Frankenread
Library WestDr. 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 …
Research in Progress: “Manifest Destiny at Sea: Steam Infrastructure and American Power, 1847-1857”
Keene Flint 005You 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, …
Lynching, Violence, and the State in Contemporary India – Inderpal Grewal (Yale University)
Smathers Library 100 1523 Union Rd, Gainesville, FLThursday, 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 …
“Technology, Fiction, and our Future: An Interview with Rob Reid”
Turlington L005Rob Reid will address the impact of emerging technologies on the future of humanity, and the role of (science) fiction in preparing us for fast-paced global change. Rob Reid is …
Baraza: Alioune Sow, “Transitional Memoirs in Mali”
Grinter 404 1523 Union Rd, Gainesville, FLEternal Life: A Talk by Author Dara Horn
TBAAs part of the American Jewish culture endowment at UF, the writer Dara Horn will be speaking this fall, while she's on tour for her new novel, Eternal Life. She …
Getting Creative: Translation and Etymology as Cultural Narratives of Sustainability and Resilience with Dr. Simon Richter
Dauer 219Simon Richter, Professor and Chair of the Department of Germanic Languages and Literatures at the University of Pennsylvania. Lecture, November 13, 5:00-6:30 pm Dauer 219 (Ruth McQuown Room): “Getting Creative: …
Book Launch: Learning from Madness: Brazilian Modernism and Global Contemporary Art
College of the Arts Lecture Hall - FAB 0105Please join the UF School of Art + Art History for the book launch of "Learning from Madness: Brazilian Modernism and Global Contemporary Art." University of Chicago Press, 2018. Presentation by …
What to do with the Art of Monstrous Men?
Harrell Medical Education Building, 460Claire Dederer will speak on "What to do with the Art of Monstrous Men?" Claire Dederer is the author of two critically acclaimed memoirs: Love and Trouble: A Midlife Reckoning …
Polder-Geist: Dutch Responses to Rising Sea Levels and Sinking Cities in the Netherlands, the United States and Asia
Dauer 215Workshop, November 14, Dauer 215 (12:00-1:30 pm): “Polder-Geist: Dutch Responses to Rising Sea Levels and Sinking Cities in the Netherlands, the United States and Asia.” Livestream link available HERE. Coastal …
UF Synergies: Anti-Anti-Semitism and Holocaust Memory, Then and Now
Walker 201Wednesday, November 14, 2018 @ 4:00 pm, Walker 201D Anti-Anti-Semitism and Holocaust Memory: Then and Now Rachel Gordan (Center for Jewish Studies & Religion) “1940s: The Decade of Anti-Anti-Semitism” Dr. …
Love that Moves the Sun and Stars: A Workshop on Love in Italian Literature and Culture
Judaica Suite, Library EastItalian Studies, the UF Honors Program and the Center for Medieval and Early Modern Studies with the generous sponsorship of the Hal and Ruth Smith Fund, Henry and Sue Tosi …
Transformative Imaginations: Decarceration and Liberatory Futures A report from the 2019 Imagining America National Gathering
Pugh Hall 210Thursday, November 15th, 2019 1:30-2:30pm, Pugh Hall 210 Imagining America (IA) is a consortium of universities and organizations dedicated to advancing the public and civic purposes of the arts, …
“Muslim Converts or Crypto Jews? Sabbatean Communities in the Ottoman Empire and Turkish Republic” with Dr. Cengiz Şişman
Keene Flint 005Sabbatai Sevi, a seventeen century Ottoman Jewish messianic claimant, led one of the largest religious movements in Jewish and Islamic history. When Ottoman authorities forced Sevi to convert to Islam …
Strange Careers: 50 Years of Southern Women’s History
Keene Faculty CenterNovember 27-29, 2018 Keene Faculty Center, Dauer Hall Hosted by the Richard J. Milbauer Program in Southern History and co-sponsored by the Center for Gender, Sexualities, and Women’s Studies Research …
Team Teaching from Classroom to Gallery
Harn Museum of Art 3259 Hull Rd, Gainesville, FloridaHave you ever thought about team-teaching a course at UF? Collaboration can energize our teaching just as it does our research. Through team-teaching, faculty are creating innovative undergraduate courses that …
Dilemmas and Debates Fall 2018 Speaker Series
Bryan Hall Room 130A Family Business Panel with the following featured speakers and their businesses: Chris & Tim Tassin – Hingenuity Jamie McClave Baldwin & Jim McClave – InfoTech Jodi Bennet Hunt & …
Transitioning to an Employment Based Visa: Featuring Immigration Attorney Aaron Blumberg
Career Connections CenterAs part of the Career Connections Center's International Student Series, learn about different ways to obtain an employment based Visa post-graduation in this informational workshop. Aaron Blumberg, an Immigratiion Attorney …
Tentacles of the Technosphere: The Protest against Frankfurt Airport 1962-1987 with Professor Michael Schuering
Pugh Hall 302The expansion of Frankfurt airport was a fiercely contested issue in the 1970s and early 1980s. The construction of a new runway galvanized the German ecological movement and the residents of …
Dilemmas and Debates Fall 2018 Speaker Series
Bryan Hall Room 130A Balancing Work & Life Mindfully Panel Event with the following featured speakers and their businesses: Darin Cook - Infinite Energy Ron & Diane Farb - Climb for the Cure …
UF Synergies: The Production of Race in Music and Science
Walker 201Wednesday, December 5, 2018 @ 4:00 pm, Walker 201D The Production of Race in Music and Science Vassiliki (Betty) Smocovitis (Biology and History, Rothman Faculty Summer Fellow) “Masuo Kodani, Genetics, …
Intersections Retreat
Library West 212 (Scott Nygren Studio)Intersections: Animating Conversations with the Humanities is a 3-year initiative of the Center for the Humanities and the Public Sphere at the University of Florida (UF) in the UF College …
Humanities and the Sunshine State Summer Programs Alumni Gathering
History Department LibraryGathering for alumni of our past Humanities and the Sunshine State Summer Programs. Pizza lunch included.
Search Committee Meeting
CHPS Yavitz Conference Room - 200B Walker HallI, Too, Sing America
Explore photographs that highlight the faces, spirit and energy of the people behind the Civil Rights Movement of the late-1950s and 1960s. Hear poetry and prose highlighting struggles for justice …
Library Enhancement Program in the Humanities DEADLINE
Library Enhancement Program in the Humanities (deadline Friday, January 11, 2019) This grant program allows faculty and graduate students to expand the existing University of Florida library collections in areas …
Asian American Student Union Film Fest
Reitz Union - Various RoomsAASU Film Fest will be highlighting Asian American representation in cinema while giving members the opportunity to send in short films. The mission of AASU Film Fest is to empower …
Interdisciplinary Team-Teaching in the Humanities DEADLINE
Interdisciplinary Team-Teaching in the Humanities (deadline Monday, January 14, 2019) The Center has sponsored this program in conjunction with the University of Florida Honors Program to encourage faculty members in …
Between Israel and the Caribbean Seaboard: The Worldwide Web of Jewish Moroccan Migrants
Judaica Suite, Library EastThis lecture examines the process of Jewish emigration from Spanish-dominated northern Morocco, and points to the trans-regional, inter-personal, communal and institutional networks that jointly shaped the character and pace of …
Visiting Artist Lecture: Fred Wilson
Little Hall 109Speaker: Fred Wilson Location: Little Hall 109 Lecture Date: January 15, 2019 Bio: Fred Wilson is an artist whose work investigates museological, cultural, and historical issues regarding race and other subjects, …