CLAS: UF College of Liberal Arts and Sciences

On the Ground: Perspectives on Fieldwork in Africa. A round table discussion featuring Dr. Jonathan Kaminsky, Dr. Julie Silva, Dr. Alyson Young, and Dr. Renata Serra. Topics include asking the right research questions; using research methods from multiple disciplines; common challenges in the field and lessons learned;... strategies for being flexible, and making research relevant to the populations you work with. Sponsored by the Center for African Studies and the Development Working Group.

Photo by Alexbip / Alexandre Baron, Flickr.Read More

Local Government Panel. Learn more about your local Gainesville and State government. With City Commissioners, the County Manager, and others as panelists you will hear about a variety of things that go on behind the scenes. Ask questions about future job opportunities and involvement in the local government sector.

Spo...nsored by the Career Resource Center and Student Government. For more information contact Angela Garcia at angelagarcia@crc.ufl.edu or 352-284-5459.Read More

The Samuel Proctor Oral History Program will present a special program on Tuesday, November 10 titled: “UF in the Mississippi Delta: Student Reflections on Recording the Civil Rights movement.” During the summers of 2008 and 2009 students from the University of Florida traveled to the Mississippi Delta to interview pio...neers of the civil rights movement.

This multimedia presentation will feature audio, photography and video footage from the trip. UF in the Mississippi Delta will be held from noon to 1:30 P.M., at Daur Hall, 215. This event is sponsored by the Samuel Proctor Oral History Program. For more information, call 392-7168.

Image Courtesy Mississippi Department of Archives and History, PI/1994.0005/Box 161, Folder 1.Read More

Feminism in Jalisco, Mexico: The state of Jalisco in northern Mexico has had a great Catholic tradition since colonial times. Even though there is a secular government, Catholic ideology is inserted in high political spheres, and contributes to the reproduction of patriarchal social relations among men and women. Femin...ism has been hidden between shadows, even though there are radical groups fighting for women's rights. Currently Feminism in Jalisco has a "coin" effect: two different faces/ideologies, struggling to improve women status in society. Beatriz Bustos will present a short historical description of feminism in Mexico, in Jalisco, and will discuss the current politics of gender. For More information, please click on this link, http://web.wst.ufl.edu/News/FeminismJaliscoAbstract1.pdf
or contact the Center for Women's Studies and Gender Research at 352-392-3365.

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Endangered Elephants of Manas National Park, India and the Reconstitution of Indigenous Culture, presented by Ron Chandler, President of Conservation Initiative for the Asian Elephant, Inc. and Professor in the University of South Florida School of Architecture, specializing in Sustainable Urban Redevelopment. Sponsore...d by the he Center for the Study of Hindu Traditions (CHiTra), the Department of Religion, and the Department of Wildlife Ecology and Conservation.

Photo by Chandrachoodan Gopalakrishnan, Flickr.Read More