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Pozzetta Lecture: Jon Sensbach

05 Flint--Department Conference Room

Pozzetta Lecture: Jon Sensbach The Art of Liberation: Camille Pissarro and Free Women of the Caribbean

Fifth Annual History Honors Conference

Pugh Hall

Fifth Annual History Honors Conference & Awards Luncheon Pugh Hall on the University of Florida Campus April 12, 2014 Schedule of Panels Morning Sessions Social, Intellectual, & Religious Currents in Medieval and Early Modern Europe (9:00-10:00) Chair: Prof. Florin Curta Rachel Walkover: Reality within the Fantasy: the Romances of Chrétien de Troyes Holly Soltis: The

Fifth Annual History Honors Conference

Pugh Hall

Fifth Annual History Honors Conference & Awards Luncheon Pugh Hall on the University of Florida Campus April 12, 2014 Schedule of Panels Morning Sessions Social, Intellectual, & Religious Currents in Medieval and Early Modern Europe (9:00-10:00) Chair: Prof. Florin Curta Rachel Walkover: Reality within the Fantasy: the Romances of Chrétien de Troyes Holly Soltis: The

Fifth Annual History Honors Conference

Pugh Hall

Fifth Annual History Honors Conference & Awards Luncheon Pugh Hall on the University of Florida Campus April 12, 2014 Schedule of Panels Morning Sessions Social, Intellectual, & Religious Currents in Medieval and Early Modern Europe (9:00-10:00) Chair: Prof. Florin Curta Rachel Walkover: Reality within the Fantasy: the Romances of Chrétien de Troyes Holly Soltis: The

Michelle Campos, "Urban History in the Digital Age"

005 Keene Flint

The History Department is pleased to announce the first of  the 2014-15 George E. Pozzetta Lectures.  Dr. Michelle Campos, Associate Professor of History, will present on "Urban History in the Digital Age: Mapping Intercommunal Relations and Social Networks in Late Ottoman Jerusalem," on Thursday, 31 October 2014 at 4 p.m. in the History Department's Conference

Michelle Campos, "Urban History in the Digital Age"

005 Keene Flint

The History Department is pleased to announce the first of  the 2014-15 George E. Pozzetta Lectures.  Dr. Michelle Campos, Associate Professor of History, will present on "Urban History in the Digital Age: Mapping Intercommunal Relations and Social Networks in Late Ottoman Jerusalem," on Thursday, 31 October 2014 at 4 p.m. in the History Department's Conference

Michelle Campos, “Urban History in the Digital Age”

005 Keene Flint

The History Department is pleased to announce the first of  the 2014-15 George E. Pozzetta Lectures.  Dr. Michelle Campos, Associate Professor of History, will present on "Urban History in the Digital Age: Mapping Intercommunal Relations and Social Networks in Late Ottoman Jerusalem," on Thursday, 31 October 2014 at 4 p.m. in the History Department's Conference

Ari Joskowicz on Jewish-Catholic Relations

005 Keene Flint

Please join us for a lecture by Dr. Ari Joskowicz entitled, "Who to Exclude in Order to Belong," to be held on 2 February 2015 at 4:00 pm in Room 005 of Keene-Flint Hall. One of the most prominent stories of modern Jewish life has focused on Jews’ adoption of liberal middle-class values. This talk

Ari Joskowicz on Jewish-Catholic Relations

005 Keene Flint

Please join us for a lecture by Dr. Ari Joskowicz entitled, "Who to Exclude in Order to Belong," to be held on 2 February 2015 at 4:00 pm in Room 005 of Keene-Flint Hall. One of the most prominent stories of modern Jewish life has focused on Jews’ adoption of liberal middle-class values. This talk

Ari Joskowicz on Jewish-Catholic Relations

005 Keene Flint

Please join us for a lecture by Dr. Ari Joskowicz entitled, "Who to Exclude in Order to Belong," to be held on 2 February 2015 at 4:00 pm in Room 005 of Keene-Flint Hall. One of the most prominent stories of modern Jewish life has focused on Jews’ adoption of liberal middle-class values. This talk

New Graduate Student Orientation, Department of History

05 Flint--Department Conference Room

Thursday August 20 @ 05 Keene-Flint Hall 9:00-9:30: Breakfast for incoming graduate students (coffee and bagels) 9:30-9:45: Welcome from Dr. Sean Adams, Chair of the Department of History 9:45-10:45: Introduction to the Graduate Program Requirements and Procedures Dr. Elizabeth Dale, Graduate Coordinator and Erin Smith. Graduate Program Assistant 10:45-11: Break 11-12:30: Session: What I wished I’d

New Graduate Student Orientation, Department of History

05 Flint--Department Conference Room

Thursday August 20 @ 05 Keene-Flint Hall 9:00-9:30: Breakfast for incoming graduate students (coffee and bagels) 9:30-9:45: Welcome from Dr. Sean Adams, Chair of the Department of History 9:45-10:45: Introduction to the Graduate Program Requirements and Procedures Dr. Elizabeth Dale, Graduate Coordinator and Erin Smith. Graduate Program Assistant 10:45-11: Break 11-12:30: Session: What I wished I’d

New Graduate Student Orientation, Department of History

05 Flint--Department Conference Room

Thursday August 20 @ 05 Keene-Flint Hall 9:00-9:30: Breakfast for incoming graduate students (coffee and bagels) 9:30-9:45: Welcome from Dr. Sean Adams, Chair of the Department of History 9:45-10:45: Introduction to the Graduate Program Requirements and Procedures Dr. Elizabeth Dale, Graduate Coordinator and Erin Smith. Graduate Program Assistant 10:45-11: Break 11-12:30: Session: What I wished I’d

Grad Workshop: Grant Writing

seminar room

Workshop for grad students writing grant and fellowship applications. Particular focus on the Fulbright application. Panel: Professors Curta, Needell and White

Grad Workshop: Grant Writing

seminar room

Workshop for grad students writing grant and fellowship applications. Particular focus on the Fulbright application. Panel: Professors Curta, Needell and White

Grad Workshop: Grant Writing

seminar room

Workshop for grad students writing grant and fellowship applications. Particular focus on the Fulbright application. Panel: Professors Curta, Needell and White

Introduction to Graduate Certificates

Smathers 100 Library East

A session introducing certificate programs offered by UF; for graduate students in CLAS and the College of Arts. There will be presentations by representatives of some certificate programs and Q & A.    

Introduction to Graduate Certificates

Smathers 100 Library East

A session introducing certificate programs offered by UF; for graduate students in CLAS and the College of Arts. There will be presentations by representatives of some certificate programs and Q & A.    

Introduction to Graduate Certificates

Smathers 100 Library East

A session introducing certificate programs offered by UF; for graduate students in CLAS and the College of Arts. There will be presentations by representatives of some certificate programs and Q & A.    

Grad Student Library Orientation: Morning with the Curators @ Smathers Library

George A. Smathers Library: Grand Reading Room and Judaica Suite University of Florida, Gainesville

Morning with the Curators Please join us for an informal meet and greet with Curators and Experts in the Libraries for Humanities and Arts Graduate Students and Faculty. The Curators will share rare and unique treasures from the collections and introduce ways of thinking about and working with texts, collections, and materiality, including 3D printing.

Grad Student Library Orientation: Morning with the Curators @ Smathers Library

George A. Smathers Library: Grand Reading Room and Judaica Suite University of Florida, Gainesville

Morning with the Curators Please join us for an informal meet and greet with Curators and Experts in the Libraries for Humanities and Arts Graduate Students and Faculty. The Curators will share rare and unique treasures from the collections and introduce ways of thinking about and working with texts, collections, and materiality, including 3D printing.

Grad Student Library Orientation: Morning with the Curators @ Smathers Library

George A. Smathers Library: Grand Reading Room and Judaica Suite University of Florida, Gainesville

Morning with the Curators Please join us for an informal meet and greet with Curators and Experts in the Libraries for Humanities and Arts Graduate Students and Faculty. The Curators will share rare and unique treasures from the collections and introduce ways of thinking about and working with texts, collections, and materiality, including 3D printing.

Grad Workshop: Cover letters

For graduate students on the academic job market. Panel: Professors Gallman and White

Grad Workshop: Cover letters

For graduate students on the academic job market. Panel: Professors Gallman and White

Grad Workshop: Cover letters

For graduate students on the academic job market. Panel: Professors Gallman and White

Grad Students: Statement of Progress Due

All graduate students (MA & PhD) are required to turn in a plan of study in to the Graduate Coordinator at the start of Spring semester. The statement of progress must be accompanied by a recent writing sample and a current CV.

Grad Students: Statement of Progress Due

All graduate students (MA & PhD) are required to turn in a plan of study in to the Graduate Coordinator at the start of Spring semester. The statement of progress must be accompanied by a recent writing sample and a current CV.

Grad Students: Statement of Progress Due

All graduate students (MA & PhD) are required to turn in a plan of study in to the Graduate Coordinator at the start of Spring semester. The statement of progress must be accompanied by a recent writing sample and a current CV.

Digital Humanities Bootcamp

George A. Smathers Library: Grand Reading Room and Judaica Suite University of Florida, Gainesville

The DH Bootcamp will serve 60, with the majority being first-time DH practitioners, by providing multiple trainings for skill development which will be used to create new instructional materials for infusing DH within courses. This initial start-up activity will train faculty and graduate students to enhance teaching and research practices with new technologies and highly

Digital Humanities Bootcamp

George A. Smathers Library: Grand Reading Room and Judaica Suite University of Florida, Gainesville

The DH Bootcamp will serve 60, with the majority being first-time DH practitioners, by providing multiple trainings for skill development which will be used to create new instructional materials for infusing DH within courses. This initial start-up activity will train faculty and graduate students to enhance teaching and research practices with new technologies and highly

Digital Humanities Bootcamp

George A. Smathers Library: Grand Reading Room and Judaica Suite University of Florida, Gainesville

The DH Bootcamp will serve 60, with the majority being first-time DH practitioners, by providing multiple trainings for skill development which will be used to create new instructional materials for infusing DH within courses. This initial start-up activity will train faculty and graduate students to enhance teaching and research practices with new technologies and highly

History Orientation for New Grad Students, Day 1

Keene Flint Hall Gainesville, FL

Unless otherwise noted, all events will be in 005 Keene-Flint Hall 9-9:30:  coffee and bagels 9:30-10:30  The Graduate Program Requirements and Procedures Dr. Elizabeth Dale, Graduate Coordinator and Erin Smith. Graduate Program Assistant 10:30-10:45:  break   10:45-12:15:  Graduate seminars and writing papers Bonnie Effros Stuart Finkel Jon Sensbach   12:15 : Welcome from Dr. Sean Adams,

History Orientation for New Grad Students, Day 1

Keene Flint Hall Gainesville, FL

Unless otherwise noted, all events will be in 005 Keene-Flint Hall 9-9:30:  coffee and bagels 9:30-10:30  The Graduate Program Requirements and Procedures Dr. Elizabeth Dale, Graduate Coordinator and Erin Smith. Graduate Program Assistant 10:30-10:45:  break   10:45-12:15:  Graduate seminars and writing papers Bonnie Effros Stuart Finkel Jon Sensbach   12:15 : Welcome from Dr. Sean Adams,

History Orientation for New Grad Students, Day 1

Keene Flint Hall Gainesville, FL

Unless otherwise noted, all events will be in 005 Keene-Flint Hall 9-9:30:  coffee and bagels 9:30-10:30  The Graduate Program Requirements and Procedures Dr. Elizabeth Dale, Graduate Coordinator and Erin Smith. Graduate Program Assistant 10:30-10:45:  break   10:45-12:15:  Graduate seminars and writing papers Bonnie Effros Stuart Finkel Jon Sensbach   12:15 : Welcome from Dr. Sean Adams,

History Department Graduate Student Orientation, Day 2

Keene Flint Hall

10-12:00:  Teaching in the History Department Jeff Adler 111 Keene-Flint Required session for ALL new Ph. D. students and ALL continuing students who are teaching in 2016-17   11-12:00:  Strategies for the MA and 4-1 program 005 Keene-Flint Colby Johnson Annemarie Nichols   12:15-1:15:  Lunch for new students and grad mentors 005 Keene-Flint  

History Department Graduate Student Orientation, Day 2

Keene Flint Hall

10-12:00:  Teaching in the History Department Jeff Adler 111 Keene-Flint Required session for ALL new Ph. D. students and ALL continuing students who are teaching in 2016-17   11-12:00:  Strategies for the MA and 4-1 program 005 Keene-Flint Colby Johnson Annemarie Nichols   12:15-1:15:  Lunch for new students and grad mentors 005 Keene-Flint  

History Department Graduate Student Orientation, Day 2

Keene Flint Hall

10-12:00:  Teaching in the History Department Jeff Adler 111 Keene-Flint Required session for ALL new Ph. D. students and ALL continuing students who are teaching in 2016-17   11-12:00:  Strategies for the MA and 4-1 program 005 Keene-Flint Colby Johnson Annemarie Nichols   12:15-1:15:  Lunch for new students and grad mentors 005 Keene-Flint  

Graduate Student Brown Bag Lunch

Seminar Room, Keene Flint

This brown bag lunch will be for students starting their second year in the PhD program.

Graduate Student Brown Bag Lunch

Seminar Room, Keene Flint

This brown bag lunch will be for students starting their second year in the PhD program.

Graduate Student Brown Bag Lunch

Seminar Room, Keene Flint

This brown bag lunch will be for students starting their second year in the PhD program.

Ibram X. Kendi Book Talk

Dr. Ibram X. Kendi will speak at the Alachua County Public Library Headquarters on Sunday, 5 February 2017 at 5 pm.  This is one of the Library's year-long author series, and Dr. Kendi will be speaking from his book Stamped from the Beginning: The Definitive History of Racist Ideas in America. This book won the

Ibram X. Kendi Book Talk

Dr. Ibram X. Kendi will speak at the Alachua County Public Library Headquarters on Sunday, 5 February 2017 at 5 pm.  This is one of the Library's year-long author series, and Dr. Kendi will be speaking from his book Stamped from the Beginning: The Definitive History of Racist Ideas in America. This book won the

Ibram X. Kendi Book Talk

Dr. Ibram X. Kendi will speak at the Alachua County Public Library Headquarters on Sunday, 5 February 2017 at 5 pm.  This is one of the Library's year-long author series, and Dr. Kendi will be speaking from his book Stamped from the Beginning: The Definitive History of Racist Ideas in America. This book won the

Book Talk: Professor Ortiz

Smathers 100 Library East

Dr. Paul Ortiz: Book talk and signing: An African American and Latin History of the United States.

Book Talk: Professor Ortiz

Smathers 100 Library East

Dr. Paul Ortiz: Book talk and signing: An African American and Latin History of the United States.

Rethinking Muslim-Jewish Relations: Reflections on Late Ottoman Realities

Isser and Rae Price Library of Judaica, 1545 West University Avenue

The Alexander Grass Chair in Jewish History and the Isser and Rae Price Library of Judaica are co-sponsoring this talk by Dr. Julia Phillips Cohen, of Vanderbilt University. This lecture examines the shifting place of Jews in Ottoman society during the empire's modern reform era. at the start of this era, Jews were largely absent

Public Event: Home Away from Home: Remembering Refugees in Florida

Pugh Hall Ocora

Graduate student Seyeon Hwang will present oral history interviews with refugees who resettled in Jacksonville, Florida. This is one of the events offered during Welcoming Week (September 14-23), a week long event on immigration, refugees, and native-born residents in American cities. Welcoming Week is sponsored by Welcoming America. This event is supported by the Florida

60 Years of Desegregation

Auditorium, Reitz Union

In 1958, George Starke became the first black student at UF.  We are inviting a panel of alumni to discuss their experiences as minority students here.  The panelists include: Mrs. Evelyn Mickle who was the first black graduate of the UF School of Nursing; Attorney Funmi Olorunnipa who was a student activist and also was enrolled

Digital Humanities Meet-Up: “Visualizing the Past”

Scott Nygren Scholar's Studio, Library West 212

Join us for a conversation about how we can combine historical manuscripts and artistic renderings with ground-penetrating radar, laser scanning, 3D modeling and other digital technologies to understand and interpret material culture. Dr. Caroline Bruzelius will discuss her recent digital humanities projects Visualizing Venice and the Medieval Kingdom of Sicily Image Database. Feel free to

Visualizing the Past: Workshop with Caroline Bruzelius

Scott Nygren Scholar's Studio, Library West 212

Join us for a conversation about how we can combine historical manuscripts and artistic renderings with ground-penetrating radar, laser scanning, 3D modeling and other digital technologies to understand and interpret material culture. Dr. Caroline Bruzelius will discuss her recent digital humanities projects Visualizing Venice and the Medieval Kingdom of Sicily Image Database. Feel free to

Visualizing the Past: Workshop with Caroline Bruzelius

Scott Nygren Scholar's Studio, Library West 212

Join us for a conversation about how we can combine historical manuscripts and artistic renderings with ground-penetrating radar, laser scanning, 3D modeling and other digital technologies to understand and interpret material culture. Dr. Caroline Bruzelius will discuss her recent digital humanities projects Visualizing Venice and the Medieval Kingdom of Sicily Image Database. Feel free to

Public Lecture: Halfway Home: Race, Punishment and the Afterlife of Mass Incarceration

Ustler Hall, University of Florida Gainesville, FL

A public lecture by Reuben J. Miller, University of Chicago. While more people are incarcerated in the United States than in any other nation in the history of the western world, the prison is but one (comparatively) small part of a vast carceral landscape. The 600,000 people released each year join nearly 5 million people

Public talk: “Divided Dreams: Moroccan Jews and the Post-Independence Moroccan State”

Isser and Rae Price Library of Judaica, 1545 West University Avenue

Dr. Alma Heckman, University of California-Santa Cruz will be giving a talk. This talk is part of the Mediterranean and North African Jewish History series  sponsored by the Alexander Grass Chair in Jewish Studies and the Isser and Rae Price Library of Judaica. The moment of Moroccan independence in 1956 was optimistic for Jews.  The Istiqlal

Faculty/Grad Student Workshop: “The Rights and Obligations of Divorce: Jews and Moroccan Independence”

Conference Room, KF

Precirculated paper; please RSVP to mcampos@ufl.edu Dr. Heckman will discuss a chapter that explores the Moroccan Communist Party’s (PCM) evolution into a national liberation party in the post-war period. It addresses urban Jewish communal attitudes to the movement for independence and the available marketplace for political ideas and ideologies, including the accelerating popularity of Zionism.  As Jews

Virgil Hawkins and the Struggle for Civil Rights at the University of Florida

Chamber Room, Reitz Union

On November 1, 2018, the UF African American Studies Program will honor the late civil rights pioneer Virgil Hawkins from 2pm-3:30pm in the Chamber Room of the Reitz Union.  Attorney Harley Hermann and members of Mr. Hawkins family will discuss his life’s work as an activist.  As a result of Mr. Hawkins’ 1949 class-action lawsuit,

Escaping Nuremberg: How Nazi Perpetrators Fled Justice

Isser and Rae Price Library of Judaica, 1545 West University Avenue

A talk by Gerald Steinacher Gerald Steinacher is the Hyman Rosenberg Professor for Judaic Studies at the University of Nebraska. He is the author of Nazis on the Run: How Hitler’s Henchmen Fled Justice, which won the Jewish Book Award, andHumanitarians at War: The Red Cross in the Shadow of the Holocaust.

“We Were, We Are, We Will Be:” Jewishness in Contemporary Poland

Isser and Rae Price Library of Judaica, 1545 West University Avenue

Talk by Rachel Rothstein, sponsored by the Alexander Grass Chair, Jewish Studies In March 1968, the Polish government launched an anti-Zionist campaign, which forced over 12,000 Jews to leave Poland. Many saw the expulsion as the final chapter of Polish Jewish history. Yet, today's Polish Jewish community is thriving with Jewish schools, summer camps, and

Grad Workshop: Alternative Careers

Conference Room, KF

Dr. Rachel Rothstein, a graduate of our program, will talk about what you can do with your PhD.

“Between Israel and the Caribbean Seaboard: The Worldwide Web of Jewish Moroccan Migrants

Isser and Rae Price Library of Judaica, 1545 West University Avenue

Talk by Professor Aviad Moreno, Ben Gurion University This lecture examines the process of Jewish emigration from Spanish-dominated northern Morocco, and points to the trans-regional, inter-personal, communal and institutional networks that jointly shaped the character and pace of that exodus to Israel and Latin America, beginning in the 19th century. The talk is free and

Faculty and Grad Student Seminar

Conference Room, Keene Flint

Lunchtime seminar with Professor Aviad Moreno, Ben Gurion University.   Lunch provided, please RSVP to mcampos@ufl.edu

Research in Progress Luncheon: Capitalism Sideways

Conference Room, Keene Flint

The Hyatt and Cici Brown Professor of History presents a workshop with Kenneth Lipartito, Florida International University. For further information, contact Dr. Sean P. Adams, spadams@ufl.edu