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April 2016
“From Dayton to Brussels, via Tuzla: Post-2014 Politico-Economic Restructuring in Bosnia and Herzogovina” a talk by Danijela Majstorovic
The political and economic transformations of peace-building and state-building efforts in post-Dayton Accords Bosnia–Herzegovina (BiH) have resulted in a dysfunctional, ethnically divided and impoverished country in social crisis. Articulating a demand for greater social justice, the 2014 protests and plenums in BiH emerged as a response rejecting both ethnic division and the corruption of post-Dayton political economy. While for most Bosnian politicians it was the biggest threat so far, it also appeared to represent an opening for a new reform agenda by the EU, visible…
Find out more »“The Political Life of Exported Steel” a talk by Zoran Vuckovac
Over 20 years after the war, Omarska iron mine still lacks any formal marking that shows its infamous history as a former concentration camp for non-Serb population during the 1992-95 Bosnian war. The apparent lack is only a symptom of the silence actively produced around historical events constitutive of what is now known as Republika Srpska. Taken into account the site's turbulent history, namely the fact that the former socialist mine was turned a concentration camp only to become…
Find out more »“The Political Life of Exported Steel” a talk by Zoran Vuckovac
Over 20 years after the war, Omarska iron mine still lacks any formal marking that shows its infamous history as a former concentration camp for non-Serb population during the 1992-95 Bosnian war. The apparent lack is only a symptom of the silence actively produced around historical events constitutive of what is now known as Republika Srpska. Taken into account the site's turbulent history, namely the fact that the former socialist mine was turned a concentration camp only to become…
Find out more »August 2016
September 2016
Brexit: A Roundtable
On Thursday, September 15th, 2016, the University of Florida Center for European Studies, Jean Monnet Center for Excellence and Bob Graham Center for Public Service will host a roundtable with distinguished US political science and economics scholars, entitled "Brexit: A Roundtable - On the UK and Europe's Politico-Economic Future" Participants: Dr. Patrick Crowley, International Economist and Professor of Economics, Texas A&M University D. Jae-Jae Spoon, Associate Professor in the Department of Political Science, University of Pittsburgh Dr. Amie Kreppel, Associate…
Find out more »Brexit: A Roundtable
On Thursday, September 15th, 2016, the University of Florida Center for European Studies, Jean Monnet Center for Excellence and Bob Graham Center for Public Service will host a roundtable with distinguished US political science and economics scholars, entitled "Brexit: A Roundtable - On the UK and Europe's Politico-Economic Future" Participants: Dr. Patrick Crowley, International Economist and Professor of Economics, Texas A&M University D. Jae-Jae Spoon, Associate Professor in the Department of Political Science, University of Pittsburgh Dr. Amie Kreppel, Associate…
Find out more »“Moving Together, Moving Apart: Party Convergence and the Rise of Extreme Right Parties in Europe” – A Lunchtime Symposium with Jae-Jae Spoon
In recent years, we have seen two simultaneous phenomena in Europe: Significant vote losses of mainstream parties and the rise of the extreme right. How are these two related? Dr. Jae-Jae Spoon is an Associate Professor in the Department of Political Science at the University of Pittsburgh Lunch will be provided.
Find out more »“Moving Together, Moving Apart: Party Convergence and the Rise of Extreme Right Parties in Europe” – A Lunchtime Symposium with Jae-Jae Spoon
In recent years, we have seen two simultaneous phenomena in Europe: Significant vote losses of mainstream parties and the rise of the extreme right. How are these two related? Dr. Jae-Jae Spoon is an Associate Professor in the Department of Political Science at the University of Pittsburgh Lunch will be provided.
Find out more »Rethinking Europe and Its Borders: Adriatic Multi-Nationalism in Habsburg Dalmatia, Trieste, and Venice – A talk by Dominique Reill
Dominique Reill is an Associate Professor of Modern European History at the University of Miami. Her talk is part of an ongoing series entitled "Empire, Religion and Ethnicity in Europe and Beyond" She will also be giving a lunch seminar the following day, Friday, September 22nd from 12 to 1pm on "Rebel Citizens: ‘Belonging' in a City Fighting to Be a Sub-State." Please RSVP for paper and more details about the lunch to Michelle Campos at mcampos@ufl.edu
Find out more »Rethinking Europe and Its Borders: Adriatic Multi-Nationalism in Habsburg Dalmatia, Trieste, and Venice – A talk by Dominique Reill
Dominique Reill is an Associate Professor of Modern European History at the University of Miami. Her talk is part of an ongoing series entitled "Empire, Religion and Ethnicity in Europe and Beyond" She will also be giving a lunch seminar the following day, Friday, September 22nd from 12 to 1pm on "Rebel Citizens: ‘Belonging' in a City Fighting to Be a Sub-State." Please RSVP for paper and more details about the lunch to Michelle Campos at mcampos@ufl.edu
Find out more »Yiddish on the Battlefields of Spain: Reportage During the Spanish Civil War – A CES Lunchtime Symposium with Jack Kugelmass
L. Shneiderman and T. Elski were both Polish Jewish emigres living in Paris when the Civil War erupted in Spain and who covered the war for the world Yiddish press. Elski wrote for communist Yiddish publications and the reportage was assembled into a book Oyf di frontn fun Shpanye published in Paris after World War II. Shneiderman wrote for Warsaw's Haynt, but his pieces were syndicated throughout the world Yiddish press as well as in leading Polish and Hebrew language…
Find out more »Yiddish on the Battlefields of Spain: Reportage During the Spanish Civil War – A CES Lunchtime Symposium with Jack Kugelmass
L. Shneiderman and T. Elski were both Polish Jewish emigres living in Paris when the Civil War erupted in Spain and who covered the war for the world Yiddish press. Elski wrote for communist Yiddish publications and the reportage was assembled into a book Oyf di frontn fun Shpanye published in Paris after World War II. Shneiderman wrote for Warsaw's Haynt, but his pieces were syndicated throughout the world Yiddish press as well as in leading Polish and Hebrew language…
Find out more »October 2016
CANCELLED – Sokurov Film Screening, a Double feature and Discussion
Join us at the Harn for an exclusive Film Screening event featuring UF Professor Dragan Kujundzic's Cinemuse: Selfie with Sokurov* followed by Alexander Sokurov's Francofonia. Both films will be followed by a discussion with Dr. Kujundzic and Dr. Laurent Dubreuil, Professor of French at Cornell University. The film screenings and discussion are free and open to the public. Cinemuse: Selfie with Sokurov is filmed in Russian with English subtitles and Francofonia is in Russian, French, English and German with English…
Find out more »CANCELLED – Sokurov Film Screening, a Double feature and Discussion
Join us at the Harn for an exclusive Film Screening event featuring UF Professor Dragan Kujundzic's Cinemuse: Selfie with Sokurov* followed by Alexander Sokurov's Francofonia. Both films will be followed by a discussion with Dr. Kujundzic and Dr. Laurent Dubreuil, Professor of French at Cornell University. The film screenings and discussion are free and open to the public. Cinemuse: Selfie with Sokurov is filmed in Russian with English subtitles and Francofonia is in Russian, French, English and German with English…
Find out more »Russian Hajj: Empire and the Muslim Pilgrimage to Mecca – A talk by Eileen Kane
Eileen Kane is an Associate Professor of History and the Director of the Global Islamic Studies Program at Connecticut College This talk is part of a series entitled "Empire, Religion, and Ethnicity in Europe and Beyond," organized by Dr. Michelle Campos, UF, and cosponsored by CES She will also be giving a lunch seminar the following day, Friday, October 7th from 12 to 1pm on "Writing Russia into the History of the Middle East (and Vice Versa)." Please RSVP for paper and more…
Find out more »Russian Hajj: Empire and the Muslim Pilgrimage to Mecca – A talk by Eileen Kane
Eileen Kane is an Associate Professor of History and the Director of the Global Islamic Studies Program at Connecticut College This talk is part of a series entitled "Empire, Religion, and Ethnicity in Europe and Beyond," organized by Dr. Michelle Campos, UF, and cosponsored by CES She will also be giving a lunch seminar the following day, Friday, October 7th from 12 to 1pm on "Writing Russia into the History of the Middle East (and Vice Versa)." Please RSVP for paper and more…
Find out more »Part High Adventure and Part Dangerous Long Shot: The Melbourne Defection and U.S. Cold War Strategy – A talk by Toby Rider
Dr. Toby Rider is a Professor of History at California State University, Fullerton This talk is part of a Series on “Freedom’s Fury: Sport in Revolution – the 60th Anniversary of the 1956 Hungarian Revolution” There wil be a reception to follow.
Find out more »Part High Adventure and Part Dangerous Long Shot: The Melbourne Defection and U.S. Cold War Strategy – A talk by Toby Rider
Dr. Toby Rider is a Professor of History at California State University, Fullerton This talk is part of a Series on “Freedom’s Fury: Sport in Revolution – the 60th Anniversary of the 1956 Hungarian Revolution” There wil be a reception to follow.
Find out more »After 1956: The Impact of the Revolution on Elite Sport Policy & Athletes in Hungary – A CES Lunchtime Symposium with Johanna Mellis
Johanna Mellis is a Ph.D. Candidate in the History Department at the University of Florida. Lunch will be provided. This talk is the second part of a Series on “Freedom’s Fury: Sport in Revolution – the 60th Anniversary of the 1956 Hungarian Revolution”
Find out more »After 1956: The Impact of the Revolution on Elite Sport Policy & Athletes in Hungary – A CES Lunchtime Symposium with Johanna Mellis
Johanna Mellis is a Ph.D. Candidate in the History Department at the University of Florida. Lunch will be provided. This talk is the second part of a Series on “Freedom’s Fury: Sport in Revolution – the 60th Anniversary of the 1956 Hungarian Revolution”
Find out more »Last Words – Film Screening and Discussion with Mark Janse
Last Words - Documentary Screening of Koert Davidse’s film on the Cappadocian language, previously thought to be extinct, and Introduction & Discussion with Mark Janse, Research Professor in Ancient and Asia Minor Greek at Ghent University, Belgium. Dr. Janse is featured in the film. Lunch will be provided. Co-sponsored by the Classics Department and Samuel Proctor Oral History Program
Find out more »Last Words – Film Screening and Discussion with Mark Janse
Last Words - Documentary Screening of Koert Davidse’s film on the Cappadocian language, previously thought to be extinct, and Introduction & Discussion with Mark Janse, Research Professor in Ancient and Asia Minor Greek at Ghent University, Belgium. Dr. Janse is featured in the film. Lunch will be provided. Co-sponsored by the Classics Department and Samuel Proctor Oral History Program
Find out more »Maximum Visuality: How to Look at Pictures of War – A talk with Debbie Lisle
Debbie Lisle is a Reader in International Relations, School of Politics, International Studies & Philosophy at Queens University Belfast Dr. Lisle will explore three developments in our understanding of the way people read pictures of war. She will examine questions of audience, reception and interpretation; how traditions of semiotic and discursive analysis can help inform the work of creative producers examining the issues of war; and how our skills at politicizing images can help us navigate a new era of maximum visuality…
Find out more »Maximum Visuality: How to Look at Pictures of War – A talk with Debbie Lisle
Debbie Lisle is a Reader in International Relations, School of Politics, International Studies & Philosophy at Queens University Belfast Dr. Lisle will explore three developments in our understanding of the way people read pictures of war. She will examine questions of audience, reception and interpretation; how traditions of semiotic and discursive analysis can help inform the work of creative producers examining the issues of war; and how our skills at politicizing images can help us navigate a new era of maximum visuality…
Find out more »Crime, Crime Literature and Society – A Panel
Join us on Halloween Day for a panel on crime and crime literature in European and American societies. Panelists: Jeffrey Adler, Professor of History and Sociology, Criminology & Law at the University of Florida Aida Hozic, Professor of Political Science at the University of Florida Andrew Pepper, Crime Author and Lecturer of English at Queens University Belfast
Find out more »Crime, Crime Literature and Society – A Panel
Join us on Halloween Day for a panel on crime and crime literature in European and American societies. Panelists: Jeffrey Adler, Professor of History and Sociology, Criminology & Law at the University of Florida Aida Hozic, Professor of Political Science at the University of Florida Andrew Pepper, Crime Author and Lecturer of English at Queens University Belfast
Find out more »November 2016
Excavating the Past: Using Crime Fiction to Trouble History – A Writer’s View from Belfast – A CES Lunchtime Symposium with Andrew Pepper
Dr. Pepper is a Crime Author and Lecturer of English at Queens University Belfast Lunch will be provided.
Find out more »Excavating the Past: Using Crime Fiction to Trouble History – A Writer’s View from Belfast – A CES Lunchtime Symposium with Andrew Pepper
Dr. Pepper is a Crime Author and Lecturer of English at Queens University Belfast Lunch will be provided.
Find out more »Postcards from the Front-Line: Global Entanglements of War and Tourism – A talk by Debbie Lisle
Dr. Lisle is a Reader in International Relations, School of Politics, International Studies & Philosophy at Queens University Belfast This event is co-sponsored by the Center for Latin American Studies and the Department of Political Science
Find out more »Postcards from the Front-Line: Global Entanglements of War and Tourism – A talk by Debbie Lisle
Dr. Lisle is a Reader in International Relations, School of Politics, International Studies & Philosophy at Queens University Belfast This event is co-sponsored by the Center for Latin American Studies and the Department of Political Science
Find out more »Film Screening: Freedom’s Fury
With the help of a grant from the Hungarian Initiatives Foundation, the Center for European Studies is hosting a series of events to commemorate the 60th anniversary of the 1956 Hungarian Revolution. The events will focus on how the failed revolution was reflected in sport, politics, and international relations in Hungary and the United States. This documentary looks at the famous water polo match between Hungary and Russia during the 1956 Melbourne Olympics. The teams hit the water as Soviet forces…
Find out more »Film Screening: Freedom’s Fury
With the help of a grant from the Hungarian Initiatives Foundation, the Center for European Studies is hosting a series of events to commemorate the 60th anniversary of the 1956 Hungarian Revolution. The events will focus on how the failed revolution was reflected in sport, politics, and international relations in Hungary and the United States. This documentary looks at the famous water polo match between Hungary and Russia during the 1956 Melbourne Olympics. The teams hit the water as Soviet forces…
Find out more »Closing the System of Transformational Promise: The Case of Poland – A CES Lunchtime Symposium with Andrzej Rychard
Andrzej Rychard is the Director of the Institute of Philosophy and Sociology of the Polish National Academy of Sciences. He will be speaking about contemporary Polish politico-economics. Lunch will be provided.
Find out more »Closing the System of Transformational Promise: The Case of Poland – A CES Lunchtime Symposium with Andrzej Rychard
Andrzej Rychard is the Director of the Institute of Philosophy and Sociology of the Polish National Academy of Sciences. He will be speaking about contemporary Polish politico-economics. Lunch will be provided.
Find out more »Another Hungary: The Nineteenth-Century Provinces in Eight Lives — a talk by Dr. Robert Nemes
Dr. Robert Nemes of Colgate University will give a talk on his recent book, "Another Hungary: The Nineteenth Century Provinces in Eight Lives." This is a fascinating portrait of economic underdevelopment, ethnic diversity, and Christian-Jewish relations in the small towns and villages of the Habsburg Empire. This will be the final lecture of the semester in the "Empire, Religion, and Ethnicity in Europe and Beyond" series. This talk will take place in the Marston Science Library Visualization Room L136 (on the…
Find out more »Another Hungary: The Nineteenth-Century Provinces in Eight Lives — a talk by Dr. Robert Nemes
Dr. Robert Nemes of Colgate University will give a talk on his recent book, "Another Hungary: The Nineteenth Century Provinces in Eight Lives." This is a fascinating portrait of economic underdevelopment, ethnic diversity, and Christian-Jewish relations in the small towns and villages of the Habsburg Empire. This will be the final lecture of the semester in the "Empire, Religion, and Ethnicity in Europe and Beyond" series. This talk will take place in the Marston Science Library Visualization Room L136 (on the…
Find out more »Père de la Croix and the Challenges of Christian Archaeology in Late 19th Century France – A CES Lunchtime Symposium with Bonnie Effros
Dr. Bonnie Effros is a Professor of History and Director of the Center for the Humanities in the Public Sphere at the University of Florida. Despite growing anti-clerical sentiment in the late nineteenth century, a few intrepid clerical scholars and their allies both inside and outside of France sought to draw attention to material evidence for the early flourishing of Christianity in ancient Gaul. Pointing to recently documented inscriptional and monumental remains, these historians, epigraphers, and archaeologists highlighted the exemplary faith and…
Find out more »Père de la Croix and the Challenges of Christian Archaeology in Late 19th Century France – A CES Lunchtime Symposium with Bonnie Effros
Dr. Bonnie Effros is a Professor of History and Director of the Center for the Humanities in the Public Sphere at the University of Florida. Despite growing anti-clerical sentiment in the late nineteenth century, a few intrepid clerical scholars and their allies both inside and outside of France sought to draw attention to material evidence for the early flourishing of Christianity in ancient Gaul. Pointing to recently documented inscriptional and monumental remains, these historians, epigraphers, and archaeologists highlighted the exemplary faith and…
Find out more »Film Screening and Q&A with filmmaker-activist Fred Kuwornu: Blaxploitalian: 100 Years of Blackness in Italian Cinema.
#DiversityinMediaMatters is a transnational dialogue format led by filmmaker-activist Fred Kuwornu, based on the screening of his documentary Blaxpolitation 100 Years of Blackness in Italian Cinema (2016), a disaporic, hybrid, critical, and cosmopolitan dimension documentary that uncovers the careers of a population of entertainers seldom heard from before: Black actors in Italian cinema. Blaxploitation cleverly discloses the personal struggles that classic Afro-Italian and African diaspora actors faced, correlating it with the contemporary actors who work diligently to find respectable and…
Find out more »Film Screening and Q&A with filmmaker-activist Fred Kuwornu: Blaxploitalian: 100 Years of Blackness in Italian Cinema.
#DiversityinMediaMatters is a transnational dialogue format led by filmmaker-activist Fred Kuwornu, based on the screening of his documentary Blaxpolitation 100 Years of Blackness in Italian Cinema (2016), a disaporic, hybrid, critical, and cosmopolitan dimension documentary that uncovers the careers of a population of entertainers seldom heard from before: Black actors in Italian cinema. Blaxploitation cleverly discloses the personal struggles that classic Afro-Italian and African diaspora actors faced, correlating it with the contemporary actors who work diligently to find respectable and…
Find out more »December 2016
January 2017
Sokurov Film Screening, a Double feature and Discussion
Join us at the Harn for an exclusive Film Screening event featuring UF Professor Dragan Kujundzic’s Cinemuse: Selfie with Sokurov* followed by Alexander Sokurov’s Francofonia. Both films will be followed by a discussion with Dr. Kujundzic, UF The film screenings and discussion are free and open to the public. Cinemuse: Selfie with Sokurov is filmed in Russian with English subtitles and Francofonia is in Russian, French, English and German with English subtitles. *Cinemuse: Selfie with Sokurov is “The Official Selection,…
Find out more »Sokurov Film Screening, a Double feature and Discussion
Join us at the Harn for an exclusive Film Screening event featuring UF Professor Dragan Kujundzic’s Cinemuse: Selfie with Sokurov* followed by Alexander Sokurov’s Francofonia. Both films will be followed by a discussion with Dr. Kujundzic, UF The film screenings and discussion are free and open to the public. Cinemuse: Selfie with Sokurov is filmed in Russian with English subtitles and Francofonia is in Russian, French, English and German with English subtitles. *Cinemuse: Selfie with Sokurov is “The Official Selection,…
Find out more »Film Screening and Discussion with the Filmmakers: The Mysterious Mr. Šlomović
Join us for the screening of a documentary film called "The Mysterious Mr. Šlomović" by two Los Angeles based documentary filmmakers Miodrag and Mia Ćertić. The film was made in 2016 and is narrated by Elliot Gould. The film tells the story of Erich Šlomović, a young Jewish art collector in Paris in the 1930s. A protégé of the great modernist art collector Ambroise Vollard, Erich Šlomović was a Jew from Yugoslavia who, in the 1930s, when he was only…
Find out more »Film Screening and Discussion with the Filmmakers: The Mysterious Mr. Šlomović
Join us for the screening of a documentary film called "The Mysterious Mr. Šlomović" by two Los Angeles based documentary filmmakers Miodrag and Mia Ćertić. The film was made in 2016 and is narrated by Elliot Gould. The film tells the story of Erich Šlomović, a young Jewish art collector in Paris in the 1930s. A protégé of the great modernist art collector Ambroise Vollard, Erich Šlomović was a Jew from Yugoslavia who, in the 1930s, when he was only…
Find out more »#MyEscape – Film 4 in the Refugees in Film series
Film 4 in the series, #MyEscape is a documentary using cellphone footage taken by refugees fleeing to Germany. In this film, the refugees give their personal accounts of these journeys and videos in extensive interviews and the footage captures the dramatic stories of their journeys. Free and Open to the Public The film will be followed by a discussion on media representation and migration. For more information about the film series: http://migration.group.ufl.edu/news/2017/refugee-films/ The series is sponsored by the Center for the Humanities and…
Find out more »#MyEscape – Film 4 in the Refugees in Film series
Film 4 in the series, #MyEscape is a documentary using cellphone footage taken by refugees fleeing to Germany. In this film, the refugees give their personal accounts of these journeys and videos in extensive interviews and the footage captures the dramatic stories of their journeys. Free and Open to the Public The film will be followed by a discussion on media representation and migration. For more information about the film series: http://migration.group.ufl.edu/news/2017/refugee-films/ The series is sponsored by the Center for the Humanities and…
Find out more »Terraferma – Film 1 in the Refugees in Film series
Film 1: Terraferma with Introduction by Esther Romeyn – An Italian drama that captures the development of empathy. A fisherman and his grandson rescue a pregnant woman and her young son from drowning as they make their way to Italy in search of refuge. Refugees in Film: A Series – A five-part film and post-film discussion series organized by Esther Romeyn, UF Center for European Studies. Co-sponsors: Center for the Humanities and the Public Sphere with support from the Rothman…
Find out more »Terraferma – Film 1 in the Refugees in Film series
Film 1: Terraferma with Introduction by Esther Romeyn – An Italian drama that captures the development of empathy. A fisherman and his grandson rescue a pregnant woman and her young son from drowning as they make their way to Italy in search of refuge. Refugees in Film: A Series – A five-part film and post-film discussion series organized by Esther Romeyn, UF Center for European Studies. Co-sponsors: Center for the Humanities and the Public Sphere with support from the Rothman…
Find out more »March 2017
Fuocommare/Fire at Sea – Film 2 in the Refugees in Film series
Film 2 in the series, Fuocommare is a beautiful, cinematic documentary by Gianfranco Rosi that captures migrants’ dangerous Mediterranean crossing, set against a background of the ordinary life of Islanders on the Sicilian island of Lampedusa. Recently nominated for the Academy Award for Best Documentary Feature Free and Open to the Public The film will be followed by a discussion with Dr. Katerina Rozakou, Anthropologist at the University of Amsterdam, Netherlands For more information about the film series: http://migration.group.ufl.edu/news/2017/refugee-films/ The series…
Find out more »Fuocommare/Fire at Sea – Film 2 in the Refugees in Film series
Film 2 in the series, Fuocommare is a beautiful, cinematic documentary by Gianfranco Rosi that captures migrants’ dangerous Mediterranean crossing, set against a background of the ordinary life of Islanders on the Sicilian island of Lampedusa. Recently nominated for the Academy Award for Best Documentary Feature Free and Open to the Public The film will be followed by a discussion with Dr. Katerina Rozakou, Anthropologist at the University of Amsterdam, Netherlands For more information about the film series: http://migration.group.ufl.edu/news/2017/refugee-films/ The series…
Find out more »The Provocations of Contemporary Refugee Migration: A Conference
An itinerary with specific times and panels will be added closer to the date of the event!
Find out more »The Provocations of Contemporary Refugee Migration: A Conference
An itinerary with specific times and panels will be added closer to the date of the event!
Find out more »Lunchtime Symposium: Dragana Svraka, UF Political Science PhD Candidate, “Studying Ethnic Politics in Southeastern Europe: Notes from the Field”
Southeast Europe: After the Wars
A Getting to Know Europe (GTKE) Event Series
March 20-29
Join us for an event series beginning this week that explores Post-War Southeastern Europe through politics, religion and culture. Sponsored by the Center's Getting to Know Europe Grant from the European Union Delegation to the United States.
Lunchtime Symposium: Dragana Svraka, UF Political Science PhD Candidate, “Studying Ethnic Politics in Southeastern Europe: Notes from the Field”
Southeast Europe: After the Wars
A Getting to Know Europe (GTKE) Event Series
March 20-29
Join us for an event series beginning this week that explores Post-War Southeastern Europe through politics, religion and culture. Sponsored by the Center's Getting to Know Europe Grant from the European Union Delegation to the United States.
Conflict Cafe on Former Yugoslavia
The UF Culinary Student Union is hosting a Conflict Cafe on Former Yugoslavia sponsored by the Center's GTKE grant: https://www.facebook.com/events/192484137909686 on Tuesday, March 21st at 7pm. Dinner will be provided. Sign-up is required as space is limited. This event is part of our GTKE series: Southeast Europe: After the Wars A Getting to Know Europe (GTKE) Event Series March 20-29 Join us for an event series beginning this week that explores Post-War Southeastern Europe through politics, religion and culture. Sponsored by the Center's Getting…
Find out more »Conflict Cafe on Former Yugoslavia
The UF Culinary Student Union is hosting a Conflict Cafe on Former Yugoslavia sponsored by the Center's GTKE grant: https://www.facebook.com/events/192484137909686 on Tuesday, March 21st at 7pm. Dinner will be provided. Sign-up is required as space is limited. This event is part of our GTKE series: Southeast Europe: After the Wars A Getting to Know Europe (GTKE) Event Series March 20-29 Join us for an event series beginning this week that explores Post-War Southeastern Europe through politics, religion and culture. Sponsored by the Center's Getting…
Find out more »“Women & Politics,” talk by Zana Marjanovic, actress and Bosnian Parliamentarian
Renowned Bosnian Actress Zana Marjanović, star of Angelina Jolie's directorial debut film In the Land of Blood and Honey (2011) and Snow (2008), and filmmaker Emir Kapetanović will spend 10 days in Gainesville on a GTKE artist visit. During their stay, Zana and Emir are working with Gabrielle Byam, Education Program Coordinator at the Hippodrome, and the Gainesville youth in the Hippodrome's Teen Ensemble and Spring Break performance camp on acting techniques and creating compelling narratives. Zana will also be giving a…
Find out more »“Women & Politics,” talk by Zana Marjanovic, actress and Bosnian Parliamentarian
Renowned Bosnian Actress Zana Marjanović, star of Angelina Jolie's directorial debut film In the Land of Blood and Honey (2011) and Snow (2008), and filmmaker Emir Kapetanović will spend 10 days in Gainesville on a GTKE artist visit. During their stay, Zana and Emir are working with Gabrielle Byam, Education Program Coordinator at the Hippodrome, and the Gainesville youth in the Hippodrome's Teen Ensemble and Spring Break performance camp on acting techniques and creating compelling narratives. Zana will also be giving a…
Find out more »“Post-Conflict Bosnia and Herzegovina: A Difficult Peace?” talk by Dr. Aida Hozic, UF Political Science
This event is part of our GTKE series: Southeast Europe: After the Wars A Getting to Know Europe (GTKE) Event Series March 20-29 Join us for an event series beginning this week that explores Post-War Southeastern Europe through politics, religion and culture. Sponsored by the Center's Getting to Know Europe Grant from the European Union Delegation to the United States.
Find out more »“Post-Conflict Bosnia and Herzegovina: A Difficult Peace?” talk by Dr. Aida Hozic, UF Political Science
This event is part of our GTKE series: Southeast Europe: After the Wars A Getting to Know Europe (GTKE) Event Series March 20-29 Join us for an event series beginning this week that explores Post-War Southeastern Europe through politics, religion and culture. Sponsored by the Center's Getting to Know Europe Grant from the European Union Delegation to the United States.
Find out more »Film Screening, “Children of Peace,” with Q & A by filmmaker Emir Kapetanovic
A film about the first generation of children born post-war in Bosnia & Herzegovina. It is 2016 and it has been 20 years since the signing of the Dayton Accords, which stopped the most devastating war in Europe after the World War II. Today's Bosnia & Herzegovina lives in peace marked by divisions and conflicts - over the events that took place in the war- that reflect onto the new generations that grow up divided by the stories of the…
Find out more »Film Screening, “Children of Peace,” with Q & A by filmmaker Emir Kapetanovic
A film about the first generation of children born post-war in Bosnia & Herzegovina. It is 2016 and it has been 20 years since the signing of the Dayton Accords, which stopped the most devastating war in Europe after the World War II. Today's Bosnia & Herzegovina lives in peace marked by divisions and conflicts - over the events that took place in the war- that reflect onto the new generations that grow up divided by the stories of the…
Find out more »Lunchtime Symposium: book talk on Carved in Stone, Etched in Memory: Death, Tombstones, and Commemoration in Bosnian Islam since c. 1500, by Amila Buturovic, Professor of Humanities at York University
Amila Buturović, Associate Professor of Humanities at York University, will give a lunchtime symposium on her book Carved in Stone, Etched in Memory: Death, Tombstones and Commemoration in Bosnian Islam since c.1500. (Farham: Ashgate Publishing, 2015). This talk is part of our GTKE series: Southeast Europe: After the Wars A Getting to Know Europe (GTKE) Event Series March 20-29 Join us for an event series beginning this week that explores Post-War Southeastern Europe through politics, religion and culture. Sponsored by the Center's Getting to…
Find out more »Lunchtime Symposium: book talk on Carved in Stone, Etched in Memory: Death, Tombstones, and Commemoration in Bosnian Islam since c. 1500, by Amila Buturovic, Professor of Humanities at York University
Amila Buturović, Associate Professor of Humanities at York University, will give a lunchtime symposium on her book Carved in Stone, Etched in Memory: Death, Tombstones and Commemoration in Bosnian Islam since c.1500. (Farham: Ashgate Publishing, 2015). This talk is part of our GTKE series: Southeast Europe: After the Wars A Getting to Know Europe (GTKE) Event Series March 20-29 Join us for an event series beginning this week that explores Post-War Southeastern Europe through politics, religion and culture. Sponsored by the Center's Getting to…
Find out more »Roundtable, “Studying Islam from the Margins of Europe,” moderated by Nina Caputo, UF Professor of History. Participants: Amila Buturovic, Professor of Humanities, York University and Emily Greble, Assoc. Professor of History, Vanderbilt University
Amila Buturović and Emily Greble, Associate Professor of History at Vanderbilt University, will participate in a roundtable entitled "Studying Islam from the Margins of Europe," moderated by Nina Caputo, Professor of History, UF. This event is co-sponsored by the UF Department of History. This event is part of our GTKE series: Southeast Europe: After the Wars A Getting to Know Europe (GTKE) Event Series March 20-29 Join us for an event series beginning this week that explores Post-War Southeastern Europe through politics, religion…
Find out more »Roundtable, “Studying Islam from the Margins of Europe,” moderated by Nina Caputo, UF Professor of History. Participants: Amila Buturovic, Professor of Humanities, York University and Emily Greble, Assoc. Professor of History, Vanderbilt University
Amila Buturović and Emily Greble, Associate Professor of History at Vanderbilt University, will participate in a roundtable entitled "Studying Islam from the Margins of Europe," moderated by Nina Caputo, Professor of History, UF. This event is co-sponsored by the UF Department of History. This event is part of our GTKE series: Southeast Europe: After the Wars A Getting to Know Europe (GTKE) Event Series March 20-29 Join us for an event series beginning this week that explores Post-War Southeastern Europe through politics, religion…
Find out more »Welcome – Film 3 in the Refugee in Film series
Film 3 in the series, Welcome is a French film that depicts the friendship between Simon, a recently-divorced swimming coach, and Bilal, a young Iraqi-Kurd whose only dream is to cross the English channel from Calais to reunite with his love. Free and Open to the Public The film will be followed by a discussion with NGO practitioners and activists. For more information about the film series: http://migration.group.ufl.edu/news/2017/refugee-films/ The series is sponsored by the Center for the Humanities and the Public…
Find out more »Welcome – Film 3 in the Refugee in Film series
Film 3 in the series, Welcome is a French film that depicts the friendship between Simon, a recently-divorced swimming coach, and Bilal, a young Iraqi-Kurd whose only dream is to cross the English channel from Calais to reunite with his love. Free and Open to the Public The film will be followed by a discussion with NGO practitioners and activists. For more information about the film series: http://migration.group.ufl.edu/news/2017/refugee-films/ The series is sponsored by the Center for the Humanities and the Public…
Find out more »Plants, People, the Mountains and the Sea: Ethnobotanical Investigations in Adjara, Georgia – A Lunchtime Symposium with Richard Tate
Richard W. Tate, CES FLAS recipient in Russian and Georgian, is a graduate student in Interdisciplinary Ecology, in the UF School of Natural Resources and Environment. This multi-faceted ethnobotanical research project examines contemporary plant use patterns in the Autonomous Republic of Adjara, a region in southwestern Georgia. Adjara’s complex history and rich flora has woven an intricate tapestry of biological and cultural influences. Ethnobotany, a field aptly described as a crossroads of botany and anthropology, draws from an interdisciplinary methodological toolbox…
Find out more »Plants, People, the Mountains and the Sea: Ethnobotanical Investigations in Adjara, Georgia – A Lunchtime Symposium with Richard Tate
Richard W. Tate, CES FLAS recipient in Russian and Georgian, is a graduate student in Interdisciplinary Ecology, in the UF School of Natural Resources and Environment. This multi-faceted ethnobotanical research project examines contemporary plant use patterns in the Autonomous Republic of Adjara, a region in southwestern Georgia. Adjara’s complex history and rich flora has woven an intricate tapestry of biological and cultural influences. Ethnobotany, a field aptly described as a crossroads of botany and anthropology, draws from an interdisciplinary methodological toolbox…
Find out more »War & Medicine – A Panel
Charles Hobson, MD, MHA, is a Reseach Assistant Professor in the Faculty of Surgery in the College of Medicine. He worked in Zenica, Bosnia from July 1993 until October 1994, with the International Medical Corps, an American organization that focuses on medical relief in war and disaster areas. Having just finished his surgical residency before leaving for Bosnia, his focus was on the development of Emergency Medical Services in central Bosnia. Jenny Baxley Lee, MA, BC-DMT, is a Lecturer and…
Find out more »War & Medicine – A Panel
Charles Hobson, MD, MHA, is a Reseach Assistant Professor in the Faculty of Surgery in the College of Medicine. He worked in Zenica, Bosnia from July 1993 until October 1994, with the International Medical Corps, an American organization that focuses on medical relief in war and disaster areas. Having just finished his surgical residency before leaving for Bosnia, his focus was on the development of Emergency Medical Services in central Bosnia. Jenny Baxley Lee, MA, BC-DMT, is a Lecturer and…
Find out more »April 2017
Careers in Foreign Affairs with speaker Robin S. Brooks, Ph.D., Human Rights Chief in the State Department’s Bureau of International Organization Affairs
Speaker Bio: Robin S Brooks, Ph.D., is currently the Human Rights Chief in the State Department's Bureau of International Organization Affairs. A Foreign Service Officer since 2004, she has also served at the U.S. Embassies in Moscow, Sofia, and Ankara, at the U.S. Mission to the Organization for Security and Cooperation in Europe, and as Chief of Staff in the Office of the Special Representative for Afghanistan and Pakistan. In these roles, she has worked on humanitarian and civilian assistance,…
Find out more »Careers in Foreign Affairs with speaker Robin S. Brooks, Ph.D., Human Rights Chief in the State Department’s Bureau of International Organization Affairs
Speaker Bio: Robin S Brooks, Ph.D., is currently the Human Rights Chief in the State Department's Bureau of International Organization Affairs. A Foreign Service Officer since 2004, she has also served at the U.S. Embassies in Moscow, Sofia, and Ankara, at the U.S. Mission to the Organization for Security and Cooperation in Europe, and as Chief of Staff in the Office of the Special Representative for Afghanistan and Pakistan. In these roles, she has worked on humanitarian and civilian assistance,…
Find out more »Options & Challenges for East European Energy Security in a Post-Fact World – a talk by Robin S. Brooks, Ph.D.
What if, instead of posturing in Cold War terms about eliminating their "energy dependence” on Russia, European governments could make interest- and facts-based decisions on key economic issues after transparent public debate? This talk tells the tangled tale of how Bulgaria, Russia, and the U.S., played each other over a series of unfulfilled energy deals to the detriment of all, and without increasing Bulgaria's or Europe's energy capacity, decreasing costs to consumers, or generating meaningful revenue for either states or…
Find out more »Options & Challenges for East European Energy Security in a Post-Fact World – a talk by Robin S. Brooks, Ph.D.
What if, instead of posturing in Cold War terms about eliminating their "energy dependence” on Russia, European governments could make interest- and facts-based decisions on key economic issues after transparent public debate? This talk tells the tangled tale of how Bulgaria, Russia, and the U.S., played each other over a series of unfulfilled energy deals to the detriment of all, and without increasing Bulgaria's or Europe's energy capacity, decreasing costs to consumers, or generating meaningful revenue for either states or…
Find out more »Brexit & Migration: Challenges for Europe – A Lunchtime Symposium with Horstpeter Kreppel, Retired European Court of Justice Judge
In the coming months, post-Brexit exasperation with the political and business establishment over a multitude of grievances from inequality to immigration will likely shape votes in Italy, Austria, the Netherlands, France and Germany, with the outcome increasingly hard to predict. Issues of economy, trade, security, and foreign and climate policy are at stake, to name a few. How have the cultural and economic impacts of migration affected this trend? What does the future hold for the EU post-Brexit? Born in…
Find out more »Brexit & Migration: Challenges for Europe – A Lunchtime Symposium with Horstpeter Kreppel, Retired European Court of Justice Judge
In the coming months, post-Brexit exasperation with the political and business establishment over a multitude of grievances from inequality to immigration will likely shape votes in Italy, Austria, the Netherlands, France and Germany, with the outcome increasingly hard to predict. Issues of economy, trade, security, and foreign and climate policy are at stake, to name a few. How have the cultural and economic impacts of migration affected this trend? What does the future hold for the EU post-Brexit? Born in…
Find out more »Film 4 of the Refugee in Film Series: #MyEscape with post-film discussion on Media Representation & Migration
Using their own cellphone footage, refugees fleeing to Germany capture the dramatic stories of their journeys. In this documentary, the refugees give their personal accounts of these journeys and videos in extensive interviews.
Find out more »Film 4 of the Refugee in Film Series: #MyEscape with post-film discussion on Media Representation & Migration
Using their own cellphone footage, refugees fleeing to Germany capture the dramatic stories of their journeys. In this documentary, the refugees give their personal accounts of these journeys and videos in extensive interviews.
Find out more »Liberté, Egalité, Securité: The 2017 French Presidential Election in Historical, Institutional and Culture Context: A Panel
On April 6, 2017, three observers of the French presidential election will help shed light on this immensely complicated and critical subject. Dr. Heloise Seailles, professor of French in the UF Department of Languages, Literatures, and Cultures, will discuss the role of corruption in the campaign. Dr. Zachary Selden of the UF Department of Political Science will discuss the election vis-à-vis European security, NATO, and the transatlantic relationship between France and the United States. Dr. Richard Conley, also of the…
Find out more »Liberté, Egalité, Securité: The 2017 French Presidential Election in Historical, Institutional and Culture Context: A Panel
On April 6, 2017, three observers of the French presidential election will help shed light on this immensely complicated and critical subject. Dr. Heloise Seailles, professor of French in the UF Department of Languages, Literatures, and Cultures, will discuss the role of corruption in the campaign. Dr. Zachary Selden of the UF Department of Political Science will discuss the election vis-à-vis European security, NATO, and the transatlantic relationship between France and the United States. Dr. Richard Conley, also of the…
Find out more »Freedom Dance: A Film Screening and Filmmaker Q&A
About the Film Freedom Dance re-tells the dramatic escape of Edward and Judy Hilbert from Communist Hungary to the US amidst the 1956 Hungarian Revolution. During their 4-months as refugees, Edward, an artist, kept a journal of his adventure in cartoon form. Freedom Dance brings this unique journal to life with original, colorful animation. The film is narrated by Golden Globe-winning actress Mariska Hargitay and directed by two-time Emmy nominee Steven Fischer and award-winning animator Craig Herron. Since it's premiere…
Find out more »Freedom Dance: A Film Screening and Filmmaker Q&A
About the Film Freedom Dance re-tells the dramatic escape of Edward and Judy Hilbert from Communist Hungary to the US amidst the 1956 Hungarian Revolution. During their 4-months as refugees, Edward, an artist, kept a journal of his adventure in cartoon form. Freedom Dance brings this unique journal to life with original, colorful animation. The film is narrated by Golden Globe-winning actress Mariska Hargitay and directed by two-time Emmy nominee Steven Fischer and award-winning animator Craig Herron. Since it's premiere…
Find out more »Plants, People, the Mountains and the Sea: Ethnobotanical investigations in Adjara, Georgia – A CES Lunchtime Symposium with Richard Tate, UF Ph.D. Student in Interdisciplinary Ecology
This multi-faceted ethnobotanical research project examines contemporary plant use patterns in the Autonomous Republic of Adjara, a region in southwestern Georgia. Adjara’s complex history and rich flora has woven an intricate tapestry of biological and cultural influences. Ethnobotany, a field aptly described as a crossroads of botany and anthropology, draws from an interdisciplinary methodological toolbox that makes it especially suited to examining the complex interactions of humans and the environment. This approach has unique potential in the South Caucasus, an…
Find out more »Plants, People, the Mountains and the Sea: Ethnobotanical investigations in Adjara, Georgia – A CES Lunchtime Symposium with Richard Tate, UF Ph.D. Student in Interdisciplinary Ecology
This multi-faceted ethnobotanical research project examines contemporary plant use patterns in the Autonomous Republic of Adjara, a region in southwestern Georgia. Adjara’s complex history and rich flora has woven an intricate tapestry of biological and cultural influences. Ethnobotany, a field aptly described as a crossroads of botany and anthropology, draws from an interdisciplinary methodological toolbox that makes it especially suited to examining the complex interactions of humans and the environment. This approach has unique potential in the South Caucasus, an…
Find out more »Film 5 in the Refugees in Film Series: On the Bride’s Side
About the Film A Palestinian poet and an Italian journalist meet five Palestinians and Syrians in Milan who entered Europe via the Italian island of Lampedusa after fleeing the war in Syria. They decide to help them complete their journey to Sweden – and hopefully avoid getting themselves arrested as traffickers – by faking a wedding. With a Palestinian friend dressed up as the bride and a dozen or so Italian and Syrian friends as wedding guests, they cross halfway…
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