African Music Workshop – Meki Nzewi
146 Music BuildingProfessor Meki Nzewi will present a workshop culminating in the performance of a collective musical composition, in collaboration with student members of Dr. Sarah Politz’s course MUH 6935: African Popular Music and Globalization. The workshop is open to members of the UF and Gainesville community. Dr. Nzewi is Professor Emeritus at the University of Pretoria, …
Revealing a Hidden History: Coral Way – Maria R. Coady
Smathers Library 100 1523 Union Rd, Gainesville, FL, United StatesFlorida has a long and rich history of bilingualism and bilingual education. This talk by Dr. Maria Coady (UF College of Ed) and key guest speakers will illuminate the history of Coral Way Elementary School, Miami, Florida - a public school that was transformed by the immigration of Cuban children displaced during the early 1960s. …
Saving Mes Aynak
Fine Arts B, Room 103 400 SW 13th St, Gainesville, FL, United StatesThe award-winning documentary Saving Mes Aynak follows Afghan archaeologist Qadir Temori as he races against time to save a 5,000-year-old archaeological site in Afghanistan from imminent demolition. A Chinese state-owned mining company is closing in on the ancient site, eager to harvest $100 billion dollars worth of copper buried directly beneath the archaeological ruins. Only 10% …
This Red Line Goes Straight to Your Heart – Madhur Anand
Ustler Hall AtriumMadhur Anand’s 2015 debut poetry collection A New Index for Predicting Catastrophes was published to international acclaim and was listed by Canadian Broadcasting Agency as one of ten all-time “trailblazing” poetry collections to read for its blending of art and science. The book was a finalist for the Trillium Book Award for Poetry. Her forthcoming …
Dr. Ronald C. Foreman Symposium
Smathers Library 100 1523 Union Rd, Gainesville, FL, United StatesAs part of the 50th Anniversary Celebration for the UF African American Studies Program, the Institute of Black Culture will present three panels at this symposium featuring faculty, alumni, students, and members of the community. This event is free and open to the public. Sponsored by the College of Liberal Arts and Sciences and Smathers …
‘In Questionable Taste’: Performing Capitalism in the Gilded Age – Jennifer Le Zotte
Keene Flint 005Join Dr. Jennifer Le Zotte of UNC Wilmington for this talk is funded by Sean Adams, the Hyatt and Cici Brown Professor of History. Jennifer Le Zotte is a historian of the post-Civil War United States, specializing in material culture and dress, especially as it intersects with the history of capitalism.
HESCAH Lecture – The Anxiety of Disruption: Women Artists and Creativity
Chandler Auditorium (Harn Museum of Art)Carol Becker, Dean of Columbia University School of the Arts, will present as part of the lecture series, "Art's Inclusive Histories: In Celebration of the 100th Anniversary of Women's Suffrage." For Spring 2020, HESCAH commemorates the centennial by featuring gender and/or women-centered research with an eye to its intersectional, transnational and intergenerational complexity in the arts. …
Exhibit Opening – McCarthy Moment: The Johns Committee in Florida
Matheson History Museum 513 E University Avenue, Gainesville, FL, United StatesThe "McCarthy Moment: The Johns Committee in Florida" exhibition will be located in the Mary Ann Cofrin Exhibit Hall and is the first Matheson exhibition to focus on local LGBTQ+ history. In 1956, State Senator Charley Eugene Johns created the Florida Legislative Investigation Committee. Better known as the Johns Committee, it tried to uncover subversive …
Refashioning Worlds: Nature, Science, and the Human in the Thought of Hannah Arendt (Workshop)
Grinter 404 1523 Union Rd, Gainesville, FL, United StatesWhat is the human being today? Do we need to rethink who we are in order to respond to the unprecedented threats posed by environmental and scientific change? This workshop examines how Hannah Arendt's thought can open up new horizons for addressing humanity's relationship to nature and science. Featuring talks by Laura Ephraim (Williams College), …
African American Studies Anniversary Celebration and Historical Marker Unveiling
Turlington PlazaIn celebration of the 50th Anniversary of the UF African American Studies Program, students, faculty, and the public are invited to Turlington Plaza. 10:30 am Tour and Reception 12:00 pm Unveiling of Historical Marker 12:30 pm Anniversary Celebration Program, featuring performances by Agbedidi, UGC, and student groups 1:45 pm Reception This event is free and …
Yemanjá: Wisdom From the African Heart of Brazil
McCarty B, G086"Yemanjá: Wisdom From the African Heart of Brazil," (2015) winner of five best documentary awards, is narrated by Pulitzer Prize-winning author Alice Walker. The film explores the Candomblé spiritual culture in Bahia, Brazil, and the social challenges and triumphs faced by devotees historically and in contemporary times. The film's story is told through the voices of …
Land Systems and Climate Justice – Darla Munroe
Reitz Union Room G330There is greater recognition among IPCC and other scientific networks of the complex role land systems play in adaptation to and mitigation of climate change. Encouraging key shifts in land systems to more sustainable uses is necessary to food security, societal well-being, and the health of terrestrial ecosystems. However, policy interventions that do not address …
Welcoming the Stranger’ on Occupied Land: Migration, Metaphor, and Decolonial Challenge on Faith-based Border Activism – Leah Sarat
McCarty B, G086Dr. Leah Sarat (Arizona State University) will give this keynote lecture as part of the 4TH Annual Religion Graduate Student Association Conference: "Protest, Power and Prayer: Intersection of Activism, Culture, and Religion," February 21 and 22. This conference will explore the intersections of religion and/or spirituality and activism seeking to highlight instances of religious resistance, dynamics of …
Distributive Justice and Autonomous Vehicles – Nick Evans
303 Griffin Floyd HallResearch into the ethics of autonomous vehicles focuses, almost exclusively, on whether decisions by individual cars conform to, reflect, or promote certain values. Less discussed is whether, or how, autonomous vehicles ought to be developed and deployed from the perspective of distributive justice. Evans argues that autonomous vehicles—as an object of moral concern and as …
Babies in Cages: The Dehumanization of Refugees and Immigrants
Ustler Hall AtriumThis conference will analyze the historical patterns of dehumanizing Latina populations as the foreign other and as antagonistic to what is considered the dominant culture of the United States. Conference speakers will reflect on why families are separated and babies are put in cages in a democracy like the United States. We will compare the …
When Gospel Meets Jazz – Museum Fundraiser
The Historic Thomas Center 302 NE 6th Ave, Gainesville, FL, United StatesThe Pleasant Street Historic Society is holding a fundraiser during Black History Month. The funds will be used for the renovation of the Smith-Griffin House, which will be turned into a Black History Museum. The Smith family bought the land the house is on in 1872, and built the home on the land shortly thereafter. The …
Latina Empowerment Symposium
Institute of Hispanic-Latino Cultures 1504 W University Ave, Gainesville, FL, United StatesThe Symposium was created to cultivate an intentional interdisciplinary investment in critical consciousness about Latin America and the Latinx community in the U.S. The theme of the Symposium is “I am, Yo Soy, Mwen, Eu sou Latina and more… Exploring the intersections of our Latinx Identities.” The theme aims to unite various identities within the …
Local Author Series: Elaine Robinson
Alachua County Library Headquarters - Meeting Room AJoin local author Elaine Robinson read from her illustrated poetic story, Uncommon Scents, which tells the tale of Marvin, a polite, but bullied and lonely little muskrat, who lives in a forest where all the other animals are smarter, swifter and more talented than he is. At least that’s what Marvin thinks.
Sajda-e-Sufi: An Evening of Bhakti and Sufi Music
101 Music BuildingThe The Center for the Study of Hindu Traditions (CHiTra) presents Dr. Shiwani Arora and Dr. Saloni Taneja of UF with accompanying musicians for Sajda e Sufi: An Evening of Bhakti and Sufi Music. Admission is free but space is limited, so please RSVP here.
The State of the Humanities: Reports by CHPS-sponsored Reading Groups
Dauer 219Conveners and members of reading groups sponsored by the Center for the Humanities and the Public Sphere share their experience of exploring a humanities topic during the academic year 2019-20. In 2019, the Center for the Humanities and the Public Sphere initiated a new program awarding small grants to faculty, staff, and graduate students to …
UF Synergies: Material Culture in Antiquity
CHPS Yavitz Conference Room - 200B Walker HallThe UF Synergies series features informal talks by the Center for the Humanities and the Public Sphere’s Rothman Faculty Summer Fellows, Tedder Doctoral Fellows, and Rothman Doctoral Fellows. Fellows will speak for 20 minutes in length about their funded work, leaving ample time for questions and discussion. Talks are paired across disciplinary boundaries to stimulate …
Informal Discussion with César Cuauhtémoc García Hernández, hosted by Heather Vrana
Pugh Hall 210Come meet César Cuauhtémoc García Hernández (University of Denver Sturm College of Law) before his public lecture later this afternoon. How does migration policing impact you? What is the impact of immigration detention in our local community? What alternatives and options exist? You can read a short op-ed piece by Hernández from the NY Times to generate discussion as well: …
Migrating to Prison: America’s Obsession with Locking Up Immigrants – César Cuauhtémoc García Hernández
Smathers Library 100 1523 Union Rd, Gainesville, FL, United StatesOver the last thirty years, the federal and state governments have increasingly tapped their powers to incarcerate people accused of violating immigration laws. As a result, almost 400,000 people annually now spend some time locked up pending the result of a civil or criminal immigration proceeding. García Hernández explores the impact of immigration imprisonment in …
The Google AI Impact Challenge – Oscar Wahltinez
Smathers Library 100 1523 Union Rd, Gainesville, FL, United StatesGoogle believes that artificial intelligence can provide new ways of approaching problems and meaningfully improve people’s lives. That’s why they are excited to support organizations that are using the power of AI to address social and environmental challenges. In this lecture, Oscar Wahltinez will talk about this program and speak about his personal experience working on it. Sponsored …
Solidarity Sessions: Love and Abuse – Peaceful Paths
Institute of Black Culture 1510 W. University Ave, Gainesville, FL, United StatesLocal community organizers with Peaceful Paths will present this discussion on identifying abusive relationships and strategies for preventing cyber-stalking and identity theft. They will discuss how to understand your rights and intervention tactics for bystanders. Solidarity Sessions is a discussion series presented by the Samuel Proctor Oral History Program in which professors, graduate students, and …
The Ancient Maya Landscape: A View from Above – Timothy Murtha
Fine Arts B, Room 103 400 SW 13th St, Gainesville, FL, United StatesScholars studying the Classic Maya have long been fascinated by the role of the environment in understanding the rise, fall, and fluorescence of Maya society. First perceived as a limiting environment, landscape was used to frame a hidden and mysterious civilization with empty and dispersed ceremonial centers. Fifty years ago, scholars working at Tikal, Guatemala …
Post-Graduate Service Panel
Cypress Hall Gathering Room 1310 Museum Rd, Gainesville, FL, United StatesConsidering your plans after graduation? Do you want to learn about multiple ways to pursue a year of service? Come out to a post-graduate service panel brought to you by the Brown Center for Leadership and Service. Hear from multiple service representatives from organizations such as the Peace Corps, City Year, Teach for America, Fulbright and The …
Don’t Write Too Soon: The Critical Skill of Organizing Research Ideas
Reitz Union Second Floor Auditorium 686 Museum Road, Gainesville, FL, United StatesWriting coach Dr. Vernetta Williams of Cultivate the Writer is coming back to campus for another lively and enlightening writing workshop for UF graduate students. To save your seat, register online via GIMS (Graduate Information Management System) by clicking this link: Log on to GIMS.
Social Media and Political Participation in Cameroon: Diasporic Discourse and Disruptive Politics – Lilian Lem Atanga
Turlington 2353Dr. Atanga (UF Linguistics) is a Fulbright scholar who will present a lecture that examines discourse, social media and political participation in Cameroon. She will focus on explaining how the Cameroonian Diaspora benefits from social network services (Facebook, Twitter, YouTube, WhatsApp) to influence political action in the country through disruptive political strategies. Click here to RSVP to …
Boston Marriages Gone South
Matheson History Museum 513 E University Avenue, Gainesville, FL, United StatesThe Matheson History Museum welcomes Betty Jean Steinshouer, who will give a presentation entitled “Boston Marriages Gone South.” This talk explores the lives of four same-sex couples who traveled to Florida together in the 19th and 20th centuries, long before marriage equality: Sarah Orne Jewett and Annie Fields; Katharine Loring and Alice James; Marjory Stoneman Douglas and Carolyn …