UF Intersections: Speculative Archaeology: The Politics of Disaster Debris – Shannon Dawdy
Smathers Library 100 1523 Union Rd, Gainesville, FL, United StatesJoin Professor Shannon Dawdy (University of Chicago) for this engaging event. The debris pile from 134,000 New Orleans buildings damaged or destroyed by Hurricane Katrina is visible from space. Although there was some effort to recycle materials through a little-known global market in demolition debris, most of the rubble amassed in place. In the future, …
UF Intersections: Repurposing the Past for the Future with Digital Technologies – Workshop with Shannon Dawdy
Marston Science Library 136Join Professor Shannon Dawdy (University of Chicago) for this interactive workshop. The past has a tenuous, often contentious, relationship with the future. We fragment and sequester the past, drawing memory from only those things we have at hand and rupturing continuities with the present by forgetting. Futures discounting exacerbates this myopic condition by playing on …
Teaching with ePortfolios
201 Bryant Space Science Center 1772 Stadium Rd, Gainesville, FL, United StatesLearn about the impact of ePortfolio practice on student learning and gain an understanding of how ePortfolios can support integrative learning. Get guidance and advice on how to implement ePortfolio projects.
Evolve or Die: Redefining Jewish Literature for the 21st Century – Myla Goldberg
Judaica Suite, Library EastBestselling novelist, winner of the Borders New Voices Prize, a finalist for the Hemingway Foundation/PEN award, the NYPL Young Lions award, and the Barnes & Noble Discover award, and recipient of a Sustainable Arts Foundation grant, Goldberg writes and teaches in Brooklyn, where she lives with her husband Jason Little and their two daughters. Made …
Les Belles au bois dormant – Charlotte Trinquet du Lys (University of Central Florida) and Rori Bloom (UF)
Library West 212 (Scott Nygren Studio)Taking inspiration from Charles Perrault’s late seventeenth-century fairy tale, “La Belle au Bois dormant,” Drs. Trinquet and Bloom will explore several versions of the “Sleeping Beauty” story, including Italian sources and French variations on the theme. Their aim is to treat a familiar, classic text in order to explore its literary and cultural complexity. This …
UF Intersections: ‘Walls in the Head’: Challenges Facing Global Action on Climate Change – Susanne Götze
Dauer 219Living in the shadow of the Wall as a child and coming to age in a united Berlin, Dr. Götze’s career as an environmental journalist seems to have brought her full circle. Her reporting has taken her around the world and engaged a wide range of human struggles with the effects of climate change. She …
UF Intersections: Walls of Present and Future: The Genuine, the Imaginary, and the Fake in Global Climate Change Discourse
Pugh Hall OcoraA roundtable discussion with Susanne Götze and UF Faculty Discussants: Marcel Lewandowsky (Center for European Studies), Jasmine McNealy (Journalism), Ken Sassaman (Anthropology), and Robert T. Walker (Geography); moderated by Terry Harpold (English). In (spite of) the age of “fake news,” this panel discusses the necessary emergence of a global discussion on climate change that is …
‘A Coming Out Of Ourselves’: Knowing Our Place In Racial Injustice – Chris Lebron
Smathers Library 100 1523 Union Rd, Gainesville, FL, United StatesRacial injustice has remained a stubborn feature of American society. One reason for its persistence is that everyday Americans fail to understand the problem of racial injustice as a lived experience. In his talk, Dr. Lebron will explore the uses of moral imagination to expand white Americans' awareness of racial inequality but do so through …
HESCAH Lecture – Roberto Obregón: Achroma Vanitas – Luis Pérez-Oramas
Chandler Auditorium (Harn Museum of Art)This HESCAH lecture is on the work of Venezuelan artist Roberto Obregón, whose career spanned the decades from the 1960s to his death in 2000 and who is a key figure of global conceptualism. Obregón decided to focus a significant part of his artistic production on one of consumer society’s favorite symbols: the rose. For …
Local Author Series: Amanda Concha-Holmes and Anthony Oliver-Smith
Matheson History Museum 513 E University Avenue, Gainesville, FL, United StatesJoin local authors Amanda Concha-Holmes and Anthony Oliver-Smith for the presentation of their new volume Disasters in Paradise: Natural Hazards, Social Vulnerability, and Development Decisions (Lexington Books, 2019). Long considered ground zero for global climate change in the United States, Florida presents the perfect case study for disaster risk and prevention. Building on the idea …
Concerning the Erotic
Harn Museum of Art 3259 Hull Rd, Gainesville, FloridaBob Mueller, Associate Professor of Printmaking will discuss the direct link between the material and philosophical genesis of the work, delving deeper into erotic theory as the wellspring of idea in the contemporary landscape. Mueller will explore print as the physical manifestation of a search for completion. This conversation is offered in conjunction with the …
Fall 2019 Campus Weeks Event – November Commemorative Evening
Pugh Hall OcoraCampus Weeks 2019 events culminate in a catered Commemorative Evening on Thursday, November 14 (in the Ocora Room of Pugh Hall) in remembrance of the November 9th “Night of Broken Glass” (Kristallnacht) and the 30th anniversary of the Fall of the Berlin Wall in 1989, and following in the tradition of UF’s previous “Freedom without …
True Justice: Bryan Stevenson’s Fight For Equality – Film Screening
Hippodrome CinemaTrue Justice: Bryan Stevenson's Fight For Equality examines the personal journey of Bryan Stevenson, a public defender in Alabama and director of the Equal Justice Initiative, who is working to bring justice to the incarcerated, wrongfully convicted and disadvantaged. This film weaves together Stevenson’s own story, those of his clients, and a history of injustice …
Philosophy in Public: Discussing Identity as a Public Intellectual in the Humanities – Chris Lebron
303 Griffin Floyd HallIn this lunch workshop, Professor Christopher Lebron (Johns Hopkins University) will discuss his experiences with public-facing writing in venues such as New York Times's philosophy column, The Stone, Boston Review, The Nation, The Atlantic, and Billboard Magazine. We will discuss, in particular, Prof. Lebron’s 2018 editorial entitled “’Black Panther’ Is Not the Movie We Deserve,” …
Beyond the Wild: Park Rangers and Regime Security in Africa – Christopher Day
Grinter 404 1523 Union Rd, Gainesville, FL, United StatesJoin Christopher Day of the College of Charleston for this Baraza Lecture. Dr. Day's research interests extend to international security, counterinsurgency, proxy warfare, and the institutional role of different armed state actors in Africa. A former disaster relief worker with Médécins Sans Frontières, he is also interested in humanitarian affairs.
The Letters of George Long Brown: A Yankee Merchant on Florida’s Antebellum Frontier
Matheson History Museum 513 E University Avenue, Gainesville, FL, United StatesIn 1840, twenty-three-year-old George Long Brown migrated from New Hampshire to north Florida, a region just emerging from the devastating effects of the Second Seminole War. This volume presents over seventy of Brown’s previously unpublished letters to illuminate day-to-day life in pre–Civil War Florida. Brown’s personal and business correspondence narrates his daily activities and his …
Gainesville Sesquicentennial on the Lake
Earl Powers Park 5910 SE Hawthorne Rd, Gainesville, FL, United StatesThe Samuel Proctor Oral History Program (SPOHP) invites you to join them on November 17, 2019 to celebrate Gainesville's sesquicentennial. The Cultural Arts Coalition (CAC) and the Greater Duval Neighborhood Association are hosting this free outdoor event at Lake Pithlachocco / Newnan's Lake from noon until 5:00 PM at Earl Powers Park, on Hawthorne Road. …
Time Suspended: Transforming Still Images
Harn Museum of Art 3259 Hull Rd, Gainesville, FloridaJoin the HARN Museum of Art for an afternoon of movement and sound in the exhibition Global Perspectives: Highlights from the Contemporary Collection. Student interns will infuse the gallery with original musical composition, choreography, poetry and prose, then welcome audience questions and reflections.
Pushing the Boundaries of Painting and Drawing
Harn Museum of Art 3259 Hull Rd, Gainesville, FloridaThree SA+AH painting/drawing faculty — Professor Richard Heipp, Associate Professor Ron Janowich and Associate Professor Julia Morrisroe — will present and discuss the similarities and differences in their studio practice addressing, their concepts, process, and use of technology. This conversation is offered in conjunction with the 53rd SA+AH Studio Faculty Art Exhibition.
Local Author Series: Kaya Gravitter
Third House Books 113 N Main St, Gainesville, FL, United StatesJoin local author Kaya Gravitter for coffee, doughnuts and conversation. The author of After She Said Yes will be doing a book signing, reading, and a Q&A!
UF Intersections: Ethics in the Public Sphere Poster Fair
Rion Ballroom - Reitz UnionIn this capstone poster fair, students from across the UF Intersections on Ethics in the Public Sphere fall 2019 course cluster will present posters reflecting their group research and analysis of the ethical dimensions of contemporary public issues. Courses represented include: Feminist Philosophy (PHM3123), Philosophy of Education (PHM3600), Sustainability and Religion (REL2071), Religion and Food …
Intercultural Communication: Implications for Globalizing your Teaching
201 Bryant Space Science Center 1772 Stadium Rd, Gainesville, FL, United StatesAn important part of globalizing your teaching is the inclusion of intercultural communication. This session will focus on how you can introduce intercultural communication in your courses.
Vodou Inscriptions of the Self in Zora Neale Hurston’s Haitian Ethnography – Kevin Meehan
Library West 212 (Scott Nygren Studio)Dr. Kevin Meehan is professor of English at the University of Central Florida. He is the author of People Get Ready: African American and Caribbean Cultural Exchange (University Press of Mississippi, 2009), and numerous articles on literature and decolonization in the Americas. This event is free and open to the public. It is part of …
The Wandering Chess Player: Chess, Traveling, and the Jewish Condition – Francesc Morales
Judaica Suite, Library EastIn 1941, a series of articles entitled “Jewish and Aryan Chess” appeared under the name of world-chess champion, Alexander Alekhine in the journal Die Deutsche Zeitung in den Niederlanden. Alekhine’s articles claimed that Jewish players had a destructive effect in the development of chess and that there had never been a real chess artist of …
Exhibit Opening – Pictures of Nursing
HPNP Auditorium 1225 Center Dr, Gainesville, FL, United StatesThe UF Health Science Center Library is hosting the National Library of Medicine’s traveling exhibition Pictures of Nursing: The Zwerdling Postcard Collection between November 4 and December 12, 2019. Celebrate the arrival of the National Library of Medicine’s travelling exhibit on Tuesday, November 19th, from 5-7pm, in the HPNP Auditorium Foyer. This exhibit uses antique postcards to examine perceptions of the nursing …
The Trial of Lizzie Borden – National Humanities Center Live Stream Discussion
When Andrew and Abby Borden were brutally hacked to death in Fall River, Massachusetts, in August 1892, the arrest of the couple’s younger daughter Lizzie turned the case into international news and her trial into a spectacle unparalleled in American history. The defendant was relentlessly scrutinized for signs of guilt or innocence. Everyone—rich and poor, …
SciArt Meetup: Astronomy
Florida Museum of Natural History 3215 Hull Rd, Gainesville, FL, United StatesCalling all art enthusiasts! Visit the Florida Museum of Natural History after hours for SciArt Meetups to explore exhibits and create art inspired by Florida nature and culture! With partners Santa Fe College Art Gallery and Wayfaring Painter, join the museum on Nov. 19 from 6:30 to 9 p.m. for a brief art or science …
Women on the Front Lines: Lebanon Today – Elise Salem
Ustler Hall 200Dr. Salem will share some of the challenges and opportunities of living and working in Lebanon, especially during this historic October 17 revolution. She will discuss gender equity in Lebanon and Lebanese American University, a university with roots in the 19th century as a school for girls that became the first College for Women early …
Podcasting for Fun and Learning (Workshop)
201 Bryant Space Science Center 1772 Stadium Rd, Gainesville, FL, United StatesThis session will begin by defining “what is podcasting” and exploring the history and context of the medium. This workshop will discuss using podcasts as a pedagogical tool to create instructional content and learning assessments. The workshop leaders will talk about the podcasting tools and resources on campus and try out the library’s new podcasting …
We Are Titans (Film Screening)
Weimer Hall 3032 1885 Stadium Rd, Gainesville, FL, United StatesFrom international football journalist Angela Akua Asante, the 10-minute documentary "We are TITANS" is about the importance of recognizing journalists in Ghana and opening the way for upcoming ones to benefit from opportunities that exist under the International Sports Press Association (AIPS). Asante, who’s covered international soccer tournaments for more than a decade now, is …