Tonight's Panel Discussion Postponed

Due to inclement weather, the University of Georgia campus is closed today, Wednesday, January 29, 2014.

Tonight's scheduled panel discussion, Nuclear Anxiety and Civil Defense in Popular Culture, has been postponed. This event will now take place on Thursday, February 13th from 5:30-7:00PM in the auditorium of the Special Collections Building. A description of the event is displayed below. If you have have any questions please email russlib@uga.edu or call (706) 542-5788. Russell Library staff will be back in the office tomorrow to respond to your questions. 

Please mark your calendars with this new date and we hope to see you on February 13th!

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

Description: 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 following the discussion.