Camellia Room, Gorgas Library
ARTIST LECTURE: Sharon Butler
Camellia Room, Gorgas Library 711 Capstone Drive, Tuscaloosa, AL, United StatesThe Sarah Moody Gallery of Art is pleased to present the exhibition, Sharon Butler: March, February 27 through April 5, 2024. Butler will present a lecture about her artwork on Wednesday, March 20, at 3:00 p.m. in the Camellia Room of Gorgas Library (2nd floor). There will be a reception for the artist following the lecture in the SMGA from 4:00 to 6:00 p.m. Sharon Butler is an American artist and writer on art interested in ideas about contemporary abstraction, especially in a [...]
Challenging Empire: Women, Art, and the Global Early Modern World Symposium
Camellia Room, Gorgas Library 711 Capstone Drive, Tuscaloosa, AL, United StatesThe symposium “Challenging Empire: Women, Art, and the Global Early Modern World,” part of the project Global Makers: Women Artists in the Early Modern Courts of Europe and Asia, is intended to extend and expand knowledge of cultural production by and for early modern women – particularly those associated with the courts – on a global scale. See the full program on the Department of Art & Art History's website. While numerous conferences, symposia and resulting publications in the past several [...]
Paul R. Jones Lecture Series: Norm & Carnetta Davis
Camellia Room, Gorgas Library 711 Capstone Drive, Tuscaloosa, AL, United StatesNorm and Carnetta Davis, important collectors of African American art, will talk about their collection and collecting in a lecture titled “Artistic Sojourns: Our Quest for Knowledge and Understanding of Black Art in America and Beyond,” on Thursday, February 29, 2024, at 4:30 p.m. in the Camellia Room, 2nd floor, Gorgas Library on UA campus. Over many years, Norm and Carnetta Davis have amassed one of the most impressive private collections of African American art in the southeastern United States. [...]
Masterclass with Poet and Memoirist Emma Bolden
Camellia Room, Gorgas Library 711 Capstone Drive, Tuscaloosa, AL, United StatesUA English’s Creative Writing Progam welcomes poet and memoirist Emma Bolden, who will offer a free one-hour masterclass on the craft of writing on Tuesday, February 6 at 2 p.m. in the Camellia Room of Gorgas Library. This event is free and open to the public. EMMA BOLDEN is the author of House Is an Enigma, medi(t)ations, and Maleficae. She is the recipient of a National Endowment for the Arts Literary Fellowship.
Government Internships – Summer 2024
Camellia Room, Gorgas Library 711 Capstone Drive, Tuscaloosa, AL, United StatesThis program is designed for students majoring in Arts & Sciences and will provide information on internships or job opportunities with the government. The topics covered in this program are the search process, applications, contracts, and benefits. To RSVP, contact Pamela Derrick at pamela.w.derrick@ua.edu.
LECTURE: War in Ukraine: Lessons for the Czech Republic & Europe
Camellia Room, Gorgas Library 711 Capstone Drive, Tuscaloosa, AL, United StatesThe International Studies Program, The Department of Political Science, The University of Alabama Libraries, and The Alabama Center for the Book are proud to present: War in Ukraine: Lessons for the Czech Republic & Europe. Dr. Nekola is an historian and political scientist from Prague, Czech Republic. He is a member of Association for Slavic, East European and Eurasian Studies (ASEEES), Czechoslovak Studies Association (CSA) and Czechoslovak Genealogical Society International (CGSI), author of more than four hundred articles and twenty-four [...]
Landing Internships for Summer 2024
Camellia Room, Gorgas Library 711 Capstone Drive, Tuscaloosa, AL, United StatesThis program is designed for students majoring in Arts & Science The program will provide students with strategies and resources to secure internships in government, non-profit organizations, research, and business. To RSVP, contact Pamela Derrick at pamela.w.derrick@ua.edu.
Philosophy Today Lecture Series: Dr. Felipe De Brigard
Camellia Room, Gorgas Library 711 Capstone Drive, Tuscaloosa, AL, United StatesThe University of Alabama’s Department of Philosophy has invited Dr. Felipe De Brigard (Duke University) to present a talk, “Memory and Forgiveness” on October 3, 2023 from 7:30pm-9:00pm in the Camellia Room of Gorgas Library (Room 200). This event is open to the public and all are welcome. If you have any questions, please contact Lesley Perkins at lpperkins@ua.edu.
The Specter of Civil War in Israel: From Public Secret to Shared Imaginary
Camellia Room, Gorgas Library 711 Capstone Drive, Tuscaloosa, AL, United StatesFor three decades, a pervasive, unspoken fear of civil war has stalemated Israeli politics. Almost overnight, that fear is now very much out in the open – civil war is now openly discussed. How did this happen, and what might it mean? Speakers include: Daniel Bertrand Monk, Department of Peace and Conflict Studies, Colgate University Daniel J. Levine, Department of Political Science, University of Alabama Pizza and Soda will be served. For background, see their essay The Specter of Civil War in [...]
Annual Day Lecture: “To Be Representative: American Muslim Comedy and the Diversity Complex”
Camellia Room, Gorgas Library 711 Capstone Drive, Tuscaloosa, AL, United StatesHosted by the Department of Religious Studies, the annual Day Lecture will be presented by Dr. Samah Choudhury, assistant professor in the Department of Philosophy and Religion at Ithaca College.