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Dr. Ashley Crooks-Allen, Du Bois-Mandela-Rodney/NCID Fellow in the Department of Afro-American and African Studies (DAAS) at the University of Michigan, Ann Arbor, will examine the relationship between Afro-Latinx identity and the #BlackLivesMatter movement via social media.

Michael Brenner is a Distinguished Professor of History and holds the Seymour and Lillian Abensohn Chair in Israel Studies at American University in Washington, D.C., where he serves as director of the Center for Israel Studies. This event is free and open to the public.

UF Physics invites you to a public lecture by Dr. Anna-Lisa Paul, Director of the UF Interdisciplinary Center for Biotechnology Research, and Research Professor in the UF Institute of Food and Agricultural Sciences Department of Horticultural Sciences.

The UF Health Cancer Center’s Community-Partnered Cancer Disparities Research Collaborative (CDRC) and its partners present “Power Over Prostate Cancer: A Gathering for Black Men and the Family Members Who Love Them.”

In the mid-twentieth century, a cohort of Black women teachers, librarians, and children's book authors advocated for accurate historical narratives about Black history and culture to boost Black children's self-esteem and reduce prejudice among white children. This talk will explore the various means this cohort used to protest racist learning materials and their efforts to replace them with accurate information about Black life.

Stop by the Center for the Humanities and the Public Sphere main office for an info session for graduate students about the Public Humanities Internship Program and the Graduate Summer Institute. Learn from previous interns about their experiences and how you can benefit from these programs!

UF American Indian and Indigenous Studies and the Department of Anthropology invite you to a public conversation with Chief Afukaka Kuikuro, Paramount Chief of the Kuikuro Nation in the Territorio Indigena do Xingu in central Brazil.

To celebrate World Anthropology Day, the Florida Anthropology Student Association is hosting a book sale at the Plaza of the Americas. Books will be sold to raise money for graduate student travel funds. Cash, card, or Venmo accepted.

Ethics in the Public Sphere invites members of the UF community to discuss the ethical issues raised by ChatGPT at our next “Pizza and Public Ethics” event. Please join us for a conversation moderated by Dr. Amber Ross of the Department of Philosophy. This event is co-sponsored by the UF Libraries.

Back by popular demand, it’s Trivia Night at the Graham Center! This time we’re celebrating Presidents’ Day. Test your knowledge of U.S. presidents past and present while enjoying pizza, an ice cream bar, and prizes — plus the area’s most awesome DJ, Tom Collette. Form your team now! You must be a UF student (graduate students welcome) to enter.

On February 19-20, 2023, the Center for Jewish Studies at the University of Florida will host an interdisciplinary conference devoted to the history and significance of the Holocaust’s universalization.

Join us for a keynote address by Doris Bergen, part of the conference 'Universalizing the Holocaust,' hosted by the Center for Jewish Studies.

Brorby's memoir recounts his upbringing in the coalfields; his adolescent infatuation with books; and how he felt intrinsically different from other boys. Now an environmentalist, Brorby uses the destruction of large swathes of the West as a metaphor for the terror he experienced as a youth. From an assault outside a bar in an oil boom town to a furtive romance, and from his awakening as an activist to his arrest at the Dakota Access Pipeline, Boys and Oil provides a startling portrait of an endangered American landscape that persists despite well-intentioned legal protections.

The African American Studies Program faculty is sponsoring a town hall meeting to discuss the past, present, and future of African American Studies. In addition, the faculty will answer questions about the status of African American Studies at the University of Florida.

Join the Center for African Studies and the International Center for the last of two African Research Sharing & Networking Event Series. Get the opportunity to hear from students of all disciplines and their African-focused research.

The past two decades have highlighted that democratization is not a linear process — and that even relatively entrenched democracies can face challenges to their core institutions and values.

This workshop will reflect on the evolution of the role and institutional arrangements of the ECB in the last 25 years and assess the outlook for the central bank moving forward.

Join us for the screening of 'Unguarded' which has revolutionized the Brazilian prison system and challenges us to revisit the way we think of prison, crime, and punishment, through restorative justice work.

The life of Zygmunt Bauman (1925- 2017) encapsulates 90 years of European history. A sociologist, a critical observer of western societies, a public intellectual, and one of the fathers of postmodernity, Bauman experienced major events and sociological processes that shaped Europe in the 20th century.

Join professors Dr. Taryrn Brown and Dr. Riché J. Daniel Barnes for a discussion on "The Woman King"! This event will include a lively presentation and interactive discussion on the cinematic depiction of the Agojie, the all-female unit of warriors who protected the African Kingdom of Dahomey in the 1800s.