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.
What: November Meeting, The Rest of the Story Book Club
When: Tuesday, November 28, 2017, 5:30-7:00PM
The induction ceremony for the 2017 Georgia Writers Hall of Fame will begin at 10 a.m. in the auditorium.
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.
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.
What: Film Screening, Chuck Norris v. Communism
Where: Room 250, Zell B. Miller Learning Center, UGA (48 Baxter Street, Athens, GA 30602)
When: November 28, 2017, 7:00 p.m.
What: Film Screening, Yawar Mallku (Blood of the Condor)
Where: Room 250, Zell B. Miller Learning Center, UGA (48 Baxter Street, Athens, GA 30602)
When: October 17, 2017, 7:00 p.m.
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
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.
Join us for a guided tour of the exhibit galleries of the Walter J. Brown Media Archives and Peabody Awards Collection, the Hargrett Rare Book and Manuscript Library and the Richard B. Russell Library for Political Research and Studies. Participants should meet in the rotunda of on the second floor of the Richard B. Russell Building Special Collections Libraries (300 S. Hull Street, Athens, GA)