Gorgas Library
Dangerous Landscapes Panel Discussion
Gorgas Library 711 Capstone Drive, Tuscaloosa, AL, United StatesA panel discussion titled “An Uncertain Climate: Alabama in the Age of Climate Change” will take place on September 21, 2021, from 4:00 to 5:30 p.m. in the Camellia Room on the 2nd floor of Gorgas Library. Panelists will be Christine Bassett, Scientist/Engineer III, Cherokee Nation in support of NOAA’s Weather Program Office, Cribelli and Grant. This panel discussion is part of Dangerous Landscapes, a CARI Joint Pilot for Arts Research (JPAR) project that was co-sponsored with the Alabama Life [...]
Martha Graham’s Cold War: Scholarship and Collaboration at the Intersection of Dance and History
Gorgas Library 711 Capstone Drive, Tuscaloosa, AL, United StatesJoin us for a book talk and round table discussion! March 3rd, 5pm Yellowhammer Room, Gorgas Library Although modern dancer Martha Graham claimed, “I am not political,” she and her company performed at the behest of the State Department on five continents during the administrations of eight U.S. presidents. From a White House performance for the Roosevelts in 1937, to a planned tour under George H.W. Bush to Eastern Europe in November 1989, noted scholar Dr. Victoria Phillips, Ph.D. connects readers to the depths [...]