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Does birth control and Middle Ages sound like a major mismatch to you? Didn’t medieval parents desire large families, and didn’t they lack any practical means to limit births? Wasn’t the medieval church strongly opposed to anything resembling birth control? In this class we’ll examine the reasons why people in the medieval era might have wanted to control their fertility and how they went about doing so.
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Fee: $14.00
Capacity Remaining: 16
Dates: 4/8/2026 - 4/8/2026
Times: 2:00 PM - 3:15 PM
Sessions: 1
Days: W
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Instructor: Nan McMurry
Building: River's Crossing
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Stories and rare local graphics illustrate a slide presentation reviewing the impact on and contributions of Athens-Clarke and UGA when life was disrupted by the two huge and inescapable world wars of the 20th century. A presentation offered for the anniversary of VE Day in 2015 and the Armistice in 2018 are combined.
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Fee: $14.00
Capacity Remaining: 28
Dates: 4/9/2026 - 4/9/2026
Times: 10:00 AM - 12:00 PM
Sessions: 1
Days: Th
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Instructor: Steven Brown, Beth Brown
Building: River's Crossing
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Learn the fascinating, sometimes strange stories of Georgia’s long history with America’s pastime. Hear about the early teams, the strange coincidences, and the best players.
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Fee: $14.00
Capacity Remaining: 37
Dates: 3/25/2026 - 3/25/2026
Times: 10:00 AM - 11:00 AM
Sessions: 1
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Instructor: Andrew Bramlett
Building: UGA Campus at Gwinnett
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Learn the fascinating, sometimes strange stories of Georgia’s long history with America’s pastime. Hear about the early teams, the strange coincidences, and the best players.
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Fee: $14.00
Capacity Remaining: 96
Dates: 3/25/2026 - 3/25/2026
Times: 10:00 AM - 11:00 AM
Sessions: 1
Days: W
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Instructor: Andrew Bramlett
Building: Online via Zoom
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This class sponsored by Martha McFerron in memory of Steve McFerron
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Many cookbooks and recipes still exist from Georgia’s early years, yet most have been forgotten. They sit quietly in archives, waiting to be rediscovered. These sources not only preserve traces of delicious foods that are new again to current generations, but also hold many clues about what home life was like for Georgians in the past. In this presentation, archivist and writer Valerie J. Frey, author of Georgia’s Historical Recipes: Seeking Our State’s Oldest Written Foodways and the Stories Behind Them (UGA Press, 2025), will lead an exploration of recipes from 1733 through 1945 with a historian’s eye. Learn about yesteryear’s cooks and taste of the history of Georgia, the South, and the U.S. through historic foodways. Athens area foodways will also be covered. (Please note that the speaker welcomes program participants to bring knitting or other quiet handiwork to do as they listen.)
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Fee: $14.00
Capacity Remaining: 28
Dates: 4/23/2026 - 4/23/2026
Times: 10:00 AM - 11:15 AM
Sessions: 1
Days: Th
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Instructor: Valerie Frey
Building: River's Crossing
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Many cookbooks and recipes still exist from Georgia’s early years, yet most have been forgotten. They sit quietly in archives, waiting to be rediscovered. These sources not only preserve traces of delicious foods that are new again to current generations, but also hold many clues about what home life was like for Georgians in the past. In this presentation, archivist and writer Valerie J. Frey, author of Georgia’s Historical Recipes: Seeking Our State’s Oldest Written Foodways and the Stories Behind Them (UGA Press, 2025), will lead an exploration of recipes from 1733 through 1945 with a historian’s eye. Learn about yesteryear’s cooks and taste of the history of Georgia, the South, and the U.S. through historic foodways. Athens area foodways will also be covered. (Please note that the speaker welcomes program participants to bring knitting or other quiet handiwork to do as they listen.)
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Fee: $14.00
Capacity Remaining: 99
Dates: 4/23/2026 - 4/23/2026
Times: 10:00 AM - 11:15 AM
Sessions: 1
Days: Th
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Instructor: Valerie Frey
Building: Online via Zoom
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Just a couple of hours away by air, the ancient and present home of the Maya of Central America presents a fascinating world of history, architecture and art. This course explores the Maya through a serial visit to the standing remains of ancient Mayan cities and sacred centers, from the jungles of Guatemala and Chiapas to the northern landscape of the Yucatec Maya. The focus is on the art and architecture, along with discussion of the history and features of the great civilization responsible for their creation. The course is designed as a two-day series, and the presentations will feature the speaker's personal photography from numerous forays into the region.
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Fee: $23.00
Capacity Remaining: 19
Dates: 5/21/2026 - 5/28/2026
Times: 2:00 PM - 3:00 PM
Sessions: 2
Days: Th
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Instructor: John Stephenson
Building: River's Crossing
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You may know Button Gwinnett, but do you know Dionysius Crandell Oliver or Tugalo Harvie Risner? This presentation covers politicians from across Georgia history who have very unusual names.
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Fee: $14.00
Capacity Remaining: 37
Dates: 5/8/2026 - 5/8/2026
Times: 10:00 AM - 11:15 AM
Sessions: 1
Days: F
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Instructor: Andrew Bramlett
Building: River's Crossing
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This session will explore Historic Athens’ broad impact—from preserving historic buildings and protecting cultural landmarks to engaging the public through events, education, and advocacy. Attendees will learn about programs such as our monthly History Hours, seasonal walking tours, the Historic Athens Welcome Center, Porchfest, youth development efforts, and more.
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Fee: $14.00
Capacity Remaining: 29
Dates: 5/4/2026 - 5/4/2026
Times: 2:00 PM - 3:15 PM
Sessions: 1
Days: M
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Instructor: Denise Sunta
Building: River's Crossing
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This class will cover the fascinating journey of the Koh-i-Noor diamond—from its discovery in the alluvial plains of Southern India to its prized position as the “Jewel in the Crown” of the British monarchy. The resulting history is one of greed, murder, torture and colonialism that cuts through a swathe of British, Indian and central Asian history.
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Fee: $14.00
Capacity Remaining: 35
Dates: 5/4/2026 - 5/4/2026
Times: 10:00 AM - 11:15 AM
Sessions: 1
Days: M
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Instructor: Manoj Saxena
Building: River's Crossing
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Learn about Admiral John Towers, the pioneering naval aviator from Rome, GA. Towers commanded the first transatlantic flight in 1919, and is probably best remembered for his attack on Pearl Harbor in the war games in February of 1932. Come learn about this fascinating man and his accomplishments.
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Fee: $14.00
Capacity Remaining: 35
Dates: 4/3/2026 - 4/3/2026
Times: 10:00 AM - 11:15 AM
Sessions: 1
Days: F
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Instructor: Andrew Bramlett
Building: River's Crossing
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In the decades following the Civil War, New York City built more monuments to the Union cause than any other city in the nation outside of Washington, DC. Ranging from simple standing soldiers to grand triumphal arches and temples, these monuments shaped commemorative aesthetics and iconography at the local and national levels. Unlike Confederate monuments, which were mostly initiated by private organizations, New York’s soldiers’ monuments were largely supported through city and state funding. These civic projects attracted the interest of competing groups—artists, politicians, veterans, and the public—who all sought to influence the growing commemorative landscape. Learn about the works and their creation in a fractious political landscape defined as much by municipal maneuvering as by artistic principle.
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Fee: $14.00
Capacity Remaining: 39
Dates: 4/29/2026 - 4/29/2026
Times: 10:00 AM - 11:00 AM
Sessions: 1
Days: W
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Instructor: Akela Reason
Building: River's Crossing
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Given that medieval people lacked a germ theory to explain the spread of plague and had no effective treatments for it, we may be tempted to see them as helpless victims reduced to waiting for God to claim or spare their lives. In fact, the medieval plague years witnessed the development of many public health measures still in use today. We’ll explore the extensive strategies created to prevent or at least mitigate the damage brought by plague epidemics.
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Fee: $14.00
Capacity Remaining: 26
Dates: 4/15/2026 - 4/15/2026
Times: 2:00 PM - 3:15 PM
Sessions: 1
Days: W
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Instructor: Nan McMurry
Building: River's Crossing
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Discover how the Georgia Trust for Historic Preservation protects the places that make Georgia unique—from grand antebellum estates to humble rural schoolhouses, and from endangered landmarks to entire historic neighborhoods. We’ll go behind the scenes of the Georgia Trust’s vital work. Learn about flagship programs including the Places in Peril list; the Revolving Fund that saves buildings through strategic acquisition and rehabilitation; and advocacy efforts. You'll hear success stories of rescued landmarks across the state and discover how preservation drives economic development, strengthens communities, and connects us to our shared heritage. We'll explore the Trust's educational programs, preservation easements, and hands-on restoration workshops. Special focus: Spring Ramble in Marietta; I'll preview this April event where you can explore historic homes, gardens, and sites normally closed to the public.
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Fee: $14.00
Capacity Remaining: 36
Dates: 4/8/2026 - 4/8/2026
Times: 10:00 AM - 11:00 AM
Sessions: 1
Days: W
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Instructor: James Reap
Building: River's Crossing
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Discover how the Georgia Trust for Historic Preservation protects the places that make Georgia unique—from grand antebellum estates to humble rural schoolhouses, and from endangered landmarks to entire historic neighborhoods. We’ll go behind the scenes of the Georgia Trust’s vital work. Learn about flagship programs including the Places in Peril list; the Revolving Fund that saves buildings through strategic acquisition and rehabilitation; and advocacy efforts. You'll hear success stories of rescued landmarks across the state and discover how preservation drives economic development, strengthens communities, and connects us to our shared heritage. We'll explore the Trust's educational programs, preservation easements, and hands-on restoration workshops. Special focus: Spring Ramble in Marietta; I'll preview this April event where you can explore historic homes, gardens, and sites normally closed to the public.
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Fee: $14.00
Capacity Remaining: 99
Dates: 4/8/2026 - 4/8/2026
Times: 10:00 AM - 11:00 AM
Sessions: 1
Days: W
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Instructor: James Reap
Building: Online via Zoom
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Built on the Neva in a swampland, St. Petersburg gave Russia a link to the west. Created from nothing where the Neva drains into the Baltic Sea, it was named after the tzar’s patron saint. The city has had four names over the centuries: 1703, Saint Petersburg; 1914, Petrograd; 1924, Leningrad; 1989, Saint Petersburg. Its history is fascinating, and its beauty overwhelming. This will be the story of the city and the presenter’s personal experiences with it.
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Fee: $14.00
Capacity Remaining: 20
Dates: 3/23/2026 - 3/23/2026
Times: 10:00 AM - 11:30 AM
Sessions: 1
Days: M
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Instructor: Ian Hardin
Building: River's Crossing
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Historical narratives are simplifications but necessary ones. Otherwise, as one 19th century English scholar put it, “History becomes just one damn fact after another.” This course will focus on two of the grandest of all historical narratives. First, in the history of ideas, is the long and tortured road from the essentialist thinking of the ancient Greeks to modern existentialism. Second, is the development in recent decades of so-called Big History, which sees ALL history—natural as well as human, and from the Big Bang to current events—as a product of a common evolutionary process. Hold on to your hats!
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Fee: $23.00
Capacity Remaining: -3
Dates: 5/11/2026 - 5/13/2026
Times: 10:00 AM - 12:00 PM
Sessions: 2
Days: M W
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Instructor: Tom Keene
Building: River's Crossing
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