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Jews and the Americas
The 68th Annual Conference of the Center for Latin American Studies at the University of Florida. Co-sponsored by the Alexander Grass Chair in Jewish Studies and the Isser and Rae Price Library of Judaica at the University of Florida. This multidisciplinary conference aims to explore various facets of the Jewish experience in the Americas from …
A Conversation with Fanny GLISSANT on the Documentary “Slavery Routes”
A Conversation with Fanny GLISSANT on the Documentary “Slavery Routes”
For the official kick-off event of the second edition of the TOUT-MONDE FESTIVAL, the Caribbean Contemporary Arts Festival in Miami (March 13-17, 2019) “Echo-Natures,” and on the occasion of BLACK HISTORY MONTH, The Cultural Services of the French Embassy & the France Florida Research Institute of the University of Florid present “A Conversation with/ Conversation with Fanny GLISSANT, Film …
Reimagining the Middle Passage: Black Resistance in Literature, Film, and Song: A book talk with Tara T. Green
Reimagining the Middle Passage: Black Resistance in Literature, Film, and Song: A book talk with Tara T. Green
Dr. Tara T. Green from UNC Greensboro will be visiting UF on February 25 to discuss her new book Reimagining the Middle Passage: Black Resistance in Literature, Film, and Song. The lecture will be held in Turlington Hall (room L011) at 4:30 pm. This free, public event is sponsored by the University of Florida George A. Smathers …
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Visiting Artist Lecture: Sam Durant
Visiting Artist Lecture: Sam Durant
Speaker: Sam Durant Location: Little Hall 101 Lecture Date: February 26 2019 Bio: Sam Durant is a multimedia artist whose works engage a variety of social, political, and cultural issues. Often referencing American history, his work explores the varying relationships between culture and politics, engaging subjects as diverse as the civil rights movement, southern rock music, and …
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Cash, Public Infrastructure, and Mass Subjectivity: Private Security Guards in Nairobi, Kenya
Cash, Public Infrastructure, and Mass Subjectivity: Private Security Guards in Nairobi, Kenya
Abstract: Recent work in material participation looks, from an STS (Science and Technology Studies) perspective, at how material infrastructures are active in the creation of mass subjectivity, publics. This talk looks at the process of accessing the power of mass subjectivity through the public material infrastructure of the cash-in-transit business in Nairobi, Kenya, and the work …
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“Promise and Problems in Emerging Technology — Shaping the Societal Impact of Artificial Intelligence”
This two-day conference will bring together an interdisciplinary group of scholars to address the social and ethical dimensions of artificial intelligence applications in transportation, medicine, cognitive science, criminal justice, and media. The event, hosted by UF Philosophy, is sponsored by UF College of Liberal Arts and Sciences, the Levin College of Law, and the Wertheim …
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Research Fundamentals Workshops Series: What is a Data Management Plan? – Plato Smith
Research Fundamentals Workshops Series: What is a Data Management Plan? – Plato Smith
Research 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. March 6 - What is a Data Management Plan? - Plato Smith Increasingly, researchers are required to develop …
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“There is No Planet B” – Stop Climate Change Now!
“There is No Planet B” – Stop Climate Change Now!
Citizens' Climate Lobby representatives will speak on the movement to halt and reverse climate change at Indivisible Common Cents Ocala's meeting, Monday, March 11, at 6 p.m. at the Marion County Public Library, 2720 E. Silver Springs Blvd./SR 40, Ocala. The grassroots organization lobbies to pass the "Carbon Fee and Dividend" legislation and works closely …
Hip Hop Performance/Lecture with Omar Offendum
Hip Hop Performance/Lecture with Omar Offendum
Omar Offendum is a Los Angeles-based Syrian-American rapper/poet. A Kennedy Center Citizen Artist Fellow for 2018-2019 known for his unique blend of Hip-Hop and Arabic poetry, Omar’s albums and solos (SyrianamericanA, Eye Know Faces, and Close My Eyes) sensitively explore the meanings around cultural identity, immigration, political struggles in the Middle East and the US, …
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CSRRR Annual Spring Lecture “Getting Explicit About Implicit Bias in the Courts”
CSRRR Annual Spring Lecture “Getting Explicit About Implicit Bias in the Courts”
With Judge Mark W. Bennett Thursday, March 14, 2019, 12:00 pm, Chesterfield Smith Ceremonial Classroom, UF Levin College of Law Reception to follow **Mark W. Bennett was appointed a United States District Court Judge in the Northern District of Iowa on August 26, 1994. On January 1, 2000, he became Chief Judge of the Northern …
Why Museums Sometimes Lie
Why Museums Sometimes Lie
Elizabeth Marlowe Associate Professor of Ancient and Medieval Art Colgate University This lecture will offer a new way of thinking about the tensions between those who wish to own the past and those who wish to learn from its remains. Many U.S. museums continue to collect in restricted areas such as classical antiquity; and even …
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Programs in the Public Humanities FINAL PROPOSAL DEADLINE
Programs in the Public Humanities (deadline Statement of Intent, Friday, February 15, 2019; Final Proposal, Friday, March 15, 2019) In order to encourage and enhance collaborations between the University of Florida and off-campus individuals, groups, and institutions, the Center will offer grants up to $3,000 to support public programs rooted in one or more of …
Reading Groups in the Humanities DEADLINE
NEW FUNDING OPPORTUNITY: Reading Groups in the Humanities (deadline Friday, March 15, 2019) The Center for the Humanities and the Public Sphere, with the support of the Robert and Margaret Rothman Endowment for the Humanities, offers an inaugural funding opportunity for reading groups. Groups may use this opportunity for scholarly exchange on a shared topic …
DEADLINE: Humanities and the Sunshine State Teaching Florida’s Climates
The deadline to apply for the Humanities and the Sunshine State: Teaching Florida’s Climates Educator's Workshop.
“Real Men Die Wrapped in Horsehide: ” and Other Tales of Modern Masculinity. A talk by Sabine Frühstück
“Real Men Die Wrapped in Horsehide: ” and Other Tales of Modern Masculinity. A talk by Sabine Frühstück
“Real Men Die Wrapped in Horsehide: ” and Other Tales of Modern Masculinity. A talk by Sabine Frühstück, University of California at Santa Barbara This talk considers the history of modern masculinities, spanning the early processes of nation-state formation and empire building, through defeat and democratization. About 150 years ago, scientists, reformers, and government officials made …
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From Colored to Black: The Stories of North Central Florida
From Colored to Black encompasses over eighty years of Florida’s Black Oral History with stories from the St. Augustine Civil Rights Movement, the resettlement of Rosewood, Gainesville’s Old Lincoln High School, and more. This unique theatrical experience provides the foundation for critical dialogue around Black History and identity. Written & Co-Directed by: Brittney M Caldwell …
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Electronic Portfolios Workshop
Electronic Portfolios Workshop
Electronic Portfolios allow students to reflect on their international experiences and courses while creating a digital archive of acquired skills and accomplishments. ePortfolios can be used to foster global learning, connections among experiences, and career development. Faculty and staff interested in learning more about ePortfolio practice and platforms are invited to attend this workshop. Attendees …
“Postracial Resistance: Black Women, Media and the Uses of Strategic Ambiguity”
“Postracial Resistance: Black Women, Media and the Uses of Strategic Ambiguity”
Please join the UF Mellon Intersections Group on Global Blackness and Latinx Identity in welcoming the first speaker in the Beyond Borders, Across Boundaries: Black and LatinX Knowledge Formations Speaker Series: Ralina Joseph, University of Washington. Ralina L. Joseph is an associate professor of Communication, and adjunct associate professor of American Ethnic Studies and Gender, Women, Sexuality Studies at the University …
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Research Fundamentals Workshops Series: Experimental Research Designs– Dave Schwieder
Research Fundamentals Workshops Series: Experimental Research Designs– Dave Schwieder
Research 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. March 20 - Experimental Research Designs– Dave Schwieder This workshop provides an overview of experimental research, including the …
Authors@UF: Dr. Barbara Mennel
Authors@UF: Dr. Barbara Mennel
Barbara Mennel Rothman Chair and Director, Center for the Humanities and the Public Sphere Associate Professor, Departments of Languages, Literatures, and Cultures, and English. Wednesday, March 20, 2019 3:30 p.m., Smathers Library, Room 100 Women at Work in Twenty-First-Century European Cinema University of Illinois Press, 2019 From hairdressers and caregivers to reproductive workers and power-suited executives, images of women’s labor …
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DEADLINE: Humanities and the Sunshine State: Florida Water Stories
Applications due for 2019 Humanities and the Sunshine State: Florida Water Stories Program.
Plotting the Garden: Politics and Narrative in the Literature and Culture of Gardens
“Plotting the Garden” is a two-day conference at the University of Florida that explores the intersection of gardens as physical plots of land cultivated for a purpose; as narrative plots that tell a story; and as political plots that convey identity, power, and even intrigue. We seek to mobilize what George McKay calls “horticultural politics” …
From Segregation to Black Lives Matter: A Symposium and Celebration of the Opening of the Joel Buchanan Archive of African American Oral History at the University of Florida
January 11, 2019: For Immediate Release The Samuel Proctor Oral History Program at the University of Florida announces: From Segregation to Black Lives Matter. A Symposium and Celebration of the Opening of the Joel Buchanan Archive of African American Oral History at the University of Florida Free registration is available here. Contact: Tamarra Jenkins, (352-392-7168), …
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Humanities Engagement Scholars Meet-Up
Humanities Engagement Scholars Meet-Up
Are you an undergraduate interested in what it means to be in graduate school? Meet graduate students who study the humanities or emphasize humanities approaches in the social sciences. The following graduate students will talk about their research and life in graduate school: Nolan Cannon, Philosophy Andreina Fernandez, Center for Gender, Sexuality, and Women’s Studies …
From Inscribing to Emoticoding: A workshop on human-readable information encoding with Angelos Barmpoutis
From Inscribing to Emoticoding: A workshop on human-readable information encoding with Angelos Barmpoutis
Human-readable information encoding has transitioned throughout human history utilizing the available technologies. During this evolution, humans familiarized themselves with various encoding schemes beyond natural language alphabets, such as Braille, Tally marks, and much more recently Morse code, Cellphone texting in 4×3 numerical keypads, emoticoding, and many others. This presentation discusses the common elements behind these encoding schemes and showcases …
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The 14th Annual Conference of the Social Sciences (CSS)
The 14th Annual Conference of the Social Sciences (CSS)
For the past 14 years, the Florida Society of the Social Sciences (F3S) has strived to provide a unique forum for Florida’s scholars of the social and humanistic sciences to engage with others around issues of social import and impact. The cornerstone of F3S’s efforts is the Annual Conference of the Social Sciences, where hundreds of graduate and …
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Once More at the River: From MLK to BLM
Once More at the River: From MLK to BLM
Once More at the River: From MLK to BLM, a one-hour documentary, explores the rich and continuing history of political activism in Memphis since Dr. Martin Luther King, Jr. was assassinated there in 1968. This activism has often involved confrontation and sometimes controversy. This story, told through oral history interviews of more than 20 Memphis-based …
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“We Crossed a Bridge and It Trembled: Voices from Syria,” A Talk by Dr. Wendy Pearlman
“We Crossed a Bridge and It Trembled: Voices from Syria,” A Talk by Dr. Wendy Pearlman
Based on interviews with hundreds of Syrians conducted over four years across the Middle East, Europe, and the United States, "We Crossed a Bridge and It Trembled: Voices from Syria" chronicles the war from its origins to its present horror, solely through the words of ordinary people transformed by its unfolding. Parents, children, students, teachers, …
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“Early Experiments in Digital Postcolonial Studies” with Deepika Bahri
“Early Experiments in Digital Postcolonial Studies” with Deepika Bahri
This brief talk will revisit the creation of the Postcolonial Studies @ Emory web site in 1996 as an example of early postcolonial digital praxis, its evolution in today's information rich digital environment, and speculations about the future of postcolonial digital humanities.
“Postcolonial Biology” with Deepika Bahri
“Postcolonial Biology” with Deepika Bahri
“Postcolonial Biology” Tuesday, March 26, 3:00 pm in Dauer 219 Postcolonial Biology investigates how minds and bodies have been shaped by colonial contact, to create deeply embedded hierarchies among the colonized. Moving beyond “North/South” thinking, Bahri reframes the questions of postcolonial bodies to address all societies, whether developed or developing. Engaging in innovative, highly original readings …
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Research Fundamentals Workshops Series: Deciding Where to Publish– Suzanne Stapleton
Research Fundamentals Workshops Series: Deciding Where to Publish– Suzanne Stapleton
Research 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. March 27 - Deciding Where to Publish– Suzanne Stapleton Are you writing up your STEM research results? Learn …
Punch of the Autochtones
Punch of the Autochtones
Jan Čumlivski is a Prague-based graphic designer, book artist, and historian of graphic design. He has won many prizes for his art-books, and teaches at Prague’s Academy of Art, Architecture and Design and Bratislava’s Academy of Fine Arts and Design. His talk will focus on samizdat, the clandestine text-image practice of self-publishing formerly common across …
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ePortfolio Workshop: Getting Started
ePortfolio Workshop: Getting Started
Join the UF International Center for an ePortfolio Workshop in their Center's Large Conference Room. The presentation will go over how to get started and how to navigate wix.com, what you'll need to include, and suggested guidelines for making a polished, reflective, and career-driven ePortfolio as part of the International Scholars Program and Peace Corps Prep.
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