus. On Monday, March 2, the first half of Appalachia: A History of Mountains and People will be shown in 102 Miller Learning Center. The second half is Wednesday, March 3 in 171 Miller Learning Center. Filmmakers Ross Spears and Jamie Ross will be present to introduce and discuss the film. The showing is free and open to the public. The film event is co-sponsored by the EcoFocus Film Festival (a production of the Odum School of Ecology), the history department, the anthropology department and the Institute of Native American Studies. Click here for more information February Workshop in Early American History and Culture Friday, February 27th, 2009 | 3:30pm to 5:30pm Robert Desrochers (Emory University). LeConte Hall Room 320 Click here for more information Oral Comprehensive Examination Thursday, February 19th, 2009 | 8:45am Kathi Nehls will take her oral examinations Thursday in the Conference Room, LeConte Hall. Oral Comprehensive Examinations are open to all members of the faculty. Please contact the Major Professor Paul Sutter at histcoord@uga.edu if you wish to attend, to ensure adequate seating. Southern Salon Wednesday, February 18th, 2009 | 4:00pm Professor Richard J. Gray will participate in a panel discussion on his new book "A Web of Words: The Great Dialogue of Southern Literature" 4:00, 265 Park Hall. Dr. Cobb has graciously made seven copies of his new book, A Web of Words: The Great dialogue of Southern Literature (Toni Morrison, Cormac McCarthy, W.E.B. DuBois and Faulker among others) available for folks to read. Southern Salon Tuesday, February 17th, 2009 | 4:30pm to 6:30pm Professor Richard J. Gray, who teaches at the University of Essex Department of Literature, Film, and Theatre Studies will be visiting as the Barbara Lester Methvin Visiting Distinguished Professor of Southern Studies at the University of Georgia. On Tuesday, February 17 he'll give a public lecture: "'Maybe Nothing Ever Happens Once and Is Finished': Some Notes on Recent Southern Writing and Social Change" at 4:30, 148 Miller Learning Center Graduate Student Colloquium Monday, February 16th, 2009 | 4:00pm Levi Van Sant will be presenting and discussing a paper titled "Searching for the Fundamentals of Ecology: Eugene Odum, Ecosystem Ecology, and Environmental Politics." Rm. 320, LeConte Hall. Faculty Research Colloquium Tuesday, February 10th, 2009 | 12:30pm to 1:30pm Professor Ben Ehlers will present work in progress. Room 320, LeConte Hall. Workshop in the History of Agriculture and Environment Tuesday, February 3rd, 2009 | 4:00pm to 5:30pm Peggy Barlett, Emory University will present "Moving toward a Sustainable Food System on College Campuses." Co-sponsored with the Environmental Ethics Certificate Program, the Willson Center for Humanities and Arts, and the Organic Agriculture Certificate Program. Location TBA. Click here for more information January Workshop in the History of Agriculture and Environment Friday, January 30th, 2009 | 4:00pm to 5:30pm Richard Mizelle, Florida State University, will present research in progress from his work on the Great Mississippi Flood of 1927. Room 320 Leconte. Contact Paul Sutter or Shane Hamilton for further information. Click here for more information 2009 Founders' Day Lecture Tuesday, January 27th, 2009 | 3:00pm This is a special invitation to faculty, staff and students in the History Department on behalf of the Alumni Association and the Emeriti Scholars. The 2009 Founders' Day Lecture is scheduled for Tuesday at the University Chapel in honor of the 224th anniversary of the adoption of the University of Georgia charter by the Georgia General Assembly. University Professor and Vice President for Instruction Emeritus Tom Dyer'72, '75 will deliver the lecture entitled "Finding the Founders and What They Founded: Reflections on the Origins of the University of Georgia." The student responder to Dr. Dyer's remarks will be Noah Koon, a student in the Franklin College of Arts and Sciences. We open you will attend. The lecture is free and open to the public. Parking will be available in the North Campus parking deck off Jackson Street at an hourly rate. Faculty Research Colloquium Tuesday, January 13th, 2009 | 12:30pm to 1:30pm Professor Tim Cleaveland will present work in progress. Room 320, LeConte Hall. Southern Salon Thursday, January 1st, 2009 | 7:00pm to 9:00pm We'll discuss Alan Gallay's The Indian Slave Trade: The Rise of the English Empire in the American South, 1670-1717 (2003). Location and time TBA to meeting members the week before (in January 2009) December Grades Due Monday, December 22nd, 2008 | 5:00pm The Online Grade Roll System for grade submission by instructors for Fall 2008 will become available on Thursday, December 4, 2008. Grades are due by Monday, 5pm. Fall Commencement Ceremonies Friday, December 19th, 2008 Undergraduate ceremony 9:30 a.m.; featured speaker is Dr. Donald R. Eastman III, president of Eckerd College in St. Petersburg, Fla., and former UGA vice president for strategic planning. Graduate ceremony 2:30 p.m.; featured speaker is Harriet Mayor Fulbright, president of the J. William & Harriet Fulbright Center. Stegeman Coliseum. Southern Salon Tuesday, December 16th, 2008 | 7:00pm to 9:00pm We'll discuss Stephen Berry's All that Makes a Man: Love and Ambition in the Civil War South (2004). Location and time TBA to meeting members the week before. Graduate Admissions Deadline Monday, December 15th, 2008 Deadline for the receipt of all admission materials for applications to the graduate program in history. Ph.D. Oral Comprehensive Examinations: Catherine Holmes Monday, December 15th, 2008 | 10:00am to 12:00pm Cat Holmes will take her oral examinations 10am-Noon in the Conference Room, LeConte Hall. All members of the university faculty are invited. If you wish to attend please contact the Major Professor Jim Cobb at cobby@uga.edu to ensure adequate seating. Holiday Luncheon Friday, December 12th, 2008 | 11:30pm to 1:30pm This year the History Department will celebrate the holidays with a pot-luck luncheon for our History faculty, graduate students and staff. It is an exam day but we hope these hours will allow everyone to attend for at least a short while. The festivities will take place in the conference room and the faculty lounge, as needed on Friday. The department will furnish a honey-baked ham. We hope you make plans to attend. Sign-up sheets for side dishes and desserts are in the Faculty mailroom. Final Exams Thursday, December 11th, 2008 Click here for more information Reading Day Wednesday, December 10th, 2008 No mandatory assignments are to be scheduled for completion during reading days -- either for course work or extra-curricular or co-curricular activities. Exceptions for good cause can be made to this policy by the Vice President for Instruction. Click here for more information Last Day of Classes for Fall Term Tuesday, December 9th, 2008 Note: For the Fall Semester 2008, the University will operate a Friday class schedule on Tuesday, Dec. 9. This is done to equalize the class minutes between MWF and TTH classes and to provide an equal number of class meetings for courses which may meet only once per week. Workshop in the History of Agriculture and Environment Friday, December 5th, 2008 | 4:00pm to 5:30pm Jennifer Leigh Smith, Georgia Tech, will present research in progress, "The Soviet Cold War Fur Trade and its Environmental Consequences." Room 320 Leconte. Contact Paul Sutter or Shane Hamilton for further information. Click here for more information Doctoral Dissertaion Defense: Mary Ella Engel Thursday, December 4th, 2008 | 3:30pm to 5:30pm Mary Ella Engel will defend her dissertation entitled, "Praying With One Eye Open: Mormons and Murder in Late Nineteenth Century Appalachian Georgia." The defense will be held at 3:30pm in the Conference Room, LeConte Hall. Members of the university community are invited to attend. If you wish to attend please contact the Major Professor John Inscoe at jinscoe@uga.edu to ensure adequate seating. November Thanksgiving Holiday Monday, November 24th, 2008 Please note changes from previous fall semesters: One day for Fall Break; No classes during week of Thanksgiving. History Program Review Interviews Thursday, November 20th, 2008 Conference Room, LeConte Hall. 1:00-2:00 History Staff 2:15-3:15 Graduate Student Association Officers History Program Review Interviews Tuesday, November 18th, 2008 Conference Room, LeConte Hall. 9:00-10:00 Policy Committee & Personnel Committee 1:00-2:00 Assistant Professors 2:15-3:15 Associate Professors 3:30-4:30 Professors Workshop in the History of Agriculture and Environment Friday, November 14th, 2008 | 4:00pm to 5:30pm Jim Giesen and Mark Hersey, Mississippi State University, will present research in progress in room 320 Leconte. Mark Hersey's paper is titled "What Dreams Might Die: The Collapse of George Washington Carver's Campaign on Behalf of Impoverished Sharecroppers." Jim Giesen will discuss "Boll Weevil Blues: Myth-Making in Alabama." Both papers are available on the website for download prior to the discussion. Click here for more information Meet-and-Greet Luncheon with Dr. Tera Hunter Friday, November 7th, 2008 | 11:30am to 1:00pm In the LeConte Hall Conference Room Graduate Workshop w/ Dr. Tera Hunter Friday, November 7th, 2008 | 1:30pm to 3:00pm Dr. Hunter will conduct a graduate workshop focused on her award winning book To 'Joy My Freedom': Southern Black Women's Lives and Labors After the Civil War in LeConte Hall Room 323. The lunch and workshop are open to graduate students and faculty. This lecture series is sponsored the Franklin College of Arts and Sciences Visiting Scholar Program, Willson Center for Humanities and Arts Department Invited Lecturer Program, History Graduate Student Association, Department of History, Institute for Women's Studies, Southern Historical Association and Institute for African American Studies. Contact: Daleah Goodwin - dgoodwin@uga.edu Women's Studies Friday Speaker Series Friday, November 7th, 2008 | 12:20pm to 1:10pm Bethany Moreton (Women's Study & History) will discuss Women, Work, and Wal-Mart. All talks are free and open to the public. 12:20-1:10pm in 250 Student Learning Center. Workshop in the Cultural History of Capitalism Friday, November 7th, 2008 | 3:30pm to 5:00pm Beatrix Hoffman, Professor of History, Northern Illinois University will present "Access and Denial: Toward a History of Health Care Rights Consciousness in the 20th Century U.S." in room 320 LeConte. Click here for more information 2nd History Graduate Student Association Lecture Series / Book Signing, with Dr. Tera W. Hunter Thursday, November 6th, 2008 | 4:00pm to 6:00pm Professor of History and African American Studies at Princeton University, Hunter will present, "'Until Death or Distance Do You Part': Marriage and Slavery in the Nineteenth Century" Thursday, at 4:00 p.m. in the UGA Chapel. This lecture series is sponsored the Franklin College of Arts and Sciences Visiting Scholar Program, Willson Center for Humanities and Arts Department Invited Lecturer Program, History Graduate Student Association, Department of History, Institute for Women's Studies, Southern Historical Association and Institute for African American Studies. Contact: Daleah Goodwin - dgoodwin@uga.edu October Fall Break Friday, October 31st, 2008 Classes will not be held at UGA due to students' fall break. University offices are open. Please note changes from previous fall semesters: One day for Fall Break; No classes during week of Thanksgiving Workshop in Early American History and Culture Friday, October 24th, 2008 | 3:30pm to 5:30pm John Sensbach (University of Florida) will be on hand to discuss his paper "A Land 'Wholly Laid Waste': Religious Violence and the Transformation of the Early American South. The Workshop will be held in Room 320 in LeConte Hall, the main building for the History Department Click here for more information Fall Withdrawal Deadline Thursday, October 23rd, 2008 Women's Studies Friday Speaker Series Friday, October 17th, 2008 | 12:20pm to 1:10pm Lauren Chambers (English) and Christina Davis (History) will discuss Georgia Women and the Struggle for Civil Rights, 1919-1975. All talks are free and open to the public. 12:20-1:10pm in 250 Student Learning Center. Graduate Student Book Sale Tuesday, October 14th, 2008 | 9:00am to 4:00pm Books for sale on the steps outside LeConte Hall Southern Salon Thursday, October 9th, 2008 We'll discuss Stephanie Smallwood's Saltwater Slavery: A Middle Passage from Africa to American Diaspora (2007). March Southern Salon Monday, March 24th, 2008 | 7:00pm to 9:00pm We'll discuss Matthew Lassiter's The Silent Majority: Suburban Politics in the Sunbelt South (2007). Location and time TBA to meeting members the week before. October WHEATS 2007 Friday, October 12th, 2007 The Georgia Workshop in History of Agriculture and Environment hosted the fourth annual international Workshop in History, Environment, Agriculture, Technology, and Science. This event brought together a select group of graduate students and faculty to discuss work-in-progress. For more information, visit www.uga.edu/wheats2007. The fifth annual WHEATS will be held in Manhattan, Kansas, at Kansas State University.
