The School of Art + Art History at the University of Florida is proud to present visiting artist Dread Scott as part of the Fall 2018 Visiting Artist Lecture Series. The Lecture Series is free and open to the public. Lectures begin at 6:15PM in Little Hall, Room 101. The lectures offer the community at …
The School of Art + Art History at the University of Florida is proud to present visiting artist Dread Scott as part of the Fall 2018 Visiting Artist Lecture Series. The Lecture Series is free and open to the public. Lectures begin at 6:15PM in Little Hall, Room 101. The lectures offer the community at …
The program “The Great Hunger” is an all-Irish related program, including Frank Martin’s Trio on Irish Folk Tunes, new arrangements of Irish traditional music for the ensemble, and at the center of the program, a newly commissioned poetry and music work, “The Great Hunger” by composer Ian Wilson. The new work celebrates one of the …
The Gainesville Latino Film Festival (GLFF), organized by the Latina Women’s League, is proud to present the lineup for its fourteenth edition. Held over three weeks, September 13 – 30, Festival events will be spread across 13 venues in Gainesville, Florida. Press kit information is attached. This year’s theme, “Latin American Women in Film: Celebrating …
On September 18, from 2-3pm in the Nygren Studio, come listen to Paige Morgan’s presentation entitled: "Balancing Expectations: Creating Useful Library and DH Experience for Humanities Graduate Students." Paige C. Morgan is the Digital Scholarship Librarian & Scholarly Publishing Officer at the University of Miami. The University of Miami’s UGrow Fellowship program provides graduate students …
20 September 2018 - 9:00 am - 11:00 am "Writing Successful DDRG and GRF Proposals at NSF" with Dr. Jeff Mantz UF Department of Anthropology Please join the UF Department of Anthropology for a presentation and discussion about writing successful DDRG and GRF Proposals at the National Science Foundation, with Dr. Jeff Mantz. Jeff will offer …
20 September 2018 - 5:00 pm "Rethinking Muslim-Jewish Relations: Reflections on Late Ottoman Realities" with Dr. Julia Phillip-Cohen Alexander Grass Chair in Jewish Studies, Isser and Rae Price Library of Judaica Dr. Julia Phillips Cohen (Vanderbilt University) examines the shifting place of Jews in Ottoman society during the empire’s modern reform era. At the start of …
Seyeon Hwang, a doctoral student at UF, will present her oral history interviews with refugees resettled in Jacksonville and moderate a discussion with a panel of refugees based in Jacksonville and Miami. The program will also highlight national efforts for refugee advocacy in celebration of the Welcoming Week (Sep. 14-23), an event designated to bring …
21 September 2018 - 5:10 pm "Negotiating Transitions,” the 14th Annual Japan Foundation Film Series UF Department of Languages, Literatures and Cultures and the Japan Foundation The 14th Annual Japan Foundation Film Series is sponsored by the Department of Languages, Literatures and Cultures and the Japan Foundation. All films will be shown in Pugh 170, and …
A networking-style event to discuss research in various fields of study with UF undergraduates! Represent your department and field of study and register HERE.
Queen Quet, Chieftess and Head of State of the Gullah/Geechee Nation, will be speaking at UF Tuesday 25 September at 7:30 pm in the Chemistry Lab (room C130). Queen Quet is a celebrated author, preservationist, mathematician, historian, and art-ivist. Since 1999, she has represented her people at numerous UN conferences including the Oceans Conference, the Minority …
Wednesday, September 26, 2018 @ 4:00pm, Walker 201D Knowledge and Law in the Caribbean Matthew Strickland (History) “Civilizing Slaves: Imperialism, Anglicanism, and African Slavery on Codrington Plantation” Matthew Strickland’s presentation discusses the lives of enslaved people on Codrington Plantation on Barbados and the role of religious conversion that occurred there from 1710 to emancipation in …
The Center for the study of Hindu Traditions (CHiTra) is pleased to announce a lecture by Professor Tony Stewart, Professor of Religious Studies and Professor of Asian Studies and Chair, Department of Religious Studies, Vanderbilt University. Title: “Subjunctive Explorations of Fictive Vaisnava-Sufi Discourse in Bengal.” Date and Time: September 27th, 4;00 pm Venue: Anderson 216, …
27 September 2018 - 6:00 pm "60th Anniversary of the Desegregation of the University of Florida" UF African American Studies Reitz Union Second Floor Auditorium (686 Museum Road) In 1958, George Starke became the first African American student to enroll at the University of Florida. He studied at UF for three trimesters. The year 2018 …