CED 50th Anniversary Lecture Series
The 50th Anniversary Lecture Committee worked quickly to ensure a wide-ranging and engaging variety of speakers and topics for our anniversary year. All lectures are free, and open to the public.
Lectures postponed due to the coronavirus pandemic are working to be rescheduled and updates will be posted as they become available at the CED's main lecture page.
FALL 2019
AUGUST
CED Faculty Lecture Series
August 28, 4:30 p.m., Jackson Street Building 123
Brad Davis
Ecological Planting Design: Strategies for Southeastern Landscapes
OCTOBER
CED Lecture Series
October 1, 5:00 p.m., UGA Chapel
Irina Bokova (UNESCO, former Director-General)
Preserving Global Cultural Heritage in Times of War and Conflict
This lecture is a part of the UGA Signature Lecture Series, and is co-sponsored by the Office of Academic Programs, CED, HGOR, the School of Public and International Affairs, Willson Center for Humanities & Arts, and the Law School.
Pre-lecture reception in the Jackson Street Building at 3:30 p.m.
Requests for accommodations for those with disabilities should be made as soon as possible but at least 7 days prior to the scheduled lecture. Please contact Katie Fite in the Office of Academic Programs at (706) 542-0383 or at kcfite@uga.edu to request accommodations.
CED Lecture Series
October 17, 4:30 p.m., Jackson Street Building 123
Barrett L. Kays, FASLA, Senior landscape architect and scientist at Landis, PLLC
Urban Soil Design and Climate Change in the Southeast
This lecture is co-sponsored by the Department of Horticulture in the College of Agricultural & Environmental Sciences
NOVEMBER
CED Lecture Series
November 13, 4:30 p.m., Jackson Street Building 123
Jack Carman, FASLA, owner, founder and president of Design for Generations LLC
Universal Design
Funded by the Eleanor Ferguson Vincent Fund
SPRING 2020
JANUARY
CED Faculty Lecture Series
January 15, 4:30 p.m., Jackson Street Building 123
Jack Crowley
The Sustainable University Campus: Experiences from Honduras
FEBRUARY
CED Faculty Lecture Series
February 12, 4:30 p.m., Jackson Street Building 123
Sonia Hirt
American Land Use Regulation in Comparative Perspective
CED Lecture Series
February 26, 4:30 p.m., Jackson Street Building 123
Tim Beatley, Teresa Heinz Professor of Sustainable Communities, Department of Urban and Environmental
Planning, School of Architecture at the University of Virginia
Biophilic Cities: Design for Planetary Health and Human Flourishing
Funded by the Seymour Fund
MARCH
POSTPONED - MORE INFORMATION WILL BE POSTED WHEN AVAILABLE at THIS PAGE.
CED Lecture Series
March 4, 5:00 p.m., Jackson Street Building 123
Philip Juras
The Art of Conservation
CED alumnus Philip Juras will lecture on understanding and preserving landscapes through art, coinciding with the opening of his exhibition in the Circle Gallery. A reception will follow. Presented as part of the UGA Earth Day 50th Anniversary celebration
APRIL
POSTPONED - MORE INFORMATION WILL BE POSTED WHEN AVAILABLE at THIS PAGE.
CED Lecture Series
April 3, 3:30 p.m., UGA Chapel
Adam Gopnik
Reconnecting the Arts and Sciences
Award-winning author and staff writer for "The New Yorker" will lecture on reconnecting the arts and the sciences. This lecture is co-sponsored by the Office of the Associate Provost, CED, HGOR, Franklin College of Arts and Sciences, Willson Center for Humanities & Art, and the Lamar Dodd School of Art.
Reception to follow in the Jackson Street Building.
April 4, 11:00 a.m., Jackson Street Building Critique Space
POSTPONED - MORE INFORMATION WILL BE POSTED WHEN AVAILABLE at THIS PAGE.
CED Lecture Series
Connecting with the Spirit of Place: Essays on the Southeastern Landscape
Panelists: Darrel Morrison, former CED dean; Dorinda Dallmeyer, former director of the Environmental Ethics Certificate Program; Janisse Ray, writer, activist, naturalist, member of the Georgia Writers Hall of Fame; and Alfie Vick, director of the Environmental Ethics Certificate Program.