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Join guest speaker Madelyn Shaw, on Thursday, March 3 at 6:00 p.m. for an illustrated talk exploring the myths and realities of 1960s fashion. 
A discussion between Shaw and Ashley Callahan, curator of the new exhibition “Frankie Welch’s Americana: Fashion, Scarves, and Politics” will follow the lecture. This event is co-sponsored by the University of Georgia Press, the UGA College of Family and Consumer Sciences, and the Lucy Hargrett Draper Center and Archives for the Study of the Rights of Women in History and Law.

About the Speakers

The UGA Libraries and Willson Center for Humanities DigiLab is hosting a panel discussing the experiences of women in coding. Topics to be discussed relate to gender diversity in computer science and computational methods, including issues with computer coding as a profession, coding as part of research methods, and classroom experiences learning coding. Panel participants are members of R Ladies of Athens and UGA's girls.code.

Frankie Welch (1924-2021) was an American designer and entrepreneur best known for producing thousands of custom scarves. Born in Rome, Georgia, she spent most of her career in Alexandria, Virginia, where she established a dress shop—Frankie Welch of Virginia—that was open from 1963 to 1990. She introduced her first scarf design, the Cherokee Alphabet, in 1967, quickly followed by her Discover America scarf for the White House and prominent political designs for the 1968 presidential election.

Stephen Black will describe how he came to research lyrics written by Atlanta-area artists, his work creating his own corpus, and share some of his findings. He worked with the DigiLab to complete this project and will be earning the Digital Humanities certificate for undergraduates after culminating his research this semester. 

Join the Russell Library for a panel featuring Drs. James C. Giesen, Associate Professor of History and Grisham Master Teacher, Mississippi State University, and Derek Alderman, Professor of Geography, University of Tennessee. Discussion will include the social, cultural, and economic impact of notorious pests such as the boll weevil and kudzu in modern Georgia. Dr. Brian Drake, Senior Lecturer, Department of History, University of Georgia, will moderate the event. 

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Please join the University of Georgia Press and the Grady College of Journalism & Mass Communication's Low-residency MFA Program in Narrative Nonfiction in celebrating the book launch of High Yella: A Modern Family Memoir by Steve Majors, a book Kirkus Reviews called "A brave reckoning with multiple questions of identity, class, family, race."

Cameron Berglund: designer, artist, educator and recent full time lecturer at UGA’s College of Environment and Design will facilitate a creativity lecture followed by a sketching workshop as a part of the 2021 Spotlight on the Arts Festival! Join for a short lecture on the role of sketching in creativity, drawing upon Professor Berglund’s life and experiences. A participatory site sketching session at the MLC Reading Room follows. No prior knowledge or experience needed! Necessary equipment will be provided!

GET LIT! @ the UGA Press Campus Book Sale!

In 1848, William and Ellen Craft (1824-1900; c. 1826-c. 1891) escaped from slavery in Macon, Georgia. Ellen, who was born in Clinton, Georgia, could pass for white and disguised herself as a wealthy, physically ill enslaver traveling North for medical treatments; William accompanied her as his "master's" devoted, enslaved valet; both traveled openly by train, steamship, and carriage to arrive in free Philadelphia on Christmas Day.  

Digital libraries of primary sources enrich our understanding of the sheer diversity of the American experience.