International Education Week 2012 at the Libraries
The Libraries will join the UF campus in celebrating International Education Week featuring six events during the week of November 13-16. All events are free and open to the public.
Tuesday, November 13 • 2:00 p.m.
Smathers Library (East), Latin American Collection Reference Room, 4th floor
Authors@UF: A Conversation with Benjamin Hebblethwaite on Haitian Creole
Benjamin Hebblethwaite, author and professor, Department of Languages, will discuss his pioneering work with Haitian Creole and Vodou songs, and the complex interweaving of Creole, French and English. Dr. Hebblethwaite will specifically consider how the Haitian Creole language is impacted by publication in the United States. He will share his perspective as a writer, linguist and researcher, and invites discussion on these various and multi-disciplinary topics. For more information: http://www.uflib.ufl.edu/authorsuf/hebblethwaite.html
Tuesday, November 13 • 6:00-7:15 p.m.
Library West, Room 212
“Campus Weeks” from the German Embassy: Turkish German Cinema
The UF European Union Club and the Smathers Libraries will host “Campus Weeks,” an outreach event of the German Embassy. This year’s theme is “Think Transatlantic” and will feature a talk on the Turkish German Cinema by Dr. Mennel, professor of German Studies.
Wednesday, November 14 • 6:00-7:15 p.m.
Library West, Room 212
“Campus Weeks” from the German Embassy: Globalization in German Studies
The UF European Union Club and the Smathers Libraries will host “Campus Weeks,” an outreach event of the German Embassy. This year’s theme is “Think Transatlantic” and will feature a talk by Dr. Hasty, professor of German Studies, and will focus on Globalization.
Thursday, November 15 • 11:00 a.m. – 12:00 p.m.
Library West, Room 212
International Topics by UF Students: Research Panel
Dr. Andrea Sterk, UF Professor, will be accompanied by some of her Honors history students, who will give short presentations of their research on international topics. They will show how they used the libraries’ resources, and time will allow for questions, suggestions and feedback on their work. Opening comments will be provided by Diane Bruxvoort, Senior Associate Dean, Scholarly Resources & Research Services.
Elizabeth McNeill, Visual Propaganda and the Aryan Family: The Difficulties of De-Emancipating Women of the Third Reich
Christopher Moldes, The Realities of Proletarian Internationalism: The Angolan Civil War
Seulki Kang, Politics, Gender, and Sexual Identities: Asian American Sexual Identities Portrayed through Films from the 1930s/1940s
John Quinn, Iconoclasm and Vandalism in the French Revolution
Jeffrey Abalos, PLO Decision-making during the Jordanian Civil War
Thursday, November 15 • 5:00-7:00 p.m.
Smathers Library (East), Room 1A
Exhibition Opening and Presentation: Imagining Jerusalem
Imagining Jerusalem presents antique maps, historic photographs and rare books depicting, idealizing and imagining Jerusalem. In celebration of the 20th year anniversary of Dr. James and Adina Simmons gift to the George A. Smathers Libraries, the exhibition features the Holy Land Map Collection and special materials from the Price Library of Judaica. Curated by Rebecca Jefferson and Carol Mcauliffe. Opening talk by Dr. Elizabeth Ross on Jerusalem in antique maps. Light buffet.
Friday, November 16 • 10:45 a.m. – 12:30 p.m.
Composing A Heart and other immigrant stories…collecting and studying the fragments of a life
Nadine M. McGuire Theatre and Dance Pavilion, G13 on the Ground Floor
A special performance of Composing A Heart and other immigrant stories will be preceded by two short presentations from curators Rebecca Jefferson and Jim Liversidge focusing on immigrant songs and stories found in the Libraries. To register go to http://apps.uflib.ufl.edu/Registration/ and click on Schedule then Composing A Heart and Register. Space is limited.
Friday, November 16 • 2:00-3:00 p.m.
Smathers Library (East), Latin American Collection Reference room, 4th floor
Film: “Haiti: Where Did the Money Go?”
Two years after the 2010 earthquake, this documentary asks the pivotal question—why did so much money buy so little relief and why are so many still living in squalor?
A complete list of UF activities is listed at www.ufic.ufl.edu/PD/iew_2012.html