Once More at the River: From MLK to BLM with Dr. Roxane Coche
Reitz Union Room G310 655 Reitz Union Dr, Gainesville, FL, United StatesTo honor Dr. Martin Luther King Jr.'s legacy on the 51st anniversary of his assassination in Memphis, Dr. Roxane Coche, Assistant Professor in the Department of Telecommunication, is hosting a special screening of her movie Once More at the River: From MLK to BLM with the Black Student Union. The one-hour documentary explores the rich …
National Endowment for the Humanities Grant Workshop and Office Hours with Jeff Hardwick, Deputy Director of the Division of Public Programs at the National Endowment for the Humanities
Marston Science Library 136A Workshop 11 am - 12 pm in the Marston Science Library Visualization Lab (L136) And Office Hours (by appointment) 9:30 am - 10:30 am & 12:30 - 1:30 pm in the Center for the Humanities and the Public Sphere (Walker Hall 200) Join the UF Center for the Humanities and the Public Sphere, UF Office …
Center for the Humanities and the Public Sphere 10-Year Anniversary Event
The University of Florida’s Center for the Humanities and the Public Sphere (founded in 2005 and launched in 2009) invites you to the Celebration of its Ten-Year Anniversary April 5, 2019 2:00pm Welcome, Kent Fuchs, President, University of Florida Introduction, Steve Seibert, Executive Director, Florida Humanities Council Keynote, Jon Parrish Peede, Chairman, National Endowment for the Humanities …
Out of the Mist: A Silver River Story
Florida Museum 3215 Hull Rd, Gainesville, FL, United StatesYou are invited to the Gainesville premiere of Out of the Mist: A Silver River Story at the Florida Museum on April 6, 2019. This short documentary film tells the historic, economic and environmental story of Silver Springs by Emmy award-winning, National Geographic filmmaker Mark Emery. The Gator Nation knows Emery’s video, The Chomp, from …
THICK: And Other Essays by Tressie McMillan Cottom
Ustler Hall AtriumTHICK: And Other Essays by Tressie McMillan Cottom Join a Book Discussion! The New Press writes, "In these eight piercing explorations on beauty, media, money, and more, Tressie McMillan Cottom — award-winning professor and acclaimed author of Lower Ed—embraces her venerated role as a purveyor of wit, wisdom, and Black Twitter snark about all that …
Disabilities Studies Seminar with Dr. Heather Vrana
DRC Reid HallThe UF Disability Resource Center Presents a Disabilities Studies Seminar with Dr. Heather Vrana: "Finding Disability in the Archive: A Historical Approach to Disability Inquiry"
Limits to Decolonization: Indigeneity, Territory, and Hydrocarbon Politics in the Bolivian Chaco
Reitz 2201A Book Talk With Dr. Penelope Anthias The talk will describe how racialized inequalities and hydrocarbon interests have conjoined to place enduring obstacles on indigenous struggles for territory. Anthias will also explore the surprising ways in which Guaraní leaders are rethinking their visions of territorial autonomy in the context of these limits – including through …
“Redneck Muslim” with Dr. Zoharah Simmons
Anderson HallOn April 10th you are invited to the screening of "Redneck Muslim" and an engaging discussion with Dr. Zoharah Simmons on race and Islam in the United States. This event will take place in the second floor of Anderson Hall in the Political Science Conference room. "Redneck Muslim" is a short film that serves as a …
The Embodiment of Techne: Remarks on Martin Luther’s “Open Letter on Translating” with Will Hasty
Pugh 302Based on examples from Genesis, the Gospel according to John, and the Bible-translation of Martin Luther and his own comments about it – on which my main attention is focused, I explore in this workshop the validity of the proposition that culture generally and within it the technosphere – at least the part of it …
Advancing Humanities Inquiry across Disciplines: Learn about the National Humanities Center’s Residential Fellowships, Educational Resources, and Public Programs
Smathers Library 100 1523 Union Rd, Gainesville, FL, United StatesAdvancing Humanities Inquiry across Disciplines: Learn about the National Humanities Center’s Residential Fellowships, Educational Resources, and Public Programs with Dr. Tania Munz (Vice President for Scholarly Programs, National Humanities Center ) Two identical workshops will be offered: Thursday, April 11, 2-4pm and Friday, April 12, 10am-12pm Smathers Library 100 Founded in 1978, the National …
Research Fundamentals Workshops Series: Start Writing using Overleaf – 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. April 11 – Start Writing using Overleaf – Sara Gonzalez Do you write your papers in LaTeX or …
Art in Engineering
Lullabies and Liturgies: Yiddish, Hebrew, Arabic
University Auditorium 333 Newell Dr, Gainesville, FL, United StatesJoin performers Yair Dalal (oud, violin), Lenka Lichtenberg (guitar, harmonium), and Dror Sinai (percussion) for an evening of musical, linguistic, and folkloric traditions. This concert explores the beauty and surprising ease of creating intercultural harmonies and resonances. Sponsored by the Center for Jewish Studies, Center for European Studies, and the Jewish Council of North Central …
Image, Ornament, Matter: A Symposium on their Limits and Intersections in the History of Art
Chandler Auditorium (Harn Museum of Art)April 12-13, 2019 Harn Museum of Art Speakers: Spyros Papapetros, Princeton University (Keynote) Benjamin C. Tilghman, Washington College / The Material Collective Megan McNamee, Warburg Institute Meekyung MacMurdie, University of Chicago Susanna McFadden, Bryn Mawr College Irene Backus, Oklahoma State University Ashley Jones, University of Florida Recent attempts to re-situate the so-called “Minor Arts” at …
Advancing Humanities Inquiry across Disciplines: Learn about the National Humanities Center’s Residential Fellowships, Educational Resources, and Public Programs
Smathers Library 100 1523 Union Rd, Gainesville, FL, United StatesAdvancing Humanities Inquiry across Disciplines: Learn about the National Humanities Center’s Residential Fellowships, Educational Resources, and Public Programs with Dr. Tania Munz (Vice President for Scholarly Programs, National Humanities Center ) Two identical workshops will be offered: Thursday, April 11, 2-4pm and Friday, April 12, 10am-12pm Smathers Library 100 Founded in 1978, the National …
16th Annual UF Conference on Comics – “Imagetext in Motion: Comics and Animation”
Ustler HallAnimation and comics are two tangled pictorial mediums that stem from the same modernist concerns with the possibilities of the image. Animation and the cartooned bodies it brings into being are omnipresent on the screens that surround us, the advertisements that beg our attention, and the popcorn fare that draws out our inner escapists. But …
Tenth Annual History Honors Conference and Awards Luncheon
Smathers Library 100 1523 Union Rd, Gainesville, FL, United StatesThe UF community is invited to see the research of Undergraduate Honors Students in the Department of History. Session 1 (9:00-10:15) Race, Community, and Politics in the American South Chair: Professor William Link Sujaya Rajguru Andrew Salyer Brenda Withington Julian Valdivia Session 2 (10:30-11:20) The US and the World in the 20th Century Chair: …
“Vice, Crime, and Poverty: How the Western Imagination Invented the Underworld” by Dominique Kalifa
Smathers Library 100 1523 Union Rd, Gainesville, FL, United StatesHistorian and professor at the University of Paris 1, Dominique Kalifa works on the history of crime, social control, and mass culture in 19th- and early 20th- century France and Europe. His book "Vice, Crime and Poverty: How the Western Imagination Invented the Underworld” (Columbia University Press) examines the underworld of 19th and 20th century …
“Cairo in One Breath” with documentary filmmaker Anna Kipervaser
Keene Flint 005Anna Kipervaser's film Cairo in One Breath will be screened on April 15th in Keene Flint 005 as the final installment of the "Muslim Worlds" series. The film focuses on the experiences of Cairo's muezzin during the implementation of the Egyptian project to automate calls to prayer in Cairo. As an experimental film, Cairo in One Breath also serves as a …
Teaching Portfolio Review
Reitz Union - Career Connections CenterA teaching portfolio can showcase your teaching and professional strengths and help you stand out in searches for academic positions. GA’s and TA’s, you are invited to sign up for a 30-minute block of time, on April 16, to receive feedback on your portfolio from the UF Office of Teaching Excellence. Teaching Portfolio Sign up.
Search Committee Meeting
CHPS Yavitz Conference Room - 200B Walker HallResearch Fundamentals Workshops Series: How to make your data FAIR? – Plato Smith
Marston Science Library L308Research Fundamentals Workshops Series Held in Marston Science Library L308 at 3pm. Reservations requested but not required. All workshops are free and open to all. See here for full list of upcoming workshops in the library: April 17 - How to make your data FAIR? - Plato Smith Funders are now expected to make their …
“Slavery and the University of Florida: Exploring the Connections”
Pugh Hall OcoraA team of student researchers reports on its investigation into ties between the University of Florida and slavery in antebellum Florida. As they've found, those ties run deep. With History undergraduates Ahmad Brown, Morgan Peltier, Javier Escoto-Garcia and Gabriella Paul, History Professor Jon Sensbach, and reflections by University Historian Carl Van Ness and Political Science …
Museums Seeding Authority: A Paradigm for Practice of Justice and Generosity
Smathers Library 100 1523 Union Rd, Gainesville, FL, United StatesJoin museum thought-leaders Noelle Kahanu (University of Hawai‘i at Mānoa) and Ben Garcia (Museum of Man, San Diego, CA) for a conversation about what decolonial museum practice looks like nationally and internationally, and a conversation about recent projects that are positively impacting Indigenous communities and museums.
Search Committee Meeting
Walker 200
Humanities Engagement Scholars Meet-up
CHPS Yavitz Conference Room - 200B Walker HallTopic: Center for Undergraduate Research: Emerging Scholars, University Scholars, and Honors Thesis in majors Are you curious how to get funding for your research project? Do you know how to graduate with Honors? If you are interested in these questions, come to the open meeting of the Humanities Engagement Scholars to talk to students and …
American Moonshot with Historian Douglas Brinkley
Pugh Hall, MacKay AuditoriumMarking the 50th anniversary of the first lunar landing in 1969, historian Douglas Brinkley will speak at the University of Florida on April 19 on his new book, American Moonshot: John F. Kennedy and the Great Space Race. The perennial New York Times best-selling author and CNN presidential historian will speak at Pugh Hall, MacKay Auditorium at 6 …
Convergence: Music & Art
Harn Museum of Art 3259 Hull Rd, Gainesville, FloridaIn connection with the exhibition "Divergent Convergence: The Arts of Creativity, Discovery & Inquiry," this afternoon event will feature original works by the 2018-2019 Harn Composer-in-Residence Diogo Carvalho incorporating music, dance, poetry, and audience participation. Featured will be the world premiere of "Garden Soundscape" (2019), an original work inspired by the Harn Asian Rock Garden and …
Spring Symposium on Men and Gender
Pugh Hall 302This multidisciplinary symposium will discuss the sometime unconsidered facets of gender that effect men and masculinity in the context of multiple identities, cross-sections, social conventions and sexual practices. Monday, April 22 during periods 5th and 6th (11:45 to 1:40), in Pugh 302. Moderated by Prof. Trysh Travis, Associate Professor and Waldo W. Neikirk Term Professor, …