BRING OUT THE FREAKS: DISABILITY IN LITERATURE
with Dr. Matt Franks, Associate Professor of English
HOW TO START A REVOLUTION: PROPAGANDA & THE COMING OF THE WAR FOR INDEPENDENCE
with Dr. Keith Pacholl, Professor of History
Wednesday, September 11 | 6:00 pm reception, 6:30 pm talk
UWG Newnan Center
We know our Founding Fathers and Mothers as critics of tyranny, defenders of liberty,
and champions of freedom. But did you know that they were also masters of propaganda?
Join us for an entertaining evening to see how American colonists used print, images,
and other material objects to encourage patriotism, discredit opponents, and spark
a revolution. *Tickets are not required at the door, but don't forget to RSVP for door prizes.
LIFE AFTER CARBON
with Dr. Hannes Gerhardt, Professor of Geosciences
Tuesday, September 17 | 6:00 pm reception, 6:30 pm talk
Hawthorne Room, The Inn at Serenbe
As the inconvenient truth of global climate change settles into our consciousness,
we are often left with a sense of cynicism in the face of the apparent intractability
of our energy-driven carbon dependencies. Yet is our failure to imagine a paradigmatic
shift to a new, sustainable energy system justified? Let's take a journey into possible
worlds to come--rooted in efforts and innovations in the here and now--where energy
is abundant, affordable, and carbon-neutral.
READING IN THE RENAISSANCE
with Dr. Meg Pearson, Professor & Chair of English
Tuesday, October 1 | 6:00 pm reception, 6:30 pm talk
Carnegie Library, Newnan *No Alcohol Served *
Trying to read and comprehend Renaissance/older literature can feel like staring off
a cliff: where do you even begin? You begin here! Join us as we re-introduce two important
texts and authors from the period. From there, we'll dive deeply into the language
and cultural secrets, and read as the Renaissance did (except with less plague).
SPECIAL EVENT: BLACKWELL PRIZE IN PAINTING WINNER JOSEPHINE HALVORSON
Professor of Art, Boston University
Wednesday, October 16 | 6:00 pm reception, 6:30 pm talk
UWG Newnan Center
Join us for an artist talk by Josephine Halvorson, winner of numerous awards, including
The Rome Prize, The James and Audrey Foster Prize, and many others. Halvorson is Professor
of Art and Chair of Graduate Studies at Boston University, and has been featured on
the PBS program ART21. She is the 2019 recipient of the Blackwell Prize in Painting (worth $10,000), administered
by UWG's School of the Arts. *Tickets are not required at the door, but don't forget to RSVP for door prizes.
SPECIAL EVENT: SAVING JOHN MILTON
with Dr. Alison Chapman, Professor and Chair of English, University of Alabama at Birmingham
Tuesday, November 5 | 6:00 pm reception, 6:30 pm talk
The Hub at Hudson Mill, Carrollton
Milton is mostly known today for his epic Paradise Lost, a poem he curiously almost didn't survive to finish. In the middle of composition,
Milton came within a hair's breadth of being hanged, drawn, and quartered. Join us
for a special session featuring visiting scholar Dr. Alison Chapman, and hear about
how one of the greatest poems in the English language almost didn't get written at
all. *Tickets are not required at the door, but don't forget to RSVP for door prizes.
CRAZED FOR SPAIN: HOLLYWOOD'S LOVE AFFAIR WITH "LO ESPAÑOL"
with Dr. Jeffrey Zamostny, Associate Professor of Spanish
Tuesday, November 19 | 6:00 pm reception, 6:30 pm talk
Hawthorne Room, The Inn at Serenbe
The cinema was born in the same decade as both the Spanish-American War of 1898 and
a vogue in the U.S. for all things stereotypically Spanish. Over the next thirty years,
Hollywood churned out dozens of films featuring matadors, gypsies, bandits, and flamenco
dancers played by the likes of Rudolph Valentino and Greta Garbo. Join us as we explore
how Spaniards promoted and resisted Hollywood's Spanish fetish, both at home in Spain
and in the U.S.
THE LIFE & DEATH OF ENGLISH GRAMMAR
with Dr. Micheal Crafton, Interim University President
Tuesday, December 3 | 6:00 pm reception, 6:30 pm talk
Carnegie Library, Newnan *No Alcohol Served *
If grammar has a history, then grammar must change. Yet if grammar changes, is there
such a thing as correct grammar? Correctness often depends on local conditions, yet
some grammatical errors can be so severe that even their mother would not claim them.
Come find out just how well/good you understand the differences.