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SUMMARY:VIRTUAL EVENT—Political Protest and the 2020 Elections
DESCRIPTION:Political Protest and the 2020 Elections \nThis online panel discussion\, “Political Protest and the 2020 Elections\,” is the first of the fall 2020 series\, “Ethics and the 2020 Elections\,” presented by the Jean Beer Blumenfeld Center for Ethics at Georgia State University. \nThis discussion of the ethics of political protest will feature scholars Candice Delmas\, Associate Professor of Philosophy and Political Science at Northeastern University; Natasha Lennard\, author and journalist\, New School for Social Research; and Akinyele Umoja\, Professor of African American Studies at Georgia State University. \nThe panel discussion will be followed by a Q&A. This online event is free to attend\, but registration is required. \nThis event is supported in part by a grant from Georgia Humanities.
URL:https://www.georgiahumanities.org/event/virtual-event-political-protest-and-the-2020-elections/
LOCATION:Online
CATEGORIES:Discussion,Online
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SUMMARY:VIRTUAL EVENT—Decatur Short Docs Film Festival
DESCRIPTION:The Decatur Short Docs Film Festival\, presented by the Georgia Center for the Book \nThe Decatur Short Docs Film Festival is a Decatur/Atlanta-based festival series showcase of short documentaries about people and places primarily in the South. The festival provides a platform for filmmakers to showcase their work\, and provides a forum for fresh perspectives and insights in the community. The 2020 theme is “Art Happens\,” which celebrates the visual\, performing\, and literary arts. \nThe 2020 Short Docs Film Festival will be hosted online in September. Each screening will be accompanied by a “talkback” session with the creators and contributors of the documentaries. \nA 2020 featured documentary\, Lillian Smith: Breaking the Silence\, directed by Hal and Henry Jacobs\, will be screened online the first weekend of the festival\, and will be followed by a Q&A with the filmmakers on September 6 at 7:00p.m. The screenings and talkback are free to participate\, but registration is required. The production of Lillian Smith: Breaking the Silence was supported in part by a grant from Georgia Humanities. \nThe online Decatur Short Docs Film Festival\, presented by the Georgia Center for the Book\, is part of the 2020 virtual Decatur Book Festival\, of which Georgia Humanities is proud to be a sponsor. See the full festival line-up at www.decaturbookfestival.com.
URL:https://www.georgiahumanities.org/event/virtual-event-decatur-short-docs-film-festival/
LOCATION:Georgia Center for the Book
CATEGORIES:Festival,Online,Reading/Performance/Showing
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DTSTART;TZID=UTC:20200904T143000
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SUMMARY:VIRTUAL EVENT—Jericho Brown\, Keynote\, Decatur Book Festival
DESCRIPTION:Jericho Brown\, Keynote\, Decatur Book Festival \nPulitzer Prize–winner Jericho Brown is the keynote speaker for the 2020 virtual Atlanta-Journal Constitution Decatur Book Festival. \nIn conversation with book festival board president\, Mathwon Howard\, Brown will discuss his most recent book\, The Tradition\, that details the normalization of evil and its history at the intersection of the past and the personal. Registration for this event is required. \nGeorgia Humanities is a proud sponsor of the 2020 Decatur Book Festival.
URL:https://www.georgiahumanities.org/event/virtual-event-jericho-brown-keynote-decatur-book-festival/
LOCATION:Georgia
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DTSTART;TZID=UTC:20200906T140000
DTEND;TZID=UTC:20200906T150000
DTSTAMP:20260727T171214
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SUMMARY:VIRTUAL EVENT—The 2020 Lillian Smith Book Awards
DESCRIPTION:The 2020 Lillian Smith Book Awards \nThe Lillian Smith Book Awards are sponsored by the Southern Regional Council\, University of Georgia Libraries\, DeKalb County Public Library/The Georgia Center for the Book\, and Piedmont College. The awards are presented annually at the Decatur Book Festival. \nSelected by a panel of judges\, nominated books represent outstanding creative achievements worthy of recognition because of their literary merit\, moral vision\, and honest representation of the South\, its people\, problems\, and promises. The Lillian Smith Book Awards honors those authors who\, through their writing\, carry on Smith’s legacy of elucidating the condition of racial and social inequity and proposing a vision of justice and human understanding that represents the ideals of a racially just society. \nThe 2020 recipients of the Lillian Smith Book Award are Jelani M. Favors\, for Shelter in a Time of Storm: How Black Colleges Fostered Generations of Leadership and Activism\, published by the University of North Carolina Press\, and Brandon K. Winford\, for John Hervey Wheeler\, Black Banking\, and the Economic Struggle for Civil Rights\, published by the University Press of Kentucky. \nThe virtual award ceremony is free to attend\, but registration is required.
URL:https://www.georgiahumanities.org/event/virtual-event-the-2020-lillian-smith-book-awards/
LOCATION:Georgia
CATEGORIES:Online
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DTSTART;TZID=UTC:20200909T140000
DTEND;TZID=UTC:20200909T150000
DTSTAMP:20260727T171214
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SUMMARY:VIRTUAL EVENT—Flash Here and There Like Falling Stars\, Decatur Book Festival
DESCRIPTION:Flash Here and There Like Falling Stars: The Life and Work of Dr. Pellom McDaniels III \nIn memory of Dr. Pellom McDaniels III\, the Stuart A. Rose Manuscript\, Archives\, and Rare Book Library at Emory University will host a virtual discussion of Dr. McDaniels’s life and work as part of the Rosemary Magee Creativity Conversation series\, in partnership with the Decatur Book Festival. \nThe virtual event will begin with an overview of Dr. McDaniels’s life and work as the curator of African American collections at the Rose Library at Emory\, followed by a video remembrance that lyrically touches on his many talents and gifts. A discussion of his legacy and impact on multiple communities with current and former members of the Emory community who worked closely with Dr. McDaniels will follow. Jennifer Gunter King\, Director of the Rose Library\, will moderate. Registration for the event is required. \nGeorgia Humanities is a proud sponsor of the 2020 Decatur Book Festival.
URL:https://www.georgiahumanities.org/event/virtual-event-pellom-mcdaniels/
LOCATION:Georgia
CATEGORIES:Online,Reading/Performance/Showing
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DTSTART;TZID=UTC:20200909T153000
DTEND;TZID=UTC:20200909T164500
DTSTAMP:20260727T171214
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SUMMARY:VIRTUAL EVENT—Health Care Access and the 2020 Elections
DESCRIPTION:Health Care Access and the 2020 Elections \nThis online panel discussion\, “Health Care Access and the 2020 Elections\,” is the second of the fall 2020 series\, “Ethics and the 2020 Elections\,” presented by the Jean Beer Blumenfeld Center for Ethics at Georgia State University. \nThis discussion will consider how health care affects\, and should affect\, election policy and decisions. The event will feature scholars Seema Mohapatra\, Associate Professor of Law and Dean’s Fellow\, Indiana University’s Robert H. McKinney School of Law; Yolonda Wilson\, Associate Professor of Philosophy\, Howard University; Ruqaiijah Yearby\, Professor of Law at Saint Louis University School of Law; and Rodney Lyn\, Interim Dean of Georgia State University’s School of Public Health. \nThe panel discussion will be followed by a Q&A. This online event is free to attend\, but registration is required. \nThis event is supported in part by a grant from Georgia Humanities.
URL:https://www.georgiahumanities.org/event/virtual-event-health-care-access-and-the-2020-elections/
LOCATION:Online
CATEGORIES:Discussion,Online
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DTSTART;VALUE=DATE:20200915
DTEND;VALUE=DATE:20200916
DTSTAMP:20260727T171214
CREATED:20200821T190943Z
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SUMMARY:Nomination Deadline - The Governor's Awards for the Arts and Humanities
DESCRIPTION:Nomination Deadline – The Governor’s Awards for the Arts and Humanities \nThe Governor’s Awards for the Arts and Humanities—a partnership with the Office of the Governor\, the Georgia Council for the Arts\, and Georgia Humanities—recognize and honor individuals and organizations that have made outstanding contributions to the civic and cultural vitality of our state. Read the nomination guidelines here. The awards ceremony will be held virtually later in the fall. \nAll nominations must be submitted online at www.georgiahumanities.org/nominate by September 15\, 2020\, at 5:00p.m. EDT.
URL:https://www.georgiahumanities.org/event/nomination-deadline-the-governors-awards-for-the-arts-and-humanities/
LOCATION:Georgia
CATEGORIES:Online
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