"Isa Genzken: Geometries of Lived Perspective," Lisa Lee, an assistant professor of art history at Emory University. Lee will discusses German artist Genzken, whose large wooden sculptures challenge the understanding of line and surface.

Henry Louis Gates Jr., Alphonse Fletcher University Professor and director of the Hutchins Center for African and African American Research at Harvard University, will present "Genealogy, Genetics and Race" as the 2015 Peabody-Smithgall Lecture.



Gates, a celebrated scholar and Peabody winner, has created 13 documentary films and authored 16 books and scores of articles. 

Deborah Lipstadt, Dorot Professor of Modern Jewish History and Holocaust Studies at Emory University presents "The Holocaust: An American Understanding 1945-2015"

Lipstadt was appointed by Presidents Clinton and Obama to successive terms on the U.S. Holocaust Memorial Council. A BBC film adaptation of her 2006 book, "History on Trial: My Day in Court with a Holocaust Denier," is currently in development.

Georges C. Benjamin, executive director of the American Public Health Association, presents "Becoming the Healthiest Nation: A Public Health Approach" as the College of Public Health's 10th Anniversary Lecture.



Benjamin is one of the nation's most influential physician leaders and leads the American Public Health Association's push to make America the healthiest nation in one generation.

Daniel P. Amos, chairman and CEO of Aflac and A.D. "Pete" Correll, chairman emeritus, Georgia-Pacific, will present this year's Mason Public Leadership Lecture.



Amos, who earned his Bachelor of Business Administration degree from UGA in 1973, has served as CEO of Aflac since 1990 and chairman since 2001. Correll, who earned his Bachelor of Business Administration degree from UGA in 1963, retired as CEO of Georgia-Pacific and has dedicated his life to public service.

Jack Rakove, the William Robertson Coe Professor of History and American Studies and professor of political science and law at Stanford University, will present this lecture as part of Constitution Day at UGA.

Rakove is author and editor of several books related to the founding of America, including "Original Meanings: Politics and Ideas in the Making of the Constitution."

Sponsored by the School of Public and International Affairs and the Law School.

Inglis is a former South Carolina congressman and co-founder of the Energy and Enterprise Initiative, which promotes free-enterprise solutions to climate challenges.

Sponsored by the Division of Biological Sciences, College of Engineering, College of Public Health, Franklin College of Arts and Sciences, Georgia Initiative for Climate and Society, Odum School of Ecology and the School of Public and International Affairs.

Quintin Mallette, percussion, will perform.

The Repertory Singers is a mixed chamber choir designed to offer laboratory rehearsal and performance experience for graduate-student conductors and upper-level music education students. The ensemble is designed to appeal to students (music-majors and non-music-majors) who wish to be part of an ongoing conducting masterclass environment as well as those wanting to build knowledge and skill in the areas of sight-reading, conducting gesture, rehearsal techniques, and choral repertoire.

The Hodgson Wind Ensemble will perform the following:

Children’s Overture: Eugene Bozza

Sibling Revelry: David Rakowski

Tallahatchie Concerto: Jacob ter Veldhuis

Connie Frigo, alto saxophone

Smetana Fanfare: Karel Husa

Three City Blocks: John Harbison