The 10th Henry D. Green Symposium of the Decorative Arts The theme of the 10th Henry D. Green Symposium of the Decorative Arts is "Georgia Matters: Celebrating Two Decades of Scholarship," to be held January 30–February 1, 2020, at the University of Georgia Center for Continuing Education and Hotel in Athens. The keynote address on […]
4th Annual Ogeechee International History Film Festival The Ogeechee International History Film Festival is the only open submission, juried, international cinema program of its kind. Now in its fourth year, the annual festival continues to promote and celebrate history presented through motion pictures. The theme of the 4th Annual Ogeechee International History Film Festival is […]
Trailblazing African American Women of Coastal Georgia Melissa Cooper, author of Making Gullah: A History of Sapelo Islanders, Race, and the American Imagination will deliver the keynote lecture for "Trailblazing African American Women of Coastal Georgia." Cooper will address the context from which Geechee women emerged, and three "trailblazers" will be highlighted by additional speakers: […]
Flash Here and There Like Falling Stars: The Life and Work of Dr. Pellom McDaniels III In 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 […]
Unworthy Republic: The Dispossession of Native Americans and the Road to Indian Territory Claudio Saunt, the Richard B. Russell Professor in American History at the University of Georgia, discusses his new book Unworthy Republic: The Dispossession of Native Americans and the Road to Indian Territory, in which he explores how Native American expulsion became national […]
Founding Stories: Oral Histories of Grassroots Atlanta Join Art Papers for Founding Stories: Oral Histories of Grassroots Atlanta, a decade-by-decade series of virtual talks exploring the founding stories of a selection of Atlanta’s DIY and artist-run spaces. Founders of some of Atlanta’s most beloved and remembered spaces will discuss how these organizations came into existence. What […]
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 […]
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.
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.
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.
