Department of English

The UGA Libraries are here to help you meet your teaching, research, and publishing goals! Join us to learn about our print and digital collections including various item requesting options, course reserves and open education resources. We will highlight our online and in-person instructional support for helping students with research skills, source evaluation, and AI Literacy. We will also discuss research data and publishing services and support for data management planning, research IT services, data analysis and visualization, publishing, and digital repositories.

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In October 2023, the Hargrett Library at the University of Georgia purchased a fifteenth-century French book of hours, bound in a sixteenth-century embroidered cover and accompanied by a beaded bag. This recent purchase prompts the need to reflect on three hundred years of collecting medieval objects—both manuscripts and art—in the American South, a region not known for its medieval holdings. The symposium addresses the complex history of Southern medievalisms. We ask: What distinguishes medieval collections in the South? What are their origins?

In October 2023, the Hargrett Library at the University of Georgia purchased a fifteenth-century French book of hours, bound in a sixteenth-century embroidered cover and accompanied by a beaded bag. This recent purchase prompts the need to reflect on three hundred years of collecting medieval objects—both manuscripts and art—in the American South, a region not known for its medieval holdings. The symposium addresses the complex history of Southern medievalisms. We ask: What distinguishes medieval collections in the South? What are their origins?

In Collaboration with the Jill & Marvin Willis Center for Writing, UGA Libraries presents From Search to Synthesis.

Join our workshops series for STEM students looking to enhance their academic writing, master citations, and practice ethical paraphrasing. Boost your research and writing confidence!

The internationally renowned poet Coleman Barks, a longtime Ath

Join our visiting speaker Prof. András Kiséry, City College of New York, and UGA Librarian Anne Meyers DeVine for a hands-on activity with sixteenth- and seventeenth-century books and materials from UGA's rare books collection.

This event is sponsored by UGA Symposium on the Book, the Willson Center, UGA Department of English, UGA Libraries, and the Head's Fund, Department of English