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 | 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 | 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 | 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.

"Three Palaces of Yalta: Stalin, Churchill, and Roosevelt"
2021-10-14 18:45 - 21:00 | Classic Center Pavillion, 440 Foundry Street, Athens, GA, 30601, United States
In each of the three acts, Stalin, Churchill, and Roosevelt respectively voice their plans, concerns, and aspirations. Of particular interest to them is the future of Poland, whose invasion by Germany in 1939 ignited the global war, and which has become a symbol of potential conflict in post-war Europe. The three palaces also represent Fear, Honor, and Hope, aspects of the motivations and character of the statesmen who occupy them.

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 | 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.

Common Good Atlanta: Breaking Down the Walls of Mass Incarceration with the Liberal Arts
2022-01-20 18:30 - 20:00 | Decatur First Baptist Church, 308 Clairemont Avenue, Decatur, GA, 30030
This Georgia Seminar will take a behind-the-scenes look at the nationally recognized prison education program, Common Good Atlanta (CGA), founded by Sarah Higinbotham of Oxford College and Bill Taft. Since 2008, an all-volunteer consortium of 70 faculty from six universities have taught the liberal arts in four prisons, plus a downtown course for prison-impacted people. The program received a 2019 Governor’s Award for the Arts & Humanities and was a 2019 finalist for the American Civic Collaboration Awards, which highlight outstanding initiatives working to collaborate across divides at the national, local and youth levels. At the heart of the program’s mission is that broad, democratic access to higher education for people affected by incarceration strengthens the common good of our communities.
The documentary film Common Good Atlanta: Breaking Down the Walls of Mass Incarceration, by Hal Jacobs, looks at the impact of the program on both students and instructors. Incarcerated students find an intellectual freedom that encourages growth and dignity, while instructors find an environment for the liberal arts that is stimulating and trans-formative. A talkback will follow the screening.

They Were Here: Preservation and Commemoration of the Macedonia African American Methodist Church Cemetery of Johns Creek
2022-01-27 17:00 - 19:00 | Johns Creek High School, 5575 State Bridge Road, Johns Creek, GA, 30022
The Tift College of Education of Mercer University (in partnership with the Johns Creek Historical Society) was awarded a Georgia Humanities grant for the project “They Were Here: Preservation and Commemoration of the Macedonia African American Methodist Church Cemetery of Johns Creek.” The grant was awarded to Johns Creek High School students in producing a series of documentaries about the history of the Macedonia African Methodist Church Cemetery of Johns Creek. The projects staff and participants are now excited to share the fruits of their labor. On January 27 the project will hold a Community Celebration four-part screening from 5pm to 7pm at Johns Creek High School. Check it out if you’re in the area!
For questions contact Dr. Katherine Perrotta at perrotta_ka[@]mercer.edu.

Common Good Atlanta: Behind the Scenes, Part 1 (Alumni)
2022-01-27 18:30 - 20:00 | Emory University Fox Center for Humanistic Inquiry, 1635 North Decatur Road, Atlanta, GA, 30322
The seminar will bring together Common Good Atlanta alumni to share their experience s and the program’s impact on the community. The following topics are ripe for discussion: efforts of those in higher education to reach across the community, the detrimental effects of mass incarceration on the community, an American penal system that is more focused on retributive justice than restorative justice, and how scholarly learning can take a rigorous and creative approach to reaching nontraditional students.

Common Good Atlanta: Behind the Scenes, Part 2 (Founders)
2022-02-03 18:30 - 20:00 | Emory University Fox Center for Humanistic Inquiry, 1635 North Decatur Road, Atlanta, GA, 30322
The seminar will bring together Jamil Zainaldin, Emory faculty, and Common Good Atlanta founders Sarah Higinbotham (Oxford College) and Bill Taft, to share their experience s and the program’s impact on the community. The following topics are ripe for discussion: efforts of those in higher education to reach across the community, the detrimental effects of mass incarceration on the community, an American penal system that is more focused on retributive justice than restorative justice, and how scholarly learning can take a rigorous and creative approach to reaching nontraditional students.

Common Good Atlanta: Behind the Scenes, Part 3 (Faculty)
2022-02-03 18:30 - 2022-02-10 20:00 | Emory University Fox Center for Humanistic Inquiry, 1635 North Decatur Road, Atlanta, GA, 30322
The seminar will bring together Common Good Atlanta faculty from Morehouse, Georgia State State University, and Georgia Tech to share their experience s and the program’s impact on the community. The following topics are ripe for discussion: efforts of those in higher education to reach across the community, the detrimental effects of mass incarceration on the community, an American penal system that is more focused on retributive justice than restorative justice, and how scholarly learning can take a rigorous and creative approach to reaching nontraditional students.

African-American Literary Voices of the 20th Century - Booker T. Washington: Up from Slavery
2022-04-06 15:00 - 16:00 | 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.

A President in Our Midst: Franklin Delano Roosevelt in Georgia
2022-04-10 10:00 - 11:00 | GA
An airing of the documentary based on the Kaye Minchew book of the same title. Learn more here.

African-American Literary Voices of the 20th Century - A White Woman Reads W.E.B. Dubois
2022-04-13 15:00 - 16:00 | 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.

Film: "Common Good Atlanta: Breaking Down the Walls of Mass Incarceration"
2022-04-14 19:00 - 20:30 | Georgia Museum of Art, 90 Carlton Street, Athens, GA, 30602
In 2008, Sarah Higinbotham, a Ph.D. student at Georgia State University, wanted to teach a literature class in a Georgia prison, but discovered that no college programs existed in Georgia prisons, so she started one. This documentary by Atlanta filmmaker Hal Jacobs looks at the impact of the program on students and instructors. Incarcerated students find an intellectual freedom that encourages growth and dignity, while instructors find a stimulating and transformative environment for the liberal arts. 2022, 58 minutes.
The film screening will be followed by a panel discussion including Jacobs; Bill Taft, academic director of Common Good Atlanta; and Common Good alumni and instructors.

African-American Literary Voices of the 20th Century: Zora Neale Hurston and the Spirit of the South
2022-04-20 15:00 - 16:00 | 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 | 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.

Chasing Me to My Grave: An Artist's Memoir of the Jim Crow South by Winfred Rembert
2022-04-21 18:30 - 19:30 | Auburn Avenue Research Library, 101 Auburn Avenue, N.E., Atlanta, GA, 30303, United States
Join Georgia Humanities and the Auburn Avenue Research Library for a discussion of the book Chasing Me to My Grave: An Artist’s Memoir of the Jim Crow South, by Winfred Rembert and Erin I. Kelly. A professor at Tufts University, Erin Kelly will be in conversation with Patsy Rembert, widow of Winfred Rembert, who died in 2021.

African-American Literary Voices of the 20th Century - Langston Hughes: Poet for the Renaissance
2022-04-27 15:00 - 16:00 | 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 | 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 | 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 | 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 | 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.

An Evening with Nic Stone
2022-06-03 18:00 - 19:00 | Hyatt Regency Atlanta, 265 Peachtree Street NE, Atlanta, GA, 30303, United States
The Children’s Literature Association invites you to join them for a conversation with Nic Stone, moderated by the Auburn Avenue Research Library. The conversation will include her books for young adults, Atlanta, and social justice. The event is free and open to the public and will include a book signing following the discussion.

Southern LitFest
2022-06-03 18:00 - 2022-06-05 17:30 | GA
Join the Newnan Carnegie Library Foundation for three days of celebrating all things southern! The festival will feature conversations with hometown authors, theatrical presentations and a historic bible exhibit.

“The Reality of Native American Ceremony & Spirituality”
2022-07-16 10:00 - 11:00 | 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.

NHD Georgia Teacher Workshop
2022-07-19 - 2022-07-20 | LaGrange College, 601 Broad St., LaGrange, GA, 30240, United States
National History Day Georgia is hosting an in-person teacher workshop at LaGrange College July 19-20. The workshop will cover:

– Breakdown of the 2023 NHD Theme, “Frontiers in History: People, Places, Ideas”
– How to conduct basic topic research
– Available research tools & how to use them
– How to facilitate classroom collaboration & engagement
– How to create interactive classroom tools (participants will leave with a custom-made resource)

This workshop is open to all teachers and costs $25.

Deadline: Governor's Awards Nominations
2022-07-22 17:00 | GA
Review the guidelines and complete the online nomination form.

Summer Author Series featuring Ashley Callahan
2022-08-04 18:30 - 19:30 | Rome Area History Center, 305 Broad Street, Rome, GA, 30161, United States
The Chieftains Museum/Major Ridge Home will host author and independent scholar Ashley Callahan on August 4 from 6:30-7:30 pm at the Rome Area History Center as part of their Summer Author Series. Callahan will discuss her book Frankie Welch’s Americana, published by the University of Georgia Press in partnership with Georgia Humanities.

Screening of "A President in Our Midst: Franklin Delano Roosevelt in Georgia"
2022-08-05 13:30 - 14:30 | Earl and Rachel Smith Strand Theatre, 117 N Park Square, Marietta, GA, 30060, United States
Franklin Delano Roosevelt had a very special relationship with the State of Georgia. This compelling documentary spotlights the mutual benefits that the friendship provided to both the president and the people of Georgia. The film is based on the book A President in Our Midst: Franklin Delano Roosevelt in Georgia, published by the University of Georgia Press in partnership with Georgia Humanities.
This screening is part of the 2022 Cobb International Film Festival.
