Butts County Historical Society welcomes Kaye Lanning Minchew, historian, archivist, author; presenting the program, "A President in Our Midst: Franklin Delano Roosevelt in Georgia." SPEAKER - SEPT 24 2026 KAYE MINCHEW - FRANKLIN DELANO ROOSEVELT This program was made possible by a grant from Georgia Humanities.
Dr. Wendy Hui Kyong Chun will present her lecture “From Discriminating Data to Digital Democracies: Why We Need to Work Across Disciplines” on Thursday, September 29, at 4:30 pm at Georgia State University. Dr. Chun is the Canada 150 Research Chair in New Media at Simon Fraser University in British Columbia, where she also leads […]
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The seventeenth annual Decatur Book Festival will take place on Saturday, October 1, at First Baptist Church of Decatur and will include a keynote address on the night of September 30. The event will highlight selected authors with new fall publications, featured in fifteen sessions presented in three tracks: adult fiction, adult non-fiction, and children […]
The Bill and Carol Fox Center for Humanistic Inquiry at Emory University presents its fall Georgia Seminar. Moderated by Katherine Smith, professor of art history at Agnes Scott College, the seminar considers the art of Georgia-born artist Jasper Johns (b. 1930 in Augusta), whose career spans almost 70 years. The sessions will be held on […]
Curated by Georgia College Special Collections, "The Soul of Georgia" is a richly illustrated exhibit highlighting Middle Georgia’s incredible impact on the formation of R&B and soul. The exhibition's grand opening will feature a lecture by Dr. Maisha Akbar of Fort Valley State University. Dr. Akbar will explore the blueswoman performance tradition as a means […]
The Bill and Carol Fox Center for Humanistic Inquiry at Emory University presents its fall Georgia Seminar. Moderated by Katherine Smith, professor of art history at Agnes Scott College, the seminar considers the art of Georgia-born artist Jasper Johns (b. 1930 in Augusta), whose career spans almost 70 years. The sessions will be held on […]
The Bill and Carol Fox Center for Humanistic Inquiry at Emory University presents its fall Georgia Seminar. Moderated by Katherine Smith, professor of art history at Agnes Scott College, the seminar considers the art of Georgia-born artist Jasper Johns (b. 1930 in Augusta), whose career spans almost 70 years. The sessions will be held on […]
Alkinoos Ioannidis is a world-renowned Greek and Cypriot singer-songwriter who occupies a unique place in contemporary Greek music. In anticipation of his first-ever Atlanta concert, Ioannidis will give a lecture on songwriting sponsored by the Georgia State University Center for Hellenic Studies. This event is sponsored by a grant from Georgia Humanities.
Empathy involves compassion for others and understanding their perspectives, and it helps to inspire kind behaviors like giving and volunteering. Presented by Wesleyan College as part of their Art of Empathy series, this virtual lecture from social psychologist Sara Konrath will explore evidence-based strategies that increase empathy and kindness. This program is supported by a […]
