Previous Events

Join us for our first ever Hargrett Happy Hour on Thursday, October 20th from 6:00-7:00 p.m. Fashion historian Sara Idacavage will take us on a "behind the seams" tour highlighting the performance costumes on display in the new exhibition "Georgia On My Mind: Finding Belonging in Music History" followed by light refreshments in the exhibition hall. This event is free and open to the public; RSVP to jess.grant@uga.edu.

Join curator Jason Hasty for a closer look at the new exhibit "A Chance to Play: Title IX and Women's Athletics at UGA" at 3:00 p.m. on the Friday before each home football game during the Fall 2022 season. Meet in the Rotunda Gallery of the UGA Special Collections Building. Free parking for off-campus visitors is available in the Hull Street Parking Deck. For more information email hasty@uga.edu 

The University of Georgia will dedicate the expansion and naming of the Shirley Mathis McBay Science Library.

Join curator Jason Hasty for a closer look at the new exhibit "A Chance to Play: Title IX and Women's Athletics at UGA" at 3:00 p.m. on the Friday before each home football game during the Fall 2022 season. Meet in the Rotunda Gallery of the UGA Special Collections Building. Free parking for off-campus visitors is available in the Hull Street Parking Deck. For more information email hasty@uga.edu 

Join us for a program with Robin Morris, associate professor of history at Agnes Scott College, for a discussion of her new book Goldwater Girls to Reagan Women: Gender, Georgia, and the Growth of the New Right (2022). Her work has appeared in Entering the Fray: Gender, Politics, and Culture in the New South.

Join UGA Libraries for a program with famed photographer Nancy Ellison with a reception to follow. The event is free and open to the public but RSVP is required to Leandra Nessel at lnessel@uga.edu or (706) 542-3879.

Join us for the 2022 Lillian Smith Book Awards Ceremony, which will be held virtually on September 29, 2022, at 7 p.m. ET. The Lillian Smith Book Awards are sponsored by the Southern Regional Council, University of Georgia Libraries, DeKalb County Public Library/The Georgia Center for the Book, and Piedmont College. This virtual event is free and open to the public, but you must register on Eventbrite to receive the link to the Zoom webinar.

The LSBA committee is proud to award the 2022 Lillian Smith Book Award to:

Douglas Kearney is a poet, performer, and librettist who has published seven books that bridge thematic concerns such as politics, African-American culture, masks, the Trickster figure, and contemporary music. His most recent book, Sho (Wave Books, 2021), was the winner for the 2022 Griffin Poetry Prize, the 2022 Minnesota Book Award for Poetry, and was a finalist for the National Book Award, the PEN/Voelcker Award, and the Kingsley Tufts Award.

Join curator Jason Hasty for a closer look at the new exhibit "A Chance to Play: Title IX and Women's Athletics at UGA" at 3:00 p.m. on the Friday before each home football game during the Fall 2022 season. Meet in the Rotunda Gallery (2nd Floor) of the UGA Special Collections Building. Free parking for off-campus visitors is available in the Hull Street Parking Deck. For more information email hasty@uga.edu 

Join the Hargrett Library for the induction of Valerie Boyd into the Georgia Writers Hall of Fame on Thursday, September 22nd at 6:00 p.m. in room 285 of the UGA Special Collections Building. Following her induction, a panel of contributors to Boyd's last work, Bigger Than Bravery: Black Resilience and Reclamation in a Time of Pandemic, will hold a discussion followed by a Q&A.