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 […]

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 […]

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 […]

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 […]

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 […]

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 […]

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 […]

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 […]

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 […]

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 […]

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 […]

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 […]

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 […]

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.  

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 […]

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 […]

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 […]

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 […]

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 […]

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 […]

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 […]

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 […]