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No quizzes or pesky term papers. No parking problems or tuition fees. Just the best university professors and the most captivating lectures.

Come be part of a dynamic learning environment with faculty delivering talks on important, intriguing, and yes, curious topics of interest to everyone. Free and open to the public. Please reserve a spot on Eventbrite.

Fall 2023 Schedule

Anatomy of a Joke: The Rhetoric of Humor 
Tuesday, August 29
Speaker: Dr. Kevin Casper, Associate Professor of English
UWG Newnan Center
6:00 reception // 6:30 talk

Anyone who's ever told a joke that bombed or laughed at the wrong time has felt the dark side of humor's inherent risks. Join Dr. Casper—professor of rhetoric and a former stand-up comedian—as he unpacks the powerful, community-congealing, soul-uplifting, and uncontrollable force of laughter.

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Discovering Mannerism
Tuesday, September 12
Speaker: Dr. Nathan Rees, Associate Professor of Art
UWG Newnan Center
6:00 reception // 6:30 talk

The art historical period you've barely heard of might be a lot more fascinating than you would have guessed. Join us as we delve into this often misunderstood link between the Renaissance and the Baroque. 

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Dead Weight: Medieval Runestones and Buried Books
Tuesday, September 26
Speaker: Dr. Jill Clements, Associate Professor of English, University of Alabama at Birmingham
Carrollton Center for the Arts
6:00 reception // 6:30 talk

While we tend to think of all stone sculpture as enormous and heavy, this talk will introduce you to a curious group of small, book-sized stones, and the surprising uses of runes in medieval Christian inscriptions.

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From Mourning Veils to Veiled Mourning: American Memorial Customs
Tuesday, October 24
Speaker: Kate Sweeney, Atlanta-based Writer and Journalist
UWG Newnan Center
6:00 reception // 6:30 talk

Join us for a tour of nineteenth-century American death culture and discover how the Victorians invented nearly everything we think of when we think "mourning." Proviso: This talk will not, Kate promises, be a bummer.

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Marvelous Marble
Tuesday, November 14
Speakers: Dr. Ryan Currier, Associate Professor of Geology, and Maria Lundin, Instructor of Art
Carrollton Center for the Arts
6:00 reception // 6:30 talk

What do the Renaissance and kitchen countertops have in common? Join a geologist and an art historian on a tour of marble, from the core of mountain belts to its depiction in paintings, as they share why this stone has always fascinated us.

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Charles Dickens, Our Christmas Ghost
Tuesday, November 28
Speaker: Dr. Margaret Mitchell, Professor of English
UWG Newnan Center
6:00 reception // 6:30 talk

Join us to explore how the beloved Victorian novelist and his classic story shape (and haunt!) the way we celebrate Christmas today.

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