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William Link on his family and history

Alachua County Library Headquarters Gainesville, FL, Select a Country:

William Link, Richard J. Milbauer Professor of History at the University of Florida, will be reading from his new book Links: My Family in American History.The book offers a moving and unsentimental biography of his parents -- two individuals who experienced the intense change and tumult of the South during the mid-twentieth century. Stretching from

William Link on his family and history

Alachua County Library Headquarters Gainesville, FL, Select a Country:

William Link, Richard J. Milbauer Professor of History at the University of Florida, will be reading from his new book Links: My Family in American History.The book offers a moving and unsentimental biography of his parents -- two individuals who experienced the intense change and tumult of the South during the mid-twentieth century. Stretching from

William Link on his family and history

Alachua County Library Headquarters Gainesville, FL, Select a Country:

William Link, Richard J. Milbauer Professor of History at the University of Florida, will be reading from his new book Links: My Family in American History.The book offers a moving and unsentimental biography of his parents -- two individuals who experienced the intense change and tumult of the South during the mid-twentieth century. Stretching from

Pozzetta Colloquium

005 Keene-Flint Hall , Select a Country:

Bonnie Effros, "Building Colonial Identity from the Ruins: Classical Archaeology in Algeria, 1830-1900"

Pozzetta Colloquium

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Bonnie Effros, "Building Colonial Identity from the Ruins: Classical Archaeology in Algeria, 1830-1900"

Pozzetta Colloquium

005 Keene-Flint Hall , Select a Country:

Bonnie Effros, "Building Colonial Identity from the Ruins: Classical Archaeology in Algeria, 1830-1900"

Dr. Catherine Jones (Univ. of Georgia), "The chanson de geste and the Orient"

210 Pugh Hall

Please join us in welcoming Dr. Catherine Jones as she delivers her presentation, “The chanson de geste and the Orient”. Dr. Jones is a Professor of French and Provençal at the University of Georgia and is a leading internationally recognized scholar on medieval epic. Dr. Jones is the author of two books; The Noble Merchant:

Dr. Catherine Jones (Univ. of Georgia), "The chanson de geste and the Orient"

210 Pugh Hall

Please join us in welcoming Dr. Catherine Jones as she delivers her presentation, “The chanson de geste and the Orient”. Dr. Jones is a Professor of French and Provençal at the University of Georgia and is a leading internationally recognized scholar on medieval epic. Dr. Jones is the author of two books; The Noble Merchant:

Sabbatical and Professional Development Leave Applications Due in Chair's Office

CLAS Faculty, Chairs, and Directors: The college process for awarding sabbatical leaves for 2013-2014 has been posted on the college Web site. Sabbatical Leaves (tenure-track faculty): http://www.clas.ufl.edu/forms/instructions-memo_13-14_sabbatical_CLAS.pdf Along with the above guidelines, a sabbatical FAQ has been published here: http://www.clas.ufl.edu/forms/index.html Applicants must provide their packets to chairs no later than October 15, 2012.  Applications cannot

Sabbatical and Professional Development Leave Applications Due in Chair's Office

CLAS Faculty, Chairs, and Directors: The college process for awarding sabbatical leaves for 2013-2014 has been posted on the college Web site. Sabbatical Leaves (tenure-track faculty): http://www.clas.ufl.edu/forms/instructions-memo_13-14_sabbatical_CLAS.pdf Along with the above guidelines, a sabbatical FAQ has been published here: http://www.clas.ufl.edu/forms/index.html Applicants must provide their packets to chairs no later than October 15, 2012.  Applications cannot

Sabbatical and Professional Development Leave Applications Due in Chair’s Office

CLAS Faculty, Chairs, and Directors: The college process for awarding sabbatical leaves for 2013-2014 has been posted on the college Web site. Sabbatical Leaves (tenure-track faculty): http://www.clas.ufl.edu/forms/instructions-memo_13-14_sabbatical_CLAS.pdf Along with the above guidelines, a sabbatical FAQ has been published here: http://www.clas.ufl.edu/forms/index.html Applicants must provide their packets to chairs no later than October 15, 2012.  Applications cannot

Campus Conversations: Authors@UF Featuring Richard Scher

Smathers Library East Room 1A

Why is it So Hard to Vote in America? Are you voting in November? Are you sure? Many people think that going to the polls is all that's needed to vote. UF Political Science Professor Richard Scher disagrees. Drawing from his award-winning new book, The Politics of Disenfranchisement, Scher discusses the tradition of restricting or

Campus Conversations: Authors@UF Featuring Richard Scher

Smathers Library East Room 1A

Why is it So Hard to Vote in America? Are you voting in November? Are you sure? Many people think that going to the polls is all that's needed to vote. UF Political Science Professor Richard Scher disagrees. Drawing from his award-winning new book, The Politics of Disenfranchisement, Scher discusses the tradition of restricting or

Campus Conversations: Authors@UF Featuring Richard Scher

Smathers Library East Room 1A

Why is it So Hard to Vote in America? Are you voting in November? Are you sure? Many people think that going to the polls is all that's needed to vote. UF Political Science Professor Richard Scher disagrees. Drawing from his award-winning new book, The Politics of Disenfranchisement, Scher discusses the tradition of restricting or

History Professor Jacobs Participates in Voters Issues Conference

170 Pugh Hall

The Bob Graham Center Public Service Council at the University of Florida will host a Voters’ Issues Conference from 6 to 8 p.m. on Oct.17 in Pugh Hall’s room 170. The event is free and open to the public. Former Gainesville mayor Peegen Hanrahan will serve as the keynote speaker for the event. She will give preliminary remarks on the issues facing

History Professor Jacobs Participates in Voters Issues Conference

170 Pugh Hall

The Bob Graham Center Public Service Council at the University of Florida will host a Voters’ Issues Conference from 6 to 8 p.m. on Oct.17 in Pugh Hall’s room 170. The event is free and open to the public. Former Gainesville mayor Peegen Hanrahan will serve as the keynote speaker for the event. She will give preliminary remarks on the issues facing

History Professor Jacobs Participates in Voters Issues Conference

170 Pugh Hall

The Bob Graham Center Public Service Council at the University of Florida will host a Voters’ Issues Conference from 6 to 8 p.m. on Oct.17 in Pugh Hall’s room 170. The event is free and open to the public. Former Gainesville mayor Peegen Hanrahan will serve as the keynote speaker for the event. She will give preliminary remarks on the issues facing

Pozzetta Colloquium, Professor Luise White

005 Keene-Flint Hall

Please join us as Professor Luise White speaks on "'Racial representation of the worst sort': Southern Rhodesia's 1957 Franchise Commission, Citizenship, and the Problem of Polygynous Wives"

Pozzetta Colloquium, Professor Luise White

005 Keene-Flint Hall

Please join us as Professor Luise White speaks on "'Racial representation of the worst sort': Southern Rhodesia's 1957 Franchise Commission, Citizenship, and the Problem of Polygynous Wives"

Pozzetta Colloquium, Professor Luise White

005 Keene-Flint Hall

Please join us as Professor Luise White speaks on "'Racial representation of the worst sort': Southern Rhodesia's 1957 Franchise Commission, Citizenship, and the Problem of Polygynous Wives"

Lawrence Clayton, "The Making of the Quintessential Outsider"

Smathers Library East, Room 1A University of Florida Campus

Please join Lawrence Clayton, Professor of History at the University of Alabama, as he speaks on "The Making of the Quintessential Outsider: Bartolome de las Casas and Early Spanish America." The event is sponsored by the Center for Latin American Studies, the Center for the Humanities and the Public Sphere, the Department of Religion, the

Lawrence Clayton, "The Making of the Quintessential Outsider"

Smathers Library East, Room 1A University of Florida Campus

Please join Lawrence Clayton, Professor of History at the University of Alabama, as he speaks on "The Making of the Quintessential Outsider: Bartolome de las Casas and Early Spanish America." The event is sponsored by the Center for Latin American Studies, the Center for the Humanities and the Public Sphere, the Department of Religion, the

Lawrence Clayton, “The Making of the Quintessential Outsider”

Smathers Library East, Room 1A University of Florida Campus

Please join Lawrence Clayton, Professor of History at the University of Alabama, as he speaks on "The Making of the Quintessential Outsider: Bartolome de las Casas and Early Spanish America." The event is sponsored by the Center for Latin American Studies, the Center for the Humanities and the Public Sphere, the Department of Religion, the

"An English Tale: The Legend of Child-Murder in Medieval Norwich"

Smathers Library East, Room 1A University of Florida Campus

Please join us for the annual Alexander Grass Chair Endowed Lecture, presented this year by Professor Miri Rubin of Queen Mary University of London, where she currently serves as the Head of the School of History.

"An English Tale: The Legend of Child-Murder in Medieval Norwich"

Smathers Library East, Room 1A University of Florida Campus

Please join us for the annual Alexander Grass Chair Endowed Lecture, presented this year by Professor Miri Rubin of Queen Mary University of London, where she currently serves as the Head of the School of History.

“An English Tale: The Legend of Child-Murder in Medieval Norwich”

Smathers Library East, Room 1A University of Florida Campus

Please join us for the annual Alexander Grass Chair Endowed Lecture, presented this year by Professor Miri Rubin of Queen Mary University of London, where she currently serves as the Head of the School of History.

Pozzetta Colloquium, Professor Matthew Gallman

005 Keene-Flint Hall

Please join us for our next installment in the Pozzetta Colloquium, as Professor J. Matthew Gallman speaks on "'A Worthy Man as I Believe': Abraham Lincoln Contemplates Citizenship in Wartime"

Pozzetta Colloquium, Professor Matthew Gallman

005 Keene-Flint Hall

Please join us for our next installment in the Pozzetta Colloquium, as Professor J. Matthew Gallman speaks on "'A Worthy Man as I Believe': Abraham Lincoln Contemplates Citizenship in Wartime"

Pozzetta Colloquium, Professor Matthew Gallman

005 Keene-Flint Hall

Please join us for our next installment in the Pozzetta Colloquium, as Professor J. Matthew Gallman speaks on "'A Worthy Man as I Believe': Abraham Lincoln Contemplates Citizenship in Wartime"

Winson Chu, University of Wisconsin-Milwaukee

TBA

Please join Winson Chu of the University of Wisconsin-Milwaukee and author of The German Minority in Interwar Poland as he speaks on "Judaization, Europeanization, or Germanization? Lodz and the Politics of the Holocaust in Postcommunist Poland."

Winson Chu, University of Wisconsin-Milwaukee

TBA

Please join Winson Chu of the University of Wisconsin-Milwaukee and author of The German Minority in Interwar Poland as he speaks on "Judaization, Europeanization, or Germanization? Lodz and the Politics of the Holocaust in Postcommunist Poland."

Winson Chu, University of Wisconsin-Milwaukee

TBA

Please join Winson Chu of the University of Wisconsin-Milwaukee and author of The German Minority in Interwar Poland as he speaks on "Judaization, Europeanization, or Germanization? Lodz and the Politics of the Holocaust in Postcommunist Poland."

Commemorate the 150th Anniversary of the Emancipation Proclamation

219 Dauer Hall University of Florida Campus

On Friday, February 22 and Saturday, February 23, 2013, the Milbauer Program in Southern History will host a conference commemorating the 150th anniversary of the Emancipation Proclamation. This conference is entitled “The Shadow of Slavery: Emancipation, Memory, and the Meaning of Freedom.” Scholars from around the country will present original work focusing on the process,

Commemorate the 150th Anniversary of the Emancipation Proclamation

219 Dauer Hall University of Florida Campus

On Friday, February 22 and Saturday, February 23, 2013, the Milbauer Program in Southern History will host a conference commemorating the 150th anniversary of the Emancipation Proclamation. This conference is entitled “The Shadow of Slavery: Emancipation, Memory, and the Meaning of Freedom.” Scholars from around the country will present original work focusing on the process,

Commemorate the 150th Anniversary of the Emancipation Proclamation

219 Dauer Hall University of Florida Campus

On Friday, February 22 and Saturday, February 23, 2013, the Milbauer Program in Southern History will host a conference commemorating the 150th anniversary of the Emancipation Proclamation. This conference is entitled “The Shadow of Slavery: Emancipation, Memory, and the Meaning of Freedom.” Scholars from around the country will present original work focusing on the process,

Jessica Goldberg, "Trading on Identity: Jewish Merchants in the Medieval Islamic World"

Smathers Library East

Professor Goldberg is Assistant Professor of History at the University of Pennsylvania. Her research focuses on the history of merchants in the Islamic and Italian eastern Mediterranean of the eleventh and twelfth centuries. Recent research interests have led her to study the practical minutiae of how business, manufacturing, and trade worked; ideas and practices of

Jessica Goldberg, "Trading on Identity: Jewish Merchants in the Medieval Islamic World"

Smathers Library East

Professor Goldberg is Assistant Professor of History at the University of Pennsylvania. Her research focuses on the history of merchants in the Islamic and Italian eastern Mediterranean of the eleventh and twelfth centuries. Recent research interests have led her to study the practical minutiae of how business, manufacturing, and trade worked; ideas and practices of

Jessica Goldberg, “Trading on Identity: Jewish Merchants in the Medieval Islamic World”

Smathers Library East

Professor Goldberg is Assistant Professor of History at the University of Pennsylvania. Her research focuses on the history of merchants in the Islamic and Italian eastern Mediterranean of the eleventh and twelfth centuries. Recent research interests have led her to study the practical minutiae of how business, manufacturing, and trade worked; ideas and practices of

Bertram Wyatt-Brown and Robert Zieger Memorial Service

Baughman Center University of Florida Campus

There will be a combined service on Friday, 22 March at 3:30 pm to honor the memory of our former colleagues Bertram Wyatt-Brown and Robert Zieger. It will be held at the Baughman Center on the University of Florida campus.

Bertram Wyatt-Brown and Robert Zieger Memorial Service

Baughman Center University of Florida Campus

There will be a combined service on Friday, 22 March at 3:30 pm to honor the memory of our former colleagues Bertram Wyatt-Brown and Robert Zieger. It will be held at the Baughman Center on the University of Florida campus.

Bertram Wyatt-Brown and Robert Zieger Memorial Service

Baughman Center University of Florida Campus

There will be a combined service on Friday, 22 March at 3:30 pm to honor the memory of our former colleagues Bertram Wyatt-Brown and Robert Zieger. It will be held at the Baughman Center on the University of Florida campus.

Laura Edwards presents the Gary C. and Eleanor G. Simons Lecture in American History

Ustler Hall Atrium University of Florida Campus

Please join Laura Edwards (Duke University) as she speaks on “Women, the Civil War, and the Legal Transformation of the United States. Edwards explores how legal changes that resulted from the Civil War actually unfolded in people’s houses and backyards–and thus involved women, even though they were denied extended federal protection for their civil and

Laura Edwards presents the Gary C. and Eleanor G. Simons Lecture in American History

Ustler Hall Atrium University of Florida Campus

Please join Laura Edwards (Duke University) as she speaks on “Women, the Civil War, and the Legal Transformation of the United States. Edwards explores how legal changes that resulted from the Civil War actually unfolded in people’s houses and backyards–and thus involved women, even though they were denied extended federal protection for their civil and

Laura Edwards presents the Gary C. and Eleanor G. Simons Lecture in American History

Ustler Hall Atrium University of Florida Campus

Please join Laura Edwards (Duke University) as she speaks on “Women, the Civil War, and the Legal Transformation of the United States. Edwards explores how legal changes that resulted from the Civil War actually unfolded in people’s houses and backyards–and thus involved women, even though they were denied extended federal protection for their civil and

Retirement Party

The retirement party for Professors Peter Bergmann, Geoffrey Giles, and Robert Hatch will be held in the Keene-Faculty Center. Please RSVP to Erin Smith (352-392-6358 or erinsmith@ufl.edu) by 5 April 2013

Retirement Party

The retirement party for Professors Peter Bergmann, Geoffrey Giles, and Robert Hatch will be held in the Keene-Faculty Center. Please RSVP to Erin Smith (352-392-6358 or erinsmith@ufl.edu) by 5 April 2013

Retirement Party

The retirement party for Professors Peter Bergmann, Geoffrey Giles, and Robert Hatch will be held in the Keene-Faculty Center. Please RSVP to Erin Smith (352-392-6358 or erinsmith@ufl.edu) by 5 April 2013

Talk by Matthew Connelly: Decoding Official Secrecy. Computational Analysis of Hundreds of Thousands of Declassified Documents

Please join us for a talk by Matthew J. Connelly, Professor of History, Columbia University  Monday, September 16, 4:30 p.m. in Smathers East Rm. 1A  Talk to be followed by a reception   Decoding Official Secrecy: Computational Analysis of Hundreds of Thousands of Declassified Documents   The scope of official secrecy is growing exponentially. The

Talk by Matthew Connelly: Decoding Official Secrecy. Computational Analysis of Hundreds of Thousands of Declassified Documents

Please join us for a talk by Matthew J. Connelly, Professor of History, Columbia University  Monday, September 16, 4:30 p.m. in Smathers East Rm. 1A  Talk to be followed by a reception   Decoding Official Secrecy: Computational Analysis of Hundreds of Thousands of Declassified Documents   The scope of official secrecy is growing exponentially. The

Talk by Matthew Connelly: Decoding Official Secrecy. Computational Analysis of Hundreds of Thousands of Declassified Documents

Please join us for a talk by Matthew J. Connelly, Professor of History, Columbia University  Monday, September 16, 4:30 p.m. in Smathers East Rm. 1A  Talk to be followed by a reception   Decoding Official Secrecy: Computational Analysis of Hundreds of Thousands of Declassified Documents   The scope of official secrecy is growing exponentially. The

Welcome Reception For Prospective History Majors

Flint Hall 229

The History Department's Fall 2013 Welcome Reception for undergraduates interested in the major will take place on Wednesday, September 18th from 4-5:15 p.m. in the second-floor library of Flint Hall (229). Please join us to learn more about the history major, its research opportunities, study abroad options and career possibilities.  Meet faculty and student officers

Welcome Reception For Prospective History Majors

Flint Hall 229

The History Department's Fall 2013 Welcome Reception for undergraduates interested in the major will take place on Wednesday, September 18th from 4-5:15 p.m. in the second-floor library of Flint Hall (229). Please join us to learn more about the history major, its research opportunities, study abroad options and career possibilities.  Meet faculty and student officers

Welcome Reception For Prospective History Majors

Flint Hall 229

The History Department's Fall 2013 Welcome Reception for undergraduates interested in the major will take place on Wednesday, September 18th from 4-5:15 p.m. in the second-floor library of Flint Hall (229). Please join us to learn more about the history major, its research opportunities, study abroad options and career possibilities.  Meet faculty and student officers

UF Grand Opening of the Stetson Kennedy Papers

“Stetson Kennedy: Re-Imagining Justice in the 21st Century” UF Grand Opening of the Stetson Kennedy Papers 22 October 2013, All Day Events, George A. Smathers Library and Samuel Proctor Oral History Program at Pugh Hall The papers of noted activist, writer, and folklorist Stetson Kennedy (1916-2011) have been donated to the University of Florida and will be

UF Grand Opening of the Stetson Kennedy Papers

“Stetson Kennedy: Re-Imagining Justice in the 21st Century” UF Grand Opening of the Stetson Kennedy Papers 22 October 2013, All Day Events, George A. Smathers Library and Samuel Proctor Oral History Program at Pugh Hall The papers of noted activist, writer, and folklorist Stetson Kennedy (1916-2011) have been donated to the University of Florida and will be

UF Grand Opening of the Stetson Kennedy Papers

“Stetson Kennedy: Re-Imagining Justice in the 21st Century” UF Grand Opening of the Stetson Kennedy Papers 22 October 2013, All Day Events, George A. Smathers Library and Samuel Proctor Oral History Program at Pugh Hall The papers of noted activist, writer, and folklorist Stetson Kennedy (1916-2011) have been donated to the University of Florida and will be

2013 Gus Burns Lecture

Smathers Library (East), 1A

 “From Conservation to Environmentalism” 2013 Gus Burns Lecture by William Souder Author William Souder will discuss Rachel Carson, Silent Spring, and the origins of America's troubled relationship with the natural world. After the talk, he will sign copies of his book On a Farther Shore, the latest biograhy of Rachel Carson, published on the 50th

2013 Gus Burns Lecture

Smathers Library (East), 1A

 “From Conservation to Environmentalism” 2013 Gus Burns Lecture by William Souder Author William Souder will discuss Rachel Carson, Silent Spring, and the origins of America's troubled relationship with the natural world. After the talk, he will sign copies of his book On a Farther Shore, the latest biograhy of Rachel Carson, published on the 50th

2013 Gus Burns Lecture

Smathers Library (East), 1A

 “From Conservation to Environmentalism” 2013 Gus Burns Lecture by William Souder Author William Souder will discuss Rachel Carson, Silent Spring, and the origins of America's troubled relationship with the natural world. After the talk, he will sign copies of his book On a Farther Shore, the latest biograhy of Rachel Carson, published on the 50th

Authors@UF series of the George A. Smathers Libraries:Lillian Guerra

Latin American Collection Reference Room, 4th floor Smathers Library (East)

Lillian Guerra “Visions of Power in CUBA: Revolution, Redemption, and Resistance, 1959-1971” Monday, October 28, 3:00 p.m., Latin American Collection Reference Room, 4th floor Smathers Library (East) In the tumultuous first decade of the Cuban Revolution, Fidel Castro and other leaders saturated the media with altruistic images of themselves in a campaign to win the

Authors@UF series of the George A. Smathers Libraries:Lillian Guerra

Latin American Collection Reference Room, 4th floor Smathers Library (East)

Lillian Guerra “Visions of Power in CUBA: Revolution, Redemption, and Resistance, 1959-1971” Monday, October 28, 3:00 p.m., Latin American Collection Reference Room, 4th floor Smathers Library (East) In the tumultuous first decade of the Cuban Revolution, Fidel Castro and other leaders saturated the media with altruistic images of themselves in a campaign to win the

Authors@UF series of the George A. Smathers Libraries:Lillian Guerra

Latin American Collection Reference Room, 4th floor Smathers Library (East)

Lillian Guerra “Visions of Power in CUBA: Revolution, Redemption, and Resistance, 1959-1971” Monday, October 28, 3:00 p.m., Latin American Collection Reference Room, 4th floor Smathers Library (East) In the tumultuous first decade of the Cuban Revolution, Fidel Castro and other leaders saturated the media with altruistic images of themselves in a campaign to win the

2013-14 Fellowship Brown-Bag Series: Anna Lankina

Walker Hall 200

“Listening to Heretical Voices: Philostorgius's Vision of History” Anna Lankina, Department of History, 2013-2014 Rothman Doctoral Fellow Rarely do historians have access to the voices of religious minorities. In the later Roman Empire sources pertaining to such “heretical” groups were targeted for systematic destruction. The fifth-century Greek Ecclesiastical History of the Christian “Arian heretic” Philostorgius

2013-14 Fellowship Brown-Bag Series: Anna Lankina

Walker Hall 200

“Listening to Heretical Voices: Philostorgius's Vision of History” Anna Lankina, Department of History, 2013-2014 Rothman Doctoral Fellow Rarely do historians have access to the voices of religious minorities. In the later Roman Empire sources pertaining to such “heretical” groups were targeted for systematic destruction. The fifth-century Greek Ecclesiastical History of the Christian “Arian heretic” Philostorgius