The War to End All Wars and Its Impact on the South Was World War I our first "total war"? Former Georgia Humanities president Jamil Zainaldin presents a lecture at the Carnegie Library in Newnan entitled "The War to End All Wars and Its Impact on the South." This is a community event.
National History Day regional competition: LaGrange College National History Day students will gather at LaGrange College/Troup County Historical Society for the regional contest. National History Day in Georgia is a program of Georgia Humanities and LaGrange College in partnership with Mercer University. Regional competition sponsors are Augusta University, Clayton State University and the National Archives-Atlanta, […]
Beltline and Beyond: A Day of Theatre, Conversation, and Workshops Join Essential Theatre for "Beltline and Beyond: A Day of Theatre, Conversation, and Workshops on the Subject of Honoring Voice and Empowering Communities to Tell Their Stories." A performance of Beltline and Beyond, a play based on stories from eighth-grade students in the Wren's Nest […]
Revival: Lost Southern Voices The South has produced great literature for generations, but times change and works are forgotten. This project celebrates forgotten and underappreciated works and their authors—lost southern voices. Over two days, Georgia State University Dunwoody Campus will host a "revival" festival for all to get reacquainted with some of the best “lost” […]
National History Day regional competition: Clayton State University National History Day students will gather at Clayton State University/National Archives of Atlanta for the regional contest. National History Day in Georgia is a program of Georgia Humanities and LaGrange College in partnership with Mercer University. Regional competition sponsors are Augusta University, Clayton State University and the […]
Dahlonega Literary Festival Featuring local and regional authors, the annual Dahlonega Literary Festival takes place in historic downtown Dahlonega. Featured authors for 2018 include Sonny Seals and George Hart, authors of Historic Rural Churches of Georgia (a copublication of Georgia Humanities and University of Georgia Press), and Valerie Boyd, author of Wrapped in Rainbows: The […]
Georgia Humanities Grant Application Deadline Today is the postmark deadline for submitting grant proposals to Georgia Humanities for the spring 2018 grant cycle.
Restored Lives and Legacies: Sketches from Savannah's LePageville Community A symposium on the efforts to restore the lost community of LePageville will take place on the campus of Savannah State University, in the Student Union Event Room C. This event is supported by a grant from Georgia Humanities.
Celebrating Archival Record-Keeping: The Georgia Archives at 100 A symposium sponsored by the Georgia Archives and Friends of Georgia Archives and History. Presentation topics include genealogy, the desegregation of Georgia universities, and archives and World War I, and more. Event is free. Register online at https://goo.gl/kZQppk or by calling Caroline Crowell at 678-364-3796. This is […]
Lunch and Learn: Documenting John Henry (Doc) Holliday in Griffin, Georgia Archivist Cindy Barton, of the Griffin Spalding Archive, will give a lunchtime lecture on "Documenting John Henry (Doc) Holliday in Griffin, Georgia" at the Georgia Archives. (Read about Doc Holliday in the New Georgia Encyclopedia.) Bring your lunch to this free event. This is […]
