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Intersections: Ethics and the Public Sphere Focus Group
Intersections: Ethics and the Public Sphere Focus Group
How do you discuss public controversies? The UF Intersections - Ethics and the Public Sphere group needs your input! Participate in a focus group to discuss: Which public issues are most important for society to address? What challenges do you face in learning about controversial issues? How hard is it to discuss these issues with …
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La Casita Encuentro (Reunion): A Public Dialogue on the Past, Present and Future of a Community Institution
La Casita Encuentro (Reunion): A Public Dialogue on the Past, Present and Future of a Community Institution
Participate in a public dialogue between founding members of UF’s Institute of Hispanic-Latino Cultures, known as “La Casita,” and those who were there during its earliest years. Our participants include the students who petitioned and labored to create the house, the faculty who supported their efforts and/or became involved once the institute was up and …
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2018 Fregly Symposium
2018 Fregly Symposium
On October 4 and 5, 2018, the University of Florida George A. Smathers Libraries and the Emerging Pathogens Institute are hosting a symposium in honor of Dr. Melvin J. Fregly in Smathers Libraries Room 100. This symposium is intended to address social, cultural, and scientific issues raised by mosquito-borne illness, a subject that is vitally …
Virtual Exchange Workshop: Connecting Classrooms around the World (Part One)
Virtual Exchange Workshop: Connecting Classrooms around the World (Part One)
Virtual Exchange Workshop: Connecting Classrooms around the World - Part I Thursday, October 4 from 9:00 a.m. to 4:00 p.m. Learn how to connect your students with faculty and other students around the world through virtual exchange and UF’s Collaborative International= Teaching Network (CITN). By interacting online with peers in other regions of the world …
A Buddhist Theory of Film with Dr. Francisca Cho
A Buddhist Theory of Film with Dr. Francisca Cho
Prof. Francisca Cho | Georgetown University "A BUDDHIST THEORY OF FILM" The relationship between Buddhism and Film is often defined in terms of how films depict Buddhists and Buddhism to a broad Western audience, and how films (both with and without Buddhist characters) can depict Buddhist concepts, values, and practices. In this talk, I explore …
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What are They Working On? New Faculty Welcome
What are They Working On? New Faculty Welcome
The Center for the Humanities and the Public Sphere invites you to celebrate the invigoration of the humanities by meeting our new colleagues. Faculty and staff members working in the humanities and allied fields who arrived in Fall semester 2018 will introduce themselves and their areas of research and interest on Friday, 5 October from …
Negotiating Transitions Film Series – “A Story of Yonosuke”
Negotiating Transitions Film Series – “A Story of Yonosuke”
“Negotiating Transitions,” the 14th Annual Japan Foundation Film Series sponsored by the Department of Languages, Literatures and Cultures and the Japan Foundation. All films will be shown in Pugh 170, and start at 5:10 pm. The films are free and open to the public. In Japanese, with English subtitles. Oct 5 A Story of Yonosuke …
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Generating New Knowledge with Technologies: Case Studies in the Field and the Classroom with Dr. Caroline Bruzelius
Generating New Knowledge with Technologies: Case Studies in the Field and the Classroom with Dr. Caroline Bruzelius
Caroline Bruzelius, Anne M. Cogan Professor Emerita of Art, Art History, and Visual Studies at Duke University. Lecture, Oct. 8, 5:00-6:30 pm Dauer 219 (Ruth McQuown Room): “Generating New Knowledge with Technologies: Case Studies in the Field and the Classroom.” Livestream link available HERE. This talk looks at the use of ground-penetrating radar, laser scanning, …
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Whither the Bard: What is the Role of Shakespeare in a Multicultural Society?
Whither the Bard: What is the Role of Shakespeare in a Multicultural Society?
A discussion with Actors from a London Stage Moderated by Jeff Pufahl (Center for Arts in Medicine) and Sophia Acord (Center for the Humanities and the Public Sphere) Tuesday, October 9, 2018, 11:30am-1pm Friends of Music Room, University Auditorium William Shakespeare is generally seen as the foundation of Western literature and taught in ways that …
Digital Humanities Meet-Up: Visualizing the Past with Dr. Caroline Bruzelius
Digital Humanities Meet-Up: Visualizing the Past with Dr. Caroline Bruzelius
Visualizing the Past Digital Humanities Meet-Up with Caroline Bruzelius (Duke University) Tuesday, October 9th, 12-1pm Library West 212: Nygren Scholar’s Studio Join us for a conversation about how we can combine historical manuscripts and artistic renderings with ground-penetrating radar, laser scanning, 3D modeling and other digital technologies to understand and interpret material culture. Dr. Caroline …
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Intersections: Ethics and the Public Sphere Focus Group
Intersections: Ethics and the Public Sphere Focus Group
How do you discuss public controversies? The UF Intersections - Ethics and the Public Sphere group needs your input! Participate in a focus group to discuss: Which public issues are most important for society to address? What challenges do you face in learning about controversial issues? How hard is it to discuss these issues with …
Halfway Home: Race, Punishment and the Afterlife of Mass Incarceration
Halfway Home: Race, Punishment and the Afterlife of Mass Incarceration
While more people are incarcerated in the United States than in any other nation in the history of the western world, the prison is but one (comparatively) small part of a vast carceral landscape. The 600,000 people released each year join nearly 5 million people already on probation or parole, 12 million who are processed …
3 events,
Assembly for Action Conference
Assembly for Action is committed to educating and enabling the next generation of leaders at the University of Florida to bridge the gap between student involvement and non - profit needs in Gainesville. This innovative program is the result of a collaborative effort with various student organizations, colleges, and institutions at the University of Florida …
Pop-up Culture
Pop-up Culture
Pop-Up Culture is part of UF's celebration of National Arts & Humanities Month and takes place at the UF Plaza of the Americas on October 12, 2018 between 10am and 2pm. Join us for an array of activities that will celebrate the arts and humanities at UF. From musical performances to poetry readings and from dancing to painting, …
Community and School Safety: Risk Assessment and Prevention
Community and School Safety: Risk Assessment and Prevention
The Community and School Safety Conference will be held on October 12, 2018 at Santa Fe College. Experts in law, law-enforcement, crime prevention, and psychology will discuss and analyze this complex issue. The aim is for the conference to open the much needed civil dialogue on solving this serious problem.
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STORY:GNV
STORY:GNV
STORY:GNV is Gainesville’s first conference designed to build the community through capitalizing on the power of stories to improve the way we grow ourselves, connect with others and conduct business. Storytelling is a powerful tool for growth and its potential for great impact is resonant within the Gainesville community. This year, speaker tracks will represent …
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Pictures at the Micro-Exhibition World Premiere
Pictures at the Micro-Exhibition World Premiere
Image from Watanabe Shötei, Album of Flowers, Plants, Vegetables, and Animals, photo: Randy Batista. Inspired by a miniature album of paintings by Japanese artist Watanabe Shötei (1851 – 1918) on view in the Show Me the Mini exhibition through November 25, this composition transforms the visual elements in the paintings (line, form, color, impressions from nature) …
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Employer Perspectives on the Value of International Education in the Global Workforce” by Martin Tillman
Employer Perspectives on the Value of International Education in the Global Workforce” by Martin Tillman
17 October 2018 - 12:00 pm "Employer Perspectives on the Value of International Education in the Global Workforce" by Martin Tillman UF International Center Please join the UF International Center for expert advice on the connection between international education and career development. Martin Tillman is a nationally recognized expert, author, and thought leader. As President …
Mississippi Freedom Project: Civil Rights History in the First-Person
Mississippi Freedom Project: Civil Rights History in the First-Person
A panel of students and faculty will discuss their experiences interviewing civil rights movement veterans in Mississippi, Louisiana, and Tallahassee, Florida. This panel celebrates SPOHP’s 11th year of sending students to the Mississippi Delta to document histories of the Black Freedom Struggle.
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Workshop: “Muslim Youth and Lived Islam in Africa and Beyond”
18 -19 October 2018 Workshop: "Muslim Youth and Lived Islam in Africa and Beyond" UF Center for Global Islamic Studies The Center for Global Islamic Studies will be hosting a workshop, “Muslim Youth and Lived in Africa & Beyond” on 18 & 19 October at Grinter Hall, Room 404. The workshop will feature a keynote by Filippo Osella, “Becoming …
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Symposium: The World to Come: Art, Politics and Climate Change
Keynote - Friday, October 19, 6 pm. Reception to follow. Symposium - Saturday, October 20, 10 am – 5 pm. Reception to follow. Join us for “The World to Come: Art, Politics and Climate Change” an interdisciplinary symposium fostering dialogue around artistic experimental practices, scientific fieldwork, and anthropological research in response to the greatest planetary …
“Queer and Disabled: Sandra Gail Lambert on Writing Memoir”
“Queer and Disabled: Sandra Gail Lambert on Writing Memoir”
Join author Sandra Gail Lambert in Pugh Hall 120 for a short reading from her memoir, A Certain Loneliness, and conversation about the challenges and rewards of narrating a life trajectory informed but not determined by queerness, disability, and the expectations they engender. In writing described by Andrew Solomon as "moving, intimate, and bracing honest," …
“Dancing for the Dead: Funeral Strippers in Taiwan” with Marc L. Moskowitz
“Dancing for the Dead: Funeral Strippers in Taiwan” with Marc L. Moskowitz
19 October 2018 - 3:30 pm "Dancing for the Dead: Funeral Strippers in Taiwan" with Marc L. Moskowitz UF Languages, Literatures, and Cultures Professor Marc L. Moskowitz, University of South Carolina Funeral strippers work on Electric Flower Cars (EFC), which are trucks that have been converted to moving stages so that women can perform as the …
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Community Engagement Workshop for UF Faculty, Admin, & Community Partners
Community Engagement Workshop for UF Faculty, Admin, & Community Partners
In a workshop and public talk, Dr. Andrew Furco will address the benefits, opportunities, and challenges associated with community engagement by university faculty and students. Dr. Furco is Associate Vice President for Public Engagement at the University of Minnesota. His research focuses on exploring the impact and institutionalization of service-learning and community engagement on students, faculty, institutions, and …
2 events,
Graduate School Funding: Grad Student Panel
Graduate School Funding: Grad Student Panel
Tuesday October 23rd Graduate School Funding: Grad Student Panel (Hosted by: Graduate School) 3:00pm-3:50pm Career Connections Center
From Outreach to Engagement: Building a 21st Century Approach to Community Engagement in Higher Education
From Outreach to Engagement: Building a 21st Century Approach to Community Engagement in Higher Education
Public Lecture October 23, 3-4pm, Turlington L005 “From Outreach to Engagement: Building a 21st Century Approach to Community Engagement in Higher Education” Today’s approaches to community engagement in higher education require a refocusing of the approaches, goals, structures, and policies that undergird community outreach efforts. The forces behind this changing community engagement landscape, and the …
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UF Synergies: Ethics and Education in the Age of Accountability
UF Synergies: Ethics and Education in the Age of Accountability
Wednesday, October 24, 2018 @ 4:00 pm, Keene-Flint 05 Ethics and Education in the Age of Accountability • Jaime Ahlberg (Philosophy) “Disability as Difference: Implications for Educational Justice” Dr. Ahlberg’s talk offers a report from the inaugural summer residency at the National Center for the Humanities in summer of 2018 (sponsored by the Center for …
Beyond the Swamp Graduate Schools Fair
Beyond the Swamp Graduate Schools Fair
Hosted by the Career Connections Center: October 24, 2017 from 10am-2pm in the Reitz Union Grand Ballroom Discover All the Possibilities! Graduate and professional schools from around the country come to recruit UF students and alumni interested in pursuing higher education. This is your opportunity to network with graduate school representatives from around the state …
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The African American Heritage of Florida
The African American Heritage of Florida
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 …
My Fulbright in Seven Minutes
My Fulbright in Seven Minutes
The International Center (The Hub) Come talk to Adrian Barry Sosa, Ruxandra Sava, and Ali Husnain about their Fulbright experience. Refreshments will be served. RSVP by emailing UFFulbrightRSVP@gmail.co
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“No Way Out: Precarious Living in the Shadow of Poverty and Drug Dealing” with Waverly Duck
“No Way Out: Precarious Living in the Shadow of Poverty and Drug Dealing” with Waverly Duck
This talk illustrates how overlapping surveillance systems—police, schools, creditors, social workers, public housing officials, landlords, probation and parole officers—place multiple, contradictory demands on the residents of poor black neighborhoods that are often impossible to satisfy. Reporting on an ethnographic study of residents’ interactions with police and other agents of surveillance, it surveys a range of …
“Graduate Methods Workshop: Conducting Ethnographic Research” with Waverly Duck
“Graduate Methods Workshop: Conducting Ethnographic Research” with Waverly Duck
Waverly Duck is an urban ethnographer whose primary research examines the social order of neighborhoods and institutional settings. He has been a visiting scholar at the University of Pennsylvania and served as the associate director of the Yale Urban Ethnography Project where he is currently a Senior Fellow. His academic areas of interest are urban …
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Frankenread
Dr. Friedman’s talk, related to his book, Monstrous Progeny: a history of the Frankenstein narratives, (co-written with Allison B. Kavey) is a study of the continuing popularity of the Frankenstein story (the 200th anniversary of publication is this year) exploring the how and why the visualization of this monster has changed as the cultures and technologies …
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Lynching, Violence, and the State in Contemporary India – Inderpal Grewal (Yale University)
Lynching, Violence, and the State in Contemporary India – Inderpal Grewal (Yale University)
Thursday, November 1, 2018 4:00pm Smathers Library 100 Under the Modi government, Hindu right-wing activists and vigilantes have used Modi-government policies (prohibitions on beef-eating, for example) to target poor Muslim men in order to undercut their economic livelihood, and have circulated narratives of “love-jihad” to lynch Muslim men in relationships with non-Muslim women. At the …
Research in Progress: “Manifest Destiny at Sea: Steam Infrastructure and American Power, 1847-1857”
Research in Progress: “Manifest Destiny at Sea: Steam Infrastructure and American Power, 1847-1857”
You are invited for a Research in Progress talk in the History of Capitalism in the History Conference Room (005 Keene-Flint Hall): "Manifest Destiny at Sea: Steam Infrastructure and American Power, 1847-1857" Dr. Alicia Maggard, Postdoctoral Fellow at the Maritime Studies Program of Williams College and Mystic Seaport This presentation will examine the ways in which …
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