Fall 2012 Events
5 September 2012 – 12:00-1:30 pm
Pugh Hall 210
Digital Humanities Working Group
What are the Digital Humanities?
7 September 2012 – 6:30 pm
Smathers (Library East) 1A
Medieval Models and Multilingualism in Higher Education
Matthieu Boyd (Fairleigh Dickinson University/ Harvard University)
13 September 2012 – 6:00 pm
Smathers (Library East) 1A, reception follows
Rehumanizing the University Series
Biopolitics of the Posthumanities
Cary Wolfe (Rice University)
13 September 2012 – 12:00 pm
Communicore Building, Room C1-7
Harry Potter’s World: Renaissance Science, Magic, and Medicine
Representations of Race and Ethnicity
in Rowling’s Harry Potter Novels
Giselle Anatol (University of Kansas)
13 September – 13 October 2012
Harn Museum of Art
8th Annual Gainesville Latino Film Festival
14-15 September 2012
404 Grinter Hall / 05 Keene-Flint Hall
Out of Africa: The Work of Memoirs
in Contemporary Africa
19 September 2012 – 1:00-2:30 pm
Pugh Hall 210
Humanities Grant-Writing Event:
Applying for the Mellon/International Dissertation Research Fellowship (IDRF)
October is National Arts & Humanities Month!
1 October 2012 – 7:30 pm
Smathers (Library East) 1A
Rehumanizing the University Series
Civilizing Students, Civilizing Communities:
Frederick Law Olmsted’s Plans for Colleges and Universities
David Schuyler (Franklin & Marshall College)
Accompanied by an exhibition from the University Archives
10 October 2012 – 12:00-1:30 pm
Pugh Hall 210
Digital Humanities Working Group
Digital Scholarly Editions as Curated Archives
22 October 2012 – 7:00 pm
Smathers (Library East) 1A
Rehumanizing the University Series
From the Margins to the Mainstream:
Jewish Students and Administrators at Harvard, Yale, and Princeton
Marcia Synnott (University of South Carolina)
25-28 October 2012
UF Hilton Conference Center
Hispanic Linguistics Symposium
7 November 2012 – 12:00-1:30 pm
Pugh Hall 210
Digital Humanities Working Group
Locating the Real in the Virtual
13 November 2012 – 4:15 pm
215 Dauer Hall
Is There a Russian Cyber Empire?
Dirk Uffelmann (University of Passau, Germany)
15 November 2012 – 7:00 pm
Ustler Hall Atrium (2nd floor), reception follows
Rehumanizing the University Series
How Can We Rehumanize the University, Here and Now?
Harry Brighouse (University of Wisconsin-Madison)
5 December 2012 TBD
Postponed to accommodate “Collaborating with Strangers” on December 6
Pugh Hall 210
Digital Humanities Working Group
Archival Work as Collaborative Activity:
The Future of Humanities Curation
6 December 2012 (reading day) – 2:00-5:00 pm
Ustler Hall Atrium (2nd floor), refreshments served
Collaborating with Strangers
in and OUTSIDE the Humanities
7 December 2012 – 12:00 pm
215 Dauer Hall
Market Wise: Alternative Career Paths for Humanities PhDs
Presentations and Discussion with Sophia Acord and Laurie N. Taylor
17 December 2012
Proposals Due: Winter 2012 Proposal Review
RSVP to skacord@ufl.edu by 9 December 2012 to participate.
Spring 2013 Events
22 January 2013 – 6:00-7:00 pm
Pugh Hall 170
UF: The Past is Prologue – 150 Years of the Morrill Act
Moderator: David Colburn (Bob Graham Center for Public Service)
Panelists: Jean Chalmers (former mayor of Gainesville), Patricia Hilliard-Nunn (African American Studies), Madelyn Lockhart (Former Graduate Dean), Steve Noll (History), Paul Ortiz (Samuel Procter Oral History)
24 January 2013 – 10:30 am-12:30 pm
Smathers Library West 211
Digital Humanities Working Group
Online Exhibts and Omeka
24 January 2013 – 4:00-5:30 pm
Smathers Library (East) 1A
The Making of the Quintessential Outsider:
Bartolomé de las Casas and Early Spanish America
Lawrence Clayton (University of Alabama)
25 January 2013 – 12:00-1:00 pm
Walker Hall 201D
2012-2013 Summer Fellowship Brown Bag Series: Rothman Summer Fellow
‘The Defence of Men’s Inconstancy’ in Early Modern Spain
Shifra Armon (Department of Spanish and Portuguese Studies)
28 January 2013 – 6:00-7:30 pm
Smathers Library (East) 1A
Humanizing Conversations at UF: Roundtable
The History of Academic Freedom and Activism at UF
Moderator: Malini Schueller
Participants: Michael Falcone, Deeb-Paul Kitchen II, Paul Ortiz, Ron Sachs
8 February 2013 – 12:00-4:00 pm
Marston Science Library L107 (lower level)
From Projects to Proposals:
An Intensive Graduate Fellowship-Writing Workshop in the Humanities
Mickey Schafer (Dial Center for Written and Oral Communication)
12 February 2013 – 2:00-4:00 pm
Keene-Flint Hall 005
Maimonides: Faith, Doubts and Secrets
Symposium (Center for Jewish Studies)
13-23 February 2013
Various times and locations
Gastronomie Français à Gainesville
Food Festival (Alliance Française de Gainesville)
15-18 February 2013
Various times and locations
Film and Philosophy: Corpus//Bodies
Film Festival (Graduate Film Studies Group)
19-21 February 2013 – Various times
Institute for Black Culture Conference Room
The Education and Identity of African American Males
Conference (African American Studies Program)
20 February 2013 – 12:00-1:00 pm
Walker Hall 200
2012-2013 Summer Fellowship Brown Bag Series: Rothman Summer Fellow
The Muse as a Guest: Anna Akhmatova and Dante
Galina Rylkova (Department of Languages, Literatures, and Cultures)
21-22 February 2013
Various times and locations
Disciples of Flora: Gardens in History and Culture
Center for Women’s Studies and Gender Research
22 February 2013 – 3:00 pm
216 Anderson Hall
Woman Huang’s Journey to the Underworld
Beata Grant (Washington University, St. Louis)
25 February 2013 – 6:00-7:30 pm
Smathers Library (East) 1A
Humanizing Conversations at UF: Roundtable
Diversifying the UF Student Body, Faculty, and Curriculum
Moderator: Bonnie Moradi
Participants: Carmen Diana Deere, Harry Shaw, Connie Shehan, Meera Sitharam, Kenneth Wald
27 February 2013 – 1:00-3:00 pm
Marston Science Library 308
Digital Humanities Working Group
Introduction to Geographic Information Systems
11 March 2013 – 5:30 film, 6:00-7:30 pm panel
Smathers Library (East) 1A
Humanizing Conversations at UF: Documentary Screening and Panel
“Behind Closed Doors: The Dark Legacy of the Johns Committee” at UF
Moderator: Churchill Roberts
Participants: Allyson Beutke DeVito, Stacy Braukman, Kim Emery, Jim Schnur
13 March 2013 – 10:00 am-12:00 pm
Smathers Library West 211
Digital Humanities Working Group
The EVIA Digital Archive
13 March 2013 – 12:00-1:00 pm
Walker Hall 201D
2012-2013 Summer Fellowship Brown Bag Series: Tedder Doctoral Fellow
The Many Meanings of “A Southern Baptist Declaration on the Environment and Climate Change”
Robin Globus Veldman (Department of Religion)
19-20 March 2013 – various times
McCarty A Conference Room 1151
Sound of China: Folklore, Rock ’n’ Roll, and Chinese Hip Hop
Film Screening and Lectures
20 March 2013 – 7:00 pm
Pugh Hall
The Revolutionary Origins of the Civil War
Gordon Wood (Brown)
20-21 March 2013
Various times and locations
The Mobile Homecoming Project at UF
Exhibition, Lecure, and Documentary Screening
23 March 2013 – 1:00 pm
Music Building 101
Sounds, Shadows, and Songs
Lei Liang (University of California, San Diego)
25 March 2013 – 6:00-7:30 pm
Smathers Library (East) 1A
Humanizing Conversations at UF: Roundtable
The Humanities and STEM (Science, Technology, Engineering, and Mathematics) Fields
Moderator: Willard Harrison
Participants: Erik Deumens, Kevin Knudson, Joseph Murphy, Christopher Sistrom, Betty Smocovitis
26 March 2013 – 7:00 pm
Smathers Library (East) 1A
Telling Science Fiction in the 21st Century
John Clute
27 March 2013 – 12:00-1:30 pm [EVENT MOVED TO APRIL 8]
Pugh Hall 210
Digital Humanities Working Group
Online Education – Discussion and Recommendations from the DHWG
29 March 2013 – 1:55 pm
Music Building 101
Alberto Ginastera and the Argentine Film Industry
Deborah Schwartz-Kates (University of Miami)
1 April 2013 – 11:45 am- 12:45 pm
Reitz Union 286
Being Queer & Atheist: Addressing Religious Privilege
Chris Stedman (Harvard)
1 April 2013 – 7:00 pm
Ustler Hall Atrium
An Evening with Chris Stedman: Author, Interfaith Chaplain, Gay Advocate
Chris Stedman (Harvard)
2 April 2013 – 6:00-7:30 pm
Ustler Hall Atrium (2nd floor)
Humanizing Conversations at UF: Lecture
Privileging Science over Humanities:
How Privatization and Vocational Training in Higher Education Reinforce Social Stratification
Sheila Slaughter (University of Georgia)
2 April 2013 – 7:30 pm
Keene Faculty Center in Dauer Hall
Parcere Subiectis: Roman Imperialism, Jewish Apocalypticism, and Universal Justice in the First Century CE
Megan Williams (San Francisco State)
8 April 2013 – 12:00-1:30 pm
Pugh Hall 210
Digital Humanities Working Group
Digital Pedagogy – Discussion and Recommendations from the DHWG
9 April 2013 – 12:00-1:00 pm
Walker Hall 201D
2012-2013 Summer Fellowship Brown Bag Series: Rothman Doctoral Fellow
Social Learning of Plants among Andean Children
Stéphanie Borios (Department of Anthropology)
17-20 April 2013 – 7:30pm
Digital Worlds Institute, Old Norman Hall Gym
A Handful of Leaves: Immigrant Stories
Theater Production
18 April 2013 – 6:00-7:00pm
Smathers Library (East), Room 1A
Treasures of the Parker Library
Melvin Jefferson (Cambridge, UK)
18 April 2013 – 3:00-5:00pm