UF Intersections: Amerkyah and ME: Mapping Afrofuturism within the Hip Hop Feminist Imaginary – Aisha Durham
Smathers Library 100 1523 Union Rd, Gainesville, FL, United StatesAfrofuturism can be described as a politically-imaginative decolonial project that fuses fictions, fantasies, and folk traditions with technology to produce past-future narratives about being and belonging from a Black-centered framework …
When They See Us: A Discussion of Race, Crime, and Justice
Holland Hall 180 309 Village Dr, Gainesville, FL, United StatesJoin Professors Kenneth Nunn, Sarah Wolking, and Katheryn Russell-Brown for a discussion based around the Netflix miniseries "When They See Us" about the Central Park Five case. Light refreshments will …
Climate Refugees
Turlington 2305Dr. Alioune Sow of UF's Department of Literatures, Languages, and Cultures will introduce this important documentary as part of the "Setting Global-Cultural Limits 30-Years after Berlin 1989" Campus Weeks Events. …
Getting Free: Leveraging Open Access Publishing Options
Library West 212 (Scott Nygren Studio)Are you hearing terms like "open access," "preprint," and "data sharing" and want to know more? The open access publishing landscape has expanded exponentially over the past two decades-this workshop …
CES Funding Opportunities Info Session
Turlington 3310The UF Center for European Studies will host an information session on its upcoming funding opportunities. The info session will cover basic information on the awards, eligibility, and the application …
Museums and Slavery: Engaging the Past and the Present in the Public Sphere – Ana-Lucia Araujo
Smathers Library 100 1523 Union Rd, Gainesville, FL, United StatesHow have museums engaged the debates about human atrocities? This lecture explores the development of permanent exhibitions and museums dedicated in part or entirely to address the problem of slavery …
Ingenium/Ingenio as a Form of Knowing and Thinking in Early-Modern Spain and the Americas – Rachel Schmidt
Reitz Union Room 2360Join Professor Rachel Schmidt (University of Calgary, Alberta, Canada) for the keynote address of the XII Florida Cervantes Symposium at the University of Florida, titled "Ingenium: Ingenuity, Ingeniousness and Engineering in Cervantes," October …
My Fulbright in 7 Minutes
UF International CenterJoin the UF International Center for an exciting evening with three Fulbright scholars sharing their work in a fun, brief setting. Meghan Moe Beitiks will present her work, "SiteSightCite: Engagements …
Dance Alive National Ballet presents: Anna Karenina
Curtis M. Phillips Center for the Performing Arts 3201 Hull Rd, Gainesville, FL, United StatesDrama, intrigue, love and infidelity: this is the story of Russian beauty Anna Karenina. Based on Tolstoy’s magnificent novel, the ballet, a world premier created by Executive Artistic Director Kim …
Decolonizing Representations: Past, Present and Future
Smathers Library 100 1523 Union Rd, Gainesville, FL, United StatesHow can faculty, students, and community members engage in digital knowledge production as critical users and as meaningful producers? Decolonizing Representations is a set of FREE workshops designed for those …
Verano Intenso: A Summer of Political Discontent and Activism in Puerto Rico
Reitz Union Room 2365 686 Museum Rd, Gainesville, FL, United StatesOver the span of two weeks in the summer, Puerto Rico experienced a series of protests that ended up with the resignation of former Governor Ricardo Rosselló. The protests were …
Biogenetics and Autobiography: Extracting Sephardic DNA from Cervantes’ Works – Kenneth Brown (University of Calgary)
Judaica Suite, Library EastYiddish humor is well-known. But Professor Kenneth Brown researches the “DNA” of Sephardic humor to the most unlikely of places: Cervantes’s famous novel of 1605, Don Quixote of La Mancha. …
Battles of Public Memory – Ana-Lucia Araujo
Keene Flint 005This academic seminar is open to UF faculty, graduate students, and enrolled advanced undergraduate students. Please RSVP by October 23rd to: humanities-center@ufl.edu. An email reply confirming your participation will include …
Currency Terms and National Identity in East Africa – Nancy Kula
Grinter 404 1523 Union Rd, Gainesville, FL, United StatesDr. Nancy Kula, Professor of Language and Linguistics at the University of Essex, will offer this lecture as part of the Baraza Lecture Series. Dr. Kula studied phonology for her …
Print, Power, and Parable in Japanese Literature – Opening Session
Computer Science and Engineering Room E121 432 Newell Dr, Gainesville, FL, United StatesThis opening session of the 2019-2020 Speaker Series: "Print, Power, and Parable in Japanese Literature" will feature two great speakers. 4:00 pm - Glynne Walley (University of Oregon) "Taking Advantage …
Sustainability Slam!
Civic Media Center 433 S Main St, Gainesville, FL, United StatesA fast-paced ethics improv competition concerning issues of sustainability. All are welcome. No preparation is necessary. Sponsored by Santa Fe College and Florida Organic Growers.
UF Classics Graduate Symposium: “Justice Turns the Balance Scales”
Ustler Hall AtriumAttendees must register in advance by Friday October 4. Click here to register. 9:30-9:45 Check-in and Coffee 9:50-10:00 Introductory Remarks 10:00-11:30 The “State” of Justice Coffee Break …
Assembly for Action Conference 2019 (Part 2)
Assembly for Action is a student-run community service leadership conference that pairs fifty Action Scholars with local non-profits to create community service projects. Through five grants of $2,500 each, the …
McIntosh 1890s Festival
Avenue G, McIntosh FLAll day free musical entertainment from country to bluegrass, featuring over 280 arts, crafts, plants and antique vendors, and food. Each year the 1890’s Festival raises money to fund projects …
The Imperative for Social Justice in Schools: Collaborations with Community and Educational Leaders
Norman Hall 1221 SW 5th Ave, Gainesville, FL, United StatesThe Department of Educational Leadership in the College of Education at the University of Florida, in collaboration with the All Y’All Social Justice Collective, are proud to host this important …
Local Author Series: James Williams
Alachua County Library Headquarters - Meeting Room AJoin local author James Williams for a presentation of his science fiction book, The Pedestrians.
UF Intersections Ethics Cafe: Climate Change
Smathers Library 100 1523 Union Rd, Gainesville, FL, United StatesAre you interested in learning more about controversial public issues? Would you like to talk with other students about the issues that you care about? Do you want to wrestle …
Blackness in French – Mame-Fatou Niang
Library West 212 (Scott Nygren Studio)Mame-Fatou Niang is Associate Professor of French and Francophone Studies at Carnegie Mellon University. Her research focuses on contemporary France, Sub-Saharan Africa, Postcolonial and Transnational Studies, Media, and Urban Planning. …
A New “Wall in the Head”? Populism as a Threat to a Unified Europe Thirty Years After the Fall of the Wall
Pugh Hall OcoraChair: Conor O’Dwyer, University of Florida Panelists: Michael Bernhard, University of Florida; Marcel Lewandowsky, University of Florida; Simona Guerra, University of Leicester; Milada Vachudova, University of North Carolina at Chapel …
Prince of the Press – Joshua Teplitsky
Judaica Suite, Library EastJoshua Teplitsky is Assistant Professor in the Department of History and the Program in Judaic Studies at Stony Brook University. He specializes in the history of the Jews in Europe …
The Social Lives of Books from Print to Pixel
Judaica Suite, Library EastThis roundtable and workshop on Digital Book History will feature four panelists: Joshua Teplitsky (SUNY Stony Brook), Footprints Rebecca Jefferson (UF), The Cairo Genizah Neil Weijer (UF), The Archaeology of …
The Holocaust, the POLIN Museum, and the Politics of the Past in Poland – Dariusz Stola
Judaica Suite, Library EastProfessor Dariusz Stola (Institute for Political Studies of the Polish Academy of Sciences) will present this lecture. He was director of the POLIN Museum of the History of the Polish …
HESCAH Lecture – Providing for the Afterlife in Ancient Egypt and Early China
Chandler Auditorium (Harn Museum of Art)Anthony Barbieri-Low, Professor of History at University of California Santa Barbara, will present this lecture. Professor Barbieri-Low has wide-ranging interests in many aspects of Early China, including technology, organization of …
Getting Organized: Managing Projects and Time
Library West 212 (Scott Nygren Studio)This workshop will provide you with tips and tools to help you manage your time and your various projects as you navigate your graduate career. Hélène Huet (PhD), European Studies …
Broken Families Across the Border – Erin Anderson
Turlington 2305Erin Anderson works for Al otro lado, an NGO that supports and provides legal advice to families separated by ICE. She will talk about how Al otro lado helps parents …