Events
Lecture, The Best President the Nation Never Had
Join us for a lecture and reception celebrating the new book, The Best President the Nation Never Had: A Memoir of Working with Sam Nunn on Tuesday, November 14 at 4:30 p.m. in room 285 of the Richard B. Russell Building Special Collections Libraries. The event will feature author Roland McElroy; a light reception will follow the lecture.
This event is free and open to the public. For more information, contact Leandra Nessel at 706-542-3879.
Debate: The Legal Drinking Age in Georgia
The Georgia Debate Union and the Barkley Forum Center for Debate, Deliberation, and Dialogue at Emory University will host a debate in the auditorium of the Richard B. Russell Building Special Collections Libraries on Thursday, November 30, 2017 at 7:00 p.m. The topic: The State of Georgia should lower Minimum Legal Drinking Age.
DIGI Colloquium: Student-Centered Digital Scholarship
Spencer Roberts - Digital Scholarship Librarian, Georgia State University
Presentation: The Athens Death Certificate Project
Join us in the DigiLab (3rd floor of the Main Library) as students from Steve Berry's HIST4090 class present their work on the Athens' Death Certificate Project.
Georgia Writers Hall of Fame ceremony Nov. 6
The induction ceremony for the 2017 Georgia Writers Hall of Fame will begin at 10 a.m. in the auditorium.
Authors Discussion
A scholar of southern culture and two poets will come together Nov. 5 to discuss their craft and more at the Author Discussion Series, a moderated panel discussion and prelude to the Georgia Writers Hall of Fame induction ceremony Nov. 6.
Fall Exhibits Reception
What: Fall Exhibits Reception
Where: Exhibition Hall, Richard B. Russell Building Special Collections Libraries
When: Thursday, November 9, 2017, 5:30-7:30 p.m.
Georgia Disability History Symposium
What: The 2018 Georgia Disability History Symposium
When: Wednesday, November 1, 2017, 10:00 a.m. – 3:30 p.m.
Where: Room 285, Richard B. Russell Building Special Collections Libraries
UGA Libraries sponsor Home Movie Day at the Russell Special Collections Libraries
Amateur films and filmmaking will be the stars of the day when National Home Movie Day 2017 is observed in Athens at the UGA Special Collections Libraries.
National Home Movie Day is a worldwide celebration of amateur films and filmmaking, held annually in October. The event provides an opportunity for attendees to bring in their home movies, learn more about their own family films, how to care for films and videotapes, and how home movies have helped capture personal history.