Jerald Crook – Georgia Humanities

Common Good Atlanta: Behind the Scenes, Part 2 (Founders)

The seminar will bring together Jamil Zainaldin, Emory faculty, and Common Good Atlanta founders Sarah Higinbotham (Oxford College) and Bill Taft, to share their experience s and the program’s [...]

Common Good Atlanta: Behind the Scenes, Part 3 (Faculty)

The seminar will bring together Common Good Atlanta faculty from Morehouse, Georgia State State University, and Georgia Tech to share their experience s and the program’s impact on the community. [...]

Common Good Atlanta: Behind the Scenes, Part 1 (Alumni)

The seminar will bring together Common Good Atlanta alumni to share their experience s and the program’s impact on the community. The following topics are ripe for discussion: efforts of those in [...]

They Were Here: Preservation and Commemoration of the Macedonia African American Methodist Church Cemetery of Johns Creek

The Tift College of Education of Mercer University (in partnership with the Johns Creek Historical Society) was awarded a Georgia Humanities grant for the project “They Were Here: Preservation [...]

Common Good Atlanta: Breaking Down the Walls of Mass Incarceration with the Liberal Arts

This Georgia Seminar will take a behind-the-scenes look at the nationally recognized prison education program, Common Good Atlanta (CGA), founded by Sarah Higinbotham of Oxford College and Bill [...]

River to Sea: History and Literature, Ecology, and Culture in Southeast Georgia, “The Tragedies of Ebo Landing”: Lecture by Dionne Hoskins-Brown

The 1803 mass suicide of enslaved people at Glynn County’s Dunbar Creek is recounted by historian Dionne Hoskins-Brown. She reveals the desperation of slavery through lyrical motifs about [...]

“Three Palaces of Yalta: Stalin, Churchill, and Roosevelt”

In each of the three acts, Stalin, Churchill, and Roosevelt respectively voice their plans, concerns, and aspirations. Of particular interest to them is the future of Poland, whose invasion by [...]

River to Sea: History and Literature, Ecology, and Culture in Southeast Georgia, “The Savannah: The Story of a River and Its City”: Lecture by William Bryan

Environmental historian Will Bryan examines the history of the Savannah River from the pre-colonial era to European settlement and into the modern day. He also contextualizes the historic city of [...]

River to Sea: History and Literature, Ecology, and Culture in Southeast Georgia, “Rivers of Power on Georgia’s Coast”: Lecture by Christopher Manganiello

Historian and policy expert Chris Manganiello demonstrates how through the centuries humans have exploited Georgia’s rivers to fit their needs. He shows that rivers can give or take away [...]

River to Sea: History and Literature, Ecology, and Culture in Southeast Georgia, “Poetry of the Water”: Lecture by Carlyn Bland

Poet and writing teacher Carlyn Bland explores the many and varied literary reactions to rivers and marshes, coastlines and beaches, islands and estuaries. Using Lanier’s “Marshes of [...]