Spring 2013 Schedule
Parking on USF Tampa Campus
Parking can be difficult on campus. Here are a few tips to make coming to events easier! Please refer to the following links for more information.
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If the event you are attending is at:
- Patel Center for Global Solutions(CGS) - Meter parking in Lot 23B
- Grace Allen Room (Library) - Meter parking in Lot 29B
- C.W. Bill Young Hall (CWY) - Meter parking in Lot 21 or Lot 6
February 6
Homegrown Humanities Faculty Book Series
Eleni Manolaraki: Noscendi Nilum Cupido: Imagining Egypt from Lucan to Philostratus
Grace Allen Room (Library). Refreshments, 3:30pm. Talk, 4:00pm
The river Nile has been the
subject of numerous scientific, literary,
and artistic creations from antiquity to the
present day. This lecture by Dr. Eleni Manolaraki will outline continuities
and transformations in Nilotic
iconography—textual and visual—over a
millennium, from Classical Greece to the
early Middle Ages (fifth century BCE to
fifth century CE). Throughout history,
dominant political and cultural powers appropriate
the symbolic capital of the Nile
as a means of self-definition, empowerment,
and ideology. Among the historical
dynamics shaping the constant transformation
of Egypt’s river are Egyptian
fertility and religion, the Greek fascination
with Egypt’s Pharaonic antiquity and wisdom,
the Roman conquest of Egypt, and
the rapid Christianization of the eastern
Mediterranean.
February 14 - 16
Darwin Day 2013 with Lee Dugatkin
Dr. Lee Dugatkin, Professor and Distinguished University Scholar in the Department of Biology at the University of Louisville, and is the author of over 150 articles on evolution and behavior. He is a contributing author to major publications such as Scientific American, Slate, The New Scientist, and The Wilson Quarterly. He has published three books: The Prince of Evolution, Principles of Animal Behavior, and Mr. Jefferson and the Giant Moose: Natural History in Early America.
The schedule for Darwin Day 2013 is as follows:
Feb. 14: Darwin, Genes, and Culture: Mate Choice in Guppies and Humans MSC 2100A, 3:30pm
Feb. 14: The Evolution of Altruism: From Darwin to Today TECO Room (Education Building), 6:00pm, reception to follow
Feb. 15: Mr. Jefferson and the Giant Moose: When History and Natural History Collide MSC 3707, 1:00pm
Feb. 16: Hillsborough County Teacher Workshops
February 18 - March 1
Nell Irvin Painter: Distinguished Scholar in Residence
Dr. Painter, the Edwards Professor of
American History, Emerita, at Princeton
University, is a prominent historian and
award-winning scholar, who will be in
residence Feb. 18 – March 1. Dr. Painter
is the author of many books, including
The History of White People (2010), Creating
Black Americans (2006), and Southern History
Across the Color Line (2002), and she is a
noted public intellectual, facing interviewers
as
diverse
as Bill
Moyers
and
Stephen
Colbert. She notes, “Ever since I left history and
began formal art study at Rutgers in the
fall of 2006, people have been asking me
about my experience. What’s it like to leave
scholarship for painting? Have I always
wanted to be an artist? Does my former
life nourish my present occupation? I will
answer these questions and show some of
my work, old and new.”
Feb. 19: What’s it Like to Go from Scholarship to Visual Art? FAH 290 (College of the Arts), 12:00pm
Feb. 26: Can a Black Scholar Write About White People? Patel Center Auditorium, 6:00pm, reception to follow
February 20
Jonathan D. Sarna
When General Grant Expelled the Jews
Traditions Hall, The Gibbons Alumni Center., 7:00pm
The June Baumgardner Gelbart Lecture in Jewish Studies presents, "When General Grant Expelled the Jews," by Dr. Jonathan D. Sarna. Sarna is the Joseph H. & Belle R. Braum Professor of American Jewish History at Brandeis University. On Dec. 17, 1962, as the Civil War entered its second winter, General Ulysses S. Grant issued a sweeping order expelling "Jews as a class" from his war zone. It remains the most notorious anti-Jewish official order in American history. The order came back to haunt Grant in 1868 when he ran for president. During his two terms in the White House, the memory of the "obnoxious order" shaped Grant's relationship with the American Jewish community. Surprisingly, he did more for Jews than any other president to his time. How this happened, and why, sheds new light on one of our most enigmatic presidents, on the Jews of his day, and on America itself.
March 6
Homegrown Humanities Faculty Book Series
Philip Levy: Where the Cherry Tree Grew: The Story of Ferry Farm, George Washington’s Boyhood Home
Grace Allen Room (Library). Refreshments, 3:30pm. Talk, 4:00pm.
In 2002, Philip Levy began an
archeological excavation of Ferry Farm,
the eight hundred acre plot of land that
George Washington called home from
age six until early adulthood. Six years
later, Levy and his team announced their
remarkable fi ndings to the world: They
had found more than Washington family
objects like wig curlers, wine bottles
and a tea set. They found objects that
told deeper stories about family life: a
pipe with Masonic markings, a carefully placed set of oyster shells suggesting that
someone in the household was practicing
folk magic. More importantly, they had
identifi ed Washington’s home itself—a
modest structure in line with lower gentry
taste that was neither as grand as some
had believed nor as rustic as nineteenth
century art depicted it.
March 25
Humanities & Cultural Studies Organization
Stampede of Culture
MSC Amphitheater, 11:00am - 3:00pm
The Humanities and Cultural Studies
Organization, a student-run club, will
host Stampede of Culture on Mar. 25th from
11:00am – 3:00pm in the Marshall Student
Center Amphitheater. The event will
feature food, music, visual art, dance, and
displays from different campus organizations.
It’s a great opportunity to explore
the cultural diversity at USF while enjoying
some beautiful spring weather.
March 26 - 27
Science Fiction & Feminism with Jeff and Ann VanderMeer
MSC 2709
We are
pleased to welcome a husband and wife
duo who literally wrote the book on
weird. Jeff and Ann VanderMeer recently
published the critically acclaimed
anthology, The Weird: A Compendium of
Strange and Dark Stories and Best American
Fantasy.
World Fantasy Award winner
Jeff VanderMeer’s fiction has been
published in over twenty countries. He
recently signed a three-book agreement
with Farrar, Straus & Giroux (New
York). Junot Diaz described his last
collection, The Third Bear, as “cunningly
crafted stories full of wonder and intelligence,
proving again why VanderMeer
is so essential.” Ann VanderMeer, a
publisher and editor, is only the second
female editor of the venerable horror
magazine, Weird Tales. She is the
founder of Buzzcity Press and she and
her husband are currently compiling
an anthology on feminist speculative
fiction. Both have won numerous prestigious
awards for their original fiction
and anthologies.
Mar 26: Fiction Reading and Q&A. 6:00pm, Marshall Student Center, room 2709
Mar. 27: Feminist Representations in Science Fiction Panel Discussion. 1:00pm, Marshall Student Center, room 2709
April 1 - April 24
April 1 - 6: Jorie Graham: Distinguished Scholar in Residence
Apr. 2: Poetry Reading Patel Center Auditorium, 6:00pm, reception to follow
Apr. 4: Sea Change: Poetry & the Environment MSC 2708, 6:00pm, reception to follow
Apr. 10: Homegrown Humanities Faculty Book Series
Katherine Riegel: What the Mouth Was Made For Grace Allen Room (Library). Refreshments, 3:30pm. Talk, 4:00pm
Apr. 11: Jennifer Key: Poetry Reading USF Graphicstudio, 6:00pm
Apr. 12: John Lysaker: Renewing the Ancient Quarrel Between Philosophy and Poetry: A Philosophy for Art Grace Allen Room, 2:00pm
Apr. 15: The Dream from the Steps hosted by Gloria Muñoz, MSC 3707, 6:00pm
Apr. 17: Carolyn Hembree: Poetry Reading USF Graphicstudio, 6:00pm
Apr. 19: Ira Sukrungruang: Poetry Reading MSC 2707, 6:00pm
Apr. 22: Poetry & Visual Art MSC 4200, 6:30pm
Apr. 24: Stephan Kampa: Poetry Reading USF Graphicstudio, 6:00pm