Thursday, October 16 2025, 6 - 8pm 101 LeConte Hall How do historians enjoy movies made in or about the past? Learn how film shapes how we remember historical events and how the historian's craft can leap off the page and onto the silver screen! Join us for a short lecture, discussion, and screening of history on film. This month, the History Film Series is screening Harakiri (1962, dir. Masaki Kobayashi). When a ronin requesting seppuku at a feudal lord's palace is told of the brutal suicide of another ronin who previously visited, he reveals how their pasts are intertwined—and in doing so challenges the clan's integrity. 133 min. Rated NR. Drama. Starring Tatsuya Nakadai, Akira Ishihama, Shima Iwashita. Free and open to the university community. Refreshments will be available. Introduction and Q&A with Professor Ari Levine, Horace Montgomery Professor of History. Presented by the UGA Department of History, the History Graduate Student Association, and the Willson Center for Humanities and Arts. Please contact Chris Choe (hcc03223@uga.edu) with any questions.
