Augusta University History, Anthropology and Philosophy Department

11/05/2019

Reminder: 1979 at Forty Years. November 14th, 6pm, 901 Greene Street

11/04/2019

Augusta University Study Abroad Office

We are hosting a resume workshop to help students incorporate their study abroad experience with potential employers. Come join the fun!!!

11/03/2019

International Education week! International Cultural Festival from 11:00-2:00 in the JSAC Breezeway

This is a reminder to wear your Study Abroad t-shirt and swing by our office Monday and Tuesday for a sweet treat!! Bring a friend!!

10/31/2019

Augusta University Study Abroad Office

Join the Peace Corps for an info session!!

10/31/2019

Secret Lives: Nathan Yanasak and Wendy Turner

Check out this article about Historian Dr. Wendy Turner
http://magazines.augusta.edu/2019/10/21/secret-lives-nathan-yanasak-and-wendy-turner/

Professors by day, stargazers by night.

10/30/2019

Historian Dr. Michael Bishku will be presenting his research.

Mark your calendars! Our next Life of the Mind event is Tuesday, Nov. 5, from 1-2 p.m. in the JSAC Coffeehouse. Hear research presentations from Dr. Michael Bishku and Dr. Candace Griffith while enjoying free pizza!

10/22/2019

Anthropologist Dr. Angela Bratton sometimes serves on dissertation committees for the Dept. of Biobehavioral Nursing as a qualitative research specialist. This photo exhibit is part of the data collection known as photo "voice" or "diary" where participants take pictures-in this case of images that *show* their invisible chemo induced neuropathy. This kind of data has so much potential for helping survivors process their experience and to teach family and medical providers about their experience/condition. The gallery is open through early Nov. (W-F 12-4).

10/17/2019

Event Calendar - GRE Game Plan

Students planning on grad school, check out this info about the GRE.
https://calendar.augusta.edu/event/gre-game-plan-4/

10/10/2019

New bachelor’s degree in health, society, and policy opens doors to a health-related career

There is an exciting new interdisciplinary major at AU that incorporates several ANTH, HIST, and PHIL courses.
https://jagwire.augusta.edu/new-bachelors-degree-in-health-society-and-policy-opens-doors-to-a-health-related-career/

The new Health, Society, and Policy degree from the Department of Social Sciences is preparing students for a career in the human service fields within the health industry.

10/03/2019

Pamplin Dean Dr. Elna Green weighs in on women’s suffrage

If you missed Historian (and Pamplin's dean) Dr. Green's Constitution Day talk, check it out here:
https://jagwire.augusta.edu/pamplin-dean-dr-elna-green-weighs-in-on-womens-suffrage/

Dr. Elna Green, dean of the Katherine Reese Pamplin College of Arts, Humanities, and Social Sciences, gave her thoughts on women’s suffrage at Augusta University’s Constitution Day.

09/12/2019

Ethiopia

Ethiopia study abroad in 2020 info:
https://www.augusta.edu/studyabroad/ethiopia.php

Join us as we take a two-week adventure to one of the oldest countries in the world and the emerging capital of Africa. Ethiopia is the birthplace of coffee, the location of “Lucy,” one of the most significant hominids ever found, and has a legacy of established monarchies dating back centuries...

09/12/2019

Augusta University Libraries

Reese Library display highlighting federal documents related to 9/11 and Patriot’s Day

09/11/2019

Augusta University Libraries

Join us next Tues, 9/17 at 1 PM, in Reese Library for our Constitution Day celebration!

This year's theme is the 100th Anniversary of the passage of the 19th Amendment and Women’s Right to Vote. Dr. Elna Green, Dean of Augusta University Pamplin College of Arts, Humanities, and Social Sciences will present our keynote address, entitled “Red Scare, Black Scare, Feminist Scare: Woman Suffrage in 1919.”

Commemorative Reception hosted by the Office of Multicultural Student Engagement follows.

09/10/2019

Augusta University

Learn about Gullah culture from this band who plays Gullah music. There is also a workshop at 2:30 p.m. at the Maxwell:
Songs of the Sea Islands
Through interactive songs utilizing polyrhythms and call-and-response, critical listening and language skills, musical play, vocal improvisation, and dance, members of Ranky Tanky will share the rich traditions of the African American Gullah culture that has helped to shape American music today.

Join us September 24th at 7:30pm for Ranky Tanky. Their debut album was a chart topper, and now South Carolina’s global Gullah ambassadors have just released their next album "Good Time". Buy your tickets today!

08/29/2019

Ethiopia

Anthropologist Dr. Angela Bratton is leading a study abroad trip to Ethiopia in the summer of 2020. History students can use the upper level Anth credit towards their major as well.
https://www.augusta.edu/studyabroad/ethiopia.php

Join us as we take a two-week adventure to one of the oldest countries in the world and the emerging capital of Africa. Ethiopia is the birthplace of coffee, the location of “Lucy,” one of the most significant hominids ever found, and has a legacy of established monarchies dating back centuries...

08/26/2019

Check out the new Multicultural Center.

08/22/2019

Maxwell Theatre - Ranky Tanky

Gullah performance Sept. 24 at the Maxwell. A workshop to learn songs and games at 2:30 on the same day.
https://calendar.augusta.edu/site/theatre/event/ranky-tanky/

08/20/2019

Augusta University Study Abroad Office

Today... free pizza!

08/20/2019

Deep South

There are many great Study Abroad/Away opportunities again this year at AU. One of the two from HAP is Dr. John Hayes' study away about the Civil Rights Movement.
https://www.augusta.edu/studyabroad/deepsouth.php

This five-week summer program is an intense immersion in the Civil Rights Movement in the Deep South. We will spend seven class sessions learning the history of the Movement through books, films, photographs, and songs. We will then take to the road for 11 days, visiting key sites like Atlanta, Birm...

08/17/2019

Music, pop culture, history, books at Reese.

Check out our display in the Reese Library Lobby to celebrate the 50th Anniversary of the Woodstock Festival!

08/13/2019

Welcome back everyone to the 2019-2020 school year! A special shout out to to our incoming students and History/Anth majors!

Welcome to #JagNation ‘23! 🙌 #Augusta2023

08/10/2019

Augusta University welcomes its new fall faculty

We're excited to welcome Historian Dr. Holly Pinheiro, Jr.! His focus is African-American Union soldiers, the Civil War and the Jim Crow Era and its effects on African-American Union soldiers.
https://jagwire.augusta.edu/augusta-university-welcomes-its-new-fall-faculty/?fbclid=IwAR0HNaibRHdJdpqG14VCHKwqB-8oeG5S2B04bW8C6fK0EBrqcF3xQDLq3Do

The new faculty this fall are preparing for a wonderful first year at Augusta University.

07/23/2019

Browsing Books Section Returns

Check out Reese Library's browsing section
https://reeselibrary.wordpress.com/2019/07/23/browsing-books-section-returns/?fbclid=IwAR0V_jAGt3ZCx4er22RUw71NseS04kHE9G2QklTbpquwPnZgvN5ZX0kLexY

Due to a recent shifting project, Reese Library was able to bring back its “Browsing Books” section on the first floor near the staircase. There you can find some of the Library’s lates…

07/20/2019

Check out Reese Library's books about the Apollo mission.

Today, July 20, 2019, marks the 50th anniversary of Apollo 11 Moon Landing. Check out our display on the first floor of Reese Library for books and government information related to this momentous occasion.

07/10/2019

China Vlog and Slideshow

Dr. Goss' study abroad to China as told by History major John Talman.

Follow the Jags on the Prowl as we travel through China. Cities in order of Appearance: 1. Shanghai 2. Xi'an 3. Pingyao 4. Beijing Song: VaVA- My New Swag I ...

06/25/2019

Teachers can get free boat rides on the Augusta Canal during the month of July

Teachers get some free Augusta history on the boat canal tours for this summer.
https://www.wrdw.com/content/news/Teachers-can-get-free-boat-rides-on-the-Augusta-Canal-during-the-month-of-July-511742191.html?fbclid=IwAR1gimYubtZ-G-vUEcRimFVxQOpPltqsi3okYCtzT62yVmko90HYNy_h4BM

Teachers, have you ever felt like you don't get the opportunity to truly appreciate the Augusta Canal?

06/14/2019

Heritage Unit News: Artifacts

From the library archives
https://reeselibrary.wordpress.com/2019/06/13/heritage-unit-news-artifacts/?fbclid=IwAR0akmmBT8HOCUN9_2gbNBXwTiehWlOeXSzuAt_3ZhRv7uCivD4hdCvIXfg

06/14/2019

Historian, Dr. Ruth McClelland-Nugent's study abroad group in Nova Scotia!

Hanging out on the front steps of St Mary’s University Science Building before their Archaeology Lecture- History/ Biology/ Genetics Study Abroad program in Nova Scotia 🇨🇦 #jagsontheprowl #jagsabroad #beboundless #augustauniversity #studyabroad @aug_university @aug_pamplin

06/06/2019

Book talk and signing on Saturday, June 15th at the Lucy Craft Laney Museum

05/21/2019

Historian Dr. Andrew Goss' study abroad to China going to see the Terra-cotta Warriors.

History group left Shanghai today to fly to Xi’an- home of Terra Cotta warriors! #beboundless #augustauniversity #studyabroad #jagsontheprowl

05/16/2019

The Writing Center’s Summerville location is open for summer sessions

Summer students:
http://jagwire.augusta.edu/archives/64902

The Writing Center will offer in-person, real-time online assistance and more to those in need during the summer sessions.

05/10/2019

Congrats to the grads of 2019!!!! Also congratulations to our honorees:
Edward J. Cashin Scholar .................... John Talman

DeTreville Award ..................... Sabrina Mueller

Martha Anne Neely Endowment Scholarship... Dillon Typhair

Outstanding Student in Anthropology............... Rachel Young

Outstanding Student in Philosophy.................. Gabriel Floral

04/30/2019

Thursday!

04/29/2019

Augusta University Libraries

Finals Frenzy at Reese Library is starting next week! Monday, May 6 through to Thursday May 9. Open to all Augusta University and affiliated students. Bring your JAG Card ID and enjoy the activities, FREE food, drinks, and stationery to help you prep for your finals! Not a student? Please share with those that are!

04/23/2019

#WeArePamplin Spring 2019

Check out Pamplin's latest magazine featuring two History alumni!
https://view.joomag.com/wearepamplin-spring-2019/0530580001555614434?short

Joomag digital interactive publication

04/19/2019

Dr. Sandrine Catris: As part of a campaign to raise awareness on the plight of Uyghurs in China's Northwest, several Xinjiang scholars have organized a global day of solidarity on April 26th. On that day, starting in Australia, then the UK, the EU, and the United States, there will be a series of talks about the situation of mass surveillance and mass incarceration of Uyghurs and other Turkic minorities in the Xinjiang Uyghur Autonomous Region.

04/19/2019

Writing Center Finals Write-In: 9 a.m.-5 p.m. May 2, Summerville Campus, Allgood Hall N204
Relaxing study/writing space. Snacks, coffee, and swag. While one-on-one consultations will not be offered during the write-in, an experienced writing consultant will be present all day to answer writing-related questions.

04/15/2019

ASU T-shirts

Anthropology Student Union is putting in an order for new t-shirts!!! It will have both an AU and an ASU logo (visible on page 2 or 3 of the order link below). We do ask for prepayment. If you're not on campus contact Dr. Bratton to send a check or credit card payment.
Orders due by April 26.
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04/14/2019

Thurs., May 2nd

04/04/2019

Join us for our inaugural lecture on public history! This lecture is free and open to the public.

Dr. Orville Vernon Burton has written or edited numerous books including The Age of Lincoln (2007), as well as In My Father's House Are Many Mansions: Family and Community in Edgefield, South Carolina (1985).

03/29/2019

Recently Anthropologist Dr. Angela Bratton talked to a local kindergarten class about Africa.

03/27/2019

A brief history of dogs - David Ian Howe

Archaeologist David Howe gave our fascinating Anthropology Day talk this year. Here is his new video about dogs.

From David Howe: Thanks for coming to my talk, everyone! Here's the published Ted video.
https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=8_KWmzLObQ4&t=8s&fbclid=IwAR1wUkb8LK-PLYy9KoGq1r7TFnx2zD1s4EMuLzuqoIB6B9AFzSluagXEZ5s

Trace the history of how wolves, one of humanity’s oldest rivals, evolved into the domesticated dogs we call “man’s best friend.” -- Since their emergence ov...

03/07/2019

Event Calendar - Red Carpet Premiere: "African Americans in Education in the CSRA, Integration in the 1960s and 1970s

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03/06/2019

Historian Dr. Andrew Goss has done a lot of work with Reacting to the Past curriculum. Come hear about a great interactive way to engage students in your courses.

03/06/2019

Augusta - Moving Photographs: A Vanishing Georgia

Interested in Augusta History? Then check this event out.
https://augusta.universitytickets.com/w/event.aspx?id=1488&p=1

Theater AUGpresents:Moving Photographs: A Vanishing GeorgiaWritten, Adapted, and Directed by Melanie Kitchens O'MearaInspired by historic Augusta photographs in the Georgia Archives “Vanishing Georgia Collection,” students use performance to interpret, celebrate, and interrogate Georgia’s “v...