Dear Ph.D. Students, The Ph.D. Colloquium will have its second session this coming Monday in Horizon Hall, Room 4008. Here's the complete schedule for the semester: Course Schedule: Aug. 22: Welcome Reception and Orientation with Dr. Matt Karush, Chair of the Department of History and Art History; Dr. Mills Kelly, Director of RRCHNM; Dr. George Oberle, History Librarian; and Austin Deray, Assistant Director of Graduate Student Life. Sept. 12: History Graduate Student Takeover Topic: HGSO Orientation Sept. 26: Meeting with Kelley Fincher, Pearl Harris-Scott, and Dr. Steve Anthony Scott Topic: Crafting a Survey Course Oct. 11:Prospectus Presentations (NOTE: Class is held on Tuesday on Zoom) Oct. 24: Meeting with Dr. George Oberle and Anne Dobberteen Topic: The Center for Mason Legacies Nov. 7: Meeting with Dr. Sam Huneke Topic: Publishing Your First Book Nov. 21: Prospectus Presentations Nov. 28: Prospectus Presentations Suzanne E. Smith Professor of History Ph.D. Director Department of History and Art History George Mason University (571) 748-5556 (703) 993-1251 (fax) Pronouns: she/her/hers Author of: To Serve the Living: Funeral Directors and the African American Way of Death<https://www.amazon.com/Serve-Living-Funeral-Directors-American/dp/0674036212/ref=sr_1_1?ie=UTF8&qid=1496671809&sr=8-1&keywords=To+serve+the+living> "Dancing in the Street": Motown and the Cultural Politics of Detroit<https://www.amazon.com/Dancing-Street-Cultural-Politics-Detroit/dp/0674005465/ref=sr_1_1?ie=UTF8&qid=1496671837&sr=8-1&keywords=dancing+in+the+street+motown>