Center for the Humanities and the Public Sphere

Jane Landers, director of the Slave Societies Digital Archive, and Steve Noll, UF Department of History, will give a lecture on their book The African American Heritage of Florida.

The “Florida and the Caribbean” books showcase a long, distinguished history of publishing works of Latin American and Caribbean scholarship that connect through generations and places. The breadth and depth of the list demonstrate Florida’s commitment to transnational history and regional studies. Today’s readers will benefit from having free and open access to these works, as they provide unique perspectives on the historical scholarship on Florida and the Caribbean and serve as a foundation upon which today’s researchers can build.

The Florida and the Caribbean Open Books Series is made possible through a grant from the National Endowment for the Humanities and the Andrew W. Mellon Foundation, under the Humanities Open Books program.

The event will be held in Smathers Library 100.