How to Be an Antiracist – Ibram Kendi
Dr. Ibram Kendi’s visit to Gainesville culminates in this public lecture about his new book. The New York Times calls How to be an Antiracist “the most courageous book to […]
Dr. Ibram Kendi’s visit to Gainesville culminates in this public lecture about his new book. The New York Times calls How to be an Antiracist “the most courageous book to […]
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 […]
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, […]
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 […]
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Racial injustice has remained a stubborn feature of American society. One reason for its persistence is that everyday Americans fail to understand the problem of racial injustice as a lived […]
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Join this book discussion in advance of Dr. Kendi’s talk at the Phillips Center on November 21. Refreshments will be provided.
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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. […]
This 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 […]
How 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 […]
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How 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 […]