Book Discussion: Coming of Age in Mississippi

As part of the Center for the Humanities and the Public Sphere 2019-20 Speaker Series Rethinking the Public Sphere Part I: Race and the Promise of Participation and in preparation […]

CANCELLED: UF Intersections Ethics Café: Reparations

*This event has been cancelled.* Are you interested in learning more about reparations to historically oppressed minority groups, especially African-Americans and Native Americans? Would you like to talk with other […]

Race, Power, and Food (Roundtable)

Food is inextricably linked to culture, trade, economics, sovereignty, and well-being. Good food should be a basic human right. Join this interdisciplinary dialogue at the intersection of scholarship and food […]

Baldwin | Achebe Africa | America @40

*Due to the COVID-19 Pandemic, this event was moved from April to October. Some of the speakers, locations, and times listed below may be subject to change as plans for […]

Digital Collaborations on Black History in Florida Project

This two-day workshop is designed to explore a new approach to transformative collaboration between Black community organizations in North Florida and the UF Smathers Libraries. The workshop will bring together […]

Dr. Ronald C. Foreman Symposium

As part of the 50th Anniversary Celebration for the UF African American Studies Program, the Institute of Black Culture will present three panels at this symposium featuring faculty, alumni, students, […]

Philosophy in Public: Discussing Identity as a Public Intellectual in the Humanities – Chris Lebron

In this lunch workshop, Professor Christopher Lebron (Johns Hopkins University) will discuss his experiences with public-facing writing in venues such as New York Times’s philosophy column, The Stone, Boston Review, […]

Vodou Inscriptions of the Self in Zora Neale Hurston’s Haitian Ethnography – Kevin Meehan

Dr. Kevin Meehan is professor of English at the University of Central Florida. He is the author of People Get Ready: African American and Caribbean Cultural Exchange (University Press of […]

True Justice: Bryan Stevenson’s Fight For Equality – Film Screening

True Justice: Bryan Stevenson’s Fight For Equality examines the personal journey of Bryan Stevenson, a public defender in Alabama and director of the Equal Justice Initiative, who is working to […]