Please join the Russell Library on Thursday, November 19 at 11:30 am, for a panel discussion on the results of the 2026 election cycle. Speakers will unpack the election outcomes and analyze potential implications for Georgia and the nation. Panelists include: Maya Prabhu from PeachPol, Trey Hood from the University of Georgia, Karen Owen from the University of West Georgia, and Ronald Keith Gaddie from Texas Christian University
Brown Media Archives invites you to a night of fear and fun with an outdoor screening of "House on Haunted Hill" (1958)! Join us on the dead center of the Special Collections front lawn to witness such trepidation and terror. Ghostly archival clips from the BMA collection may have, somehow, someway, creeped their way into the main fright....we mean feature!
Free door prizes and popcorn! Picnic blankets and lawn chairs encouraged. Doors open at 6:30pm, trickery starts at 7pm!
The Georgia Review and the Athenaeum present a reading with Julia Elliott and Joshua Garcia at the Athenaeum. The reading will be followed by a book sale and signing. Free and open to the public. The event is supported by the UGA English Department, the UGA Special Collections Library, and the UGA Institute for Women’s and Gender Studies.
Join Hargrett Library's Music and Pop Culture Curator Ryan Lewis on Thursday, August 20th for an exclusive tour of the Georgia Music Collection display at Akins Ford Arena! Attendees will be led through the display, which now includes Little Richard's iconic silver lamé cape, stylings of Trisha Yearwood, and so much more.
Please arrive by 6:30pm for the tour. You will enter through Gate 1 and meet at the large mural wall.
Join the Hargrett Rarebook and Manuscript Library on Thursday, September 10th at 6pm for a conversation with acclaimed American portrait and special photographer Nancy Ellison, in celebration of our newest exhibition Seeking Intrinsic Essence, Whatever Direction: The Photography of Nancy Ellison. Light refreshments will be provided.
Free parking can be found in the Hull Street Deck after 5pm.
More on Ellison and the exhibition below:
On Friday, September 18, 2026, the American Founding Group and the School of Public and International Affairs will host a celebration of Constitution Day. The centerpiece of these festivities is a lecture by Richard Primus, Theodore J. St. Antoine Collegiate Professor at the University of Michigan Law School.
Join the UGA Special Collections Libraries and the University of Georgia Press on Tuesday, October 13th at 6pm for a talk with Beth Tobin on her new book Loving Insects: John Abbot's Drawings and Natural History Collecting in the Atlantic World, 1760s-1840s. This work uncovers the life and work of an early, overlooked American artist, naturalist, and specimen hunter, and recognizes Abbot as a major figure in early American natural history.
This event is free and open to the public! Parking in the Hull Street Deck is free after 5pm.
Keynote Speakers: Tim Vogt and Jan Goings - Starfire Council, Cincinnati
Join the UGA Special Collections Libraries for an opening reception to celebrate a series of new case exhibitions curated by UGA undergraduate students! Enjoy food and drink in the exhibition hallway and meet student curators inside the galleries to learn more about their displays.
This event is free and open to the public. If you have any questions, please contact Jan Hebbard, jhebbard@uga.edu.
