On tap this week...

We have our fingers crossed that the coming winter weather front won't delay our programs happening this week at the Russell Library. Below is a list of scheduled events. Check back here on the blog or on our website, Twitter feed, or Facebook page tomorrow morning with updates/confirmations once we see what the weather has in store for Athens, GA.

Panel Discussion, Nuclear Threats Then & Now
Wednesday, February 12, 2014, 5:30-7:00PM
Location: Auditorium (Room 271), Richard B. Russell Building Special Collections Libraries

This event will feature a panel discussion focused on American attitudes toward nuclear culture in the wake of 1945 atomic bomb blasts and draw comparisons/contrasts to the current state of nuclear threats worldwide. How did the US government attempt to calm, warn, and protect citizens then? How do they approach these goals today? Light refreshments will be served. Featured speakers will include: Jeffrey Berejikian (School of Public and International Affairs); Loch Johnson (School for Public and International Affairs); William Keller (Center for International Trade and Security); Igor Khripunov (Center for International Trade and Security).

Panel Discussion, Nuclear Anxiety and Civil Defense in Popular Culture
Thursday, February 13, 2014, 5:30-7:00 PM
Location: Auditorium (Room 271), Richard B. Russell Building Special Collections Libraries

This event will feature a panel discussion focused on the cultural impact of the atomic bomb addressing how films, fashion, and comics of the time period were inspired and shaped by both the technology and anxiety of the nuclear age. Featured speakers will include: Kirk Willis, (Department of History); Christopher Pizzino (Department of English); José Blanco F. (Historic Clothing and Textiles Collection, College of Family and Consumer Sciences); and Christopher Sieving, (Department of Theatre & Film Studies). Light refreshments will be served.


Film Screening, Dr. Strangelove: Or How I Learned to Stop Worrying and Love the Bomb (1964)
Thursday, February 13, 2014, 7:00-9:00PM
Location: Auditorium (Room 271), Richard B. Russell Building Special Collections Libraries

This film series will explore cultural manifestations of nuclear anxiety and the Cold War politics of the time period. Each film in the series is curated and introduced by Dr. Christopher Sieving (UGA Department of Theatre and Film Studies). Light refreshments provided during intermission; doors open at 6:30PM.

More About The Film…
Dr. Strangelove: Or How I Learned to Stop Worrying and Love the Bomb (1964): An insane general starts a process leading to certain nuclear holocaust that a war room of politicians and generals frantically try to stop. Directed by Stanley Kubrick and starring Peter Sellers. (Run Tim: 95 minutes)