"The Willson Center’s 2020 – 2021 annual report showcases the dedication, resilience, and creativity of the University of Georgia’s humanities and arts communities. In a time of great challenge, they demonstrated the essential role that scholarship and creative practice play in fostering connection and understanding."...
Where Am I? is a series of brief video talks by humanities and arts faculty, students, and community members at the University of Georgia who share their research, creations, conversations and personal reflections....
Mike Mills of R.E.M. welcomes the American Conference for Irish Studies to Athens, Ga. for 2022, hosted by the Willson Center....
In Spring 2022 the Willson Center will launch a Grants and Fellowships Mentorship and Support program for a cohort of up to eight faculty, in partnership with the Franklin College, the Office of Research, and the Office of the Provost. Faculty who are admitted to...
Elizabeth Wright, Distinguished Research Professor of Spanish literature in the department of Romance languages and associate academic director of the Willson Center, is a principal investigator of a grant project that has been funded by the National Endowment for the Humanities....
The Franklin College and the Willson Center announce a call for proposals to sponsor humanities and arts graduate students to attend the National Humanities Center's Podcasting the Humanities virtual institute scheduled for January 10-14, 2022....
Jack Yeats was born on August 29, 1871. To mark his 150th birthday friends of his work will gather in a celebration of his art and writing on Sunday, August 29, 2021, at 2 p.m. EDT (7 p.m. Irish time)....
The University of Georgia faculty and graduate students in the humanities and arts have great success at winning awards and fellowships from national and international organizations, as well as institutional honors from UGA....
Two UGA graduate students have been awarded fellowships through the university’s recently established Arts Lab Cluster, a multi-year initiative to enhance research, practice and community engagement in the arts....
The Willson Center Graduate Student Shelter Scholarship provides support of $500 toward arts and humanities projects as part of a graduate degree program. Application is open to any humanities and arts graduate student registered for an advanced degree....
The Willson Center annually awards one-year research fellowships to a group of faculty members in the humanities and arts. Congratulations to the 2021-2022 Willson Center Faculty Research Fellows....
As part of the newly formed UGA Arts Lab Cluster, two Arts Lab Faculty Fellowships are available for faculty in the performing or creative arts for Spring 2022....
Includes Athens Hip Hop Harmonic collaboration with local artists The University of Georgia Arts Council is spearheading a new, multi-year initiative to enhance research, practice and community engagement in the arts. The Arts Lab Cluster will include course development fellowships for faculty, micro-fellowships that will facilitate faculty...
The 2021 Global Georgia events series begins in February and continues throughout the Spring semester. All events are virtual and open to the public, but require advance registration. ...
[caption id="attachment_12013" align="alignright" width="300"] The Penn Center campus on St. Helena Island, South Carolina [photo: courtesy of Penn Center][/caption]NOTE: A secure resource page for participants in this program is available here. The Willson Center has received a $1 million grant from The Andrew W. Mellon Foundation...