Georgia Humanities

History, Memory, and Georgia's Native People
2019-11-05 12:00 - 13:00, 2019-11-21 12:00 - 13:00 UTC | Georgia State Capitol, 206 Washington Street, Atlanta, GA, 30334
History, Memory, and Georgia’s Native People
History, Memory, and Georgia’s Native People is the latest installment of the Capitol History Highlights educational programming series highlighting the many historical sites, artifacts, and portraits throughout the Georgia State Capitol, presented by the Georgia Capitol Museum. In Capitol History Highlights’ newest program, attendees will learn how research changes our knowledge of historic people, and will explore memory and language surrounding the Cherokee, Creek, and Yamacraw people in Georgia.
Attendees should check in at the Tour Desk within the Georgia State Capitol upon arrival. Visitors are required to present photo ID.
This educational programming series is sponsored by a grant from Georgia Humanities.

1900 to 1940: Early Jazz
2019-12-09 18:00 - 19:00 UTC | Davenport House Museum, 324 E State Street, Savannah, GA, 31401
1900 to 1940: Early Jazz
In the lecture, 1900 to 1940: Early Jazz, attendees will learn how jazz music was on the rise as the Davenport House fell on hard times and into a state of neglect.
Attendees will experience a sampling of music from the era and will be encouraged to engage in discussion with the presenting artists and the presenting scholar, Robert Gibson.
The lecture is free and open to the public, and presented by the Savannah Music Festival in partnership with the Davenport House Museum.
This event is supported by a grant from Georgia Humanities.

Changes in Government and Community
2020-01-30 13:30 - 15:30 UTC | Liddy Murphy Theatre, Old Main, Andrew College, 501 College Street, Cuthbert, Georgia, 39840
Changes in Government and Community
Changes in Government and Community is an accompanying program of the traveling Smithsonian exhibition, Crossroads: Change in Rural America, sponsored by the Cuthbert community. Held on the campus of Andrew College, the event will feature speakers Dr. Cully Clark, author and retired dean of the University of Georgia’s Grady College of Journalism and Mass Communication, and Dr. Charles Roberts, author and professor at Andrew College. Local elected officials will participate in a forum following the lecture.
This event is free and open to the public.

1950 to 1970: Broadway and the American Songbook
2020-02-03 18:00 - 19:00 UTC | Davenport House Museum, 324 E State Street, Savannah, GA, 31401
1950 to 1970: Broadway and the American Songbook
In the lecture, 1950 to 1970: Broadway and the American Songbook, attendees will experience a sampling of music from the era and will be encouraged to engage in discussion with the presenting artists and the presenting scholar, Justin Havard. Havard is an accomplished director, pianist, and singer who has spent the last thirteen years working in music in Tampa Bay, Florida.
The lecture is free and open to the public, and presented by the Savannah Music Festival in partnership with the Davenport House Museum.
This event is supported in part by a grant from Georgia Humanities.

The Influence of the Agriculture and Timber Industries in Randolph County and Southwest Georgia
2020-02-08 09:00 - 11:00 UTC | Railroad Depot, 58 Park Avenue, Shellman, Georgia, 39886
The Influence of the Agriculture and Timber Industries in Randolph County and Southwest Georgia
The Influence of the Agriculture and Timber Industries in Randolph County and Southwest Georgia is an accompanying program of the traveling Smithsonian exhibition, Crossroads: Change in Rural America, sponsored by the Randolph County community. Held at the Railroad Depot in Shellman, the event will include breakfast and remarks from Dr. David Bridges, president of Abraham Baldwin Agricultural College and interim director of Georgia’s Rural Center. The accompanying forum discussion will include local farmers and foresters as participants.
This event is free and open to the public.

Keynote Lecture with Ytasha Womack, Planet Deep South: ATL 2020
2020-02-21 12:00 - 14:00 UTC | Woodruff Library, Atlanta University Center, 111 James P Brawley Dr. SW, Atlanta, GA, 30314, United States
Planet Deep South: ATL 2020
Planet Deep South: ATL 2020 is an interdisciplinary conference open to all scholars, artists, and students that explores the intellectual and creative expression of African people. Through a series of presentations and panel discussions, the conference is designed to inspire the inquiry of Africana cultural production through a digital, historical and speculative lens.
Planet Deep South: ATL 2020 is hosted by the Atlanta University Center Robert W. Woodruff Library, Clark Atlanta University, the Georgia Institute of Technology, and Spelman College.
Ytasha Womack will deliver the conference’s keynote lecture. Womack is an award-winning author, filmmaker, scholar, and dance therapist, and the leading expert on Afrofuturism. Womack is the author of Afrofuturism: The World of Black Sci Fi and Fantasy Culture (Chicago Review Press).
Planet Deep South: ATL 2020’s keynote lecture with Ytasha Womack is supported in part by a grant from Georgia Humanities.
Learn more about the conference.

Trailblazing African American Women of Coastal Georgia
2020-02-29 10:00 - 14:30 UTC | St. Cyprian’s Episcopal Church and Parish Hall, 401 Fort King Georgia Drive, Darien, GA, 31305
Trailblazing African American Women of Coastal Georgia
Melissa Cooper, author of Making Gullah: A History of Sapelo Islanders, Race, and the American Imagination will deliver the keynote lecture for “Trailblazing African American Women of Coastal Georgia.” Cooper will address the context from which Geechee women emerged, and three “trailblazers” will be highlighted by additional speakers: Saint Anna Alexander (presented by Dwala Nobles), Elizabeth Elaine Lemon (presented by Michele Nicole Johnson), and Susie King Taylor (presented by Hermina Glass-Hill). This event is free and open to the public.
“Trailblazing African American Women of Coastal Georgia” is supported by a grant from Georgia Humanities.

VIRTUAL EVENT—“The Water Heritage of Mughal Gardens and Landscapes in Kashmir”
2021-03-04 19:30 - 20:30 (America/New_York) | GA
“The Water Heritage of Mughal Gardens and Landscapes in Kashmir”
Compared to early Mughal gardens on the semi-arid plains of South Asia, those of Kashmir had abundant water supplies that transformed the design of 17th-century Mughal landscapes. In a lecture titled “The Water Heritage of Mughal Gardens and Landscapes in Kashmir,” Jim Wescoat, Aga Khan Professor of Landscape Architecture Emeritus at MIT, will draw upon water imagery in paintings, shawls, and historical texts to explore the multiple scales and dimensions of Mughal water heritage from individual water axes and cascades to regional lakes and watersheds in Kashmir.
This event is held in conjunction with the Wondrous Worlds: Art and Islam Through Time and Place exhibition at the Michael C. Carlos Museum at Emory University.
The event is free but you must register on Zoom to attend. Click HERE to register.
This program is made possible in part by Georgia Humanities.

VIRTUAL EVENT: Unknown No Longer! Giving a voice to those who have been kept silenced
2021-03-06 10:00 - 17:00 (America/New_York) | Robert Toombs House Historic Site, 216 E. Robert Toombs Ave, Washington, GA, 30673, United States
Unknown No Longer! Giving a voice to those who have been kept silenced
Joseph McGill Jr., founder of the Slave Dwelling Project, will give a lecture at the Robert Toombs Historic House Site in Washington, Georgia, on March 6. The presentation will include an introduction to some of the families who were enslaved at the house of slaveowner and secessionist Robert Toombs, as well as what the enslaved people did after securing their freedom. Discussion of how the research was conducted will also be included, followed by an audience q&a session.
This part of the event will also be streamed live via Facebook.
An exhibition of artifacts found in the one remaining slave dwelling on the property, the “Wash House,” will be presented, along with an explanation of how the archaeological survey was conducted on the dwelling.
For more information, contact Kimberly Clements, Robert Toombs House Historic Site Curator.
Unknown No Longer! is sponsored in part by a grant from Georgia Humanities.

VIRTUAL EVENT--Wondrous World Lecture Series: "The Rumi Prescription: How an Ancient Mystic Poet Changed My Modern Manic Life"
2021-03-11 19:30 - 21:00 (America/New_York) | GA

Revival: Lost Southern Voices
2021-03-24 13:00 - 2021-03-27 17:00 (America/New_York) | GA
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 no longer receive the attention and reading they deserve.
On March 24 former U.S. Poet Laureate Natasha Trethewey gives a keynote address, followed by five additional sessions over several days. Register for the Trethewey event here:
On March 25th and 26th there will be presentations about William Gay, Ella Gerturde Clanton Thomas, Alice Walker, Padgett Powell, and many more.
On March 27, there will be an entire session devoted to James Baldwin’s work. To register for any or all of these events, go to the Revival: Lost Southern Voices Facebook page.

VIRTUAL EVENT—Wondrous Worlds Lecture Series: "Reflections of the Past in Modern Islamic Gardens"
2021-04-01 19:30 - 20:30 (America/New_York) | GA
“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 were historically shaped by geometry, water, abstract ornament, color, and viewsheds, and how modern gardeners both reflect the past and offer reinterpretations of historic elements.
This event is held in conjunction with the Wondrous Worlds: Art and Islam Through Time and Place exhibition at the Michael C. Carlos Museum at Emory University.
The event is free but you must register on Zoom to attend. Click HERE to register.
This program is made possible in part by Georgia Humanities.

Shakespeare and the Poetics of American Sign Language
2021-04-20 13:00 - 14:00 (America/New_York) | GA
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 at Gallaudet University, on April 20th, 2021 at 1pm EST. Dr. Bradbury studies American Sign Language theatre companies that bring Shakespeare to Deaf, Deaf +, and hearing audiences. The 40 minute lecture and following Q&A will be transcribed and ASL interpreted. Join the conversation on Twitter at #ShaxASL.

Register to receive the zoom link at: tinyurl.com/ShaxASL.

VIRTUAL EVENT—Wondrous Worlds Lecture Series: UNESCO Living Treasure Mehmet Gürsoy
2021-04-22 12:00 - 13:00 (America/New_York) | GA
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 ceramic art is known from the 15th century, reaching its height during the Ottoman Empire. Ottoman Sultans admired the vibrant cobalt and coral colors against the bright white base and covered the walls of Topkapi Palace with Iznik tiles.
With the fall of the Ottoman Empire, the tradition of Iznik ceramics was lost. Mehmet Gürsoy, has spent his life reviving this technique. Mr. Gürsoy studied at the Academy of Fine Arts in Istanbul and has been working with ceramics for over 35 years. He has rediscovered traditional formulas for color and clay while integrating new patterns and motifs. In 2009 Gürsoy was designated a UNESCO Living Human Treasure, an award that recognizes experts of rare cultural traditions and encourages the transmission of this knowledge to younger generations.
Mr. Gürsoy will join us from his studio in Iznik, Turkey where he will explore the development of the Iznik ceramic tradition through historic works he has collected throughout his life, and his own remarkable work.
Mr. Gürsoy will speak in Turkish with translation by Riza Yeldrim, Ph.D. candidate in Emory’s Islamic Civilizations Studies Program.

River to Sea: History and Literature, Ecology, and Culture in Southeast Georgia, "Ecology of a Cracker Childhood": Lecture by Janisse Ray
2021-09-23 16:00 - 17:00 (America/New_York) | The Learning Center of Senior Citizens, Inc., 3025 Bull Street, Savannah, GA, 31405, United States
Memoirist 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 of humble origins and has been celebrated as a classic of American writing.

River to Sea: History and Literature, Ecology, and Culture in Southeast Georgia, "Poetry of the Water": Lecture by Carlyn Bland
2021-09-30 16:00 - 17:00 (America/New_York) | The Learning Center of Senior Citizens, Inc., 3025 Bull Street, Savannah, GA, 31405, United States
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 Glynn” as a starting point, she leads a literary journey centering on the water.

River to Sea: History and Literature, Ecology, and Culture in Southeast Georgia, "Rivers of Power on Georgia's Coast": Lecture by Christopher Manganiello
2021-10-07 16:00 - 17:00 (America/New_York) | The Learning Center of Senior Citizens, Inc., 3025 Bull Street, Savannah, GA, 31405, United States
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 the power of humans, and how the human spirit adapts.

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
2021-10-14 16:00 - 17:00 (America/New_York) | The Learning Center of Senior Citizens, Inc., 3025 Bull Street, Savannah, GA, 31405, United States
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 the banks of the Savannah that shares the river’s name.

River to Sea: History and Literature, Ecology, and Culture in Southeast Georgia, "The Tragedies of Ebo Landing": Lecture by Dionne Hoskins-Brown
2021-10-21 16:00 - 17:00 (America/New_York) | The Learning Center of Senior Citizens, Inc., 3025 Bull Street, Savannah, GA, 31405, United States
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 the Back body, water, and life and death in coastal Georgia.

African-American Literary Voices of the 20th Century - Booker T. Washington: Up from Slavery
2022-04-06 15:00 - 16:00 (America/New_York) | The Learning Center of Senior Citizens, Inc., 3025 Bull Street, Savannah, GA, 31405, United States
Join 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 installment of the 8-part series will focus on Booker T. Washington.

African-American Literary Voices of the 20th Century - A White Woman Reads W.E.B. Dubois
2022-04-13 15:00 - 16:00 (America/New_York) | The Learning Center of Senior Citizens, Inc., 3025 Bull Street, Savannah, GA, 31405, United States
Join 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 installment of the 8-part series will focus on W.E.B. Dubois.

African-American Literary Voices of the 20th Century: Zora Neale Hurston and the Spirit of the South
2022-04-20 15:00 - 16:00 (America/New_York) | The Learning Center of Senior Citizens, Inc., 3025 Bull Street, Savannah, GA, 31405, United States
Join 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 installment of the 8-part series will focus on Zora Neale Hurston.

Jelena Subotic on Holocaust Remembrance after Communism
2022-04-20 16:30 - 18:30 (America/New_York) | Georgia State University College of Arts & Sciences Events Center, 25 Park Place NE, Atlanta, GA, 30303, United States
Georgia State University Humanities Research Center presents its next lecture series event featuring Georgia State University professor of political science Jelena Subotić. The lecture is based on her recent book about Eastern European remembrance of the Holocaust since the fall of communism. Yellow Star, Red Star has won multiple awards, including the Robert Jervis and Paul Schroeder Best Book Award from the American Political Science Association and the Harriman Rothschild Book Prize. The event is free and open to the public and will be offered in a hybrid format, both in-person at the College of Arts & Sciences Event Center and live-streamed over Zoom. Interested parties may register to attend the in-person event here. Those interested in the livestream event may register here.
This event is supported by a Georgia Humanities ARP grant.

African-American Literary Voices of the 20th Century - Langston Hughes: Poet for the Renaissance
2022-04-27 15:00 - 16:00 (America/New_York) | The Learning Center of Senior Citizens, Inc., 3025 Bull Street, Savannah, GA, 31405, United States
Join 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 installment of the 8-part series will focus on Langston Hughes.

African-American Literary Voices of the 20th Century - James Baldwin: Conscience of a Nation
2022-05-04 15:00 - 16:00 (America/New_York) | The Learning Center of Senior Citizens, Inc., 3025 Bull Street, Savannah, GA, 31405, United States
Join 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 installment of the 8-part series will focus on James Baldwin.

African-American Literary Voices of the 20th Century - Lorraine Hansberry on the Stage and in the World
2022-05-11 15:00 - 16:00 (America/New_York) | The Learning Center of Senior Citizens, Inc., 3025 Bull Street, Savannah, GA, 31405, United States
Join 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 installment of the 8-part series will focus on Lorraine Hansberry.

African-American Literary Voices of the 20th Century - August Wilson's Stage Portraits
2022-05-18 15:00 - 16:00 (America/New_York) | The Learning Center of Senior Citizens, Inc., 3025 Bull Street, Savannah, GA, 31405, United States
Join 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 installment of the 8-part series will focus on August Wilson.

African-American Literary Voices of the 20th Century - Octavia E. Butler's Brave New Worlds
2022-05-25 15:00 - 16:00 (America/New_York) | The Learning Center of Senior Citizens, Inc., 3025 Bull Street, Savannah, GA, 31405, United States
Join 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 final installment of the 8-part series will focus on Octavia E. Butler.

“The Reality of Native American Ceremony & Spirituality”
2022-07-16 10:00 - 11:00 (America/New_York) | Brasstown Bald Mountain Top Theatre, Hiawassee, GA, United States
North Georgia has a rich history of Native American culture, which has had a lasting impact on the historical and ecological development of the area. Presented by FIND Outdoors, Dr. Joe Candillo will explore this rich history in his presentation “The Reality of Native American Ceremony & Spirituality.”
Joe Candillo is a tribally enrolled citizen of the Pascua Yaqui Indian Tribe of Arizona (Federally recognized tribe). He holds a Ph.D. in American Studies with a concentration in Indigenous Studies, an MA in American Indian Studies, and an undergraduate degree in Anthropology. Dr. Candillo’s research background focuses on Native American spirituality, aboriginal North American environmental adaptation, and material culture traditions.
This presentation will take place indoors in the Brasstown Bald Mountain Top Theatre. Joe will be showcasing Native American spirituality through discussion and demonstration, as well as tools, art, and clothing Joe has made himself. The event is free to attend but seating is limited.
This program is supported by a grant from Georgia Humanities.
