THE UNIVERSITY OF GEORGIA VOL. 19, NO. 1 A UNIT OF THE OFFICE OF THE VICE PRESIDENT FOR RESEARCH FALL 2005 Ambassador Gertrude Mongella Accepts the 2005 Delta Prize Ambassador Gertrude I. Mongella receiving today, and in of Tanzania accepted the 2005 Delta gratefulness to the Prize for Global Understanding at an University of Georgia, award ceremony at the Georgia I would like to create a Center for Continuing Education on collaborative endeavor March 1. with your international Ambassador Mongella, elected service program to the first President of the Pan-African enable students and Parliament on March 18, 2004, has faculty to work with me advanced intercultural and inter- on projects that will national understanding on the benefit both women continent of Africa in exercising her and children, primarily responsibilities over many years as a in Tanzania, with the political leader. Before her expectation of event- appointment to the Pan-African ually expanding our Parliament, she served the people of efforts to cover the rest Africa as Member of Parliament in of Africa.” Tanzania, Goodwill Ambassador to The Delta Prize the World Health Organization for Global Under- representing Africa, Leader of the standing, endowed by OAU Election Observer Team to Delta Air Lines and Zimbabwe for the 2002 presidential administered by the election, Member of the Council of University of Georgia, “The Future” at UNESCO, was created by Gary K. President of the NGO Advocacy for Bertsch, Director of Women in Africa, U.N. Assistant the Center for Inter- Gertrude I. Mongella Secretary General and Secretary national Trade and General for the Fourth World Security, and Betty Jean Craige, Ambassador Mongella follows Conference on Women in Beijing in Director of the Center for President Václav Havel (2004), Mrs. 1995. In all of these positions, and in Humanities and Arts, to honor Sadako Ogata (2002), President numerous others, Mongella acquired individuals who successfully promote Mikhail Gorbachev (2001), renown for promoting a better greater understanding among Archbishop Desmond Tutu (2000), understanding of the needs of cultures and nations. Its selection and President and Mrs. Jimmy women and children. process involves a UGA student Carter and The Carter Center Mongella concluded her accept- selection committee, composed (1999). Ambassador Mongella’s ance speech with the following primarily of Foundation Fellows and remarks were published in the annual challenge to the University: “In Ramsey Honors Scholars, and an proceedings of the Delta Prize award appreciation of the Delta Prize I am international Delta Prize Board. ceremony. 2 CENTER FOR HUMANITIES AND ARTS Fall 2005 FROM THE EDITOR The University of Georgia is the home of the George Foster Peabody Awards, which since 1941, when they were first presented for 1940 radio productions and activities, have become the most prestigious honors bestowed in electronic media. They perpetuate the memory of George Vol. 19 • No. 1 • Fall 2005 Foster Peabody (1852-1938), a banker, philanthropist, and Center for Humanities and Arts benefactor of the University from Columbus, Georgia. 164 Psychology Building The Peabody Awards Program, housed in the Grady Athens, GA 30602-3001 College of Journalism and Mass Communication, is Phone: (706) 542-3966 directed by Horace Newcomb, Lambdin Kay Chair for Fax: (706) 542-2828 the Peabodys in the Department of Telecommunication. e-mail: [email protected] Scholars in the humanities and the arts benefit in many http://www.cha.uga.edu ways from the Peabody Awards. Not only has the Peabody Program brought attention to the University in the cable and broadcast industry, but it has also built on our campus Betty Jean Craige, an enormous collection of outstanding productions in Director radio and television. The Peabody Awards Collection, under the management of Ruta Abolins, director of the Walter J. Brown Media Archives and Peabody Awards Collection, holds more than 45,000 titles, with radio programs dating from 1940 and television from 1948. Housed on the seventh floor of the Main Library, the collection continues A D VISORY BOARD to grow, since every year’s entries are deposited with the Library after the Joel Black selection process is completed. Professor of Comparative Literature All the 45,000 programs, nominated by the electronic media industries José Luis Gómez Martínez as their very best, are available for study by faculty and students at the Distinguished Research Professor of University of Georgia and by scholars coming here from other institutions Romance Languages for that purpose. For researchers and for teachers, these materials provide John Inscoe visual histories of our nation’s culture over the past six decades. Let me just Professor of History mention a few sample items in the collection: Richard Neupert “Man-space-time,” broadcast in 1957 by KDKA-TV in Pittsburgh, Professor of Theatre and Film Studies depicts the efforts of the United States, including building a gen- Sylvia Pannell eration of young scientists, to beat the Soviet Union to the moon; Professor of Theatre and Film Studies Art Rosenbaum “Frank Lloyd Wright,” broadcast in 1958 by WKY News in Oklahoma Wheatley Professor in the Arts City, features an interview with the architect Frank Lloyd Wright; Fran Teague “Appalachian Spring,” broadcast in 1959 by New York Educational Professor of English Television and Radio Center in New York, records Martha Martha Thomas Graham’s dance composition, “Appalachian Spring,” set to Aaron Professor of Music Copland’s symphonic work; “Martin Luther King, Jr.,” broadcast in 1968 by National Educational Television and Radio Center, follows Martin Luther King, Jr. and A D MINISTRATION the SCLC (Southern Christian Leadership Conference) around Betty Jean Craige the country as they prepare for the March on Washington. The Director film, which began as a documentary about the 1968 Poor People’s University Professor of Campaign, turned into a tribute to King after his assassination in Comparative Literature April of that year; Lloyd Winstead “Masterclass with Menuhin,” broadcast in 1988 by Canadian Program Coordinator and Assistant to the Director Broadcasting Corporation, presents Yehudi Menuhin’s master class for some of Canada’s gifted violin students and then a performance Julie Dingus by Menuhin and Corey Cerovsek of Bach’s Double Violin Office Manager Concerto at the Guelph Spring Festival; (Continued on page 5) F all 2005 CENTER FOR HUMANITIES AND ARTS 3 ANNOUNCEMENTS Current Competitions: Deadlines Aug. 25, Sept. 8, Oct. 4, and Nov. 17 The Center for Humanities and The CHA Visiting Artist and arts. The program is funded by Arts administers the on-campus Program brings to campus for five the University of Georgia Research nomination process for the days or nine days in the following Foundation and administered by National Endowment for the academic year distinguished artists the Center for Humanities and Humanities Summer Stipend. and performers, nominated by Arts. Deadline: October 4. Deadline: August 25. The two faculty, to conduct workshops for UGARF Senior Faculty individuals selected as UGA faculty and graduate students and Research Grant Program awards nominees then submit their to give public presentations. grants to associate and full proposals to the NEH. Deadline: September 8. professors for research projects in The CHA Junior Faculty The CHA Visiting Scholar the humanities and arts. The Summer Fellowship Program Program brings to campus for five program is funded by the provides grants to junior faculty days or nine days in the following University of Georgia Research (within ten years of their terminal academic year distinguished Foundation and administered by degree) to enable them to attend scholars, nominated by faculty, to the Center for Humanities and summer institutes or formal interact intensively with faculty and Arts. Deadline: October 4. academic programs. Deadline: graduate students and to give The CHA Conference/Exhi- November 17. public lectures. Deadline: bition/Performance Grant Program The CHA Graduate Student September 8. awards grants of up to $7,500 to Research and Performance The CHA Book Subvention faculty for the organization on Grant Program provides $1000 Program supports scholarship in campus of research conferences, grants in the current academic year the humanities and the arts at the exhibitions, and performances in to graduate students in the University of Georgia by providing the following academic year. humanities and the arts for subvention when necessary to Priority may be given to projects expenses related to completion of ensure the publication of excellent for which external funding has been their terminal degree. Deadline: research that brings credit to the solicited. Deadline: November 17. September 8. author and to the University of The Collaborative Instruction Through the CHA Department- Georgia. Deadlines: September 8 Program supports team-taught Invited Lecturer Competition, and January 26. interdisciplinary courses by the Center provides $600 grants in UGARF Junior Faculty providing a grant to the department the current academic year to Research Grant Program awards of one of the collaborators for one subsidize lectures organized by grants to assistant professors for course release time. Deadline: departments. Deadline: September 8. research projects in the humanities November 17. ❖ EXTERNAL GRANTS IN HUMANITIES AND ARTS: 2005–2006 Benjamin Ehlers (History): National Endowment for the Humanities, $3,250