Richard B. Russell Library for Political Research and Studies

What's On The Table? Food Safety in Georgia, the South, and Beyond with author and science journalist Deborah Blum and Dr. Francisco Diez-Gonzalez

Join the UGA Special Collections Libraries on Tuesday, September 23rd at 6pm for the induction of 2025 Georgia Writers Hall of Fame inductee Deborah Blum, celebrated author of The Poisoner’s Handbook (2010) and The Poison Squad (2018). Blum is a Pulitzer Prize-winning science writer, who's career in investigative science journalism began here at the University of Georgia, where she was a student reporter for The Red & Black.

Displaced in the New South: A Documentary by David Zieger

Join the Special Collections Libraries on Thursday, September 18th at 5:30pm at Cine for a screening of David Zieger's and Eric Mofford's documentary "Displaced in the New South". 

Currently on display in the Richard B. Russell Library for Political Research and Studies is the photography project by David Zieger of the same name. It features photographs, negatives, and other artifacts from the documentary to showcase the shifting demographics, experience of immigrant families, and the emerging communities formed. 

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Student Spotlight Reception

Join the UGA Special Collections Libraries for an opening reception to celebrate a series of new case exhibitions curated by UGA    undergraduate students! Enjoy food and drink in the exhibition hallway and meet student curators inside the galleries to learn more about their displays.

This event is free and open to the public. If you have any questions, please contact Jan Hebbard (jhebbard@uga.edu). 

An Evening with Former U.S. Senator Doug Jones

As part of its annual Congress Week celebration, the Richard B. Russell Library will be hosting former U.S. Senator Doug Jones for a discussion moderated by Joe Watson, the University of Georgia's inaugural Carolyn Caudell Tieger Professor of Public Affairs Communications. The event will take place on Tuesday, April 15th at 5:30pm. A light reception will follow.  

Parking can be found in the Hull Street Deck directly across from the Special Collections Libraries building.  

"Como Vivimos" Film Screening & Panel Discussion

In California’s Central Valley, tucked between the county jail and the shooting range, 100 Mexican-American farmworking families live, love and strive at the Artesi II Migrant Family Housing Center. Until every December, that is, when they’re asked to leave. Join documentarian Aggie Ebrahimi Bazaz for a screening of "Como Vivimos (How We Live" on Thursday, April 3rd at 7:00PM EST/4:00PM PST. Following the screening, Aggie will be in conversation with virtual panelists Jessica Romero, Jose Modesto, and Maya Gonzales.

 

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