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Val Jeanty, who performed and presented at Ciné in a February 2020 DJ Summit, will collaborate with author and artist (and 2021 Windham Campbell Prize recipient) Renee Gladman for an April 20 event in the Willson Center's 2021 Global Georgia Initiative public events series. "Conjurations: Composing at the Intersections of Sound, Line, and Language," a conversation with composer, percussionist and DJ Val Jeanty and author and artist Renee Gladman…

You're invited to join us for the first Biographers Circle event of 2021: an online discussion between Peniel E. Joseph and Ed Pavlic about Dr. Joseph’s recently published book, The Sword and the Shield: The Revolutionary Lives of Malcolm X and Martin Luther King, Jr.  Please register for the event by clicking on this link. After you register, you will receive another link to watch the event via Zoom.  Peniel…

The Florida Paradox: How Diverse Communities are Transforming the Sunshine State This is an intersectional public program designed to highlight the struggles of civic engagement in Black and Brown communities in Florida during the Global Pandemic. Join us for an invigorating conversation, with leaders on the ground to discuss what's on the horizon in Florida, its national impact, and how a diverse electorate will transform the state. The Samuel…

IAAS Graduate Student, Marques Dexter, presents a virtual talk entitled, "[Black] Masculinity & Implicit Bias." Hegemonic notions of masculinity, both adopted by and perpetuated throughout society, can impede male-identifying individuals' capacity to engage with others successfully. Within the Black community, such notions are exacerbated as masculinity often equates power and acceptance; you either conform and be acknowledged or be…

Avid Bookshop presents Kiese Laymon in conversation with IAAS Faculty Member Ed Pavlić in celebration of the reissue of Laymon's book, How to Slowly Kill Yourself and Others in America. This is a virtual event taking place on Thursday, December 3, 2020, from 7pm - 8pm EST via Zoom.  To attend this event, purchase a ticket (or select a no-cost ticket). You will receive a Zoom link via email one hour before the event begins. …

On Wednesday, October 14th, the Dean Rusk International Law Center will be hosting Dr. Jarpa Dawuni of Howard University. The event will take place from 12:00 – 1:00pm via Zoom, and Dr. Dawuni will be speaking about her international career and advise students on navigating the post-graduation landscape. If you are interested in viewing this talk, please register here by October 9, 2020. Questions? Email: Sarah Quinn squinn@uga.edu 

Composer, percussionist, and DJ Val Jeanty will share the stage at Ciné with Ashon Crawley, associate professor of religious studies and African American and African studies at the University of Virginia, on Thursday, Feb. 13. Jeanty will give a musical performance at 6 p.m., followed by a conversation with Crawley at 7 p.m. The event is FREE and open to the public. Ciné is located at 234 W. Hancock Ave. in downtown Athens. The evening…

Black Affairs Council hosts Because of Them We Can March to celebrate the individuals that integrated the University of Georgia, Mary Frances Early, Charlayne Hunter-Gault, and Hamilton Holmes.

Rap on Trial: Race, Lyrics and Guilt in America The School of Law will host a discussion of the recently published book Rap on Trial: Race, Lyrics and Guilt in America, which was co-authored by Andrea L. Dennis, the holder of the law school’s John Byrd Martin Chair of Law. The discussion will be held Jan. 30 from 3:30-4:30 p.m. in the Larry Walker Room of Dean Rusk Hall. The event is open free to the public.

Join us for a talk by Dr. Mildred Barya, Assistant Professor of English at UNC Asheville. This talk sponsored by the Willson Center for the Humanities and Arts, African Studies Institute, and the Department of Comparative Literature and Intercultural Studies.