An Education in Georgia: Then and Now To kick off a campus-wide reading event to celebrate the 60th anniversary of desegregation at the University of Georgia, UGA alumna Charlayne Hunter-Gault will participate in a conversation with longtime New Yorker columnist and author Calvin Trillin to discuss his book An Education in Georgia: Charlayne Hunter, Hamilton […]
The Six Triple Eight: A Documentary Screening The 6th Cavalry Museum presents a documentary film, The Six Triple Eight, by Lincoln Penny Films, on February 11. The 6888th Central Postal Directory Battalion, known as the Six Triple Eight, was the only all-Black female battalion to serve in Europe during World War II. Confronted with racism […]
Lillian Smith: Anti-Racist Ally Panel Discussion Join the Athens branch of the Association for the Study of African American Life and History (ASALH), in partnership with the Hargrett Rare Book and Manuscript Library at the University of Georgia, for a virtual panel discussion of Lillian Smith and a screening of the documentary film Lillian Smith: […]
"Start with Something True: How Research Can Be a Springboard for the Imagination in Screenwriting," Plenary 1 This plenary session(the first of two) is part of a conference celebrating undergraduate research in the classroom and in print. Writer and producer Sarah H. Haught will discuss the role of research in writing for prime-time TV. Register […]
"The Consequences of Reading: Early Modern English Universities, Books, and the Parnassus Plays (1599-1606), " Plenary 2 This plenary session (the second of two) is part of a conference celebrating undergraduate research in the classroom and in print. Dr. Brandi K. Adams, of Massachusetts Institute of Technology, will discuss how the diversity of university students […]
"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 […]
Centering the Native South: A Roundtable on Native Pasts and Futures In this roundtable conversation hosted by the Society of Early Americanists, three scholars of Indigenous histories in the Southeast will discuss their scholarship, while reflecting on the ways that early Indigenous histories bear on the present and future. The conversation will highlight and build […]
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 […]
Coffee and Islam: A Conversation The Arabic word marqaha describes the euphoric feeling that one experiences when drinking coffee. Join journalist and lecturer in Yale University’s School of Divinity Abdul-Rehman Malik, and Dr. Abbas Barzegar, affiliate faculty at the Lilly School of Philanthropy at Indiana University, for a conversation about the role of coffee in […]
The poems of the 13th-century Persian poet known simply as Rumi have been described as ecstatic, mystical, and devotional. To author, lawyer, activist, and Emory alumna (06L, 06PH) Melody Moezzi, they became a lifeline. Her father, a physician, used to leave Rumi’s poems around the house for her, written on pages from his prescription pad, but it wasn’t until she was diagnosed with bipolar disorder that she realized how the words of the poet could help her face the fear, isolation, depression, and distraction she faced each day. Join Moezzi for a discussion of her memoir, The Rumi Prescription: How an Ancient Mystic Poet Changed My Modern Manic Life.
