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October 2020
A Philosophical Forum on Racial Justice
Thursday, October 29, 2020, 6:00 p.m. - 8:00 p.m. Zoom: details will be available at http://www.phil.ufl.edu Dr. Auxter and Dr. Pismenny discuss the roots and the current manifestations of systemic racism exacerbated by the pandemic, reflecting on the Black Lives Matter movement, and ways to combat racism in our own backyards.
Find out more »Pop Up (Virtual) Humanities Salon: Russian Info Wars
Dr. Gorham will draw on his research on the impact of the internet and social media on Russian politics to explore the goals, mechanics, and efficacy of Russian influence campaigns abroad. The pandemic ended random exchanges at the watercooler. Let’s get together for conversation with UF experts who share knowledge and shed light on current events and life’s big questions. The rules are simple: no PowerPoint and no lecture; shorter than an hour and longer than 30 minutes. Come for…
Find out more »“Turn to the Left, Extractivism and Indigenous Rights in Latin America” – Presentation
Dr. Carmen Martinez Novo - Professor of Latin American Studies, University of Florida
Find out more »November 2020
The U.S. Elections: What can we Learn from Other Populist Governments?
What lessons can we learn from populist experiences around the world to make sense of Donald Trump’s Populism? If populism thrives on polarizing the population into two camps and building enemies, it is possible to reach reconciliation after populism. When and how populism disfigures democracy? Does populism lead to competitive authoritarianism, and how? How does populism mute into fascism or dictatorship? Could populists democratize unequal societies and polities ruled by technocrats? Is left populism the answer to stop rightwing variants?…
Find out more »G-Cultural Environmental Justice Poetry Slam
What does Global-Cultural Environmental Justice mean to you? How might it be imagined? What might it concern specifically? How might we work in its direction with our language and actions? How might we actually go about making it? Video-record yourself with your phone or webcam as if you were on a stage and the phone or webcam were your microphone. Dress up your background(s) as your “stage” however you might like. Send submissions in the form of your poetry text…
Find out more »Professionalization Seminar
Covers on-campus interviews.
Find out more »Diplomacy, War and Peace in the Caucasus: Nagorno-Karabakh
"With key international players distracted by other events — COVID-19, Brexit, US presidential elections — intense fighting between Armenia and Azerbaijan over the breakaway region of Nagorno-Karabakh has raged for the past seven weeks, leading to the death of thousands, enormous destruction of civilian infrastructure and displacement of over 130,000 people. Complaints have also been raised regarding the use of banned cluster munitions, human rights abuses and possible war crimes. Diplomatic efforts by Russia, France and the US failed to…
Find out more »Working Abroad at Home: Virtual International Internships
Center for European Studies & UF Career Connections Center – Student Panel Click here to register Join the Center for European Studies and the Career Connections Center to learn about virtual international internships. Listen to students’ experiences from virtual internships this summer with think tanks and non-profit organizations. Students will learn about resources on how to find virtual international internships, how to apply, and what it’s like to complete a virtual internship.
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