Richard B. Russell Special Collections Libraries

Join the University of Georgia Press in partnership with the Richard B. Russell Special Collections Libraries and the University of Georgia Department of History for a book discussion with chief executive officer of DeKalb County Michael L. Thurmond. Thurmond will discuss his book James Oglethorpe, Father of Georgia: A Founder’s Journey from Slave Trader to Abolitionist. James Brooks, the Carl and Sally Gable Distinguished Professor of History, will provide an introduction. A light reception will follow the discussion.

Join the Lamar Dodd School of Art and the UGA Special Collections Libraries for the annual Jack Davis Lecture on Thursday, November 7 at 6:00PM in the auditorium (Room 271) of the UGA Special Collections Building. This year's lecture will feature animator and director Mack Williams, a UGA alum and 2024 Bulldog 100 recipient. A light reception and pop-up exhibition of highlights drawn from the Hargrett Library's Jack Davis Collection will follow the lecture. 

Please join the Russell Library on Thursday, November 21st at 11:30am, for a panel discussion on the results of the 2024 election cycle. Political reporters from the Atlanta Journal Constitution will join leading scholars to unpack the election outcomes and analyze potential implications for Georgia and the nation. Panelists include Patricia Murphy from the Atlanta Journal Constitution, Trey Hood and James C. "Jim" Cobb from the University of Georgia, and Seth C. McKee from Oklahoma State University.

On November 14th, at 4pm, join the Hargrett Library for a discussion centered around LGBTQ+ advocacy in the legal field with guest panelists Michael Shutt, Nneka Ewulonu, and Patricia Thomas. Moderated by OUTLaw, the guest speakers will discuss their experiences negotiating legal and policy issues that impact LGBTQ+ communities, and the intersection of advocacy and law. A Q&A segment will follow the panel discussion. 

Join our visiting speaker Prof. András Kiséry, City College of New York, and UGA Librarian Anne Meyers DeVine for a hands-on activity with sixteenth- and seventeenth-century books and materials from UGA's rare books collection.

This event is sponsored by UGA Symposium on the Book, the Willson Center, UGA Department of English, UGA Libraries, and the Head's Fund, Department of English

Eileen Wallace is a Senior Lecturer in Printmaking and Book Arts at the University of Georgia and a former resident artist at Penland School of Craft. She has taught workshops at Penland, Haystack Mountain School of Crafts, and at other venues across the country. Eileen is a co-director emeritus of the Paper & Book Intensive (PBI) and has been a board member of Hand Papermaking Magazine. She curated the book Masters: Book Arts published by Lark Books in 2011.

András Kiséry is Associate Professor of English at The City College of New York (CUNY). He has published on early modern textual and political cultures, including _Hamlet’s Moment: Drama and Political Knowledge in Early Modern England_ (OUP, 2016), and the volume he co-edited with Allison Deutermann, _Formal Matters: Reading the Materials of English Renaissance Literature_ (Manchester UP, 2013). He is now writing a book about media and remediation in early modern England. An essay taken from this project just came out in the Summer 2024 issue of _Critical Inquiry_.

"Home Grown, World Class: Georgia's Contributions to the Movement"

Free the Tapes, an event highlighting digitized audiovisual materials from members of the community, is back this fall at UGA Special Collections!