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September 18, 2026 | 3:30pm | LeConte 102
“The Resort of Reptiles: Murder, Migration, and the History of the Everglades’”
Cindy Hahamovitch, Professor of History, UGA
Friday, October 9, 2026 | 3:30pm | LeConte 102
“Sweet, Sticky Rails: Sugar, Oil, and the Texas & Pacific Railway”
Patrick Sheridan, PhD Student in History, UGA
Friday, October 23, 2026 | 3:30pm | LeConte 102
“Muddying the Story of the Transpacific Seed Oyster Trade”
Matthew Booker, Professor of History, North Carolina State University, and Kjell Ericson, Faculty Fellow, Kyoto University
Friday, November 20, 2026 | 3:30pm | LeConte 102
“The Smell of Money: Local and Worker Pushback against Industrial Pollutants in Covington, Virginia”
Matthew Powell, PhD Student in History, UGA