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The Annual Humanities Lecture

The Annual Humanities Lecture precedes the Governor's Awards in the Humanities Luncheon, honoring individuals and organizations that have significantly impacted their communities through their work in humanities education for Georgia's public.

John T. Edge, author, food critic, and director of the Southern Foodways Alliance at the University of Mississippi, delivered the 2008 Annual Humanities Lecture at 10 a.m. on Thursday, May 8th.

The lecture, entitled "Barbecue, Paying Down a Debt of Pleasure" focused on barbecue in Georgia history and culture. This lecture also served as the kick-off for the Georgia tour of “Key Ingredients: America By Food”, an exhibit from the Smithsonian .

Click here to see John T. Edge's lecture, courtesy of Georgia Public Broadcasting.

Click here to learn more about John T. Edge.

Previous Annual Lecturers and Titles

2007-Timothy Crimmins and Anne H. Farrisee, "Democracy Restored"
2006-Andrew Young, Former U.S. Ambassador and CEO Goodworks International.
2005- John Inscoe, University of Georgia, "Black, White and Southern: Autobiography and the Complexities of Race" Read lecture (PDF Format, 287 Kb)
2004 – Eve Troutt Powell, 2003 MacArthur Fellow, University of Georgia, "Our Shared History: The United States and the Middle East"
2003 – Jamil S. Zainaldin, President, Georgia Humanities Council, "History, Character, and the Future" Read lecture (PDF format, 132Kb)
2002 – David Bottoms, Poet Laureate of Georgia, "Articulating the Spirit: Poetry, Community, and the Metaphysical Shortwave" Read lecture
2001 – Joe Frank Harris, Governor of Georgia, 1983-1991, "Reflections on a Public Life" Read lecture (PDF format, 32Kb)
2000 – William R. Ferris, Chairman of the National Endowment of the Humanities, "Rediscovering America" Read lecture (PDF format, 40Kb)
1999 – Robert Franklin, president of the Interdenominational Theological Center, "Moral Literacy: the Knowledge of Truth, Justice, Goodness, and Beauty" Read lecture (PDF format, 40Kb)
1998 – Bettie Sellers, Poet Laureate of Georgia, "Westward from Bald Mountain: Valleys for Writers"
1997 – Thomas Lickona, Center for the 4th and 5th R's, State University of New York at Cortland, "Educating for Character: the School's Highest Calling" Read lecture (PDF format, 44Kb)
1996 – Charles C. Haynes, Freedom Forum First Amendment Center, "Liberty of Conscience for All" Read lecture (PDF format, 32Kb)
1995 – Stephen Carter, Yale University, "The Culture of Disbelief"
1994 – James C. Cobb, University of Georgia, "The Mind of Modern Georgia"
1993 – David Hurst Thomas, American Museum of Natural History, "Georgia Genesis: the Intercultural Beginnings"
1992 – Dan T. Carter, Emory University, "What Does It Mean to Tell the Truth in an Age of Lies? Reflections of a Middle-Aged Historian"
1991 – Jerry L. Martin, Assistant Chairman of the National Endowment for the Humanities, "Universals and Particulars: a Tale of Two Places"
1990 – James Gustafson, Emory University, "Public Choice and Professors of Ethics: Closing the Gap"
1989 – Clayborne Carson, Stanford University, "The Georgia Roots of Martin Luther King, Jr."
1988 – Stephen Tipton, Emory University, "In Search of the Self and Community in America"
1987 – Virginia Spencer Carr, Georgia State University, "The 'Immense Complexity of Love' in the Short Fiction of Carson McCullers"
1986 – Gilbert C. Fite, University of Arkansas, "The Education of a Senator: Richard B. Russell, Jr., in School"

The Georgia Humanities Council publishes booklets of the annual humanities lectures, several of which are available for download here. Other lectures can be requested from the GHC office.

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