The University of Georgia will present its fourth annual Humanities Festival from March 16 to April 2. The three-week festival will feature public lectures, conversations, readings and other events including an opening celebration honoring recent accomplishments by the humanities community at UGA. 

Highlights include a Pulitzer Prize-winning author and historian, the Odum Environmental Ethics Lecture on a photographic odyssey through the Okefenokee Swamp and a student-led FanZine Frenzy. 

The Humanities Festival opening celebration on March 17 will highlight significant achievements by students and faculty in the humanities and the arts during the past year. The event, which is open to the public, begins at 5:30 p.m. in the Founders Memorial Garden and will include remarks from students O-Jeremiah Agbaakin and Finn Walsh.

The festival will close on April 2 with a talk by underwater archaeologist Ashley Lemke, presented by the Georgia Museum of Natural History, and a reading and conversation with writers Tarfia Faizullah and author Jamel Brinkley organized by The Georgia Review and the Institute for African American Studies. 

“The humanities enrich our students’ academic programs and inform the mission of higher education,” said Elizabeth Weeks, interim vice provost for academic affairs, associate provost for faculty affairs and co-chair of the Humanities Council. “UGA’s annual spring Humanities Festival complements our annual fall Spotlight on the Arts festival, celebrating disciplines focused on human expression and thought.” 

See the full 2026 Humanities Festival schedule at https://willson.uga.edu/public-humanities/uga-humanities-council/2026-uga-humanities-festival/.