Four at UGA awarded NEH grants for 2017
Congratulations to Sheila McAlister, Emily McGinn, Susan Rosenbaum, and David Saltz, all awardees of grants from the National Endowment for the Humanities.
Promoting Scholarly Inquiry & Creative Activity
Paintings by MFA student Justin Barker on display at Willson Center
“Overt Revert,” an exhibition of paintings by Justin Barker, a first year MFA student in the Lamar Dodd School of Art's painting and drawing area, is currently on display at the Willson Center house, 1260 S. Lumpkin St.
Willson Center Director Nicholas Allen to give Astor Lecture at Oxford
Nicholas Allen, Franklin Professor of English and Director of the Willson Center, is an Astor Visiting Fellow in the humanities at the University of Oxford this summer.
Upcoming Events
Aug
29
Tue
6:00 pm
Screening and Discussion – “Trac...
@ Ciné
Screening and Discussion – “Trac...
@ Ciné
Aug 29 @ 6:00 pm
María Inés Mato is an open water swimmer and a teacher of semiotics at the University of Buenos Aires. Her achievements include swimming across the English Channel, around the island of Manhattan, the Beagle Channel in Tierra del Fuego, the Fehmarn Belt in the Baltic Sea,...
Aug
31
Thu
6:00 pm
Elizabeth Williams – “Lift Your ...
@ Ciné
Elizabeth Williams – “Lift Your ...
@ Ciné
Aug 31 @ 6:00 pm
Author Elizabeth Williams will give a talk on New Orleans cocktail culture with a reception in the CinéLab. New Orleans drink specials will be available for sale in the BarCafé. Elizabeth Williams is a founder of the Southern Food & Beverage Museum and President of...
Sep
6
Wed
6:00 pm
Willson Center 30th Anniversary ...
@ Willson Center
Willson Center 30th Anniversary ...
@ Willson Center
Sep 6 @ 6:00 pm
Please join us for a reception at the Willson Center to celebrate our 30th anniversary of supporting and promoting the humanities and arts at the University of Georgia and beyond. The reception is open to all; beverages and light hors d’oeuvres will be provided. The...
Sep
7
Thu
10:00 am
Willson Center 30th Anniversary ...
@ Richard B. Russell Building Special Collections Libraries Auditorium
Willson Center 30th Anniversary ...
@ Richard B. Russell Building Special Collections Libraries Auditorium
Sep 7 @ 10:00 am
In celebration of our 30th anniversary, the Willson Center will host a discussion on The Humanities and Arts Today featuring panelists from prominent national and regional humanities and arts organizations. The discussion, moderated by Willson Center Director Nicholas Allen, Franklin Professor of English, will include...
Oct
13
Fri
4:00 pm
Zanele Muholi and Amelie Klein –...
@ Lamar Dodd School of Art, room S151
Zanele Muholi and Amelie Klein –...
@ Lamar Dodd School of Art, room S151
Oct 13 @ 4:00 pm
The Willson Center will partner with the High Museum in Atlanta to host a conversation with photographer Zanele Muholi and curator Amelie Klein of the Vitra Design Museum in Germany. The event is in conjunction with Making Africa: A Continent of Contemporary Design, an exhibit curated by...
Deadlines
Internal Deadlines
Aug 10 | NEH Summer Stipends (internal, limited submission)
Aug 31 | Distinguished Artist or Lecturer
Aug 31 | Graduate Research Award
External Funding Opportunities
Aug 9 | NEH: Public Humanities Projects
Sep 15 | Princeton University Postdoctoral Fellowship
Sep 15 | NEH-NSF: Documenting Endangered Languages
Sep 15 | Radcliffe Institute Fellowship Program
Sep 19 | Princeton Arts Fellowship
Sep 19 | Hodder Fellowship
Sep 19 | Guggenheim Fellowships
Sep 27 | ACLS: Fellowship
Sep 27 | ACLS: Frederick Burkhardt Residential Fellowships for Recently Tenured Scholars
Sep 27 | ACLS: Collaborative Research Fellowships
Oct 2 (and Dec 1)| APS: Franklin Research Grants
Oct 18| National Humanities Center Fellowships
Oct 30 | Map Fund (for original live performance projects)
Nov 7 | SSRC: International Dissertation Research Fellowship