Georgia Humanities

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, "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.

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.

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—Antonio Rocha: American by Choice, Georgia Mountain Storytelling Festival
2021-04-16 09:00 - 11:00 (America/New_York) | GA
“Antonio Rocha: American by Choice”
The opening event of the 2021 Georgia Mountain Storytelling Festival will feature Antonio Rocha, award-winning storyteller and mime, sharing stories of his immigration to the United States from Brazil.
Dr. Amanda Lawrence, Georgia Mountain Storytelling Festival co-director and specialist in ethnic and immigrant literature, will provide historical and cultural context in her introductory remarks and moderation of the event.
Registration is $10 per household for the full festival; tickets are free for teachers and students.
“Antonio Rocha: American by Choice” is supported in part by a grant from Georgia Humanities.

VIRTUAL SCREENING—Mark Morris Dance Group and Silkroad Ensemble's "Layla and Majnun"
2021-04-08 19:30 - 21:00 (America/New_York) | GA
Mark Morris Dance Group and Silkroad Ensemble’s “Layla and Majnun”
Layla and Majnun, an ancient tale of forbidden love, is revered in many Middle Eastern and sub-continental cultures—Muslim, Sufi, Hindu, and secular—and the story has been popularized by Persian poets and many other writers. This virtual screening features a production of the story created in 2016 by choreographer Mark Morris and performed by members of the Mark Morris Dance Group. The dancers are joined by Azerbaijani mugham singers and musicians from the Silkroad Ensemble (founded by cellist Yo-Yo Ma) performing on traditional Eastern instruments combined with Western strings.
Dr. Aida Huseynova, of the Indiana University Jacobs School of Music, will give an introduction.
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.

Hyperlocal Summit
2021-04-07 14:00 - 15:00 (America/New_York) | GA
Join The Atlanta Press Club for a roundtable discussion featuring the journalists and publishers filling the gaps and pushing the envelope in Atlanta media! This virtual event is free and open to the public. Register for the event here.

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.

Georgia Humanities Grant Application Deadline
2021-03-30 | GA
Georgia Humanities Grant Application Deadline
March 30 (at 11:59pm Eastern) is the deadline for submitting grant proposals to Georgia Humanities for the spring 2021 grant cycle.

Democracy & the Informed Citizen: The Role of Local News
2021-03-25 19:00 - 20:00 (America/New_York) | GA
In conjunction with Georgia Humanities’ Democracy and the Informed Citizen initiative, a special virtual panel will take place this Thursday, March 25 at 7p. This installment is hosted in partnership with WALB News in Albany. The one-hour discussion will focus on the important role that local news has played during the COVID-19 pandemic and the work being done by journalists to combat misinformation. Panelists include Jill Holloway, managing editor at the Post Searchlight (Banbridge), Marcus Howard, author of How Journalists and the Public Shape Our Democracy: From Social Media and “Fake News” to Reporting Just the Facts, and Alden Lisse, Valdosta native and student at UGA’s Grady College of Journalism. The panel will be moderated by Karla Heath-Sands, WALB News Anchor.
To register for this FREE panel event CLICK HERE.
This virtual event is part of a multiyear initiative, featuring a series of community conversations that explore the essential role that the humanities and journalism play in creating an informed citizenry, and in turn, a healthy democracy.

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 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

VIRTUAL EVENT—Coffee and Islam: A Conversation
2021-03-07 14:00 - 15:00 (America/New_York) | GA
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 Islamic culture, from its botanical origins in Ethiopia to its nocturnal associations with Sufi mysticism and the ways in which Muslim traders and European thieves turned it into a worldwide commodity—and a social revolution that changed the world.
Dr. Barzegar, who also owns Ebrik Coffee Room and Roastery, will demonstrate how to brew the perfect cup at home using a special blend, Marqaha Moments, developed in conjunction with the exhibition Wondrous Worlds: Art & Islam Through Time & Place.
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—Centering the Native South: A Roundtable on Native Pasts and Futures
2021-03-05 17:30 - 19:00 UTC | GA
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 on their research, which attends to Indigenous women’s lives and histories, as reflected in both written documents and material culture, to collective projects of education and care within Indigenous nations, and to the connections between Indigenous pasts and presents. The distinguished panelists are Dr. Brooke Bauer (Catawba; University of South Carolina, Lancaster), Dr. Malinda Maynor Lowery (Lumbee; University of North Carolina, Chapel Hill), and Dr. Julie L. Reed (Cherokee; Pennsylvania State University).
The program is co-sponsored by the Omohundro Institute of Early American History & Culture, an independent research organization sponsored by the College of William & Mary in Williamsburg, Virginia.
This virtual panel discussion is free and open to the public to attend, but registration is required.
This event is supported in part 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: The Consequences of Reading: Early Modern English Universities, Books, and the Parnassus Plays (1599-1606)
2021-02-25 14:00 - 15:15 (America/New_York) | GA
“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 in the late 16th and early 17th centuries influenced the political, social, and urban landscape of London—and relate the early modern period to the current era.
Register for the English Undergraduate Research Conference and LURe journal release, produced by the University of West Georgia English and Philosophy departments here: registration.
This event is sponsored in part by a grant from Georgia Humanities.

VIRTUAL EVENT: How Research Can Be a Springboard for the Imagination in Screenwriting
2021-02-25 12:30 - 13:45 (America/New_York) | GA
“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 for the English Undergraduate Research Conference and LURe journal release, produced by the University of West Georgia English and Philosophy departments here: registration.
This event is sponsored in part by a grant from Georgia Humanities.

Lillian Smith: Anti-Racist Ally Panel Discussion
2021-02-21 14:00 - 15:30 UTC | Online
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: Breaking the Silence.
The documentary (2020, Dir. Hal & Henry Jacobs) will be available to registered attendees for pre-screening from February 15 through February 22, 2021: https://lilliansmithdoc.com/private-screening-ally
On February 21, 2021 at 2:00PM, join the virtual panel discussion, “Lillian Smith: Anti-Racist Ally.” Distinguished discussants include Patricia Bell-Scott, professor emerita and author of the award-winning book The Firebrand and the First Lady: Portrait of a Friendship-Pauli Murray, Eleanor Roosevelt, and the Struggle for Social Justice and Matthew Teutsch, professor at Piedmont College and director of the Lillian E. Smith Center. The session will be moderated by UGA professor Barbara McCaskill and Kim Waters of Athens ASALH.
Please register for the panel discussion here: https://zoom.us/webinar/register/WN_pEttDmR-TIWxcT3v3ghjAA
Lillian Smith (1897–1966) gained national recognition as the author of Strange Fruit (1944) and Killers of the Dream (1949). Her writings challenged white southerners to end segregation, and she actively fought to dismantle Jim Crow with Dr. Martin Luther King Jr. and other Black activists. (Read more about Smith in the New Georgia Encyclopedia.)

VIRTUAL EVENT—"The Six Triple Eight" Screening
2021-02-11 19:00 - 21:00 (America/New_York) | GA
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 and sexism from their own leadership and fellow troops, they served with honor and distinction, completing their mission in six months.
The history of this unit began with their training at Fort Oglethorpe. Their story continues at the 6th Cavalry Museum, where an exhibition on the Six Triple Eight will open in late February. Virtual exhibit opening is February 25 at 7 pm; the public opening at the 6th Cavalry Museum is February 26.
Watch Six Triple Eight on Comcast Channel 265, Charter Channel 198, Dalton Utilities Optilink Channels 129 and 133, Roku, or streaming live on UCTVlive.com.
For more information, contact the 6th Cavalry Museum.
This event is supported in part by a grant from Georgia Humanities.

VIRTUAL EVENT—A Conversation with Charlayne Hunter-Gault and Calvin Trillin
2021-02-04 16:00 - 17:00 UTC | GA
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 Holmes, and the Integration of the University of Georgia (UGA Press). The conversation will be moderated by Valerie Boyd, Charlayne Hunter-Gault Distinguished Writer in Residence, associate professor, Journalism, Grady College of Journalism and Mass Communication, UGA.
This event is free and open to the public to attend, but registration is required.
This event is sponsored in part by the New Georgia Encyclopedia, a program of Georgia Humanities.

VIRTUAL—Nothing Is Stable: Diana Al-Hadid artist talk
2021-01-28 17:00 - 18:00 UTC | GA
Nothing Is Stable: Diana Al-Hadid artist talk
Syrian American artist Diana Al-Hadid will give a talk in conjunction with her exhibition Nothing Is Stable at the Ernest G. Welch Gallery of Georgia State University (GSU).
The New York-based artist is acclaimed for her intricate sculptures and wall panels that combine traditional and contemporary materials and techniques. Visually and thematically, Al-Hadid draws on Middle Eastern and Western cultures and iconographies, often combining and re-contextualizing wide-ranging historical sources. She has found inspiration in ancient maps, miniature painting, architectural designs, and illuminated manuscripts.
The Welch School of Art & Design and the Center for Collaborative and International Arts at GSU have collaborated with Art Papers to present this artist talk.
This virtual event is free and open to the public, but registration on Zoom is required.
This event is sponsored in part by a grant from Georgia Humanities.

VIRTUAL EVENT—"Small Works Inspired by Poetry"
2021-01-22 - 2021-02-26 | GA
“Small Works Inspired by Poetry”
“Small Works Inspired by Poetry” is a small-scale, abstract and figurative exhibition inspired by poems contributed by Clela Reed, Cart Britton, Dana Smith, Pat Adams, and Rebecca Baggett. The poems were written especially to stimulate a visual response.
Listen to the poets read their poems while you reflect on the accompanying small works of art on the Oconee Cultural Arts Foundation’s website until February 26.
“Small Works Inspired by Poetry” is supported in part by a grant from Georgia Humanities.

VIRTUAL EVENT—The 10th Annual Atlanta Press Club Hall of Fame Celebration
2020-11-19 19:00 - 21:00 UTC | GA
The 10th Annual Atlanta Press Club Hall of Fame Celebration
This year’s special 10th anniversary broadcast of the Atlanta Press Club Hall of Fame Celebration will honor 44 legends, leaders, truth-seekers, storytellers, photographers, and investigative reporters who made their mark on journalism in Georgia and beyond. The 2020 Hall of Fame honorees include Boyd Lewis, Lee May, Pat Mitchell, and Bill Rankin. The event will be broadcast on GPB television, GPB.org, and the Atlanta Press Club Facebook page.
Georgia Humanities is proud to be a sponsor of the 10th Annual Atlanta Press Club Hall of Fame Celebration.

VIRTUAL EVENT—A Live Reading of Sovereignty
2020-11-08 14:00 - 15:30 UTC | GA
A Live Reading of Sovereignty
Sovereignty, written by playwright Mary Kathryn Nagle, examines the intersections of personal and political truths and historic and contemporary struggles through two parallel timelines. In present-day Oklahoma, a young Cherokee lawyer, Sarah Ridge Polson, and her colleague Jim Ross, defend the inherent jurisdiction of the Cherokee Nation in the United States Supreme Court when a non-Indian defendant challenges the Nation’s authority to prosecute non-Indian perpetrators of domestic violence.
Polson and Ross are juxtaposed with scenes from 1835, when the Cherokee Nation was eight hundred miles to the east in the southern Appalachians, and when Polson’s and Ross’s ancestors, historic Cherokee rivals, were bitterly divided over the Treaty of New Echota, which led to the Cherokee Nation’s removal to Oklahoma on the Trail of Tears.
The reading, which reunites director Molly Smith with members of the original cast, will provide a unique opportunity for a live theater experience from home. Following the online reading, Mary Kathryn Nagle, an enrolled citizen of the Cherokee Nation and a direct descendant of nineteenth-century Cherokee leaders John Ridge and Major Ridge, will be joined in conversation with Sarah Deer, professor of women’s, gender, and sexuality studies at the University of Kansas and a citizen of the Muscogee (Creek) Nation of Oklahoma.
The event is open to the public. Registration for this online event is $25. Proceeds will support opportunities for Native American students at the Michael C. Carlos Museum at Emory University.
A Live Reading of Sovereignty is presented in partnership with Georgia Humanities, the Michael C. Carlos Museum at Emory University, and the Decatur Book Festival.

From Being Property to Owning Property
2020-10-29 17:00 - 18:00 UTC | GA
From Being Property to Owning Property
This virtual presentation from the Mitchell Young Anderson Museum in Thomasville will provide a brief history of the Stevens Street District in Thomasville, one of the few remaining and intact African American neighborhoods built after the Civil War. Included in this presentation is part of the museum’s story itself—it was formerly a boarding house in the late nineteenth and early twentieth centuries that stood at the heart of the Stevens Street District on Oak Street.
The presentation will feature Gylbert Coker (the museum’s executive director), Jan DeCosmo, Eboné Amos, Lililita Forbes, and Juliana Forero.
The event is free and open to the public to attend on Zoom. At the time of the event, visit Zoom online or through the app and enter the following details: the event’s meeting ID is 873 2848 3950 and the event’s password is 489767.
This event is supported in part by a grant from Georgia Humanities.

VIRTUAL EVENT—"Vote with your Hands or your Feet?"
2020-10-29 15:45 - 17:00 UTC | GA
“Vote with your Hands or your Feet?”
The virtual panel discussion, “Vote with your Hands or your Feet?,” is presented as part of the Jean Beer Blumenfeld Center for Ethics at Georgia State University’s “Ethics and the 2020 Elections” discussion series. This discussion will explore whether voting in place or exercising a freedom to move elsewhere is best for securing key political interests, and how historically, we often trace political participation to a place of residence.
Panelists will include Michael Evans, senior lecturer of political science of Georgia State University; Andra Gillespie, director of the James Weldon Johnson Institute at Emory University; and Ilya Somin, professor of law at George Mason University.
This virtual panel discussion is free and open to the public to attend, but registration is required.
The “Ethics and the 2020 Elections” discussion series is supported in part by a grant from Georgia Humanities.

VIRTUAL EVENT—The Liberating Promise of Philanthropy: Stories of Grant-Makers in the South
2020-10-26 18:30 - 19:30 UTC | GA
The Liberating Promise of Philanthropy: Stories of Grant-Makers in the South
Martin Lehfeldt, former president of the Southeastern Council of Foundations, and co-author Jamil Zainaldin, president emeritus of Georgia Humanities, discuss their book The Liberating Promise of Philanthropy: Stories of Grant-Makers in the South. Very little until now has been written about the way in which grant-making foundations shaped and were shaped by the South. The authors begin their story with the role our country’s Founders envisioned for philanthropy in the new republic, and end with an examination of modern philanthropy in the region. Particular attention is given to the crippling effect that slavery, Jim Crow, and the Lost Cause has had upon the building of a civil society in the South, and how generous and compassionate philanthropists have worked to alleviate that burden. The authors assert that foundations are at their best when they help to move people from a state of dependency to one of self-sufficiency, and thereby contribute to the building of a democratic, civil society.
This virtual lecture is supported in part by Georgia Humanities, as part of Georgia Humanities’ Civic Engagement Track at the virtual Decatur Book Festival.

VIRTUAL—The Savannah History Remix Meet and Greet
2020-10-23 18:00 - 19:00 UTC | GA
The Savannah History Remix Meet and Greet
The Savannah History Remix walking tours were researched and written by Georgia Southern University graduate students of history. The tours focus on narratives that are often left out of commercial tours in Savannah, including stories of immigrants, laborers, those in the LGBTQ community, and domestic life in Savannah.
Join the tour’s scholars on October 23 at 6:00p.m. for an open forum discussing these new digital walking tours, including the students’ research process, information learned, and the potential for future projects. The discussion is free and open to the public.
The creation of the digital Savannah History Remix walking tours was supported by the Digital Tour Initiative, a partnership between Georgia Humanities and the Emory University Center for Digital Scholarship.

VIRTUAL EVENT—"Is it OK to Ignore Politics?"
2020-10-21 12:30 - 13:45 UTC | GA
“Is it OK to Ignore Politics?”
Christopher Freiman, author of Why it’s OK to Ignore Politics (2020), argues there is no obligation for individuals to be politically aware or politically active, and suggests that people can do more good in other ways. In “Is it OK to Ignore Politics?,” a virtual panel discussion, Freiman will be featured in conversation with Georgia State University’s Tom Crean, Sherry Massoud, and William Storey. Freiman is a professor of philosophy at the College of William and Mary in Virginia.
This virtual panel discussion is presented as part of the Blumenfeld Center’s “Ethics and the 2020 Elections” discussion series. This event is free and open to the public to attend, but registration is required.
The “Ethics and the 2020 Elections” discussion series is supported in part by a grant from Georgia Humanities.
