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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 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…

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…

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…

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…

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…

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…

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 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 (…

via Zoom, Registration required - contact TLHAT@uga.edu for more info Women's History Month "BLACK WOMEN’S #HISTORICALWELLNESS: Traditions of Connecting Self-Care to Social Justice" presented by Dr. Stephanie Y. Evans, Georgia State University. Register in advance for this meeting: https://zoom.us/meeting/register/tJAudumvqD0pE9f45lcN9vjzfN8WN6JVsapG  After registering, you will receive a confirmation email containing information about…