Each year, we present the Alabama Colloquium to honor our newest Alabama Humanities Fellows. In 2024, AHA's 50th anniversary, our Alabama Colloquium series concluded in Birmingham. On December 2, we honored Pulitzer-winning author Rick Bragg and Emmy-winning humorist Roy Wood Jr.
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AHA honored four new Alabama Humanities Fellows in 2024, through our Alabama Colloquium series. The concluding event, in Birmingham on December 2, honored Rick Bragg and Roy Wood Jr.
On December 2 in Birmingham, the Alabama Humanities Alliance (AHA) recognized writer Rick Bragg and humorist Roy Wood Jr. as Alabama Humanities Fellows.
This event in the Jemison Concert Hall at UAB’s Alys Stephens Center featured an in-depth conversation between two of Alabama’s finest, and funniest, writers and storytellers.
While they utilize different mediums and styles, Bragg and Wood Jr. share something at their core: They are insightful storytellers who challenge us all to think, to empathize, and to explore what it means to be human.
Our appreciation to presenting sponsors Regions Bank, Blue Cross and Blue Shield of Alabama, and Huntsville Utilities for their support.
Additional special guests included:
Rick Bragg has long been lauded as one of the most distinct, illustrative storytellers in American literature. He's authored more than a dozen books, won a Pulitzer Prize for his reporting, and now teaches writing at the University of Alabama.
Roy Wood Jr. is a comedian, an Emmy-nominated documentary producer, and was a longtime correspondent on the Emmy-winning 'The Daily Show.’ He has headlined the White House Correspondents Dinner, and been an ambassador for Birmingham’s Rickwood Field.
