Previous Events

Oct 17
The Genius of Phillis Wheatley Peters: A Children's Literature and Family Literacy Panel

The Georgia Humanities Council and the Athens-Clarke County Library are proud to present a webinar on representations of Phillis Wheatley Peters in children’s literature, children’s historical texts, and picture books addressing issues pertinent to parents, librarians, and elementary/middle school educators. Speakers featured are Brigitte Fielder, Nicole Cooke, and JoAnn Wood, moderated by Margaret Robbins.

6:30 pm to 7:30 pm
Athens-Clarke County Library , Athens-Clarke County Library, Auditorium
Oct 06
Exhibit Tour, Legacy: Vince Dooley, 1932-2022

Kick-off your football weekends with a tour of this exhibit featuring original artifacts and rarely seen photographs that explore the life and career of legendary UGA coach Vince Dooley. Join curator Jason Hasty at 3:00 p.m. in the second floor rotunda of the Special Collections Building. This tour is free to the public with no prior registration required. For more information call 706-542-6179 or email hasty@uga.edu.

3:00 pm to 4:00 pm
Richard B. Russell Special Collections Libraries , Rotunda Gallery (2nd Floor)
Sep 30
Local History Expo 2023

Drop into the Oconee County Library to see some of the many cool artifacts on display and meet some of the local history organizations in our area.

Hargrett Rare Book and Manuscript Library will be bringing artifacts and memorabilia from the UGA Athletic Association Archive.  This will include items associated with the Auburn vs Georgia football game.  Hargrett will also be bringing artifacts from its collection that are associated with Oconee County.

10:00 am to 2:00 pm
Oconee Public Library
Sep 30
Family Day: St. Catherines Island

Join the Hargrett Rare Book and Manuscript Library for an afternoon of family fun highlighting the new exhibit, Exploring St. Catherine's Island. Scott Jones from Media Prehistoria will display stone tools, hunting weapons, cordage, and bone tools, in addition to conducting a fire-making demonstration. Visitors can also conduct their own archaeology dig and create a pinch pot to take home! 

1:00 pm to 4:00 pm
Richard B. Russell Special Collections Libraries
Sep 29
Fall into Research: Create a Simple Map from Aggregated Data

Do you have data that is based on an area; like by city, county, state, or country (like the census, or other data at the county/state/country level)? This workshop will help you join your data to the geometry of your area(s) so you can map them.

3:01 pm to 4:00 pm
Online
Sep 28
Fall into Research: Introduction to R for Data Science

Join us to learn how to upload, wrangle, and analyze data in R. No experience necessary.

3:00 pm to 4:00 pm
Online
Sep 28
Fall into Research: Introduction to the Command Line

This short workshop will serve as a gentle introduction to the Unix/Linux command line with a special focus on how it can be used to search and manipulate text. Attendees will be well-equipped to begin exploring how Unix/Linux tools might be useful for their own research in the humanities and beyond.

1:30 pm to 2:30 pm
Online
Sep 28
Fall into Research: Grant Funding with Pivot

Use Pivot to find grants and other funding opportunities through local, state, federal, non-profit, and corporate sponsors. Based on your research profile, set up funding alerts and find potential collaborators at UGA and beyond.

11:00 am to 12:00 pm
Online
Sep 28
Fall into Research: Introduction to Legal Sources

Learn the ins and outs of using public government websites like Congress.gov, GovInfo.gov, and USCode.House.gov to research legal sources.

10:00 am to 11:00 am
Online
Sep 27
Fall into Research: Create a Simple Map with Latitude/Longitude Data

Need to create a map of locations for your poster, paper, or project and all you have are latitude and longitude for each point? This workshop will help you to turn your data into a simple map. No experience necessary. Want to follow along? Download and install the Long Term Release (LTR) version of QGIS before the workshop Data Link: Lat/Long.

3:00 pm to 4:00 pm
Online