Preparing Applications for Residential Fellowships
Austin Cary Forest Learning Center 10625 NE Waldo Road, Gainesville, FLIn-person, masks recommended Location: http://sfrc.ufl.edu/forestcampus/ Directions: https://www.google.com/maps/d/viewer?mid=1NiuzuO0IBpUlyIClZLPgEqhp1XI&hl=en&ll=29.74293543098359%2C-82.2172665&z=14 No prior registration is required. For questions, contact Barbara Mennel at mennel@ufl.edu. The event is primarily addressing faculty members, but graduate students may attend.
Preparing Effective Book Proposals
Austin Cary Forest Learning Center 10625 NE Waldo Road, Gainesville, FLIn-person, masks recommended Location: http://sfrc.ufl.edu/forestcampus/ Directions: https://www.google.com/maps/d/viewer?mid=1NiuzuO0IBpUlyIClZLPgEqhp1XI&hl=en&ll=29.74293543098359%2C-82.2172665&z=14 No prior registration is required. For questions, contact Barbara Mennel at mennel@ufl.edu. The event is primarily addressing faculty members, but graduate students may attend.
Synergies: Reports from Residencies and Workshops at the National Humanities Center
The UF Synergies series features informal talks by the Center for the Humanities and the Public Sphere’s Rothman Faculty Summer Fellows, Tedder Doctoral Fellows, and Rothman Doctoral Fellows. Awardees of the Residencies at the National Humanities Center will also share what they learned in their respective workshops. Tace Hedrick (English) – “Sexing the Cosmic Race” …
Preserving Galaxy of Black Landmarks is an Act of Racial Justice
Smathers Library 100 1523 Union Rd, Gainesville, FLWithout a thorough reckoning with the complex and difficult history of our country, especially when it comes to race, we will not be able to overcome intolerance, injustice, and inequality.
Preserving African American Communities and Landmarks: A Conversation with Brent Leggs and Community Leaders of African American Neighborhoods and Sites
Cotton Club Museum and Cultural Center 837 SE 7th Ave, Gainesville, FLHosted at the Cotton Club Museum and Cultural Center, this event will feature a conversation with Brett Leggs and Diedre Houchen on the importance of preserving African American communities and landmarks. Reception to follow.
Discretion and the Law: Rules and Those Who Ignore Them
Smathers Library 100 1523 Union Rd, Gainesville, FLOver the course of a year in 2019 and again in 2022, Dr. Barry Lam embedded himself with police, prosecutors, defense attorneys, and judges looking for the philosophical issues that arise from the day-to-day administration of criminal justice.
Synergies: Rethinking Local Communities
The UF Synergies series features informal talks by the Center for the Humanities and the Public Sphere’s Rothman Faculty Summer Fellows, Tedder Doctoral Fellows, and Rothman Doctoral Fellows. Awardees of the Residencies at the National Humanities Center will also share what they learned in their respective workshops. Erika Davis (Ph.D. Candidate, Education) – “Exploring Latinx …
Humanities Engagement Scholars: Spooky Humanities Open House
Walker Hall 200Join the UF Center for the Humanities and the Public Sphere on Halloween for our Spooky Open House! Meet CHPS Staff and humanities professors and advisors. Drop by to learn about research, internship, and study abroad opportunities for humanities students. This event is part of the Humanities Engagement Scholars Program but all undergraduate students are …
Synergies: Carving and Examining Statues
The UF Synergies series features informal talks by the Center for the Humanities and the Public Sphere’s Rothman Faculty Summer Fellows, Tedder Doctoral Fellows, and Rothman Doctoral Fellows. Awardees of the Residencies at the National Humanities Center will also share what they learned in their respective workshops. Velvet Yates (Classics) – “Learning to Carve and …
Envision Humanities: From CV to Resume: How to Translate Your Academic Education and Work for Diverse Career Paths
The Center for the Humanities and the Public Sphere’s Graduate Public Humanities Institute is a series of workshops and events introducing the publicly engaged humanities. This interactive workshop will help you tailor your resume to effectively communicate your academic skills and experience. It will provide step-by-step processes, as well as target common terms used in …
Synergies: Public Performance
The UF Synergies series features informal talks by the Center for the Humanities and the Public Sphere’s Rothman Faculty Summer Fellows, Tedder Doctoral Fellows, and Rothman Doctoral Fellows. Awardees of the Residencies at the National Humanities Center will also share what they learned in their respective workshops. Abigail Lindo (Ph.D. candidate, Music) – “Sensing Azorean …
Public Humanities as Environmental Humanities
Smathers Library 100 1523 Union Rd, Gainesville, FLThis conversation will consider how the public and the environmental humanities together can prepare the ground, water, and atmosphere for modes of thinking that give shape to the answers we need to questions of social and environmental justice, climate catastrophe, and our sense of self and community in a devastated world.
Synergies: New Approaches to Material History
The UF Synergies series features informal talks by the Center for the Humanities and the Public Sphere’s Rothman Faculty Summer Fellows, Tedder Doctoral Fellows, and Rothman Doctoral Fellows. Awardees of the Residencies at the National Humanities Center will also share what they learned in their respective workshops. Tim Blanton (Ph.D. candidate, History) – “When Main …
Synergies: Reproduction and Colonialism in Latin America
The UF Synergies series features informal talks by the Center for the Humanities and the Public Sphere’s Rothman Faculty Summer Fellows, Tedder Doctoral Fellows, and Rothman Doctoral Fellows. Awardees of the Residencies at the National Humanities Center will also share what they learned in their respective workshops. Paola Uparela (Spanish and Portuguese Studies) – “Well-Being …
Synergies: Space and Place
The UF Synergies series features informal talks by the Center for the Humanities and the Public Sphere’s Rothman Faculty Summer Fellows, Tedder Doctoral Fellows, and Rothman Doctoral Fellows. Awardees of the Residencies at the National Humanities Center will also share what they learned in their respective workshops. Zheyuan Deng (Ph.D. candidate, Religion) – “The Spatial …
EVERYTHING YOU WANTED TO KNOW ABOUT ATTENDING GRADUATE SCHOOL BUT WERE TOO AFRAID TO ASK
Walker Hall 200Are you an undergraduate student in the humanities interested in applying to graduate school? Do you want tips on how to prepare for the next stage in your academic career? Join us to learn more about how to act like a graduate student before becoming a graduate student. Noah Mullens, program manager; and CHPS staff …
Humanities Happy Hour (Chapters 5 and 6)
First Magnitude 1220 SE Veitch Street, GainesvilleJoin UF's Center for the Humanities and the Public Sphere for "Humanities Happy Hour." Collaborate with an interdisciplinary group of faculty, grads, and community members for a discussion of Ian Hacking’s The Social Construction of What? in a relaxed atmosphere over the course of spring semester 2023. Have you ever wanted to discuss scholarship in its …
Synergies: Knowledge and History
The UF Synergies series features informal talks by the Center for the Humanities and the Public Sphere’s Rothman Faculty Summer Fellows, Tedder Doctoral Fellows, and Rothman Doctoral Fellows. Awardees of the Residencies at the National Humanities Center will also share what they learned in their respective workshops. Anton Matytsin (History) – “A History of History: …
Cookies and Careers – A Professional Development Open House for Graduate Students
Walker Hall 200Join the Career Connections Center for drop-in hours at the Center for Humanities and the Public Sphere on Tuesday, April 11th from 2:30pm-4:00pm in Walker Hall 200 Cookies will be provided! During this drop-in event, meet with Allie Simon, Associate Director for Career Engagement, and David Adams, Assistant Director for Career Pathways. Allie and David …
Humanities Happy Hour (Chapters 7 and 8)
First Magnitude 1220 SE Veitch Street, GainesvilleJoin UF's Center for the Humanities and the Public Sphere for "Humanities Happy Hour." Collaborate with an interdisciplinary group of faculty, grads, and community members for a discussion of Ian Hacking’s The Social Construction of What? in a relaxed atmosphere over the course of spring semester 2023. Have you ever wanted to discuss scholarship in its …
UF Synergies: The Politics Of Pandemics In A Global Frame
VirtualThe UF Synergies series features informal talks by the Center for the Humanities and the Public Sphere’s Tedder Doctoral Fellows.
Everything You Wanted to Know About Grants but Were Afraid to Ask: A Workshop
Smathers Library 100 1523 Union Rd, Gainesville, FLSmathers Library 100 This 4-session workshop will be led by Bill Hart-Davidson (Associate Dean for Research & Graduate Education, College of Arts & Letters, Michigan State University). Schedule: 9am - 10:30am - Charting Pathways to Intellectual Leadership (Goal Setting) This is a goal setting session for people at all career stages and in all kinds of academic …
Public Lecture by Maria LaMonaca Wisdom (Director, Faculty Mentoring and Coaching Programs, Duke University) – What Can the Humanities Teach Us about Good Mentorship?
Austin Cary Forest Learning Center 10625 NE Waldo Road, Gainesville, FL"What Can the Humanities Teach Us About Good Mentorship?" May 11, 2023 | 4pm | UF Austin Cary Forest Campus Drawing on material from her forthcoming book, How to Mentor a PhD, Dr. Maria LaMonaca Wisdom will discuss how humanistic inquiry might help us think about effective mentorship practices for both graduate students and junior faculty …
Book Launch: Collective Creativity and Artistic Agency in Colonial Latin America
VirtualAuthors and contributors to the new volume, Collective Creativity and Artistic Agency in Colonial Latin America, will converse about the book’s critical stakes and the current state of the field. A roundtable discussion will be followed by a Q&A with the audience.
Black Like He
Curtis M. Phillips Center for the Performing Arts 3201 Hull Rd, Gainesville, FLJoin us for a FREE unique theatrical exploration of life through the lens of Black men. Connect with the universal human experience through poetry, movement, and music.
Response & Recovery: An Artist’s Talk
G-6 StudioJoin a group of dance and theatre makers from San Juan, New Orleans, South Florida, and Gainesville for a thoughtful discussion about their work as it connects to expansive ideas of response and recovery.
Why A New Philosophical Anthropology?
Smathers Library 100 1523 Union Rd, Gainesville, FLThis talk will seek to explain why making a distinction between the globe and the planet as humanist categories calls for a new philosophical anthropology, starting from the arguments presented in Dipesh Chakrabarty’s recent books. This is the first event in the 2023-2024 Speaker Series: Scales of Belonging.
Name, Image, and Blackness: Race and College Football
Smathers Library 100 1523 Union Rd, Gainesville, FLThis interactive presentation will look at the racial dynamics of college football in the South in light of recent developments. This is the second event in the 2023-2024 Speaker Series: Scales of Belonging.
Research Justice: A Workshop on Collaboration
A. Quinn Jones Museum & Cultural Center 1013 NW 7th Avenue, Gainesville, FloridaThis workshop will reflect on strategies for creating equitable research collaborations, generating shared research questions for university-based researchers and community organizations. This is the third event in the 2023-2024 Speaker Series: Scales of Belonging.
Race, Detention, and Indigeneity in South Florida
Smathers Library 100 1523 Union Rd, Gainesville, FLBetween 2016 and 2019, thousands of migrant children were detained at the Homestead Temporary Shelter, a detention camp in South Miami-Dade County, Florida. This talk tells the story of the detention camp in relation to the military base, which is a crucial node in the hemispheric circulation of weapons, soldiers, and military expertise. This is the fourth and final event in the 2023-2024 Speaker Series: Scales of Belonging.