BEGIN:VCALENDAR VERSION:2.0 PRODID:-//ž- ECPv6.15.17//NONSGML v1.0//EN CALSCALE:GREGORIAN METHOD:PUBLISH X-ORIGINAL-URL: X-WR-CALDESC:Events for SPIA REFRESH-INTERVAL;VALUE=DURATION:PT1H X-Robots-Tag:noindex X-PUBLISHED-TTL:PT1H BEGIN:VTIMEZONE TZID:UTC BEGIN:STANDARD TZOFFSETFROM:+0000 TZOFFSETTO:+0000 TZNAME:UTC DTSTART:20250101T000000 END:STANDARD END:VTIMEZONE BEGIN:VEVENT DTSTART;TZID=UTC:20260306T100000 DTEND;TZID=UTC:20260306T150000 DTSTAMP:20260304T004443 CREATED:20251104T175130Z LAST-MODIFIED:20260105T212307Z UID:47170-1772791200-1772809200@spia.uga.edu SUMMARY:Spring 2026 MPA Visitation Day DESCRIPTION:Friday\, March 6\, 2026\, 10 AM – 3 PM (with optional tour following) \nGet an inside look into our MPA degree as you learn about our internationally renowned graduate program and meet with faculty\, students\, and alumni. For more information\, please contact Aaron Redman at aredman@uga.edu. URL:/event/spring-2026-mpa-visitation-day/ LOCATION:Baldwin Hall\, Punaro Room\, 355 S. Jackson Street\, Athens\, GA\, 30602\, United States CATEGORIES:Department of Public Administration and Policy GEO:33.9560743;-83.3735038 X-APPLE-STRUCTURED-LOCATION;VALUE=URI;X-ADDRESS=Baldwin Hall Punaro Room 355 S. Jackson Street Athens GA 30602 United States;X-APPLE-RADIUS=500;X-TITLE=355 S. Jackson Street:geo:-83.3735038,33.9560743 END:VEVENT BEGIN:VEVENT DTSTART;TZID=UTC:20260313T120000 DTEND;TZID=UTC:20260313T130000 DTSTAMP:20260304T004443 CREATED:20251209T192815Z LAST-MODIFIED:20251209T200500Z UID:47387-1773403200-1773406800@spia.uga.edu SUMMARY:MPA Program Informational Webinar DESCRIPTION:Get an inside look into UGA’s Master of Public Administration (MPA) degree as you learn about our internationally renowned graduate program and hear from faculty\, students\, & alumni. \nFriday\, March 13\, 12:00 pm EST – discussion on the MPA and careers in Public Management with Dr. Ed Kellough. URL:/event/mpa-program-informational-webinar-mar-2026/ LOCATION:Zoom CATEGORIES:Department of Public Administration and Policy END:VEVENT BEGIN:VEVENT DTSTART;TZID=UTC:20260316T140000 DTEND;TZID=UTC:20260316T150000 DTSTAMP:20260304T004443 CREATED:20251110T190711Z LAST-MODIFIED:20251212T155813Z UID:47200-1773669600-1773673200@spia.uga.edu SUMMARY:2026 Getzen Lecture on Government Accountability DESCRIPTION:2026 Getzen Lecture on Government Accountability\n• presented by • \nRussell Muirhead\nRobert Clements Professor of Democracy and Politics & Professor of Government\, Dartmouth College\nState Representative\, New Hampshire House of Representatives\nRussell Muirhead is the Robert Clements Professor of Democracy and Politics at Dartmouth College. He is the author of A Lot of People Are Saying: The New Conspiracism and the Assault on Democracy (Princeton 2020)\, which charts the way power-seekers marshal conspiratorial fabrications to elevate themselves and at the same time degrade democratic institutions. Muirhead has also written books on party polarization in American politics (The Promise of Party\, 2014)\, and the moral meaning of work in democracy (Just Work\, 2004).  Before Dartmouth\, Muirhead taught at Harvard\, Williams College\, and the University of Texas at Austin. \nWHEN: \nMonday\, March 16\, 2026\n2:00-3:00 pm \nA reception will immediately follow. \nWHERE: \nRichard B. Russell Special Collections Libraries\nAuditorium (Room 271)\n300 S. Hull Street\nAthens\, GA 30605\nView Map \nRegister \nThis event is free and open to the public\, but registration is requested. \nQUESTIONS:\nLauren Ledbetter at lledbetter@uga.edu or 706-975-8443 \nACCESSIBILITY:\nAccess can be provided for people with disabilities. Contact Lauren Ledbetter at lledbetter@uga.edu by Monday\, March 9\, 2026 for specific requests. \nThe Getzen Lecture on Government Accountability\, an annual lecture series presented by the Department of Public Administration and Policy is made possible by UGA alumni Katherine Getzen Willoughby (PhD ‘91) and Dan Hall Willoughby\, Jr. (JD ‘86) in honor of her parents\, Evangeline Sferes Getzen and Forrest William Getzen\, lifelong advocates of public service and education. \n\nThe content and opinions expressed during events hosted by the School of Public & International events do not necessarily reflect the views of nor are they endorsed by the ž or the University System of Georgia. URL:/event/2026-getzen/ LOCATION:Richard B. Russell Special Collections Library\, 300 S. Hull Street\, Athens\, GA\, 30602\, United States CATEGORIES:žOnly,Department of Public Administration and Policy END:VEVENT BEGIN:VEVENT DTSTART;TZID=UTC:20260317T113000 DTEND;TZID=UTC:20260317T123000 DTSTAMP:20260304T004443 CREATED:20251212T135459Z LAST-MODIFIED:20260210T144005Z UID:47398-1773747000-1773750600@spia.uga.edu SUMMARY:2026 Susette M. Talarico Lecture DESCRIPTION:The Criminal Justice Studies Program and the Criminal Justice Society invite you to the \n\n\n\n\n2026 Susette M. Talarico Lecture\n\n\n\n\n“Beyond Punishment: What We Can Learn from Scandinavian Prisons”\npresented by \nDr. Jordan Hyatt\nProfessor\, Department of Criminology and Justice Studies at Drexel University\nDirector\, Center for Public Policy \nWHEN:\nTuesday\, March 17\, 2026\n11:30 AM \nWHERE:\nMemorial Hall Ballroom\n101 Sanford Drive\nAthens\, GA 30602\nView Map » \n\n  \n\nThe Susette M. Talarico Lecture\, presented by the Criminal Justice Studies Program and the Criminal Justice Society\, is hosted annually in memory of Dr. Talarico\, a long-time director of the Criminal Justice Studies Program. With support from the Susette M. Talarico Fund\, the Criminal Justice Society\, the Departments of Political Science and Sociology\, this lecture series has brought practitioners and scholars to campus to speak on a wide variety of current issues in criminal justice. \n\nThe content and opinions expressed during events hosted by the School of Public & International events do not necessarily reflect the views of nor are they endorsed by the ž or the University System of Georgia. URL:/event/susette-m-talarico-lecture-2026/ LOCATION:Memorial Hall\, 101 Sanford Dr.\, Athens\, 30602\, United States CATEGORIES:Criminal Justice Studies Program,Schoolwide Events ORGANIZER;CN="Caroline Bryson":MAILTO:caelch@uga.edu END:VEVENT BEGIN:VEVENT DTSTART;TZID=UTC:20260416T120000 DTEND;TZID=UTC:20260416T130000 DTSTAMP:20260304T004443 CREATED:20251209T194042Z LAST-MODIFIED:20251209T195138Z UID:47388-1776340800-1776344400@spia.uga.edu SUMMARY:MPA Program Informational Webinar DESCRIPTION:Get an inside look into UGA’s Master of Public Administration (MPA) degree as you learn about our internationally renowned graduate program and hear from faculty\, students\, & alumni. \nThursday\, April 16\, 12:00 pm EST – discussion on the MPA and careers in Research & Data Analytics in the Public Sector with Dr. Jason Anastasopoulos. URL:/event/mpa-program-informational-webinar-apr-2026/ LOCATION:Zoom CATEGORIES:Department of Public Administration and Policy END:VEVENT BEGIN:VEVENT DTSTART;TZID=UTC:20260417T150000 DTEND;TZID=UTC:20260417T160000 DTSTAMP:20260304T004443 CREATED:20251111T151746Z LAST-MODIFIED:20260211T180714Z UID:47203-1776438000-1776441600@spia.uga.edu SUMMARY:2026 George S. Parthemos Lecture DESCRIPTION:George S. Parthemos Lecture\n“Democracy and the Courts”\npresented by \nProfessor Jack Knight\nFrederic Cleaveland Distinguished Professor of Law and Political Science\nDuke University \nWHEN:\nFriday\, April 17\, 2026\n3:00-4:00 pm\nA reception will immediately follow the lecture. \nWHERE:\nRichard B. Russell Special Collections Libraries\nAuditorium (271)\n300 S. Hull Street\nAthens\, GA 30605 \nACCESSIBILITY:\nAccess can be provided for people with disabilities. Contact Lauren Ledbetter at lledbetter@uga.edu by Wednesday\, April 8\, 2026  for specific requests. \nA renowned political scientist and legal theorist\, Professor Jack Knight’s scholarly work focuses on modern social and political theory\, law and legal theory\, and political economy. He holds a joint appointment with Duke Law School and Duke’s Trinity College of Arts and Sciences\, where he teaches in the Politics\, Philosophy and Economics Program. At the Law School\, he teaches courses on social scientific approaches to law and courts\, as well as courses on the political economy of social institutions. He is co-director of the Duke Law Center for Judicial Studies. \nProfessor Knight’s research focuses on the rules and norms that organize human activities in nations. In addition to study of the motivations and decisions of judges\, he has examined the effects of the norm of extensive prior judicial experience as a prerequisite for service on the U.S. Supreme Court\, as well as several other aspects of how courts make decisions and how judges choose their positions in opinions. \nProfessor Knight is the author of several books: Institutions and Social Conflict (Cambridge University Press\, 1992)\, Explaining Social Institutions (with Itai Sened) (The University of Michigan Press\, 1995)\, and The Choices Justices Make (with Lee Epstein) (Congressional Quarterly Press\, 1997)\, which won the American Political Science Association’s C. Herman Prichett Award for the best book published on law and courts. He co-edited Courts\, Judges and Politics (McGraw-Hill\, 6th Edition\, 2005) and has published numerous articles in journals and edited volumes on such topics as democratic theory\, the rule of law\, judicial decision-making\, and theories of institutional emergence and change. Learn More \n\nThis lecture series is named after George S. Parthemos\, who served the ž with great distinction for over 30 years until his death in 1984. During that time he served as Head of the Department of Political Science and Vice President for Instruction. He was also an extraordinary teacher. This series\, sponsored by the Department of Political Science\, honors his commitment to education. Each year\, the Parthemos Scholar not only delivers this lecture\, but teaches classes and interacts with students and faculty over two to three days. \n\nThis lecture is part of the University’s 2026 Spring Signature Lecture Series. \n\nThe content and opinions expressed during events hosted by the School of Public & International events do not necessarily reflect the views of nor are they endorsed by the ž or the University System of Georgia. URL:/event/parthemos-2026/ LOCATION:Richard B. Russell Special Collections Library Auditorium\, 300 S Hull Street\, Athens\, GA\, 30602\, United States CATEGORIES:Department of Political Science,Schoolwide Events ORGANIZER;CN="Wendi Finch":MAILTO:wendif@uga.edu GEO:33.9551026;-83.3776847 X-APPLE-STRUCTURED-LOCATION;VALUE=URI;X-ADDRESS=Richard B. Russell Special Collections Library Auditorium 300 S Hull Street Athens GA 30602 United States;X-APPLE-RADIUS=500;X-TITLE=300 S Hull Street:geo:-83.3776847,33.9551026 END:VEVENT BEGIN:VEVENT DTSTART;VALUE=DATE:20260424 DTEND;VALUE=DATE:20260425 DTSTAMP:20260304T004443 CREATED:20250806T151250Z LAST-MODIFIED:20250806T151250Z UID:45574-1776988800-1777075199@spia.uga.edu SUMMARY:2026 žUndergraduate Research Colloquium DESCRIPTION:The žUndergraduate Research Colloquium will be held on Friday\, April 24\, 2026.  This event brings together faculty and students from across žto celebrate the accomplishments of our students and the faculty that facilitate their research. \nStudents may submit research projects completed or currently in progress\, as part of course work\, CURO\, internships\, or independent research. We invite paper and poster presentation submissions on research drawing from all academic concentrations within žincluding American Politics\, International Relations\, Comparative Politics\, Political Theory\, Criminal Justice\, and Public Administration. \nLearn More » \nQuestions? Contact us at spia.urc@gmail.com. URL:/event/2026-urc/ LOCATION:Richard B. Russell Special Collections Library\, 300 S. Hull Street\, Athens\, GA\, 30602\, United States CATEGORIES:Schoolwide Events END:VEVENT BEGIN:VEVENT DTSTART;VALUE=DATE:20260425 DTEND;VALUE=DATE:20260426 DTSTAMP:20260304T004443 CREATED:20250327T142151Z LAST-MODIFIED:20260121T155906Z UID:44457-1777075200-1777161599@spia.uga.edu SUMMARY:ž25th Anniversary Celebration DESCRIPTION:Due to an unexpected adjustment to the UGA academic calendar\, the ž25th Anniversary Celebration—originally planned for March 13\, 2026—has been rescheduled to Saturday\, April 25\, 2026\, to avoid coinciding with the university’s spring break. \nFor more information about this event and other ways the School is celebrating this milestone year\, visit our 25th Anniversary page. URL:/event/spia-25th-anniversary-celebration/ LOCATION:Georgia Center for Continuing Education\, 1197 S Lumpkin St\, Athens\, GA\, 30602\, United States CATEGORIES:Schoolwide Events GEO:33.9446267;-83.3775921 X-APPLE-STRUCTURED-LOCATION;VALUE=URI;X-ADDRESS=Georgia Center for Continuing Education 1197 S Lumpkin St Athens GA 30602 United States;X-APPLE-RADIUS=500;X-TITLE=1197 S Lumpkin St:geo:-83.3775921,33.9446267 END:VEVENT BEGIN:VEVENT DTSTART;TZID=UTC:20260508T143000 DTEND;TZID=UTC:20260508T160000 DTSTAMP:20260304T004443 CREATED:20251124T145304Z LAST-MODIFIED:20251124T145304Z UID:47285-1778250600-1778256000@spia.uga.edu SUMMARY:žConvocation DESCRIPTION:The Convocation of the School of Public and International Affairs celebrates our candidates for graduation\, our alumni\, faculty and staff\, and the entire žCommunity. žstudents are recognized individually for their hard work and dedication toward earning their degree. \nVisit the žConvocation Webpage URL:/event/2026-spia-convocation/ LOCATION:Classic Center\, Akins Ford Arena\, 300 N Thomas Street\, Athens\, GA\, 30601\, United States CATEGORIES:Schoolwide Events END:VEVENT BEGIN:VEVENT DTSTART;TZID=UTC:20260529T120000 DTEND;TZID=UTC:20260529T130000 DTSTAMP:20260304T004443 CREATED:20251209T195308Z LAST-MODIFIED:20251209T195405Z UID:47389-1780056000-1780059600@spia.uga.edu SUMMARY:MPA Program Informational Webinar DESCRIPTION:Get an inside look into UGA’s Master of Public Administration (MPA) degree as you learn about our internationally renowned graduate program and hear from faculty\, students\, & alumni. \nFriday\, May 29\, 12:00 pm EST – discussion on the MPA and careers in Public Budgeting & Financial Management with Dr. Katherine Willoughby. URL:/event/mpa-program-informational-webinar-may-2026/ LOCATION:Zoom CATEGORIES:Department of Public Administration and Policy END:VEVENT BEGIN:VEVENT DTSTART;TZID=UTC:20260615T120000 DTEND;TZID=UTC:20260615T130000 DTSTAMP:20260304T004443 CREATED:20251209T195541Z LAST-MODIFIED:20251209T195611Z UID:47390-1781524800-1781528400@spia.uga.edu SUMMARY:MPA Program Informational Webinar DESCRIPTION:Get an inside look into UGA’s Master of Public Administration (MPA) degree as you learn about our internationally renowned graduate program and hear from faculty\, students\, & alumni. \nMonday\, June 15\, 12:00 pm EST – discussion on the MPA and careers in Local Government Administration with Dr. Eric Zeemering. URL:/event/mpa-program-informational-webinar-jun-2026/ LOCATION:Zoom CATEGORIES:Department of Public Administration and Policy END:VEVENT END:VCALENDAR