On March 28, the HRC hosted a one-day symposium entitled “The Scopes Trial at 100: Religion, Modernity, and the Culture Wars.” Dozens of students, faculty, members of the public attended the event, which brought together a group of interdisciplinary scholars from Georgia State and other local institutions, and which was co-sponsored by the Georgia State College of Law and the Center for Hellenic Studies. More details on are available here.

On a beautiful fall evening in October, the HRC hosted a spectacular, multifaceted event at the GSU Observatory at Hard Labor Creek State Park that included a hike, an art exhibit and artists’ talk, a musical performance, and viewing the skies through the telescope.

In May 2024, a group of seven Georgia State faculty in the humanities and the humanistic social sciences worked together as HRC Faculty Fellows. The HRC’s Maymester virtual writers’ retreat encourages participants to form a supportive community of colleagues to discuss their research and cheer on each other as they progress towards their goals. Each Fellow will be sharing an in-progress work at a workshop during the upcoming academic year. Details on those workshops will be available here.