Learning Islam And Craft: Muslim Artisans’ Embodied & Textual Knowledge In Colonial India – Amanda Lanzillo (Princeton University)
ZoomThis online lecture will be held by the Center for Global Islamic Studies at the University of Florida with Dr. Amanda Lanzillo (Princeton University), moderated by Dr. Ali Mian (Religion). Register on Zoom
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 …
Graduate School in the UK, Highlighting the Marshall Scholarship
ZoomThe UF Honors Program is organizing a talk featuring, the Vice Consul of Public Affairs from the British Consulate-General in Miami, Mr. Alex Miles, who will host a one-time, UF-exclusive info session on the "nuts and bolts" of graduate study in the UK. Mr. Alex Miles, will host a one-time, UF-exclusive info session followed by …
Film Premier: “The Life of Oscar Mack: The Bridge of Freedom to Love”
Pugh Hall, MacKay AuditoriumWorld Premiere of Oscar Mack — a film celebrating the life and experiences of the remarkable Oscar Mack, who challenged the Florida Ku Klux Klan in the 1920s. Watch the trailer! Attend in person in Pugh Hall, MacKay Auditorium or join on Zoom. For Zoom, register here: https://bit.ly/3HDa6TM For in-person, register here: https://bit.ly/3ZIfVWb The 1920s …
Stage Body, Stage Gender: Kabuki Actors and Print Identity in Early Modern Japan – Satoko Shimazaki (UCLA)
Ustler Hall AtriumJoin the Department of Langugages, Literatures and Cultures for a public lecture by Dr. Satoko Shimazaki (UCLA). In this talk, Dr. Sakoto Shimazaki explores the star system that emerged in the context of early modern Kabuki theater, focusing in particular on Kabuki female-role actors, or Onnagata. He propose a revision of established critical discourse about …
Proje SU: The Soul of Water – Margaret Ross Tolbert
Smathers Library East 100Imagining Climate Change and the George A. Smathers Libraries, University of Florida are sponsoring a free, public lecture featuring Margaret Ross Tolbert. Proje SU – a book, a film, an exhibit – is the record of Margaret Ross Tolbert and her collaborator's journey in the rivers, ruins, and deep cave systems of Kirkgoz to reestablish a commitment …
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 …
“Islam in Africa” Working Group 2023 Symposium: New Actors in Muslim Africa
Grinter Hall 404April 14-15, 2023 | Grinter Hall 404 Friday, April 14th - 3:30pm-5pm Saturday, April 15th - 8:45am-2pm Speakers Keynote: Josesph Hill (University of Alberta) Presentations: Khaled Esseissah (University of Wisconsin-Madison) Macodou Fall (University of Florida) Yekatiti Tsehayu (University of Florida) Kimberly Wortmann (University of Florida) Co-sponsored by Center for Global Islamic Studies, College of Liberal …
For the World to Look At: On Colonial Shaming (Wilde, Césaire, Fanon)
Dauer Hall, 219Join the Department of English Postcolonial/Decolonial Studies Group for a lecture by David Lloyd (University of California, Riverside), "For the World to Look At: On Colonial Shaming (Wilde, Césaire, Fanon)." Abstract Standing exposed on Clapham Junction platform in 1895, in convict’s stripes and handcuffs, Oscar Wilde is overcome with shame in face of the mockery …
Political Science Alumni Conference
The Department of Political Science is hosting an alumni conference on April 17-18. This conference and professionalization panel engages the ongoing projects of three alumni from the UF Department of Political Science PhD program. Drs. Lorna Bracewell (Flagler College), Mauro J. Caraccioli (Virginia Tech), and Manu Samnotra (University of South Florida) will be presenting work …
THE LAND BENEATH OUR FEET: INDIAN REMOVAL, CRIMES OF STATE, AND PUBLIC MEMORY – Claudio Saunt (University of Georgia)
Smathers Library East 100Join the American Indian and Indigenous Studies Program for the Inaugural Alfred. A. Cave Lecture featuring Dr. Claudio Saunt (University of Georgia) THE LAND BENEATH OUR FEET: INDIAN REMOVAL, CRIMES OF STATE, AND PUBLIC MEMORY Monday, April 17, 2023, 3:00 pm, Smathers 100 In the 1830s, the United States carried out one of the first …
Philosophy And AI Speaker Series – “Sentimental Machines” with Cameron Buckner (University of Houston)
University Auditorium Friends of Music RoomThe Philosophy Department and the College of Liberal Arts and Sciences are proud to present the fourth talk of our Philosophy and AI speaker series, by Professor Cameron Buckner, (University of Houston). Please see below for information about the talk. A reception will follow in Griffin-Floyd 303. Title: Sentimental Machines: New Inspiration for Artificial Social …
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.
Fashioning Racial Revolution: The Signares in Gorée and Saint-Louis – Anne Lafont (École des hautes études en sciences sociales)
Chandler Auditorium (Harn Museum of Art)Harn Eminent Scholar Chair in Art History (HESCAH) Lecture April 19, 2023 | 6pm | Harn Museum of Art, Chandler Auditorium The lecture will focus on material culture, meaning objects in use and representations of an exceptional community: the Signares, mixed-race women from Saint-Louis du Sénégal and the island of Gorée, who, through their matrimonial …
Preparing for the Feast: Facilitating Ancient Gatherings on the Florida Gulf Coast – Dr. Ginessa Mahar (Field Librarian, Anthropology, Smathers Libraries)
Fine Arts Building, FAB 103Join the Gainesville Society of the Archaeological Institute of America (AIA) for a public lecture with Dr. Ginessa Mahar on the Indigenous communities that inhabited Southeastern North America. April 19, 2023 | 6:30pm | Fine Arts Building, 103 Nearly 2,000 years ago, Indigenous communities throughout Southeastern North America gathered at what are now known as …
The Swamp Peddlers: How Lot Sellers, Land Scammers, and Retirees Built Modern Florida and Transformed the American Dream with Jason Vuic (Indiana University Bloomington)
Matheson History Museum 513 E University Avenue, Gainesville, FLJoin the Matheson History Museum and Dr. Jason Vuic for a discussion of his book The Swamp Peddlers: How Lot Sellers, Land Scammers, and Retirees Built Modern Florida and Transformed the American Dream which won the Phillip and Dana Zimmerman Gold Medal Prize for Florida Nonfiction at the 2021 Florida Book Awards, as well as …
An Introduction to the White Anti-Racist Activism Digital History Project
Virtual, ZoomJoin the UF Samuel Proctor Oral History Program for a presentation of the experiences of White Anti-Racist Activists in Alachua and Putnam Counties from 1980 to the present. April 21, 2023 | 5pm | Zoom Join on Zoom Based on oral histories conducted by the SPOHP, this webinar will feature a pilot oral history project …
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 …
Color Struck: A Play Written by Zora Neale Hurston
Lincolnville Museum and Cultural Center 102 Martin Luther King Avenue, St. Augustine, FLZora Neale Hurston, Florida’s award-winning writer and folklorist was associated with the Harlem Renaissance and was noted for her celebration of African American culture of the rural south. In 1925, she was the winner of three literary awards from Opportunity Magazine, including the drama award for Color Struck. The play focuses on the effects of …
International Day for the remembrance of victims of Slavery and the Transatlantic Slave Trade – focus on Europe
Virtual, ZoomA webinar on May 5, 2023 will remember the victims of slavery and the transatlantic slave trade, this time with a focus on Europe. Register on Zoom While most conversations on the transatlantic slave trade focus on the Americas and the Caribbean—and sometimes on Africa—it is less common to engage in a conversation focusing on …
Next Generation Spring Dance Concert
Eastside High School Theatre 1201 Southeast 43rd Street, Gainesville, FLEnjoy 14 works by 7+ choreographers of both original and traditional works in classical ballet as well as contemporary and jazz dance. The Next Generation is the student performing group of Pofahl Studios and Dance Alive National Ballet. May 7, 2023 | 4pm | Eastside High school Theatre Tickets $10 - Students $15 - Adults
Center for Arts, Migration + Entrepreneurship – An Evening with Maker In Residence Qudus Onikeku
UF, Innovate, The HubThe UF Center for Arts, Migration + Entrepreneurship invites you to an evening of reflection, ideas and conversation as we celebrate the culmination of the center's inaugural Maker in Residence, Qudus Onikeku. Qudus's innovative, multidisciplinary work begins at the intersection of culture, performance, and technology before asking us to consider what happens when we step …
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.