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“Forgotten Women: Giving Voice to the Voiceless”

Please join us for an exciting lecture by the  Willson Center Distinguished Artist Dahlma Llanos-Figueroa, entitled “Forgotten Women: Giving Voice to the Voiceless”,  with a brief opening intervention by Marcela Garza, ABD and Racheal Fulford, PhD, from the Department of Romance Languages, on Monday October 28, 2024  in MLC 248 at 5:00pm.   Following the lecture there will be a Q&A and opportunity for book purchase…


Black Women’s Historical Wellness: Yoga, Tea, and Traditions of Collective Self-Care

Monday, Feb. 19th from 5:30 - 7:00 PM  Location: 204 Caldwell Hall In this presentation, Dr. Stephanie Evans (Professor, Georgia State University) will discuss the study of Black women’s narrative histories of health, healing, and wellness. Evans will explore what she calls #HistoricalWellness: Black women’s traditions of simultaneously practicing inner peace and working collectively to resist oppression. Specifically, she will answer the…


2024 Susette M. Talarico Lecture with Dr. Reuben Jonathan Miller

2024 Susette M. Talarico Lecture Dr. Reuben Jonathan Miller April 11, 2024 2:30 pm Memorial Hall Ballroom, 101 Sanford Drive   The Criminal Justice Studies Program and the Criminal Justice Society present the 2024 Susette M. Talarico Lecture by Dr. Reuben Jonathan Miller, MacArthur “Genius Grant” Fellow and University of Chicago sociologist. Dr. Reuben Miller is the author of Halfway Home: Race, Punishment, and the Afterlife of…


Honouring Wheatley Peters and Her Legacies: Reflecting Back & Imagining Future Work

The PWP team invites you to our final virtual program of the fall on Nov. 15, 5-6:30pm Eastern time. The distinguished scholars we've invited have each selected an excerpt from their favorite, teachable, Wheatley Peters poem(s) to discuss, and they also will consider Wheatley Peters' role in relation to communities of early artists, which has emerged throughout the year as a major theme of the programming.  Dr. Seretha Williams, who earned…


Being and Blackness in Spain: Exploring Contemporary Afro-Spanish Identity

Sponsored by the Willson Center for Humanities & Arts, Department of Romance Languages, and the Institute for African American Studies, we welcome Dr. Chantell Smith Limerick of Centre College on November 8, 2023, at 5 PM in 118 Gilbert Hall.* This talk examines the works of contemporary Afro-Spanish authors and artists to comment on the identity formation of Afro-descendants born and raised in Spain. It will focus on how references to…


Place, Process, and the Public: Designing for Community Impact | African Studies Institute Fall 2022 Lecture

The African Studies Institute, University of Georgia presents the 2022 African Studies Fall lecture on Thursday, October 20, 2022 at 3:30pm in the UGA Chapel. This annual lecture event celebrates African Studies programming at the University of Georgia. This year's lecture will be delivered by Dr. Todd Ferry, Senior Research Associate and Associate Director, Center for Public Interest Design, Portland State University. He will be presenting on…


IWS Fall 2022 Friday Speaker Series

The Institute for Women's Studies proudly announces the following Friday Speaker Series for the Fall 2022 semester. This series showcases feminist research by UGA scholars. September 9 | Women Writers in Latin American: Can We Speak of a New Boom? | Vera Bulla, Portuguese & Women's Studies September 23 | Brokered Abuse | Dr. Thomas Kadri, School of Law September 30 | Alternative Curatorial Practices | Dr. Katie Geha, Lamar Dodd School of Art…


Georgia Writers Hall of Fame: Valerie Boyd

Join the Hargrett Library for the induction of Valerie Boyd into the Georgia Writers Hall of Fame on Thursday, September 22nd at 6:00 p.m. in room 285 of the UGA Special Collections Building. Following her induction, a panel of contributors to Boyd's last work, Bigger Than Bravery: Black Resilience and Reclamation in a Time of Pandemic, will hold a discussion followed by a Q&A. Panelists for the discussion include Rosalind Bentley, Karen…


Georgia Initiative for Climate & Society presents: A Conversation with the EPA's Daniel Blackman

On November 29, 2021, President Biden appointed Daniel Blackman to serve as the Regional Administrator for EPA’s Southeast Region (Region 4). In this role Daniel is leading EPA efforts to protect public health and the environment for the region spanning Alabama, Florida, Georgia, Kentucky, Mississippi, North Carolina, South Carolina, Tennessee and six federally recognized tribes. Daniel has dedicated his career to creating economic opportunities…


ASALH-Athens presents Black Health and Wellness Talk by Dr. Cynthia Greenlee: "'She went to the Negro doctor': Black Physicians, Surveillance, and Abortion in the Jim Crow South."

ASALH-Athens Branch is pleased to present our annual September talk for the Black Health and Wellness year. Journalist and scholar Dr. Cynthia R. Greenlee will present "'She went to the Negro doctor': Black Physicians, Surveillance, and Abortion in the Jim Crow South." Dr. Greenlee is a North Carolina-based independent historian and award-winning journalist. She is the co-editor with Kemi Alabi and Janna A. Zinzi,of The Echoing Ida Collection (…
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