Revival: Lost Southern Voices
Revival: Lost Southern Voices is a celebration of lost or underappreciated southern writers' work. During this free and virtual literary festival invited authors and scholars discuss writers whose literary voices […]
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VIRTUAL EVENT—Wondrous Worlds Lecture Series: “Reflections of the Past in Modern Islamic Gardens”
"Reflections of the Past in Modern Islamic Gardens" D. Fairchild Ruggles, of the University of Illinois at Urbana-Champaign will give a lecture on Islamic gardens from Spain to India, which […]
Shakespeare and the Poetics of American Sign Language
The UGA English Department and UGA Willson Center for Humanities and Arts are thrilled to announce a remote public presentation from Dr. Jill Bradbury, Professor and Chair of the English Department […]
VIRTUAL EVENT—Wondrous Worlds Lecture Series: UNESCO Living Treasure Mehmet Gürsoy
Wondrous Worlds: Art & Islam Through Time and Place features beautiful Iznik tiles and plates from the late 16th, 17th, and 18th centuries. Named after a town in western Turkey, Iznik […]
River to Sea: History and Literature, Ecology, and Culture in Southeast Georgia, “Ecology of a Cracker Childhood”: Lecture by Janisse Ray
The Learning Center of Senior Citizens, Inc. 3025 Bull Street, Savannah, GA, United StatesMemoirist and nature writer Janisse Ray recounts and redeems her unique upbringing in a junkyard near the Altamaha River. Her book, Ecology of a Cracker Childhood, is the inspirational embrace […]
River to Sea: History and Literature, Ecology, and Culture in Southeast Georgia, “Poetry of the Water”: Lecture by Carlyn Bland
The Learning Center of Senior Citizens, Inc. 3025 Bull Street, Savannah, GA, United StatesPoet 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 Glynn" as a […]
River to Sea: History and Literature, Ecology, and Culture in Southeast Georgia, “Rivers of Power on Georgia’s Coast”: Lecture by Christopher Manganiello
The Learning Center of Senior Citizens, Inc. 3025 Bull Street, Savannah, GA, United StatesHistorian 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 the […]
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
The Learning Center of Senior Citizens, Inc. 3025 Bull Street, Savannah, GA, United StatesEnvironmental 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, “The Tragedies of Ebo Landing”: Lecture by Dionne Hoskins-Brown
The Learning Center of Senior Citizens, Inc. 3025 Bull Street, Savannah, GA, United StatesThe 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 the Back […]
African-American Literary Voices of the 20th Century – Booker T. Washington: Up from Slavery
The Learning Center of Senior Citizens, Inc. 3025 Bull Street, Savannah, GA, United StatesJoin The Learning Center at Senior Citizens, Inc. as they present "African-American Literary Voices of the 20th Century," a lecture series exploring the lives and work of African-American writers. This […]
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