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History professor John Morrow wins Pritzker Award for Lifetime Achievement in Military Writing

Posted on Jul 12, 2019

John H. Morrow, Jr., professor in the UGA department of history, has been named the 13th recipient of the Pritzker Military Museum & Library Literature Award for Lifetime Achievement in Military Writing: The Pritzker Literature Award—which includes a gold medallion, citation, and $100,000 honorarium—recognizes and honors...

Willson Center, Franklin College partner with Notre Dame for second annual Seminar in Transnational European Studies in Berlin

Posted on May 24, 2019

The Franklin College of Arts and Sciences and the Willson Center at UGA have partnered with the Nanovic Institute for European Studies at the University of Notre Dame to present the second annual Seminar in Transnational European Studies June 2-9 in Berlin. The seminar, made possible...

VIDEO: Georgia Humanities Symposium brought value and inspiration to diverse participants

Posted on May 7, 2019

The Willson Center received a three-year, $500,000 grant from The Andrew W. Mellon Foundation in 2018 for the expansion of its Global Georgia Initiative, a public humanities program in place since 2013. One of the core developments that followed was the creation of an annual...

Videos of Delta Visiting Chair Rebecca Rutstein’s two conversations with Mandy Joye and Nicholas Allen now online.

Posted on Apr 18, 2019

Rebecca Rutstein, the Willson Center's 2018-2019 Delta Visiting Chair for Global Understanding, is an artist whose work spans painting, sculpture, installation, and public art and explores abstraction inspired by science, data and maps....

2019 Global Georgia Initiative continues with three events in April

Posted on Apr 3, 2019

The Willson Center's 2019 Global Georgia Initiative visiting speaker series began this February with public talks by author Jeff VanderMeer and historian and Ferdinand Phinizy Lecturer Stephanie McCurry. The series continues with a panel discussion on the removal of monuments in the global south featuring...

Research magazine profiles partnership of Delta Chair Rebecca Rutstein and oceanographer Samantha Joye

Posted on Apr 3, 2019

The spring issue of Research magazine, published by the UGA Office of Research, includes an excellent article by Allyson Mann on 2018-2019 Delta Visiting Chair Rebecca Rutstein and her partnership with UGA oceanographer Samantha Joye. Read the magazine feature and stay tuned for video of...

Video of Phinizy Lecture by historian Stephanie McCurry now online

Posted on Mar 11, 2019

Columbia University historian Stephanie McCurry visited the University of Georgia to give the department of history’s Ferdinand Phinizy Lecture, an event in the Willson Center's Global Georgia Initiative. McCurry’s talk, which took place Feb. 22 in the Seney-Stovall Chapel, was also part of the university’s...

Delta Visiting Chair Rebecca Rutstein returns for Mar. 28 conversation with oceanographer Samantha Joye

Posted on Jan 26, 2019

Rebecca Rutstein, an artist whose work spans painting, sculpture, installation and public art, exploring abstraction inspired by science, data and maps, is UGA’s 2018-2019 Delta Visiting Chair for Global Understanding. She returns to UGA and Athens for her second visit of the academic year March...

Call for proposals: Whiting Public Engagement Fellowships and Seed Grants 2020-2021

Posted on Jan 22, 2019

Faculty who are interested in being nominated for the Whiting Public Engagement Fellowship or Seed Grant may submit proposals to the Willson Center by March 29. The Whiting Public Engagement Fellowship and Seed Grant programs are intended to celebrate and empower early-career faculty who embrace public engagement as part of...

UGA faculty win NEH grants in digital humanities

Posted on Dec 13, 2018

The National Endowment for the Humanities has funded two projects directed by UGA faculty members in its December 2018 grants cycle....

Georgia Humanities Symposium set for March 8, 2019

Posted on Nov 27, 2018

The Willson Center and Georgia Humanities will host the Georgia Humanities Symposium on Friday, March 8, 2019 in the Georgia Museum of Art on the University of Georgia campus....

Call for fellowship applications: Berlin Seminar in Transnational European Studies, June 2-9, 2019

Posted on Oct 5, 2018

The Franklin College of Arts and Sciences and the Willson Center for Humanities and Arts invite applications for fellowships to take part in the second annual Berlin Seminar in Transnational European Studies....

Moogfest presents “Human and the Machine” featuring Michael Stipe (audio/visual work), Kishi Bashi, Lauren Sarah Hayes, Author & Punisher to close a2ru conference

Posted on Sep 5, 2018

The closing event of the 2018 a2ru national conference at the University of Georgia is an evening of performance and art curated by Moogfest on the theme “Human and the Machine,” featuring technologically innovative music, installations, and demonstrations....

Call for proposals: Mellon grant-funded research on “Coastal Studies” and “Global Studies of the American South”