“Real Men Die Wrapped in Horsehide: ” and Other Tales of Modern Masculinity. A talk by Sabine Frühstück
Fine Arts B, Room 105“Real Men Die Wrapped in Horsehide: ” and Other Tales of Modern Masculinity. A talk by Sabine Frühstück, University of California at Santa Barbara This talk considers the history of modern masculinities, spanning the early processes of nation-state formation and empire building, through defeat and democratization. About 150 years ago, scientists, reformers, and government officials made …
From Colored to Black: The Stories of North Central Florida
Squitieri Studio TheatreFrom Colored to Black encompasses over eighty years of Florida’s Black Oral History with stories from the St. Augustine Civil Rights Movement, the resettlement of Rosewood, Gainesville’s Old Lincoln High School, and more. This unique theatrical experience provides the foundation for critical dialogue around Black History and identity. Written & Co-Directed by: Brittney M Caldwell …
Fulbright Student Program Info Session (Student) With Michelle Bolourchi*
UF International CenterElectronic Portfolios Workshop
UF International Center's Small Conference RoomElectronic 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 …
“Postracial Resistance: Black Women, Media and the Uses of Strategic Ambiguity”
Smathers Library 100 1523 Union Rd, Gainesville, FLPlease join the UF Mellon Intersections Group on Global Blackness and Latinx Identity in welcoming the first speaker in the Beyond Borders, Across Boundaries: Black and LatinX Knowledge Formations Speaker Series: Ralina Joseph, University of Washington. Ralina L. Joseph is an associate professor of Communication, and adjunct associate professor of American Ethnic Studies and Gender, Women, Sexuality Studies at the University …
Fulbright Student Program Info Session (Faculty) With Michelle Bolourchi*
UF International CenterHow Michelle Obama Became the Most Beloved Black Woman in America: A Look at Our Forever FLOTUS Before “Becoming”
Ustler Hall AtriumPlease join the UF Mellon Intersections Group on Global Blackness and Latinx Identity in welcoming the first speaker in the Beyond Borders, Across Boundaries: Black and LatinX Knowledge Formations Speaker Series: Ralina Joseph, University of Washington. Ralina L. Joseph is an associate professor of Communication, and adjunct associate professor of American Ethnic Studies and Gender, Women, Sexuality Studies at the University …
Research Fundamentals Workshops Series: Experimental Research Designs– Dave Schwieder
Marston Science Library L308Research Fundamentals Workshops Series Held in Marston Science Library L308 at 3:00 pm. Reservations requested but not required. All workshops are free and open to all. See here for full list of upcoming workshops in the library. March 20 - Experimental Research Designs– Dave Schwieder This workshop provides an overview of experimental research, including the …
Authors@UF: Dr. Barbara Mennel
Smathers Library 100 1523 Union Rd, Gainesville, FLBarbara Mennel Rothman Chair and Director, Center for the Humanities and the Public Sphere Associate Professor, Departments of Languages, Literatures, and Cultures, and English. Wednesday, March 20, 2019 3:30 p.m., Smathers Library, Room 100 Women at Work in Twenty-First-Century European Cinema University of Illinois Press, 2019 From hairdressers and caregivers to reproductive workers and power-suited executives, images of women’s labor …
From Segregation to Black Lives Matter: A Symposium and Celebration of the Opening of the Joel Buchanan Archive of African American Oral History at the University of Florida
George A. Smathers LibrariesJanuary 11, 2019: For Immediate Release The Samuel Proctor Oral History Program at the University of Florida announces: From Segregation to Black Lives Matter. A Symposium and Celebration of the Opening of the Joel Buchanan Archive of African American Oral History at the University of Florida Free registration is available here. Contact: Tamarra Jenkins, (352-392-7168), …
Plotting the Garden: Politics and Narrative in the Literature and Culture of Gardens
“Plotting the Garden” is a two-day conference at the University of Florida that explores the intersection of gardens as physical plots of land cultivated for a purpose; as narrative plots that tell a story; and as political plots that convey identity, power, and even intrigue. We seek to mobilize what George McKay calls “horticultural politics” …
DEADLINE: Humanities and the Sunshine State: Florida Water Stories
Applications due for 2019 Humanities and the Sunshine State: Florida Water Stories Program.
Managing Fulbright Recruitment and Retention with Debra Anderson, Scott Davis, and Matt Mitterko
UF International CenterCHPS Search Committee Meeting
CHPS Yavitz Conference Room - 200B Walker HallSearch Committee Meeting
Walker 200Research Fundamentals Workshops Series: 3D Printing for Research – Sara Gonzalez
Marston Science Library L308Research Fundamentals Workshops Series Held in Marston Science Library L308 at 3:00 pm. Reservations requested but not required. All workshops are free and open to all. See here for full list of upcoming workshops in the library. March 21 – 3D Printing for Research – Sara Gonzalez
HESCAH Lecture | Plotting the Roman Garden
Harn Museum of Art 3259 Hull Rd, Gainesville, FloridaJoin the School of Art + Art History for Plotting the Roman Garden, a HESCAH lecture given by Dr. Bettina Bergmann, the Helene Phillips Herzig '49 Professor of Art History at Mount Holyoke College on Thursday, March 21 at 6 p.m. in the Chandler Auditorium at the Samuel P. Harn Museum of Art. Free and open …
From Inscribing to Emoticoding: A workshop on human-readable information encoding with Angelos Barmpoutis
Research Education and Visualization Environment at the Digital Worlds Institute (NRG building).Human-readable information encoding has transitioned throughout human history utilizing the available technologies. During this evolution, humans familiarized themselves with various encoding schemes beyond natural language alphabets, such as Braille, Tally marks, and much more recently Morse code, Cellphone texting in 4×3 numerical keypads, emoticoding, and many others. This presentation discusses the common elements behind these encoding schemes and showcases …
Humanities Engagement Scholars Meet-Up
CHPS Yavitz Conference Room - 200B Walker HallAre you an undergraduate interested in what it means to be in graduate school? Meet graduate students who study the humanities or emphasize humanities approaches in the social sciences. The following graduate students will talk about their research and life in graduate school: Nolan Cannon, Philosophy Andreina Fernandez, Center for Gender, Sexuality, and Women’s Studies …
The 14th Annual Conference of the Social Sciences (CSS)
Reitz Union - Various RoomsFor the past 14 years, the Florida Society of the Social Sciences (F3S) has strived to provide a unique forum for Florida’s scholars of the social and humanistic sciences to engage with others around issues of social import and impact. The cornerstone of F3S’s efforts is the Annual Conference of the Social Sciences, where hundreds of graduate and …
Once More at the River: From MLK to BLM
Harn Museum of Art 3259 Hull Rd, Gainesville, FloridaOnce More at the River: From MLK to BLM, a one-hour documentary, explores the rich and continuing history of political activism in Memphis since Dr. Martin Luther King, Jr. was assassinated there in 1968. This activism has often involved confrontation and sometimes controversy. This story, told through oral history interviews of more than 20 Memphis-based …
“We Crossed a Bridge and It Trembled: Voices from Syria,” A Talk by Dr. Wendy Pearlman
Smathers Library 100 1523 Union Rd, Gainesville, FLBased on interviews with hundreds of Syrians conducted over four years across the Middle East, Europe, and the United States, "We Crossed a Bridge and It Trembled: Voices from Syria" chronicles the war from its origins to its present horror, solely through the words of ordinary people transformed by its unfolding. Parents, children, students, teachers, …
“Early Experiments in Digital Postcolonial Studies” with Deepika Bahri
Dauer 219This brief talk will revisit the creation of the Postcolonial Studies @ Emory web site in 1996 as an example of early postcolonial digital praxis, its evolution in today's information rich digital environment, and speculations about the future of postcolonial digital humanities.
“Postcolonial Biology” with Deepika Bahri
Dauer 219“Postcolonial Biology” Tuesday, March 26, 3:00 pm in Dauer 219 Postcolonial Biology investigates how minds and bodies have been shaped by colonial contact, to create deeply embedded hierarchies among the colonized. Moving beyond “North/South” thinking, Bahri reframes the questions of postcolonial bodies to address all societies, whether developed or developing. Engaging in innovative, highly original readings …
Search Committee Meeting
Walker HallResearch Fundamentals Workshops Series: Deciding Where to Publish– Suzanne Stapleton
Marston Science Library L308Research Fundamentals Workshops Series Held in Marston Science Library L308 at 3:00 pm. Reservations requested but not required. All workshops are free and open to all. See here for full list of upcoming workshops in the library. March 27 - Deciding Where to Publish– Suzanne Stapleton Are you writing up your STEM research results? Learn …
Punch of the Autochtones
College of the Arts Lecture Hall - FAB 0105Jan Čumlivski is a Prague-based graphic designer, book artist, and historian of graphic design. He has won many prizes for his art-books, and teaches at Prague’s Academy of Art, Architecture and Design and Bratislava’s Academy of Fine Arts and Design. His talk will focus on samizdat, the clandestine text-image practice of self-publishing formerly common across …
ePortfolio Workshop: Getting Started
UF International CenterJoin the UF International Center for an ePortfolio Workshop in their Center's Large Conference Room. The presentation will go over how to get started and how to navigate wix.com, what you'll need to include, and suggested guidelines for making a polished, reflective, and career-driven ePortfolio as part of the International Scholars Program and Peace Corps Prep.