University of Georgia
portrait of Rebecca Rutstein with paintings

Delta Visiting Chair for
Global Understanding

Renowned visual artist Rebecca Rutstein will visit November 1-3, 2018 and in March 2019.

Collage of 30 faces

Willson Center 30th Anniversary

30 faces of the humanities and arts

Natalie Chanin with large group

Public Programs

The Global Georgia Initiative brings the world to Georgia and Georgia to the world.

Indian Nation map

Digital Humanities

The DIGI initiative supports collaborative research at UGA and beyond.

University of Georgia Digital Humanities logo
Jim McKay with students in library

Public Humanities

Recognized as a national model program for fostering “humanities communities.”

Promoting Scholarly Inquiry & Creative Activity

Upcoming Events

Feb
22
Fri
4:00 pm Susan Rosenbaum – “Student Resea... @ Willson Center Digital Humanities Lab, Main Library 3rd floor
Susan Rosenbaum – “Student Resea... @ Willson Center Digital Humanities Lab, Main Library 3rd floor
Feb 22 @ 4:00 pm
Susan Rosenbaum - "Student Research and 'Mina Loy: Navigating the Avant-Garde'" @ Willson Center Digital Humanities Lab, Main Library 3rd floor
Susan Rosenbaum is associate professor of English and co-director of the Interdisciplinary Modernism/s Workshop. Her research and teaching interests include American literature, modern poetry and poetics, modernism and the visual arts, women writers, cultural and gender studies, and digital humanities. With Suzanne Churchill (Davidson College) and Linda Kinnahan...
5:00 pm Miguel Martínez – “The Sunken Ci... @ Tate Center, Room 142
Miguel Martínez – “The Sunken Ci... @ Tate Center, Room 142
Feb 22 @ 5:00 pm
Miguel Martínez - “The Sunken City: Popular Culture in Colonial Manila” @ Tate Center, Room 142
The Early Modern Studies and the Global South Project (sponsored by The Mellon Foundation and the Willson Center) presents its first invited talk by the University of Chicago’s Miguel Martínez, who writes about early modern Spanish and Portuguese culture around the globe, particularly in a colonial...
5:30 pm Global Georgia Initiative / Ferd... @ Seney-Stovall Chapel
Global Georgia Initiative / Ferd... @ Seney-Stovall Chapel
Feb 22 @ 5:30 pm
Global Georgia Initiative / Ferdinand Phinizy Lecture: Stephanie McCurry - "Reconstructing: A Georgia Woman's Life Amidst the Ruins" @ Seney-Stovall Chapel
Columbia University historian Stephanie McCurry will give the department of history’s Ferdinand Phinizy Lecture, an event in the Global Georgia Initiative of the Willson Center. McCurry’s talk is also part of UGA’s Signature Lectures series. McCurry is the R. Gordon Hoxie Professor of American History...
Feb
26
Tue
12:30 pm Dave Tell – “Remembering Emmett ... @ Miller Learning Center, room 350
Dave Tell – “Remembering Emmett ... @ Miller Learning Center, room 350
Feb 26 @ 12:30 pm
Dave Tell - "Remembering Emmett Till" @ Miller Learning Center, room 350
Dave Tell’s work focuses on the intersections of rhetorical theory and cultural politics. His 2012 book Confessional Crises: Confession and Cultural Politics in Twentieth-Century America (Penn State Press) explains how the genre of confession has shaped (and been shaped by) some of the twentieth century’s most intractable...
Feb
28
Thu
5:30 pm Maisha Winn – “‘I don’t want us ... @ Georgia Museum of Art, Griffith Auditorium
Maisha Winn – “‘I don’t want us ... @ Georgia Museum of Art, Griffith Auditorium
Feb 28 @ 5:30 pm
Maisha Winn - “‘I don't want us to forget the fire’: Literacy, Activism and Black Literate Lives Overview" @ Georgia Museum of Art, Griffith Auditorium
Maisha Winn is the Chancellor’s Leadership Professor in the School of Education at the University of California, Davis, and the co-founder and co-director of the Transformative Justice in Education Center. In her talk, Winn examines the role of the Black Arts Movement in building a...

Deadlines

Internal Deadlines

Feb 15 | Faculty Research Grant (2019-20)

Feb 15 | Distinguished Artist or Lecturer (2019-20)

Feb 15 | Research Seminar (2019-20)

Mar. 5 | CTL Lilly Teaching Fellowships

Mar 29 | Whiting Public Engagement Fellowships and Seed Grants 2020-2021 (limited submission)

External Opportunities

Feb 6 | NEH: Public Scholar Program

Mar 12 | NEH: Institutes for Advanced Topics in Digital Humanities

Mar | ACLS: Mellon/ACLS Public Fellows Program for Recent PhDs

Apr 5 | a2ru National Conference (Nov. 7-9, Univ. of Kansas) call for proposals

Apr 10 | NEH: Fellowships

Apr 10 | NEH: NEH-Mellon Fellowships for Digital Publication

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