Graduate Orientation Day 1
All events will be held in Turlington 2354 unless otherwise stated1:00-1:30, Hybrid Introduction and Meeting with the Administrative Team and English Graduate Organization (EGO) Participants: Melissa Davis, Leah Rosenberg, Raúl Sanchez, and Roger Maioli (via Zoom). EGO board: Armin Niknam, Mosunmola Adeojo, Alison Walsh, Kevin Artiga, and Taylor Morris. 1:30-2:15 Getting Oriented: PhD and MFA Review of basic orientation details relevant to all students in …
Graduate Orientation Day 2
All events will be held in Turlington 2354 unless otherwise stated1:00-1:40 Info for PhD Students This is a session that is intended to review and address the key questions about the first year of the program. PhD students must attend this session. MFA students please skip it. 1:40-2:00, Hybrid Center for the Humanities and the Public Sphere Sara Agnelli, Assistant Director for Graduate Engagement (for …
Graduate Orientation Day 3
All events will be held in Turlington 2354 unless otherwise stated1:00-2:00 Graduate Student Panel: “What I wish I had known”: Tips for Grad School and Gainesville Speakers: Kimberly Williams, Cosmo Hinsman, Motunrayo Ogunrinbokun, and Emily Hunsaker. 2:00-3:00, In Library West Room 211 Meet Your Librarian with Dr. Jeanne Ewert 3:15-4:30 Graduate Student and Department Culture Student leaders from department and university-wide student groups will discuss …
MarketWise: Introduction to the Job Market, by Roger Maioli
Zoom (MarketWise)The first of five sessions that MarketWise is running this Fall on how to prepare for different stages of the job search. This session will cover the basics about MarketWise and the academic job market in English. It will also feature speakers from the Career Connections Center, who will cover on-campus resources and programs to …
MarketWise: CVs and Cover Letters, by Roger Maioli
Zoom (MarketWise)The second of five sessions that MarketWise is running this Fall on how to prepare for different stages of the job search.
Dissertation Abstracts, Research Statements, and Diversity Statements, by Pietro Bianchi
Zoom (MarketWise)The third of five sessions that MarketWise is running this Fall on how to prepare for different stages of the job search.
Teaching Statements and Teaching Portfolios, by Victor Del Hierro
Zoom (MarketWise)The fourth of five sessions that MarketWise is running this Fall on how to prepare for different stages of the job search.
Job Interviews, by Roger Maioli
Zoom (MarketWise)The last of five sessions that MarketWise is running this Fall on how to prepare for different stages of the job search.
Black Horror Halloween Film Screening: The Blackening
Institute of Black Culture (IBC) Room #107The African American Studies program will be hosting a Black Horror event featuring a screening of Tim Story's The Blackening. Food will be served, and discussion of the film's themes will follow. Please send RSVP to Ivy Ponder-Gay: ivygay1003@ufl.edu Please include full name and major/department
Undisciplining the Victorian Classroom and the Future of Digital Pedagogy
Dauer Hall 215Undisciplining the Victorian Classroom is a digital humanities project that reimagines Victorian Studies through research from: Black, Indigenous, Asian and Asian-American, Latinx, Postcolonial, Decolonial, Feminist, Queer, and Disability Studies It produces free, open-source, peer-reviewed lesson plans, syllabi, and Zoomcasts for teacher-scholars in K-12 and higher education. Sponsored by: The Center for the Humanities and the …
Getting to Know You: Vinciane Despret’s Study of Interspecies Knowledge Practices
Scott Nygren Scholars Studio at Library West 1545 W University Ave, Gainesville, Florida, United StatesANNE MCCONNELL (WEST VIRGINIA STATE UNIVERSITY) FEBRUARY 15, 2024 SCOTT NYGREN SCHOLARS STUDIO LIBRARY WEST 5:30 PM _______________________________________________________________________________________________________________ After spending time in the field with evolutionary biologist Amotz Zahavi, the Belgian philosopher and psychologist Vinciane Despret determined that unconventional, interactive approaches to animal knowledge can yield surprising and interesting results. Despret watched Zahavi engage with …