The Creative Writing Program at UGA & the UGA Willson Center are delighted to host Willson Center Distinguished Lecturer: Bhakti Shringarpure in Fall '23. She will speak on contemporary publishing culture: "Publishing at a Crossroads: Notes on the "D" word" english.uga.edu/events/content…

"Look at the Water Coming!" As #Idalia nears, a deep dive into the Cedar Keys #Hurricane of 1896 frm primary sources. The Cat 3 storm led a major town to move inland. Our ArcGIS StoryMaps to help Floridians remember. FLORIDA UF Humanities Center UF College of Liberal Arts and Sciences UF College of Journalism and Communications storymaps.arcgis.com/stories/495d29…

Today is the tenth anniversary of the death of Seamus Heaney. “Walk on air against your better judgement”

Stephen Berry, Gregory Professor of the Civil War Era in the department of history, has been awarded a National Endowment for the Humanities Public Scholars grant for his book project, The Original Black Panther: Prince Rivers and the Lost City of Hamburg. willson.uga.edu/uga-history-pr…

Russell Library was proud to present the 2023 Food, Power & Politics Lecture. Maurice Bailey, President & CEO of Sapelo Island's Save Our Legacy Ourself delivered this year's lecture. A great turnout for a great event! Made possible with funding from the Russell Foundation.

Author Mona Susan Power is coming to Athens this week! She'll be doing a reading and book signing of her new novel, A Council of Dolls, on Thursday, Sept. 21, at 5 p.m. at Athens Ciné. More details at t.uga.edu/9pS UGA CREATIVE WRITING uga.inas UGA Willson Center

Mark your calendars! We’ve got another great run of events for week three of Spotlight on the Arts! For a full schedule of festival events, visit arts.uga.edu. #SpotlightUGA #ArtAtUGA

Highlights include the 4’33” live research competition, a lecture by two-time Pulitzer Prize-winning author Colson Whitehead, the @UGAPress Annual Campus Book Sale, several Hodgson School ensembles and the third annual Dodd Market.

Pulitzer Prize-winning author Colson Whitehead will visit UGA on Wednesday for the Ferdinand Phinizy Lecture at 5:30 p.m. in the Chapel. Whitehead is the No. 1 NYT bestselling author of 11 books including "The Underground Railroad" and "The Nickel Boys." #spotlightuga

It’s the last week of Spotlight on the Arts, but that doesn’t mean the end of excellent arts programming and research on campus. We invite you to continue celebrating the literary, performing and visual arts at the UGA throughout the year. #spotlightuga

The Dance Theatre of Harlem is coming to Athens! The multi-ethnic company will perform "Higher Ground," a ballet by company director Robert Garland featuring music by Stevie Wonder and J.S. Bach. Performances: 2pm & 7:30pm, Jan. 27, Fine Arts Theatre. t.uga.edu/9ET

Suchitra Vijayan is a writer, essayist, lawyer and photographer working across oral history, state violence and visual storytelling. She'll be visiting today at 5 p.m. in the UGA Libraries' Graduate Reading Room and speaking about her book "How Long Can the Moon Be Caged?"

Award-winning poet Stephen Sexton (Stephen Sexton) will be at the UGA on Thursday for a reading and conversation at 5:30 p.m. in the UGA Willson Center. Learn more at t.uga.edu/9NY

Don’t miss UGA Theatre’s opening performance of the “Little Shop of Horrors” at 8 p.m. on April 12! Tickets and more details are available at ugatheatre.com/littleshop. 📸 Alex Bass as “Seymour” and Brie Hayes as “Audrey.” (Photographer: Delaire Gackle)

7pm Thu Apr 18 at the Delta Hub, 210 Spring St Athens This will be a great conversation, free and open to all, no registration. calendar.uga.edu/event/conversa… Georgia Basketball The Arts at UGA SportsMediaUGA Sport Management | UGA MFE College of Education Ed Pavlić @EmoryAASDept Emory English The Red & Black Valerie Babb

The Center for Writing is based in Park Hall and housed in UGA Franklin College, but it is a resource for the entire campus! UGA students who visit the Jill and Marvin Willis Center for Writing benefit greatly from the 1:1 attention provided by writing consultants.t.uga.edu/9KF

We have released our 2023-24 annual report, which shows all we've been busy with over the past year. Take a look, explore our programs, partners and points of pride, and get in touch if you'd like to learn more about what we do. #UGA #humanities #arts reports2024.willson.uga.edu