2008 Event Archives
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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