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Department of Anthropology

Name Contact Info Phone FBSO Team Marilyn Rodriguez fcfast-anth@uga.edu 706-363-9310 FAST Sarah Dalton fcrest1@uga.edu 706-363-9310 REST Post-Award Joyce Wong fcrest1@uga.edu 706-363-9310 REST Pre-Award Ashley Wright fcpap1@uga.edu 706-363-9310 P&P Kristin McNair fcbsc1@uga.edu 706-363-9310 BSC


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BTE Experience: A Celebration of Diversity

The UGA Black Theatrical Ensemble presents A Celebration of Diversity, a three-day festival at the Morton Theatre in downtown Athens that will be a showcase of multiple different organizations and performers across campus to celebrate the arts: April 6: Celebration Kickoff will begin the festival and will entail an art/fashion exposition as well as a tabling opportunity for all organizations participating in the festival. Admission is free…


Conference on Holocaust theatre Feb. 26-28

In conjunction with the ongoing performances of "Mein Kampf" we mentioned yesterday (performances continung this weekend and Tues. through Sat. next week), the departments of theatre and film studies & German and Slavic studies will host of an international conference on Holocaust theatre featuring the work of playwright George Tabori: [The] international conference on "George Tabori and the Theatre of the Holocaust" Feb. 26-28. The…


Exploring Autism in the Theatre - Women's Studies Lecture

  This Week in the Women’s Studies Lecture Series: Exploring Autism in the Theatre By JESSICA LUTON jluton@uga.edu Theatre and film provide insight and commentary on the culture around us.  Oftentimes it gives us perspective and helps us put ourselves in someone else’s shoes, but sometimes it also helps us see our own cultural stereotypes and misperceptions. Marla Carlson, a Franklin College of Arts and Sciences department of theatre…

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Spotlight on the Arts at UGA

Perhaps nothing exemplifies a society's highest ideals and broadest ambitions more than its commitment to the arts. It's a kind of multi-generational, altruistic selfishness, a form of public self-interest, which shows us these are not mutually exclusive. Even the most solitary among us can become part of a concert audience. And when we do, we are expanding the social fabric, covering everyone within eye- or ear-shot with that most coveted…

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Commedia and Robots

Robotics finding its way into theatre is the subject of a New York Times feature story today. The story quotes department of theatre and film studies head David Saltz on the reality of robots and live theatre: Comedy seems to come easily to robots, whose exaggerated features and stilted movements make them natural stooges. “The more you try to imitate a human, the more creepy it can get,” Ms. Knight said. “Sometimes if you make it more…


Spotlight on the Arts

Speaking of the good life, the UGA campus and Athens, GA are blessed with many of the qualities by which we define that concept - walkability, a great library, an eclectic mix of people, and an arts scene that is deep and wide. If we were a sports franchise, I would say our bench players would be starting for most other teams around the league - at any level. Because of the people who have been coming to the University as faculty and students…

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University Theatre presents CHICAGO

The department of theatre and films studies will present the popular musical Chicago, directed by guest artist and Tony Award-winning choreographer and Bob Fosse protégé Chet Walker: The University of Georgia University Theatre will present Chicago, the world-famous musical about fame, fortune and "all that jazz" on April 12-14 and 18-21 at 8 p.m. and on April 22 at 2:30 p.m. in the Fine Arts Theatre. Originally crafted by John Kander…


Pirates Weekend

University Opera Theatre production of the Pirates of Penzance takes center stage this weekend: This is the third [fully-staged, ed.] opera the university has produced since 2007, said Frederick Burchinal, the Wyatt and Margaret Anderson Professor of the Arts at UGA’s Hugh Hodgson School of Music. He also is the director of the school’s opera program. “We’re trying to build the opera program at UGA, not only for the students, but for the…
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