“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 in 1666, his followers formed a crypto-sect, later known as Dönmes, and maintained their overtly Muslim and covertly Jewish enigmatic identity over centuries. By using …
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 and the Department of History. For a complete schedule, click on this link.
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 would be impossible for a single faculty member to teach independently. Some of these courses collaborate across academic disciplines, while others collaborate with UF Libraries …
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 & Linda Bennett - SunCountry Sports Questions? Please contact Emma Stetter.
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 with Fragomen Associates, will be delivering a presentation and answering your questions related to H1B Visas and other ways to legally remain in the U.S. …
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 the surrounding area in a long conflict with airport managers and politicians. The events highlighted the peculiar position of infrastructures in a modern landscape, as …
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 Foundation Angela Betancourt - Simplify Home Organizing Jocelyn Holt - Planning Hope Questions? Please contact Emma Stetter.
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, and the Japanese American Experience” Dr. Betty Smocovitis’s presentation traces the life of Masuo Kodani (1913-1983), a promising Japanese American geneticist, who found himself a …
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 of Liberal Arts and Sciences, funded by The Andrew W. Mellon Foundation. Throughout the 2017-2020 academic years, the Humanities Center will work to identify shared …
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 through today. Engage in conversations with campus and community organizations that forefront empathy and civic responsibility. Get creative with art activities that give you a …
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 in and related to the humanities that are currently underserved. Resources may include print, digital, or audio-visual media that enhance scholarly research and teaching in …
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 individuals through film by celebrating and showcasing Asian and Asian American experiences and creative content while encouraging artistic development of individual talent, arts, and film …
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 different departments and colleges to collaborate in the classroom. Faculty members will thereby have the opportunity to create innovative undergraduate interdisciplinary courses and graduate seminars …
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 that exodus to Israel and Latin America, beginning in the 19th century. The talk is free and open to the public. Sponsored by the Alexander …
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, which are largely overlooked or neglected by museums and cultural institutions. Since his groundbreaking exhibition Mining the Museum (1992) at the Maryland Historical Society, Wilson has been the …
Electronic Portfolios
UF International CenterElectronic Portfolios allow students to reflect on their international experiences and courses while creating a digital archive of acquired skills and accomplishments. ePortfolios can be used to foster global learning, connections among experiences, and career development. Faculty and staff interested in learning more about ePortfolio practice and platforms are invited to attend this workshop. Attendees …
History of Capitalism Roundtable: Antimonopoly in the Past and Present
Pugh Hall OcoraHISTORY OF CAPITALISM ROUNDTABLE THURSDAY, 17 JANUARY 2019, 6:00 PM PUGH HALL OCORA Antimonopoly in the Past and Present In the late 19th century, many Americans thought that the government should do something about the unchecked power of industrial corporations. Congress passed the Sherman Anti-Trust Act, which makes “restraints of trade” illegal and aspired to …
Black Identity and Continuing Black Movement Activism in Brazil in an Era of Repression
Grinter Hall 376Guest Lecture by Gladys L. Mitchell-Walthour January 17 | 7:10 PM Grinter Hall 376 Dr. Mitchell-Walthour will discuss the increasing saliency of a black racial identity in Brazil as well as how black activists have organized around such identities including black women’s grassroots organizing. She will discuss how organizing has been challenged but will continue …
Tedder Family Doctoral Fellowships and Rothman Doctoral Fellowships in the Humanities DEADLINE
Tedder Family Doctoral Fellowships and Rothman Doctoral Fellowships in the Humanities (deadline Friday, January 18, 2019) The Center for the Humanities and the Public Sphere, with the support of the Tedder Family Endowed Research Award in the Humanities and the Robert and Margaret Rothman Endowment in the Humanities, offers a funding competition for UF doctoral …
Support for Workshops and Speaker Series in the Humanities DEADLINE
Support for Workshops and Speaker Series in the Humanities (deadline Friday, January 18, 2019) The Center for the Humanities and the Public Sphere solicits proposals from faculty, curators, and graduate students who wish to organize one-day events or longer-running programs, especially ones that require collaboration between groups of faculty or students. The goals of the …
Film Screening: Maestra- A Film by Catherine Murphy
Ustler Hall 200In 1961, over 250,000 Cubans joined their country’s National Literacy Campaign and taught more than 707,000 other Cubans to read and write. Almost half of these volunteer teachers were under 18. More than half were women. Narrated by Pulitzer Prize winning author Alice Walker, MAESTRA (Spanish for teacher) explores the experiences of nine of the …
Black Feminist Decolonial Thought: Notes for the 21st Century, A Conversation with Ochy Curiel and Yuderkys Espinosa
Ustler Hall AtriumBlack Feminist Decolonial Thought: Notes for the 21st Century A Conversation with Ochy Curiel and Yuderkys Espinosa January 20 | 7:00 PM Ustler Yuderkys Espinosa and Ochy Curriel will give a lecture on Black Feminism and Decolonial Activism in Latin America and the Caribbean. Sponsors: Center for Latin American Studies, UF LGBTQ Affairs, UF International Center, and …
MLK’s Legacy and the Afro- Latinx Experience in the Americas: Three Introductory Workshops
MCDA Room 2201MLK’S LEGACY AND THE AFRO-LATINX EXPERIENCE IN THE AMERICAS: THREE INTRODUCTORY WORKSHOPS ROBERTO ZURBANO AND TANYA SAUNDERS JANUARY 21-23 | 7:10 PM - 8:40 PM MCDA ROOM 2201 Roberto Zurbano- Essayist and cultural critic, past editor and publisher of the Casa de las Américas publishing house, past vice president of UNEAC, editor in chief of Catauro, …
UF Synergies: Power in Mobility and Ritual
Walker 201Wednesday, January 23, 2019 @ 4:00pm, Walker 200B Power in Mobility and Ritual Luc Houle (History, Tedder Doctoral Fellow) “On the Margins of Medieval Power: Ramon Berenguer V and Mobility” Luc Houle’s presentation will address the connection between mobility and power in the medieval world. He focuses in particular on Ramon Berenguer V, Count …
An Evening with Pam & Doug Soltis: Building, Using and Teaching the Tree of Life
The UF Fulbright Lecture Committee and the International Center are pleased to invite you to An Evening with Pam & Doug Soltis: Building, Using and Teaching the Tree of Life. Pamela and Douglas Soltis are distinguished professors at the Florida Museum of Natural History. Drs. Soltis are principal investigators in the UF Laboratory of Molecular Systematics & Evolutionary …
Symposium on Religious Minorities in Muslim Africa
Grinter 404 1523 Union Rd, Gainesville, FLThe Islam in Africa Working Group (Center for African Studies) presents A Symposium on Religious Minorities in Muslim Africa January 25-26, 2019 | 404 Grinter Hall, University of Florida This symposium focuses on religious minorities in Muslim societies in Africa. Muslims in Africa have long had encounters with various “others,” including religious others. These include Christians …
Ruins for the Future: Materializing Memories of the 1896 Hurricane at Atsena Otie, Florida
Marston Science Library 136Workshop with Kenneth E. Sassaman (Dept. of Anthropology) 12:00 pm Monday, January 28th, 2019 in Marston Science Library Visualization Lab (MSL 136) How can virtual reality and other digital technologies be used to mobilize historical knowledge that we may find useful in mitigating the negative consequences of imagined futures? The 1896 hurricane that destroyed the …
GI JEWS: Film screening and talk with Deborah Dash Moore
Hippodrome CinemaGI Jews: Jewish Americans in World War II tells the story of the 550,000 Jewish American men and women who fought in World War II. In their own words, veterans both famous (director Mel Brooks, former Secretary of State Henry Kissinger) and unknown share their war experiences: how they fought for their nation and people, …