Georgia Southern Department of Writing and Linguistics will present poetry reading, Q&A
The Georgia Southern University Department of Writing and Linguistics and the Georgia Poetry Circuit will present poet David Kirby for a Q&A and reading on Thursday, April 8.
“David Kirby is a wildly funny, accessible and renowned poet who blends narrative storytelling with wry observation and dark humor,” said associate professor of writing and linguistics, Christina Olson. “If you’ve never been to a poetry reading, this one is a great place to start. And if you have, then you know how important it is to engage with the arts, even if it’s just an hour chat with one of the best poets currently working in America today.”
Kirby is the Robert O. Lawton Distinguished Professor of English at Florida State University. He has received many honors for his work, including fellowships from the Guggenheim Foundation and the National Endowment for the Arts, and his work appears frequently in the Best American Poetry and Pushcart Prize volumes.
The Q&A will take place at 2 p.m. and the reading at 6:30 p.m. Both events will be streamed via Zoom. For more information and to register for the events, visit cah.georgiasouthern.edu/writling/2021/03/22/georgia-poetry-circuit-presents-david-kirby/
Georgia Southern professor to host virtual program on ancient Jerusalem
Georgia Southern University associate professor of religious studies Dan Pioske, Ph.D., will host an hourlong virtual learning experience that will retrace Jerusalem’s history from its earliest settlement until its destruction by the Babylonian Empire in 586 BCE.
Georgia Southern senior art exhibition transports viewers to new reality
Four senior art students on the Georgia Southern University Armstrong Campus in Savannah will showcase their ability to transport viewers to a new reality in the exhibition “Anywhere but Here,” which will be on display in the Fine Arts Gallery from March 22 to April 9.
Georgia Southern University, Wexford Arts Centre partner on presentation by leading scholar on black abolitionists in Ireland
In the spirit of equity, diversity and inclusion, Georgia Southern University and the Wexford Arts Centre in County Wexford, Ireland, will present “Black Abolitionists In Ireland,” featuring Christine Kinealy, Ph.D., the leading expert in the field and professor of history at Quinnipiac University on March 23 at 3 p.m Eastern or 7 p.m. in Ireland.
In the mid-19th century, Frederick Douglass, Sarah Parker Redmond and other Black American abolitionists conducted speaking tours of Ireland. According to Douglass, his many months in Ireland defined him “not as a color but as a man.”
Kinealy is an Irish-British historian, the founding director of Ireland’s Great Hunger Institute at Quinnipiac University and the author of multiple scholarly books, including three about Frederick Douglass’s time in Ireland. This webinar is based on her latest, much acclaimed book, “Black Abolitionists in Ireland.” For more information and to view the webinar, visit irishgeorgia.com/abolitionists.
Georgia Southern student improv troupe to perform comedy show on Armstrong Campus
The Georgia Southern University Last Laugh Improv Troupe will perform two completely improvised shows on March 25 and 26 at 7:30 p.m. in the International Gardens on the Armstrong Campus in Savannah.
‘Africans in America’ event to explore what it means to be African American
Georgia Southern University will host Nemata Blyden, Ph.D., history professor at George Washington University, for a virtual presentation on the relationship between African Americans and Africa from the era of slavery to the present. The presentation will be held March 31 at 5:30 p.m. on Zoom.
Blyden will examine the diversity of African American identities through relationships with region, ethnicity, slavery and immigration to investigate questions fundamental to the study of African American history and culture.
For more information and to register, visit georgiasouthern.edu/casregistration.
Georgia Southern Theatre production of Shakespeare classic streaming March 10
Georgia Southern University Theatre students on the Statesboro Campus will perform William Shakespeare’s “Much Ado About Nothing” directed by Sarah McCarroll, Ph.D., associate professor of theatre. The production will be available to stream March 10 through 14, and is free and open to the public.
Harvard professor to discuss misinformation crisis during 2021 Mark Finlay Memorial Lecture
The Georgia Southern University College of Arts and Humanities (CAH) will host Thomas Patterson, Ph.D., Bradlee Professor of Government and the Press at Harvard University, for the 2021 Mark Finlay Memorial Lecture. The virtual presentation will stream March 3 at 6 p.m. on the CAH Facebook page.
Patterson’s lecture, “How America Lost Its Mind: Our Misinformation Crisis,” will address the United States’ political landscape, which according to Patterson, is currently filled with distrust, gridlock, partisanship, pettiness and deceptive messaging.
“Professor Patterson will discuss how we can help transfer power from ideologues and disrupters to a citizenry committed to tolerance and civil dialogue,” said Allison Scardino Belzer, Ph.D., associate professor of history. “So many of us feel overwhelmed with talk of fake news and deliberate disinformation. This lecture will help crystalize our focus on creating networks of reliable news outlets that can help rebuild trust.”
For more information about the Mark Finlay Memorial Lecture, click here.
Georgia Southern professor featured in 2021 Ogeechee International History Film Festival
Georgia Southern University professor Matthew Hashiguchi’s film “Good Luck Soup,” is the feature of the 2021 Ogeechee International History Film Festival, the longest-running film festival of its kind in the world. “Good Luck Soup” and the other films in the festival will be available to stream through March 5.
Georgia Southern student awarded Kennedy Center fellowship, wins scholarship
Georgia Southern University junior Gabrielle Scott has been awarded a Kennedy Center American College Theater Festival (KCACTF) Region 4 Stage Management Fellowship. Scott, who is double majoring in theater and women’s, gender and sexuality studies, was also recently named to the inaugural cohort for the Cody Renard Richard Scholarship program for theater majors who are Black, Asian, Latinx, Indigenous and people of color.