Georgia Humanities

Cool History: Summer Lecture Series
2019-05-23 19:00 - 20:00 UTC | National Civil War Naval Museum, 1002 Victory Drive, Columbus, GA, 31901
Cool History: Summer Lecture Series
The Cool History: Summer Lecture Series brings regional historians with expertise in the Civil War to Columbus, GA, at the National Civil War Naval Museum for a presentation and question-and-answer session with the audience. All lectures in this speaker series are free and open to the public.
The lecturer for this event is Dr. Evan Kutzler, professor at Georgia Southwestern and author of Prison Pens, a memoir of a captured Confederate Soldier in northern Virginia, featuring letters he exchanged with his fiancée during the Civil War.
The Cool History: Summer Lecture Series is sponsored by a grant from Georgia Humanities.

Image: National Civil War Naval Museum

Lillian Smith: Breaking the Silence
2019-05-19 14:00 - 15:00 | DeKalb County Public Library, Auditorium, 215 Sycamore Street, Decatur, GA, 30030
Lillian Smith: Breaking the Silence
Lillian Smith: Breaking the Silence is a 50-minute documentary about the life and work of Georgia writer and activist Lillian Smith (1887 – 1966). This is an encore screening following the premiere at the Decatur Library in Decatur, GA on May 16. The documentary, created by Hal and Henry Jacobs, explores Smith’s life as one of the first prominent white southerners openly denouncing racial segregation and actively working against Jim Crow. While free to attend, seating is limited and tickets require reservation. This project is supported by Georgia Humanities.

Image: Hargrett Rare Book and Manuscript Library, University of Georgia Libraries

This Is My Dirt: Stories of St. Simons Island and Coastal Georgia
2019-05-18 13:00 - 16:00 | Historic Harrington School Cultural Center, 291 S. Harrington Rd., St. Simons Island, GA, 31522
This Is My Dirt: Stories of St. Simons Island and Coastal Georgia
This Is My Dirt: Stories of St. Simons Island and Coastal Georgia is a public presentation showcasing Mercer University students’ research of the slave cemetery at the former Retreat Plantation on St. Simons Island, Georgia. Students will present digital stories they produced using information collected from interviews with the descendants of those buried at Retreat’s slave cemetery. The students will also present a registry of all individuals now known to be buried on the grounds. Dr. Diana Ramey Berry, Oliver H. Radkey Regents Fellow in History at the University of Texas at Austin, an expert in the history of gender and slavery in the United States, will lecture and meet with students and local residents. This project is part of a larger, multi-year effort to document and preserve the history of African-Americans on St. Simons Island and throughout coastal Georgia. This event is sponsored by a grant from Georgia Humanities.

Image: The Harrington School, Saint Simons African American Heritage Coalition

Lillian Smith: Breaking the Silence
2019-05-17 19:15 - 20:15 | DeKalb County Public Library, Auditorium, 215 Sycamore Street, Decatur, GA, 30030
Lillian Smith: Breaking the Silence
Lillian Smith: Breaking the Silence is a 50-minute documentary about the life and work of Georgia writer and activist Lillian Smith (1887 – 1966). This is an encore screening following the film’s premiere at the Decatur Library in Decatur, GA on May 16. The documentary, created by Hal and Henry Jacobs, explores Smith’s life as one of the first prominent white southerners openly denouncing racial segregation and actively working against Jim Crow. While free to attend, seating is limited and tickets require reservation. This project is supported by Georgia Humanities.

Image: Hargrett Rare Book and Manuscript Library, University of Georgia Libraries

Lillian Smith: Breaking the Silence Premiere
2019-05-16 19:30 - 20:30 | DeKalb County Public Library, Auditorium, 215 Sycamore Street, Decatur, GA, 30030
Lillian Smith: Breaking the Silence
Lillian Smith: Breaking the Silence is a 50-minute documentary about the life and work of Georgia writer and activist Lillian Smith (1887 – 1966), premiering at the Decatur Library in Decatur, GA. The documentary, created by Hal and Henry Jacobs, explores Smith’s life as one of the first prominent white southerners openly denouncing racial segregation and actively working against Jim Crow. While free to attend, seating is limited and tickets require reservation. This project is supported by Georgia Humanities.

Image: Hargrett Rare Book and Manuscript Library, University of Georgia Libraries

Brewton-Parker College Historic Village Exhibit and Tour
2019-04-26 10:00 - 14:00, 2019-04-12 10:00 - 14:00 | Brewton-Parker College Historic Village, 201 David-Eliza Fountain Cir., Mount Vernon, GA, 30445, United States
Walking Through 19th Century Southeast Georgia: Brewton-Parker College Historic Village Exhibit and Tour
Brewton-Parker College will host exhibit tours of the Historic Village on its significance in history throughout the 19th century. Tours will be held every 30 minutes (drop-in or scheduled). Tours are free and open to the public.
For more information, contact Dr. Amanda Allen at 912-583-3117 or aallen@bpc.edu.
This program is supported by a grant from Georgia Humanities.

The History of Our Regional Music: An Evening with George Reynolds
2019-04-25 19:00 - 21:00 | Nichols Center at Blue Ridge Music Academy, 629 Duggan Hill Road, Clayton, GA, 30525, United States
The History of Our Regional Music: An Evening with George Reynolds
Author, folklorist, historian, and music instructor George Reynolds will give a talk on North Georgia music. Members of the Foxfire Boys Bluegrass Band will also perform.
Sponsored by the Southern Highland Music Foundation, this event is free and open to the public. For more information, contact Tom Nixon at 706-490-0539 or via email at blueridgemusicacademy[at]gmail.com.
This event is supported by a grant from Georgia Humanities.

Views from the Pacific Front Public Reception
2019-04-18 17:30 - 19:30 | Columbus Museum, 1251 Wynnton Road, Columbus, 31906, United States
Enjoy a patriotic evening, inspired by the 1940s, at the Columbus Museum for the Views from the Pacific Front public reception. The Columbus Cavaliers will play big band favorites from World War II, and Curator of History Rebecca Bush will give a tour of exhibition highlights.
This event is free and open to the public, but pre-registration is encouraged. To RSVP, contact Liliana Harrell at 706.748.2562, ext. 2124, or at lharrell@columbusmuseum.com by April 12.
This event is supported by a grant from Georgia Humanities.

Revival: Lost Southern Voices
2019-04-13 09:30 - 17:30
Revival: Lost Southern Voices
This third annual literature and arts festival is organized and hosted by Perimeter College at Georgia State University. Writers, scholars, and artists will discuss the work of southern writers and other artists whose work either is not well recognized or has fallen out of recognition.
The festival is free and open to the public, but registration is required.
This event is sponsored by a grant from Georgia Humanities.

National History Day Georgia—State Contest
2019-04-13 | LaGrange College, 601 Broad St., LaGrange, GA, 30240, United States
National History Day Georgia—State Contest

National History Day students from across Georgia will gather at LaGrange College in LaGrange for the all-day statewide competition.
National History Day Georgia is a program of Georgia Humanities and LaGrange College. The state contest host for 2019 is LaGrange College. Regional competition sponsors include Augusta University; Bibb County School District and Houston County Board of Education; Clayton State University and the National Archives-Atlanta; Coastal Georgia Historical Society; Georgia College; Georgia Southwestern State University; Kennesaw State University; Thomas County Schools; Troup Historical Society and LaGrange College; and the University of Georgia.

Revival: Lost Southern Voices
2019-04-12 12:30 - 18:00 | DeKalb County Public Library, Decatur Branch, 215 Sycamore Street, Decatur, GA, 30030, United States
Revival: Lost Southern Voices
This third annual literature and arts festival is organized and hosted by Perimeter College at Georgia State University, with the Friday event taking place at the Georgia Center for the Book auditorium in the Decatur Public Library. Writers, scholars, and artists will discuss the work of southern writers and other artists whose work either is not well recognized or has fallen out of recognition.
The festival is free and open to the public, but registration is required.
This event is sponsored by a grant from Georgia Humanities.

Ethics, Resilience, and Recovery: Learning from Moral Injury
2019-04-11 17:30 - 19:30
Ethics, Resilience, and Recovery: Learning from Moral Injury Symposium

The Blumenfeld Center for Ethics at Georgia State University presents a public symposium on moral injury, intended for those in the armed forces, mental health students and clinicians, journalists, first responders, students and scholars in the ethics of trauma, and those with interests in trauma and recovery. The event will take place at the Rialto Center for the Arts in downtown Atlanta.
This program is supported by a grant from Georgia Humanities.

Humanistic Perspectives on Moral Injury
2019-04-11 - 2019-04-12
Humanistic Perspectives on Moral Injury Conference

The Blumenfeld Center for Ethics at Georgia State University (GSU) presents a conference on moral injury, featuring original research by leading experts and scholars who will draw on the tools of the humanities to theorize moral injury. The event will be held on the campus of GSU in downtown Atlanta. See the website for schedule information.
This program is supported by a grant from Georgia Humanities.

Lecture Series: Views from the Pacific Front
2019-04-10 12:00 - 13:00 | Columbus Museum, 1251 Wynnton Road, Columbus, 31906, United States
Learn more at this free lunchtime lecture about the wartime experiences of the artists featured in the exhibition Views from the Pacific Front at the Columbus Museum. Drawing on the men’s original letters, Columbus State University professor Dan Crosswell will focus on Jon Craig’s and Norman Rothschild’s participation in military campaigns in New Guinea and the Philippines. If you are interested in purchasing a $10 lunch, please contact the Education Dept. at edu@columbusmuseum.com by April 8.
This event is supported by a grant from Georgia Humanities.

Georgia Humanities OpenTour Workshop
2019-04-05 11:00 - 12:30 | Emory Center for Digital Scholarship, 540 Asbury Cir, Atlanta, GA, 30322, United States
Georgia Humanities OpenTour Workshop
Georgia Humanities invites nonprofit organizations to apply for the opportunity to create walking and driving tour mobile apps using Open Tour Builder, a free software platform created by ECDS.
The workshop is free but closed to the general public. Attendees must be recipients of a Georgia Humanities grant. For those interested in applying, grant deadlines are March 30 and September 30 of each calendar year.
This workshop is in partnership with the Emory Center for Digital Scholarship (ECDS).

Brewton-Parker College Historic Village Exhibit and Tour
2019-04-05 10:00 - 14:00

"History Under the Stars" Brewton-Parker College Historic Village Exhibit Opening Night
2019-04-04 18:00 - 20:00
Walking Through 19th Century Southeast Georgia: Brewton-Parker College Historic Village Exhibit and Tour
Brewton-Parker College will host an opening reception for their Historic Village exhibition and walking tour highlighting its history from the 19th century. Free tours will begin at 6 pm followed by a lecture from Dr. Mark Huddle, Associate Professor of History at Georgia College, at 7 pm. Huddle will speak on the important role of public history exhibits in preserving Georgia history.
For more information, contact Dr. Amanda Allen at 912-583-3117 or aallen@bpc.edu.
This program is supported by a grant from Georgia Humanities.

Georgia Humanities Grant Application Deadline
2019-03-30
Georgia Humanities Grant Application Deadline
Today is the postmark deadline for submitting grant proposals to Georgia Humanities for the spring 2019 grant cycle.

How Journalists and the Public Shape Our Democracy
2019-03-27 18:30 - 20:30 | Auburn Avenue Research Library, 101 Auburn Avenue, N.E., Atlanta, GA, 30303, United States
How Journalists and the Public Shape our Democracy
A panel of journalists will discuss the role of the media in a democracy, the responsibilities of citizens to inform themselves, how to spot “fake news,” and more at the Auburn Avenue Research Library. Shaunya Chavis, FGTV anchor, will moderate the panel. Audience Q&A will follow. The program is part of the Democracy and the Informed Citizen initiative.
6:30pm – 7:00pm reception
7:00pm – 8:30pm program
This program is presented by Georgia Humanities, the Atlanta Press Club, and the Fulton County Library System.
We thank The Andrew W. Mellon Foundation for their generous support of this initiative and the Pulitzer Prizes for their partnership.

How Journalists and the Public Shape Our Democracy
2019-03-26 18:00 - 20:00 | Stonecrest Library, 3123 Klondike Road, Lithonia, GA, 30038, United States
How Journalists and the Public Shape our Democracy
A panel of journalists will discuss the role of the media in a democracy, the responsibilities of citizens to inform themselves, how to spot “fake news,” and more at the Stonecrest Library in Lithonia. Monica Kaufman Pearson, retired WSB-TV anchor, will moderate the panel. Audience Q&A will follow. The program is part of the Democracy and the Informed Citizen initiative.
6:00pm – 6:30pm reception
6:30pm – 8:00pm program
This program is presented by Georgia Humanities, the Atlanta Press Club, and the DeKalb Public Library System.
We thank The Andrew W. Mellon Foundation for their generous support of this initiative and the Pulitzer Prizes for their partnership.

Economic Decision Making and the U.S. Civil Rights Movement: Grades 5-8
2019-03-26 08:30 - 15:00 | Fulton County Schools, 450 Northridge Pkwy, Atlanta, GA, 30350, United States
Georgia Council for Economic Education (GCEE): Economic History Teacher Workshop

The GCEE will host a teacher workshop designed to highlight economics of the Civil Rights movement during the 1950s and 1960s. Teachers will receive lessons and activities focused on Brown v. Board of Education, the Montgomery Bus Boycott, and the March on Washington.
For information contact Glen Blankenship at gblankenship@gsu.edu.
This event is sponsored by a grant from Georgia Humanities.

This Is (Not) What I Expected: Difference and Dignity through Literature and the Arts
2019-03-23 19:00 - 21:00, 2019-03-22 19:00 - 21:00
Stage Reading of Citizen: An American Lyric by Claudia Rankine
The University of Georgia College of Education will host a stage reading of the award-winning book Citizen: An American Lyric, by Claudia Rankine, under the direction of Dr. Fred Giles, Professor Emeritus of Theatre and the Institute for African American Studies at UGA.
Free copies will be given to the first 50 families in attendance. Admission is free and open to the public. Ages 16 and up.
For more information, contact Melisa Cahnmann-Taylor at cahnmann@uga.edu.
This is event is sponsored by a grant from Georgia Humanities.

How Journalists and the Public Shape Our Democracy
2019-03-21 18:30 - 20:00 | Gwinnett Public Library-Suwanee, 361 Main Street, Suwanee, GA, 30024, United States
How Journalists and the Public Shape our Democracy
A panel of journalists will discuss the role of the media in a democracy, the responsibilities of citizens to inform themselves, how to spot “fake news,” and more at the Gwinnett Public Library in Suwanee. Karyn Greer, CBS46 news anchor, will moderate the panel. Audience Q&A will follow. The program is part of the Democracy and the Informed Citizen initiative.
6:30pm – 7:00pm reception
7:00pm – 8:00pm program
This program is presented by Georgia Humanities, the Atlanta Press Club, and the Gwinnett Public Library System.
We thank The Andrew W. Mellon Foundation for their generous support of this initiative and the Pulitzer Prizes for their partnership.

Black Heritage of Rockdale County
2019-03-16 14:00 - 17:00 | J.P. Carr Community Center, 90 Hardin Street, Conyers, GA, 30012, United States
Black Heritage of Rockdale County
The Conyers Rockdale Council for the Arts will host its first Black Heritage Symposium of Rockdale County with Pulitzer Prize winner E.R. Shipp serving as the event’s emcee. The exhibition will highlight contributions related to individuals and organizations of historical significance to the city and county at large.
For more information, contact Lisa Sloben at ssiebert@conyersarts.org or 770-922-3143.
This is event is sponsored by a grant from Georgia Humanities.

PRIME TIME Family Reading Time
2019-03-14 17:30 - 19:30, 2019-03-07 17:30 - 19:30, 2019-02-28 17:30 - 19:30 | South Cobb Regional Library, 805 Clay Rd, Mableton, GA, 30126, United States
PRIME TIME Family Reading Time
Established by the Louisiana Endowment for the Humanities, PRIME TIME Family Reading Time is facilitated in Georgia by the Georgia Public Library Service in partnership with Georgia Humanities. PRIME TIME is a free children’s program of reading, storytelling, and discussion, targeting families with illiteracy or low-literacy issues. The program uses award-winning children’s books on humanities themes to facilitate discussion both at home and during the program sessions.
Programs can serve up to 25 families for children from ages 6-10 and their parents; parent participation is mandatory. Programs may be facilitated in English or in a bilingual Spanish/English format. Programs are closed to the general public; registration is required.
For more program information, please contact Elaine Black, Director of Youth Services, Georgia Public Library Service, at eblack@georgialibraries.org.
This event is sponsored by Georgia Humanities.

PRIME TIME Family Reading Time
2019-03-05 17:30 - 19:30 | Tucker-Reid Cofer Library, 5234 Lavista Rd, Tucker, GA, 30084, United States
