The Willson Center supports research and creativity in humanities and arts at UGA, bringing the world to Georgia and Georgia to the world.
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18 Sep 2024
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/
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UGA Willson Center retweeted
17 Apr 2024
The Center for Writing is based in Park Hall and housed in @UGAFranklin, 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
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15 Apr 2024
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.
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UGA Willson Center retweeted
10 Apr 2024
Don’t miss @UGATheatre’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)
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UGA Willson Center retweeted
27 Mar 2024
Award-winning poet Stephen Sexton (@ssexton02) will be at the @universityofga on Thursday for a reading and conversation at 5:30 p.m. in the @WillsonCenter. Learn more at t.uga.edu/9NY
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UGA Willson Center retweeted
23 Jan 2024
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
ALT Dance Theatre of Harlem company artists Kouadio Davis and Alexandra Hutchinson perform in "Higher Ground" (Photo by Theik Smith)
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UGA Willson Center retweeted
25 Jan 2024
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 @ugalibs' Graduate Reading Room and speaking about her book "How Long Can the Moon Be Caged?"
ALT Collage on green background with an image of Suchitra Vijayan in the top left, an image of her book cover “How Long Can the Moon Be Caged? Voices of Indian Political Prisoners” and a text box with a beige background with the following words: “Visiting Author Suchitra Vijayan | 5 p.m. Thursday, January 25 | Graduate Reading Room | 3rd floor, UGA Main Library.
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UGA Willson Center retweeted
27 Nov 2023
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 @universityofga throughout the year. #spotlightuga
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UGA Willson Center retweeted
13 Nov 2023
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
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UGA Willson Center retweeted
13 Nov 2023
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
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UGA Willson Center retweeted
13 Nov 2023
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 @UGAMusic ensembles and the third annual Dodd Market.
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UGA Willson Center retweeted
20 Sep 2023
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 @AthensCine. More details at t.uga.edu/9pS
@CWPUGA @uga_inas @WillsonCenter
ALT Environmental portrait of Mona Susan Power
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UGA Willson Center retweeted
7 Sep 2023
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-…
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7 Sep 2023
What a privilege to associate with so many amazing people, undertakings, and events in just a year. Please take a look at our annual report, share it, look further into anything that interests you, and let us know what you think. @UGAFranklin @UGAResearch
reports2023.willson.uga.edu/
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UGA Willson Center retweeted
29 Aug 2023
"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 @ArcGISStoryMaps to help Floridians remember. @UF @UF_Humanities @UF_CLAS @UFJSchool storymaps.arcgis.com/stories…
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UGA Willson Center retweeted
30 Aug 2023
Today is the tenth anniversary of the death of Seamus Heaney.
“Walk on air against your better judgement”
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UGA Willson Center retweeted
17 Aug 2023
The Creative Writing Program at UGA & the @WillsonCenter 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"
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