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January 2023
February 2023
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UGA Symposium on the Book, talk by Professor Kim Coles, University of Maryland--“The Blood of Christians: Phillis Wheatley Peters and White Christianity.”
February 16, 10:00 a.m. ET, 9:00 a.m. CT (90 mins) Co-conveners Dr. Sujata Iyengar, Dr. Miriam Jacobson, Ms. Anne Meyers DeVine/UGA; in- person lecture and livestreamed connection; location of talk: Special Collections Libraries, Room 277, February 16th, 2023
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"Printing Early Modern Race: A Rare Books Workshop"
February 16, 2:00 p.m. ET, 1:00 p.m. CT (90 mins) Exploring books about race and enslavement, including a first edition of PWP’s Poems, UGA Special Collections Libraries, Room 277; livestreamed/recorded
Contributors: Kim Coles, David Diamond, Miriam Jacobson, Sujata Iyengar, and Anne MeyersDeVine |
March 2023
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“Phillis Wheatley Peters in Material Memory”
March 22; 4:00 ET, 3:00 CT (90 mins) Presentation Sponsored by the American Antiquarian Society
Spotlighted Presenter: Honorée Fanonne Jeffers, author of The Age of Phillis. Contributors: Nan Wolverton (AAS), Barbara McCaskill, Sarah Robbins |
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April 2023
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Book Talk by Professor Vincent Carretta: “Recovering the life of Phillis Wheatley Peters, 'A WONDER of the Age indeed!’”
April 3, 4:30-6:00 p.m. ET, 3:30-5:00 CT (90 mins) [livestreamed and recorded] Presenter: Vincent Carretta
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September 2023
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“Poetic Legacies: Interpreting New Texts from Writers Inspired by Phillis Wheatley Peters”Contributors
September 7, 4:30 ET, 3:30 CT (90 mins) In-person location: Dee J Kelly Alumni Center, TCU; COX C drea brown/Dear Girl: A Reckoning and Alison Clarke/Phillis; moderated by Aruni Kashyap (UGA) and hosted by Dean Sonja Watson (TCU)
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September 20 and September 27, 5:00 – 6:15 CT; 6:00-7:15 ET
Part I: Humanities Texas Webinar on Teaching Phillis Wheatley Peters (historical and literary culture contexts; overview of major works) (Dr. Sarah Robbins/TCU, Dr. Barbara McCaskill/UGA, and Dr. Mona Narain/TCU) Part II: Humanities Texas Webinar on Teaching PWP (representative close readings and poetic analyses) (Dr. Sarah Robbins Dr. Barbara McCaskill, Dr. Mona Narain) Teachers: For information on this program event, visit the Humanities Texas website here: https://www.humanitiestexas.org/education/teacher-institutes/upcoming-institutes/teaching-phillis-wheatley-peters-fall-2023-webinars To register for this program (which does require a brief application), go here on that website: https://www.humanitiestexas.org/education/teacher-institutes/application |
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October 2023
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"The Genius of Phillis Wheatley Peters: A Children's Literature and Family Literacy Panel"
October 17; 6:30-7:30 p.m. ET; 5:30-6:30 CT Georgia Humanities Council/Athens-Clarke County Public Library webinar on Phillis Wheatley in children’s literature, children’s historical texts, and picture books.
[Hybrid Event--Online With Associated Watch Parties at TCU (Palko 130) and Athens-Clarke County Public Library] |
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November 2023
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“Honoring Wheatley Peters and Her Legacies: Reflecting Back and Imagining Future Work”--Scholarly Roundtable marking the close of the 2023 initiative and envisioning future collaborations
November 15, 5:00-6:30 ET; 4:00-5:30 CT; virtual event Stacie McCormick (TCU); Anne Frey (TCU); Seretha Williams (Augusta University); Britt Rusert (UMASS Amherst); Online event moderated by Sandra Zagarell (Professor Emerita, Oberlin College)
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April 2024
Mapping and Visiting the Phillis Wheatley Peters Project Online
April 17, 5:30 - 7:00 p.m., CT
April 17, 5:30 - 7:00 p.m., CT
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Join leaders of the Humanities-Texas-funded “Learning from Legacies of Phillis Wheatley Peters” project (which has been nested in our larger “Genius of Phillis Wheatley Peters” initiative) for an interactive website tour and discussion of ways to use project resources. After virtually visiting several website pathways with digital editor Sanjana Chowdhury, attendees will hear about new learning materials prepared by educator-writers affiliated with the National Writing Project. In breakout groups after these brief tours, attendees will brainstorm ideas of engaging with the website and Wheatley Peters’s legacies in the future.
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