Georgia Humanities Symposium set for Feb. 7, 2020
January 13, 2020
In partnership with Georgia Humanities, the Willson Center for Humanities and Arts will host the second Georgia Humanities Symposium, a national conversation on the public humanities, in the Columbus Museum in Columbus, Ga. on Friday, February 7, 2020.
The program is supported by a grant from The Andrew W. Mellon Foundation and includes speakers from a diverse range of institutions and foundations, including the National Humanities Alliance, the Consortium of Humanities Centers and Institutes, a2ru, the Do Good Fund, the Rural Studio, These Halls Can Talk, and several Georgia and Southeastern institutions.
The conversation is free and open to the public, and there is travel support available for participants. If you would like to attend please contact Winnie Smith at wsmith78@uga.edu by Friday, January 31, 2020. Lunch and coffee will be provided during the symposium.
The Georgia Humanities Symposium has two aims:
- To gather together humanities research leaders at the state, region and national levels to discuss and share diverse humanities practices with a view to amplifying our collective voice and knitting a stronger fabric between us.
- To discover if we can build this conversation into a sustainable and durable framework for connecting innovation and advocacy for the humanities in the Southeast to other regional and national initiatives, with a view to increasing our collective visibility and competitiveness, in particular with foundations, endowments, and private support.
This will be the second of three annual meetings during which we will share experiences of projects, grants, and innovations in humanities research and teaching.
The Georgia Humanities Symposium is made possible by the generosity of The Andrew W. Mellon Foundation through a grant to the Global Georgia Initiative of the Willson Center for Humanities and Arts at the University of Georgia.
Source: Wilson Center for Humanities & Arts, University of Georgia