Past Events

Feb 02

Join the Russell Library for a program with James C. "Jim" Cobb on Thursday, February 2, 2023, at 4:oo p.m. in room 271 of the UGA Special Collections Building. Following a talk about his new book C. Vann Woodward: America's Historian (UNC Press, 2022), Cobb will participate in a Q&A with the audience and book signing. Light reception to follow. This event is free and open to the public. Parking is available in the Hull Street Deck. 

About the Book

4:00 pm to 7:00 pm Richard B. Russell Special Collections Libraries, 271
Jan 26

Join the UGA Libraries for a program with journalist John Pruitt on Thursday, January 26th at 6:00 p.m. in room 285 of the UGA Special Collections Building. Following a talk about his new book Tell It True, Pruitt will participate in a Q&A with the audience. A light reception will follow. This event is free and open to the public. Parking is available in the Hull Street Parking Deck. 

6:00 pm to 8:00 pm Richard B. Russell Special Collections Libraries, 285
Nov 15

Curious about the rising cost of groceries, supply chains, and supermarkets? Join the Russell Library for the third annual Food, Power, and Politics Lecture featuring former UGA professor of history Dr. Shane Hamilton, who will deliver a talk on "Food Politics and the Cost of Living".

About the speaker: 

4:00 pm to 5:30 pm Richard B. Russell Special Collections Libraries, 2nd Floor, Auditorium (Room 271)
Oct 21

Join us for a virtual program with Mark Pack, former political pollster and current president of the Liberal Democrats, as he discusses his book Polling UnPacked (2022).

The event is sponsored by the Russell Library, the UGA Press, the Applied Politics Certificate Program, and the Public Affairs Communications Program.

 

More about the book from the University of Chicago Press:

11:00 am to 12:30 pm
Oct 07

Join us for a program with Robin Morris, associate professor of history at Agnes Scott College, for a discussion of her new book Goldwater Girls to Reagan Women: Gender, Georgia, and the Growth of the New Right (2022). Her work has appeared in Entering the Fray: Gender, Politics, and Culture in the New South.

4:00 pm to 5:30 pm Richard B. Russell Special Collections Libraries, Rom 277
Sep 09

Greg Bluestein is a political reporter and author who covers the governor's office and Georgia politics for The Atlanta Journal-Constitution. He writes for the front-page of the AJC, contributes to the Political Insider blog and morning Jolt newsletter, hosts the Politically Georgia podcast and is a frequent guest on local and national TV and radio programs. He's an MSNBC and NBC News contributor and the author of Flipped, a book on Georgia's epic 2020 election. 

Free and open to the public!

4:00 pm to 5:30 pm Richard B. Russell Special Collections Libraries, 2nd Floor, Auditorium (Room 271)
Sep 08

At UGA Libraries, we’ve got FACTS, and we don’t just mean the information that you can access through our books, online journals, databases, and other resources. Learn how to navigate the services that can put you on track for academic success — from our study spaces to the technology that enables you to take your projects to the next level — and meet the librarians and staff who can teach you to perfect your research skills.

1:00 pm to 3:00 pm Zell B. Miller Learning Center
Jun 28

Join us for a screening of the HBO documentary King in the Wilderness directed by Peter Kunhardt (True Justice: Bryan Stevenson's Fight for Equality (2019), John McCain: For Whom the Bell Tolls (2018), Becoming Warren Buffett (2017), and Living with Lincoln (2015). Pizza lunch provided. RSVP recommended but not required for lunch count.

About the film:

12:00 pm to 2:00 pm Richard B. Russell Special Collections Libraries, Large Event / Room 285