"West Meets East: Commerce Between Ancient Rome and South Asia," Sethuraman Suresh, India Trust for Art & Cultural Heritage.

This installment of the Department of History’s undergraduate lecture series, "Why Did So Many Crossdressers Fight in the American Civil War?," features doctoral candidate Kate Dahlstrand. Dahlstrand won this year's graduate student competition in the Lunch Time Machine guest speaker contest. A veteran herself, she is currently teaching a course on the history of American veterans.

Free pizza will be served.

What teams will win the grand prize and be crowned the Fabricate winner? All faculty, staff, and students are welcome to come out to enjoy the competition, indulge in heavy hors-d'oeuvres and vote for their favorite team. For more information, visit: http://students.caes.uga.edu/current/fabricate.html

"Looking for Parallels and Intersections in U.S. and Mexican History," Tore Olsson, UGA history alumni and current Assistant Professor of History at the University of Tennessee-Knoxville. Olsson's new book is Agrarian Crossings (Princeton U 2017). 

Learn more about his book at: https://press.princeton.edu/titles/11186.html

The School of Music’s faculty and students collaborate to celebrate women in music in this bonus Thursday Scholarship Series performance in honor of National Women’s History Month.The Thursday Scholarship Series began in 1980 and, as the flagship concert series at the Hugh Hodgson School of Music, continues the tradition of “Music Appreciation Programs” started by Hugh Hodgson himself in the 1930s. Proceeds from contributions and ticket sales to these concerts are among the primary means through which School of Music scholarship funds are raised each year.

"Aristotle's Bifurcation of Reality and Asouzu's 'Ibuanyidanda Ontology': Complementarity Synthesis," Alloys S. Ihuah, Benue State University, Makurdi-Nigeria. Reception will follow lecture.

This installment of the Department of History’s undergraduate lecture series features Dr. Ari Levine. Professor Levine specializes in the cultural and intellectual history of early modern China, and he teaches courses in Chinese, East Asian, and world history. He is the author of Divided by a Common Language: Factional Conflict in Late Northern Song China, and he’s currently completing a book project on urban space and cultural memory in the Northern Song capital of Kaifeng.

Free admission, free pizza.

This is an FYO event.

James Marten, Professor of History at Marquette University will present a talk on veteran's history.

The Michael L. Thurmond Lecture Series, in celebration of Black History, presents guest lecturer Derrick P. Alridge, from the University of Virginia. Alridge is the author of the book The Educational Thought of W.E.B. Dubois, and member of UVA's "Commission on Slavery." He is also the founder and director of Teachers in the Movement.

Special Honorees include: former Athens Police Chief Joseph Lumpkin, and Chief Magistrate Patricia Barron.

The UGA dance department’s CORE Contemporary and Aerial Dance Company will present its annual season performance Feb. 22-24 at 8 p.m. at the New Dance Theatre in the dance building. The company will premiere “WITHOUT (within) BORDERS,” an aerial, contemporary dance and multimedia performance.