FLDH Webinar Series: Modeling Strong Governance and Un-Colonized Mutual Aid to Uplift Diversity and Inclusivity
Power inequities have allowed even well-intended museums and libraries to disrupt people’s knowledge of and access to cultural heritage. Libraries and museums were allies in or at least instruments of …
Haitian Creole in Higher Ed.-Speaker: Lerby Exantus M.D. – Ultrasound Master Trainer for Caris Foundation
This spring a virtual group, Haitian Creole in Higher Education Conversation Club, is beginning a 10-week pilot initiative. Once a week, Haitian Creole speakers in higher education will meet for …
Conversations in the Neighborhood: Exploring Dishes of Africa and the African Diaspora
This discussion will look at the African diet before colonization. What were the common spices used by Africans across the continent? How has colonization transformed food throughout the African Diaspora? …
International Scholars Program Info Session
Are you interested in internationalizing your UF experience, and enhancing your learning inside and outside the classroom? Would you like to acquire the knowledge and skills to become a global …
Africana Studies As Missed Education: From Carter Woodson To Afro Futures
In 1933, Carter Woodson’s “The Miseducation of the Negro” offered a US apartheid-era critique of how educational systems hindered Black community development. A generation later, post-US apartheid era Black communities …
A Panel presentation: “Race Films” & Norman Studios
Register for this event The panel will be moderated by Barbara Wingo of Norman Studios, and will feature presentations by panelists Mark Reid, Professor of English, University of Florida College …
Black American Experiences in Peace Corps Service
In honor of Black History Month, the UF International Center will be hosting a panel of Black American returned Peace Corps volunteers as they share their experiences and answer questions …
International Scholars Program ePortfolio Workshop: Getting Started
Join us for an ePortfolio Workshop where we'll go over how to get started and how to navigate wix.com, what you'll need to include, and suggested guidelines for making a …
Drawing for World Revolution
Dr. Maria Gough, Joseph Pulitzer, Jr. Professor of Modern Art. Department of History of Art and Architecture, Harvard University Professor Maria Gough lectures on the work of Gustavs Klucis (1985–1938), …
Settler Colonialism, Secrecy, and Unchilding with Nadera Shalhoub-Kevorkian
Nadera Shalhoub-Kevorkian is Professor and Lawrence D. Biele Chair in Law at the Faculty of Law-Institute of Criminology and the School of Social Work and Public Welfare at the Hebrew …
FLDH Webinar Series: Funding Digital Projects: The View from the NEH Office of Digital Humanities
The National Endowment for the Humanities has been funding digital research since its founding in 1965, and today offers more than fifteen programs that can support digital research, teaching, and …
A film screening: The Flying Ace (1926)
Register for this event The Flying Ace (1926) is a silent film made in Jacksonville, FL and inspired by the life of stunt pilot Bessie Coleman. Barbara Wingo of Norman Studios …
2021 Public Humanities Internship Program Information Session
To learn more about the 2021 Public Humanities Internship Program and application process, and the experiences of past interns, please join Dr. Kristen Galvin (Internship Coordinator) and members of the …
International Scholars Program ePortfolio Workshop: Marketing Your Experiences
In this workshop, you will learn how to market your experiences – whether they be study abroad/internships abroad, club or campus involvement, volunteering, or others. We will be hosting this …
The Florida Paradox: How Diverse Communities are Transforming the Sunshine State
This is an intersectional public program designed to highlight the struggles of civic engagement in Black and Brown communities in Florida during the Global Pandemic. Join us for an invigorating …
Graduate Public Humanities Institute: National Humanities Center Winter Virtual Residencies: Ph.D. Student Share Out
The National Humanities Center (NHC) hosts one-week themed residencies and institutes that focus on practical teaching, research, and professionalization skills. With the support from the Center for the Humanities and …
Archaeological Institute of America Martha Sharp Joukowsky Lecture: My 40 Year Search for the Battle of Actium
William M. Murray Mary and Gus Stathis Professor of Greek History University of South Florida Online at https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=18Bi8S3Lu28&feature=youtu.be FREE AND OPEN TO THE PUBLIC In 31 BC, Octavian defeated Antony …
Draco the Conciliator: New Thoughts on Old Problems
Karelisa Hartigan Lecture Series Celebrating 200 Years of Modern Greece The first lecture will be by Prof. Dr. Werner Rieß, Professor and Chair of the Department of Ancient History at …
Race to the Future? Reimagining the Default Settings of Technology & Society – Ruha Benjamin
From everyday apps to complex algorithms, technology has the potential to hide, speed, and deepen discrimination, while appearing neutral and even benevolent when compared to racist practices of a previous era. This talk explores …
Digital Humanities Working Group February Lightning Round
Melissa Jerome, Project Coordinator, will speak about the U.S. Caribbean & ethnic Florida digital newspaper project: the Caribbean & Ethnic Florida Digital News Papers Project aims to digitize and make …
FLDH Webinar Series: The Who, What, Where, When, but Mostly Why of Faculty Publishing on Their Own Domain
This is a story about the University of North Florida’s implementation of a “Domain of One’s Own”. The Who is you, and the What is easy - a faculty domain …
Haitian Creole in Higher Ed.: Pierre Richard Fethiere – Agronomist, Consultant, and Researcher
Richard Fethiere is an agronomist with over 30 years' experience in international development and environmental agriculture, agricultural extension, program assessment and evaluation, staff training and higher education. He earned his …
UF History Workshop: Heather Vrana
“Todo el Amor: Disability Internationalism in the FMLN” Prof. Heather Vrana: http://www.heathervrana.com/ A historian of modern Central America, she is author of This City Belongs to You: A History of Student Activism …
Careers at USAID and the Department of State
Please join us for the second installment of Careers at USAID and the Department of State. In honor of Black History Month, USAID and the Department of State will host …
4th UF Classics Graduate Student Symposium: Myths and Societies: A Cross-Cultural and Intertemporal Approach
"Myths and Societies: A Cross-Cultural and Intertemporal Approach" and will present 14 papers and span the ancient, medieval, and modern worlds in their themes. We are employing a respondent system …
Graduate Public Humanities Institute: Going Public! Engaging Broader Publics through Writing and Social Media
Workshop leader: Dr. David M. Perry (History Advisor, University of Minnesota and freelance journalist) How does working with the public fit into academic life in the year 2021? This active …
International Scholars Program and Peace Corps Prep ePortfolio Workshop
Join us for an ePortfolio Workshop where we'll go over how to get started and how to navigate wix.com, what you'll need to include, and suggested guidelines for making a …
UF Synergies: Female Friends and Saints in the Arts
Please pre-register for the event through the Zoom link. Allison Raper (Art History), Rothman Doctoral Fellow: “The Lady in Red: Francesco di Vannuccio's Croce Dipinta and the Iconography of Mary …
Virtual Discussion Group on Race After Technology with Ruha Benjamin
UF students are invited to a virtual book discussion with Professor Ruha Benjamin on her 2019 book Race After Technology: Abolitionist Tools for the New Jim Code. In this book, Benjamin …
Humanities Research in the Pandemic – Public Forum
How has the pandemic affected humanities scholarship? What are particular challenges to research? How have faculty and graduate students adapted to increased time commitment for teaching, the suspension of travel, …