2008 Event Archives
December
- The People and the Book: The Invention of Print and the Transformation
of Jewish Culture, a lecture by David Ruderman, University of Pennsylvania.
Part of Faithful Narratives: The Challenge of Religion in History,
sponsored by the Center for Jewish
Studies, the Department of
History, the Gainesville
Christian Study Center, the Wabash
Center for Teaching and Learning in Theology and Religion.
- The New Legislature's Agenda, a lecture by Mike Haridopolos.
Part of the Graham Center Public
Policy Brown Bag Series.
- for colored
girls who have considered suicide when the rainbow is enuf,
a workshop performance of Ntozake Shange's classic choreopoem,
presented by the Center for Women's Studies and the Center
for Race and Race Relations at the University of Florida.
- An Elusive Peace: State Building
and Reconstruction in Angola, a lecture by Ramón Galiñanes,
University of Florida. SASA lunch sponsored by the Center
for African Studies.
- Implications of ‘Reproductive Politics’ for
Religious Competition in Niger, a lecture by Barbara Cooper, Rutgers
University. Part of the Baraza lecture series sponsored by the Center
for African Studies
- Discordant Patterns of Variation and the Implications
for Identifying Species Boundaries in the Etheostoma flabellare Species
Complex (Percidae),
a lecture by Rebecca Blanton Johansen, FLMNH. Sponsored by the department
of Botany and Zoology.
- Politics of Health
Policy, a conference. Sponsored by the Bob
Graham Center for Public Service.
November
-
Krapp’s Last Tape, a play by Samuel Beckett with Rick
Cluchey of the San Quentin Drama Workshop.
Sponsored by the France-Florida Research Institute.
- Religious Beliefs and Political Behavior in Contemporary Kenya,
a lecture by Steve Lichty, University of Florida. SASA lunch sponsored
by the Center for African Studies.
- Cultural
Currency and Literary Exchange: Cultivating Texts as Commodity,
the 8th Annual English Graduate Organization Conference.
- Judging the
Success of Electoral Reform in Italy, a lecture
by Jeff Hamill, Department of
Political Science. Part of the Center
for European Studies Brown Bag Series.
- Neurobiology and Hydrodynamics Underlying Locomotor Behaviors
in Fishes, a lecture by Jimmy Liao, Cornell University. Sponsored
by the Department of Botany and Zoology.
- Building Community around…Study Abroad in India, a
panel featuring Anita Anantharam, Women's Studies; Travis Smith, Department
of Religion; and James Siler, Kumar Pictures. Part of the Gender Conversations
brown bag lunch series sponsored by the Center
for Women’s Studies and Gender Research.
- Urban Life and Transformation at the Swahili Town of Chwaka (Pemba),
AD 1000-2000, a lecture by Adria LaViolette, University of Virginia.
Part of the Baraza lecture series sponsored by the Center
for African Studies.
- 2008 Florida Writers’ Festival, 2nd edition. Readings
and informal talks by Pete Dexter, Marshall N. Klimasewiski, and Elizabeth
Spires. Sponsored by the English
Department.
- Sibling Rivalries: Judaism, Christianity, Islam, a lecture
by David Nirenberg, University of Chicago. Part of Faithful Narratives:
The Challenge of Religion in History, sponsored by the Center
for Jewish Studies, the Department
of History, the Gainesville
Christian Study Center, the Wabash
Center for Teaching and Learning in Theology and Religion.
- The National Election and Florida, a lecture by Mike Haridopolos.
Part of the Graham Center Public
Policy Brown Bag Series.
- Being Jewish in Philosophy.
Conference to celebrate sixty years of "Being Jewish" and
Time and the Other by Emmanuel Levinas. Sponsored by the Center
for Jewish Studies
- An Evening of Yiddish
Song: Wolf Krakowski with the Lonesome Brothers and Friends,
a concert. Sponsored by grants from
the Jewish Council of North Central Florida and the Jewish
Students Union at the University of Florida, and through additional
funds from the Kahn Visiting Scholar Endowment of the Center
for Jewish Studies at the University of Florida.
- Let's Talk about Jewish Literature: Angels in America: A Gay Fantasia
on National Themes, a lecture by Tony Kushner, Sponsored by UF
Libraries and the Center for
Jewish Studies.
- Theorizing Anti-Antisemitism,
a lecture by Jonathan Judaken, Professor of Modern European Cultural & Intellectual
History at the University of Memphis. Sponsored by the Center
for Jewish Studies.
- Screening of Karmen, followed by a question and answer
session with celebrated and controversial Senegalese filmmaker
Joseph Gai Ramaka. Sponsored by the Center for African Studies and
the France-Florida Research Institute.
- Emmanuel Levinas, 'Being Jewish' and The Time and the Other,
a symposiumSponsored by the Gary Gerson Lecture Series Endowment with
additional funds from the Posen Foundation and the France Florida Research
Institute.
- The State of the State, a lecture by Mike Haridopolos. Part
of the Graham Center Public
Policy Brown Bag Series.
- Emmanuel Levinas, 'The Trace of the Other', presented by
the Posen Seminar Reading Group. Session Chair, Nina Caputo.
- Discussion with Senegalese filmmaker Joseph Gai Ramaka on his documentaries Et
si Latif avait raison and Plan Jaxaay. Sponsored
by the Center for African Studies and the France-Florida Research
Institute.
- Testing "Evolution of Sex" Hypotheses using the
Freshwater Snail, Campeloma limum, a Ph.D. exit seminar by Lisa
Crummett, Department of Botany and Zoology.
- Open House: Center for European
Studies
- L’Hématoscope d’Hénocque: The Spectroscopy
of Blood and the Origins of Medicinal Spectroscopy, a lecture
by Ben Smith, UF Department of
Chemistry. Part of the History
of Science 2008 Fall Colloquium.
- Building on Sam Proctor's Legacy: Race, Politics and Freedom in
Florida, a lecture by Paul Ortiz, Director, Samuel Proctor Oral
History Program. Part of the Samuel Proctor
Florida History Lecture Series sponsored by the Bob
Graham Center for Public Service and the Samuel
Proctor Oral History Program.
- Ashakara film
screening. Part of the Modern African Cinema film series sponsored
by the Center for African Studies.
- Beavers of the Fish World: can Wood-Eating Catfish Actually Digest
Wood?, a Ph.D. exit seminar by Donovan German, Department of Botany and Zoology.
- MFA@FLA Fiction & Poetry Reading. Sponsored
by the English Department.
- Accounting for Performance & Bodies in Transnational Religion and Aesthetics
and Goddesses Who do Not Migrate: What is Left Behind Shapes
What is Here, a faculty and student seminar with Professor Joyce
Flueckiger. Sponsored by the
Center for the Study of Hindu Traditions (CHiTra), the Transnational
and Global Studies Center (TSGC), and the University of Florida
International Center, in association with the Department of Religion,
the Center for Women’s Studies and Gender Research, and the
Department of Political Science.
- China in Africa: A Threatening Revolution in International Affairs?,
a lecture by Mamoudou Gazibo, Université de Montréal.
Part of the Baraza lecture series sponsored by the Center
for African Studies.
- Triveni Sangam: A Confluence of three classical Indian Dance Forms,
a dance recital featuring Odissi, Kuchipudi, and Bharat Natyam dances.
Sponsored by the Center for the Study of Hindu Traditions.
October
- Accuracy and Potential Impact of Screening new Plant Species for
Invasiveness in the US, a lecture by Doria Gordon, The Nature
Conservancy. Sponsored by the Department of Botany and Zoology.
- The Averaged American, a lecture by Sarah Igo, Assistant Professor,
University of Pennsylvania. Part of the Graham Center Forum
on Voting and Identity sponsored by the Bob
Graham Center for Public Service.
- Somalia: A Country in Peril, a Policy Nightmare, a lecture
by Ken Menkhaus, Davidson College. Part of the Baraza lecture series
sponsored by the Center for African
Studies.
- Feminism
In/Action, with Debbie Rasmussen, Publisher of the magazine
*Bitch: Feminist Responses to Popular Culture. Sponsored by the Center
for Women's Studies and Gender Research and the Friends of Wild
Iris Books.
- When Miracles Ceased: The Protestant Reformation and the Disenchantment
of the World, a lecture by Carlos Eire, Yale University. Part of Faithful
Narratives: The Challenge of Religion in History, sponsored by
the Center
for Jewish Studies, the Department
of History, the Gainesville
Christian Study Center, the Wabash
Center for Teaching and Learning in Theology and Religion
- California's Complex Coastline: Biogeographic Patterns of Gene
Expression in Marine Invertebrates, a lecture by Chris Osovitz.
Sponsored by the Department of Botany and Zoology. Sponsored by the
Department of Botany and Zoology.
- Florida and the Next President. Congressman Adam Putnam (Representative,
12th District of Florida), Congresswoman Debbie Wasserman Schultz (Representative,
20th District of Florida), and Brendan McLaughlin, News Anchor, WFTS-TV.
This event is part of the Presidential Lecture Series: The
Path to the Whitehouse.
- Crisis of Scientific Faith at the End of the Nineteenth Century,
a lecture by Frederick Gregory, UF
Department of History. Part of the History
of Science 2008 Fall Colloquium.
- A Forum on Violence, a panel discussion on anti-violence activism
featuring Dr. Amanda Davis, Dr, William Conwill, and Anna Guest from Peaceful
Paths.
- African Intellectuals and Decolonization: Literary Representations
in the Eritrean Novel, a lecture by Ghirmai Negash, Ohio University.
Part of the Baraza lecture series sponsored by the Center
for African Studies.
- The Long Horserace: A View from the National Annenberg Election
Survey,
a lecture by Richard Johnston, Research Director of the National Annenberg
Election Study, University of Pennsylvania. The Cristopher Gierach Memorial
Lecture in the Psychology of Poitics, and part of the Graham Center
Forum on Voting and Identity, sponsored by the Bob
Graham Center for Public Service and the Department
of Psychology.
- Sea Snakes Require Fresh Water: Linking Physiology and Climate
Change,
a lecture by Harvey Lillywhite, UF Biology and Zoology. Sponsored by
the Department of Botany and Zoology. Sponsored by the Department of Botany and Zoology.
- Thunderbolt film
screening. Part of the Modern African Cinema film series sponsored by
the Center
for African Studies.
- 'Root, Root, Root for the Home Team': The Effects of Kosovo's 2008
Declaration of Independence on Moldovan Nationalism, a lecture by
graduate student Scott Feinstein. This is Part of the CES Brown Bag Series
sponsored by the Center for European
Studies.
- Todd Hasak-Lowy Reads,featuring
Todd Hasak-Lowy, Assistant Professor, African and Asian Languages and
Literature at UF. Sponsored by the Center
for Jewish Studies.
- The Spectacle of Public Pasts: Public Histories and Heritage in
Post Anti-Apartheid South Africa, a lecture by Gary Minkley, University
of Fort Hare. Part of the Baraza lecture series sponsored by the Center
for African Studies.
- Conference of the Social Sciences, Sponsorsed by FSSS.
- Who Wants to Listen to
Tevye the Dairyman?, a lecture by Dan Miron. Looking at
the Tevye-Sholem-Aleichem symbiosis and its ramifications. Sponsored
by the Center
for Jewish Studies.
- Let's Talk about Jewish Literature: The Puttermesser Papers,
a lecture by Andrew Gordon, Sponsored by UF
Libraries and the Center for
Jewish Studies. For more information contact Chelsea Dinsmore at
chedins@uflib.ufl.edu or 273-0369.
- Nise daigakusei
(False Student) and Kuro
no tesuto kaa (Black Test Car) double feature screening. Part
of the Masumura Yasuzo Retrospective 2008, sponsored by the Asian
Studies Program, the Japan Foundation, and the Consulate General
of Japan in Miami.
- Frontline: World – Stories from a Small Planet, a lecture
by Kristin Joos, Director of the Innovative Social Impact Initiative
in the Center for Entrepreneurship & Innovation at UF. Sponsored
by the George
A. Smathers Libraries and the Alachua
County Library District.
- Species Niches in Relation to Body Size for Ungulates in the Serengeti-Mara,
a lecture by Smitri Bhotika, University of Florida. SASA lunch sponsored
by the Center for African Studies.
- Don’t Know Much About History: Is a Historical Perspective
Really Necessary in High School Science Classes?, a lecture by
Linda Cronin Jones, Science & Environmental Education, School of
Teaching & Learning, UF
College of Education. Part of the History
of Science 2008 Fall Colloquium.
- Genetic Gardening: Moving Genes between Species to find the Causes
of Morphological Evolution, a lecture by David Baum, University
of Wisconsin. Sponsored by the Department of Botany and Zoology.
- The History of the State University System, a lecture by Robin
Gibson, former Chair of the Florida Board of Governors. Part of the Samuel
Proctor Florida History Lecture Series Bob
Graham Center for Public Service and the Samuel
Proctor Oral History Program.
- Hanaoka Seishu no
tsuma (The Wife of Hanaoka Seishu) and Daichi
no komoriuta (Lullaby of the Earth) double feature screening.
Part of the Masumura Yasuzo Retrospective 2008, sponsored by the Asian
Studies Program, the Japan Foundation, and the Consulate General
of Japan in Miami.
- Genomics, Medicine and Society, a lecture by Francis S. Collins,
former director of the National Human Genome Research Institute and leader
of the Human Genome Project. Keynote speech of Florida Genetics 2008,
the annual symposium of the UF Genetics Institute.
- From Monochrome to Color: New China After Chairman Mao, a
talk by Pok-Chi Lau. Pok Chi Lau’s photography of China began during
the post-Chairman Mao Cultural Revolution in 1979 and extends through
the economic reform of today. Mr. Lau’s talk is presented in conjunction
with the SITES exhibit, Documenting China: Contemporary Phototography
and Social Change. For more information call 352-392-2464. Sponsored
by the School Board of Alachua County, the University of Florida Asian
Studies Program, and the City of Gainesville Department of Parks, Recreation, & Cultural
Affairs.
- Reading by memoirist, biographer, playwright and poet Honor Moore,
in celebration of The Bishop's Daughter, a memoir. Sponsored
by the Department
of English.
- Keene Center Recital Series 2008-09, featuring pianist Paul
Posnak, Keyboard Performance Professor and Director of the Accompanying/
Chamber Music program at the University of Miami, School of Music. Recital
program will include Beethoven Sonata op.32, no 2 "Tempest" and
a selection of Jazz pieces. Works by Gershwin and Waller will be the
highlights of this performance.
- Reconstructing Lives and Community in Post-War Angola, a lecture
by Nanette Barkey, University of Iowa. Part of the Baraza lecture series
sponsored by the Center for African
Studies.
September
- The Effect
of Dark Matter Halos on Reionization and the 21cm Line,
a seminar by Aravind Natarajan, Universitat Bielefeld. Part of the
High Energy Seminar Series sponsored by the Department
of Physics.
- Coupling Nanomechanical
Motion to Electromagnetic Fields through the Casimir Effect and
Surface Evanescent Waves, a colloquium by Ho Bun Chan.
Sponsored by the Department of
Physics.
- A Thirst for Change, a panel discussion featuring Vasudha
Narayanan and Tarvis Smith, Department of
Religion, and Anita Anantharam, Center for Women's Studies and Gender
Research.
- The 2008 Primaries, featuring Frank Farhenkopf, Former Chair
of the Republican National Committee, Terry McAuliffe, Former Chairman
of the Democratic National Committee, and Michael Putney, WPLG-TV, Senior
Political Reporter, will discuss the primaries in Florida during the
2008 election.
- Quantum Many-Body
Effects in Artificial Atoms and Electron-Hole Bilayers,
a seminar by Michael Bonitz, Kiel, Germany. Part of the Condensed
Matter Seminar Series sponsored by the Department
of Physics.
- A Declaration of Energy Independence, a lecture by Jay Hakes,
Director of the Jimmy Carter Presidential Library and Museum. Sponsored
by the Bob Graham Center for
Public Service.
- Associated Higgs Production
in CP Violating Supersymmetry: Probing the 'Open Hole' at the Large
Hadron Collider, a seminar by Priyotosh Bandyopadhyay,
Harish-Chandra Research Institute. Part of the High Energy Seminar
Series sponsored by the Department
of Physics.
- Wellbeing in the Caprivi: the Role of Tourism and Conservancie,
a lecture by Jean-Gael Collomb, University of Florida. SASA lunch sponsored
by the Center for African Studies.
- Seahorse Key: Jewel of Florida’s Gulf Coast, a lecture
by Harvey Lilywhite, UF Department
of Zoology, Seahorse Key Marine Laboratory. Part of the History
of Science 2008 Fall Colloquium. For further information contact
info@hssonline.org.
- Russia, Georgia, and the West: A New Cold War?, a
panel discussion. Panelists: Paul D'Anieri, Dean, College of Liberal
Arts and Sciences; Stephen Craig, Professor and Chair, Political Science;
Bryon Moraski, Associate Professor, Political Science; Maria Bartlett,
Graduate Student, Political Science. Moderator: Amie Kreppel, Director,
Center for European Studies.
- Ruff Life: Masculine Court Community
in Imperial Spain (1500-1700),
a lecture by Shifra Armon. Part of the Gender Conversations brown bag
lunch series sponsored by the Center
for Women’s Studies and Gender Research.
- Uncertain Steps: Child Health and Mother-infant Interaction among
Datoga Pastoralists of Northern Tanzania, a lecture by Alyson
Young, University of Florida. Part of the Baraza lecture series sponsored
by the Center for African Studies.
- Effect of Strain
on Phase-Separation and Multiferroism in Manganites, a
seminar by Amlan Biswas. Part of the Condensed Matter Seminar Series
sponsored by the Department of
Physics.
- Sexual Differentiation of Genitalia and Limbs: How Global and
Local Signals Pattern the Embryo, a lecture by Marty Cohn, UF
Biology and Zoology. Sponsored by the Department of Botany and Zoology.
- Pagan Challenge and Christian Response: Towards a New Rome,
the Rothman Distinguished Lecture in Classics. Presented by Susanna
Elm, Professor of History, University of California, Berkeley. Susanna
Elm is Professor of History and Classics at the University of California,
Berkeley. Co-sponsored
by the Department of Classics and History.
- Peace Corps and Education, a discussion led by Amy Panikowski
and Returned Peace Corps Volunteers. For more information contact Amy
Panikowski at peacecorps@ufic.ufl.edu or 352-273-1530.
- Ponce de Leon and the Discovery of Florida, a lecture by
Michael Gannon, Professor Emeritus, University of Florida. Part of
the Samuel Proctor Florida History Lecture Series. Sponsored by the Bob
Graham Center for Public Service and the Samuel
Proctor Oral History Program.
- Quartier
Mozart film
screening. Part of the Modern African Cinema film series sponsored
by the Center for African Studies.
- ARM or FRM: Which Mortgage Contract Is Better for Czech Households?,
a lecture by Ivan Rybar, Department of Finance, Insurance and Real
Estate. Part of the Brown Bag Talks Series sponsored by the Center
for European Studies.
- Chasing Gravitational
Waves, a colloquium by Dave Reitze. Sponsored by the Department
of Physics.
- African Women Scientists and the Politics of Location: The Case
of Sierra Leone, a lecture by Josephine Beoku-Betts, Florida
Atlantic University. Part of the Baraza lecture series sponsored
by the Center for African Studies.
- Authors on Sundays, featuring English professor Sidney Homan
and his book, A Fish in the Moonlight Growing Up in the Bone Marrow
Unit. Sponsored by the English Department and Goerings Book
Store.
- Kuchizuke (Kisses) and Kyojin
to gangu (Giants and Toys) double feature screening. Part
of the Masumura Yasuzo Retrospective 2008, sponsored by the Asian
Studies Program, the Japan Foundation, and the Consulate General
of Japan in Miami.
- Getting Caught in Peculiar Positions: Variation in the Mechanisms
of Monogamy, a lecture by Steve Phelps, UF Biology and Zoology.
Sponsored by the Department of Botany and Zoology.
- Ethnicity and Post-Conflict Development in Burundi: Prospects
for Peace and Building Sustainable Politics, a lecture by Cara
Hauck, University of Florida. SASA lunch sponsored by the Center
for African Studies.
- Race, Racism and Health: Historical Continuities and Current Challenges,
a lecture by Lance Gravlee, UF
Department of Anthropology. Part of the History
of Science 2008 Fall Colloquium. For further information contact
info@hssonline.org.
- Divergence Free Nonrenormalizable
Models, a seminar by John Klauder. Part of the High Energy
Seminar Series sponsored by the Department
of Physics.
- Is There Such a Thing as a Post-Apartheid City?, a lecture
by Bill Freund, University of KwaZulu-Natal. Part of the Baraza lecture
series sponsored by the Center
for African Studies.
- Searching for Plague Reservoirs: Vast Lakes or Tiny Trickles?,
a lecture by Mike Antolin, Colorado State University. Sponsored by
the Department of Botany and Zoology.
July
April
- Polio: A Look Back at America's Most Successful Public Health
Crusade, the 2008 Gus Burns Lecture by David M. Oshinsky, winner
of the 2006 Pulitzer Prize in History &
Jack S. Blanton Chair in History, University of Texas, Austin. Sponsored
by the Department
of History and the Alexander Grass
Chair in Jewish Studies.
- Common Misconceptions in Santeria and Voodoo, presented by
Natalie Broadnax, Ph.D. student, Religious Studies. Part of Religious
and Spiritual Diversity Week sponsored by the Institute
of Hispanic-Latino Cultures and and Club
Creole.
- The Avenue Coffee House UF Faculty and Their New Books presents
Galina Rylkova, Department of Romance
Languages and Literatures, and her book, The
Archaeology of Anxiety: The Russian Silver Age and Its Legacy.
- Oratory, Assassination, and Tragedy: Two Speeches by Martin Luther
King and Robert F. Kennedy, presented by Dr. Lewis A. Sussman. Sponsored
by the Department
of Classics.
- Evolution, Morality, and Doing the Right Thing Because It Is Right,
a lecture presented by Geoff Sayre-McCord, University of North Carolina
at Chapel Hill. Part of the Evolution of Morality Speaker Series, sponsored
by the Department of Philosophy.
- Russia-Poland: New Gaze, a screening of short films. Sponsored
by the Center
for European Studies.
- Authors on Sundays presents Barbara Purdy, Professor Emerita, Department
of Anthropology. Purdy discussed her new book, Florida’s
People During the Last Ice Age.
- La Perplejidad de la Escritora Ante su Obra (The Perplexity
of the Writer Looking at Her Work), a talk by Carme Riera, author,
script-writer and essayist in Catalonia and Spain. Sponsored by the Center
for European Studies and the Department
of Romance Languages and Literatures.
- My Central Questions about... Black Women Creating Erotica, a
lecture by LaMonda Horton-Stallings, Department of English. Part
of a brown-bag lunch series sponsored by the Center for Women's Studies
and Gender Research.
- External Policies of the European Union, presented by Gordon
Adam, former member of European Parliament. Part of the Jean Monnet
Centre of Excellence speaker series sponsored by the Center
for European Studies.
- The Ethical Lessons of Abu Ghraib and Strategy
and Ethics in Counter Insurgency, lectures by Dr.
Albert Pierce, University Professor of Military Ethics from the National
Defense University. Sponsored by the Bob
Graham Center for Public Service.
- Sailing the South Pacific with Jules & Paul Verne: The Kip
Brothers, a lecture presented by Jean-Michel Margot, President
of North American Jules Verne Society. Co-sponsored by the Department
of English and the France-Florida
Research Institute
- Cuckoo film
screening. Part of the Russian/Slavic Film Festival: Men and Women
in Extreme Conditions, sponsored by the Department
of Germanic and Slavic Studies.
- The Evolution of European Information Resources: a Theoretical
Analysis and Practical Approach to Online Resources in Europe,
presented by Matthew Loving, French Literature PhD student. Sponsored
by the Center for European Studies.
- Afghanistan: Policy for European Union Engagement, presented
by Paul Turner,
UK Government National Expert to the European Commission on Afghanistan.
Part of the Jean Monnet Centre of Excellence speaker series sponsored
by the Center for European Studies.
- Women • India • Social
Reform: Limitations and Potentials of Law as an Instrument of Social
Reform, a lecture by Madhu Purnima Kishwar. Sponsored
by the Center for the Study of Hindu
Traditions (CHiTra), The
Department of Religion, and the Center
for Women’s Studies and Gender Research.
- A Starry
Night: Close Your Day...Open Your Mind . Sponsored by
the Department of Astronomy,
the Florida Museum of Natural History, Musuem Nights Student Group,
and the Alachua Astronomy Club.
- Media and the Presidency, a discussion featuring Matt Bai
of the New
York Times and
Joe Trippi on the relationship between the media and the
Executive Office. Part of the Presidential Lecture Series: The
Path to the White House.
- Water • Gender • Equity:
Water in the Karakorum, a lecture by Hermann Kreutzmann,
Department of Geography, Free University, Berlin. Sponsored by
the Water Institute, the Center for Women’s Studies and Gender
Research, Religion, and the Center for the Study of Hindu Traditions
(CHiTra).
March
- Joining the European Union: Negotiating and Resolving Conflicts,
a lecture by Dr. Victor Martinez-Reyes, associate professor at the Faculty
of Journalism and Political Science, University of Warsaw, Poland. Sponsored
by the Center for European Studies.
- Lecture
on leadership and public policy by Dr. Joseph Nye, acclaimed author and
former Chair of the National Intelligence Council. Sponsored by the UF
College of Fine Arts Center for the Arts and Public Policy. The
event is co-sponsored by the Bob Graham Center for Public
Service, Division of Sponsored
Research, the International Center,
and the Department of Political Science
- Grand Opening
Celebration for the Bob Graham Center for Public Service. Two-time
Pulitzer Prize Winner David McCullough is the honored keynote speaker for
the Graham
Center Opening Ceremony Celebration.
- Our Central Questions about... Using Research Knowledge for Gender
and Social Equity in Water Projects, a lecture by Sandra Russo,
Director Development Program,& the Interdisciplinary Water Working
Group. Sponsored by the Center
for Women's Studies and Gender Research.
- Waterscapes: Seeking Nature and Justice Along Indian Rivers,
a lecture by Dr. Amita Baviskar, The Institute of Economic Growth (IEG).
Sponsored by the Water Institute,
the Center for the Study of Hindu Traditions
(CHiTra), the Center for Women's
Studies and Gender Research, and the Department
of Religion.
- Yoko Hiraoke Plays Classical Japanese Music on the Biwa.
Sponsored by the Asian Studies Program.
- The Avenue Coffee House UF Faculty and Their New Books presents
William Link, Department of History.
Link discussed his new book Righteous Warrior Jesse Helms and the
Rise of Conservatism.
- Senators Chuck Hagel (R-Neb) and Jay Rockefeller (D-WV) debate the
role of the new president. Moderated
by Former Senator Bob Graham, and the Q & A session moderated
by the Graduate Student Council in the Department
of Political Science.
- The Past, Present and Future of European
Union-US Relations,
a lecture by Dr. Amie Kreppel, Director, Center for European Studies.
Part of the Phil Griffin Distinguished Lecture Series at Emerson Alumni
Hall. Sponsored by the Center for European
Studies and
the University of Florida Foundation.
- Biomorality: Moral Rationalism Done Right, a lecture presented
by Susan Dwyer, University of Maryland. Part of the Evolution of Morality
Speaker Series, sponsored by the Department
of Philosophy.
- What's Wrong with the European Union and how to
Fix It, a talk
presented by Simon Hix, Professor of European and Comparative Politics,
Department of Government, London School of Economics and Political Science.
First of a series of three talks sponsored by the Jean Monnet Centre
of Excellence at UF and the Center for
European Studies.
- Integrative Medicine in
America: Hindu and Chinese Healing Traditions, a lecture
by Professor Linda Barnes. Sponsored by the Center
for the Study of Hindu Traditions (CHiTra).
- The Avenue Coffee House UF Faculty and Their New Books presents
Michael Hofmann, Department of English.
Hofmann discussed his new translation of Franz Kafka’s Metamorphosis
and Other Stories.
- An Ocean
of Devotion: South Asian Regional Worship Traditions, a
panel discussion. Co-sponsored by the Center
for the Humanities in the Public Sphere.
- The Mirror film
screening. Part of the Russian/Slavic Film Festival: Men and Women in Extreme
Conditions, sponsored by the Department
of Germanic and Slavic Studies.
- Heather Ewing presents a lecture on
James Smithson, the English chemist and mineralogist whose bequest established
the Smithsonian.
- ImageSexT:
Intersections of Sex, Gender, and Sexuality, UF's sixth
annual Comics Conference. Keynote speakers include, Sally
Cruikshank,
Phoebe Gloeckner, Gail Simone. Co-sponsored by the Center
for the Humanities in the Public Sphere.
- Eating Cultures:
Gender, Globalization, & the Politics of Consumption in South Asia,
a symposium. Co-sponsored by the Center
for the Humanities in the Public Sphere.
- The Only Woman in the Room: Creating Japan's Modern Constitution,
a lecture by Beate Sirota Gordon. Sponsored by the George
Smathers Libraries and Asian Studies.
- Institutional Dynamics in Poland and Romania, a lecture by
Magda Giurcanu, Political Science Graduate student. Sponsored by the Center
for European Studies
- Lecture
by Professor Stephanie Coontz, Professor, Evergreen State College and Director
of Research and Education of the Council on Contemporary Families. Professor
Coontz will be speaking on marriage. Part of Families in
Transition: Center for Children and Families Lecture Series, 2007-2008, sponsored
by the Center for Children and Families, Levin College of Law, and co-sponsored
by the Center for the Study of Race and Race Relations.
- Former United States Secretary of State Madeleine Albright addresses
the University.
- On Culture: Theories, Practices, Histories, and Futures of the
Social,
the 10th Annual Conference of the Marxist Reading Group. Contact theufmrg@gmail.com for
more information.
- Carnatic
Music Concert,
sponsored by the Society for the Promotion of Indian Classical Music
and Culture amongst Youth (SPICMACAY).
- Metamorphosis:
Reading Franz Kafka: 125th Anniversary of Kafka's Birth Sponsored
by the Center for Jewish Studies,
the English Department and the Department
of Germanic and Slavic Studies.
January
- The EU: What, Where, Why, How, a lecture by Dr. Amie Kreppel,
Director, The Center for European Studies. Sponsored by the Center
for European Studies.
- The Art of Poetry, a reading of original work by students
in
Greger's MFA poetry workshop. Sponsored by the Department
of English.
- Movement
(R)evolution
Africa film screening.
Presented by the UF Center
for the Arts and Public Policy, in collaboration
with the College of Fine Arts, Center
for World Arts, Center for
African Studies and the Univerity
of Florida Performing Arts.
- EU Security, Defense, and Foreign Policy, a lecture by Dr.
Zachary Selden, Assistant Professor, Department of Political
Science.Sponsored by the Center
for European Studies.
- Rethinking SLA Data Collection: Dealing with Naturalistic
Learners, a lecture
by Dr. Elaine Tarone, University of Minnesota. Sponsored by the Center
for the Humanities in the Public Sphere in conjunction with the
Yulee Endowment.
- Jews and Muslims in Recent French Cinema, presented by Dr.
Catherine Portuges, University of Massachusetts, Amherst - Graduate Program
Director in Comparative Literature, Program in Film Studies, and Curator
of the Massachusetts Multicultural Film Festival. Sponsored by the France
Florida Research Institute.
- Bulgaria's Future as a European
Union Member; keynote address will be delivered by a lecture presented
by Elena Poptodorova, Ambassador Extraordinary and Plenipotentiary
of the Republic of Bulgaria to the USA. Sponsored by the Center
for European Studies, the UF
International Center, VISA,
and the Bulgarian
Student Club.
- War Psychosis: The Spanish Civil War, German Public
Sentiment, and the Specter of Bombing, a lecture by Will Greer.
Sponsored by the Center for European
Studies.
- Medieval Game Day, featuring knights, dancers, and jugglers. Sponsored
by Medieval and Early Modern Studies and
the Center
for European Studies. For more information please contact Mary Watt
at marywatt@ufl.edu or 392-2016.
- Economic Integration, the Euro, and Trade with the World,
a lecture by Dr. Petia Kostadinova, Assistant Director, Center for European
Studies. Sponsored by the Center for
European Studies.
- Spiritual Transformation and Lessons for Environmental
Negotiations,
a lecture by Professor Aaron T. Wolf,
Department of Geosciences, Oregon State University. Sponsored by the Water
Institute, The Center for the Study of Hindu Traditions (CHiTra), the
Center for Women’s Studies and Gender Research and the Deptartment
of Religion.
- MFA faculty William Logan,
Sidney Wade, and Michael Hofmann will read
new and published poetry.
- My Central Questions about Paradigm-Shifts at the Crossroads of
Anthropological, Feminist, Minoritized, and Diasporic Knowledges,
a lecture presented by Faye Harrison, Director of African American
Studies. Part of a brown-bag lunch series sponsored by the Center for
Women's Studies and Gender Research.
- Ideological Congruence and Two Visions of Democracy, a lecture
by Dr. Matt Golder, Assistant Professor, Department of Political Science,
Florida State University. Sponsored by the Center
for European Studies and the Department
of Political Science.
- College of Liberal Arts & Sciences Career Panel. Connect
with UF CLAS alumni and other professionals with Liberal Arts & Sciences
Bachelors who work in various career paths. Refreshments served. Sponsored
by the Career Resource Center.
- Environmentalism, Sacrifice, and Desire:
Rethinking Environmental Values, Consumption, and Desire, a lecture
by Dr. Jim Cummins, University of Toronto. Sponsored by the Center
for the Humanities in the Public Sphere.
- Cultural Identity and Urban Planning: Berlin's Plan
for Inner City Development After Reunification, a lecture by Alexandra
Montealegre, Graduate student. Sponsored
by the Center for European Studies.
- Searching for Jewish Cuba: Perils and Pleasures
of Diasporic Ethnography, a
lecture by Ruth Behar, Author and University of Michigan Professor
of Anthropology. will be joining us for a lecture at 4pm on January 29th
in the Ustler Hall Atrium. Cosponsored by the
Center for Women’s Studies and
Gender Research, the Center
for Latin American Studies, the Center
for Jewish Studies, and the Department
of Anthropology.
- The EU and Eastern Enlargement, alecture by Dr. Conor O’Dwyer,
Assistant Professor, Center for European Studies and Political Science
Department. Sponsored by the Center for European
Studies.
- Rethinking the Scientific Basis for Literacy Instruction,
a lecture by Dr. Jim Cummins, University of Toronto, OISE.
Sponsored by the Center
for the Humanities in the Public Sphere in conunction with the
Yulee Endowment.
- History, Legacy & Heritage: A Panel on Heritage Tourism in Spain & Slovenia,
a symposium panel sponsored by the Center
for the Humanities in the Public Sphere.
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