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Friday Bulletin March 3, 2017

Armadillo Roast

SAVE THE DATE

March 25 (Dr.s Brenner and Milbraths house) (See event on calendar)

Relics and Reliquaries: A Matter of Life and Death

Please join us for Prof. Hahn’s public lecture as part of the 2016-17 HESCAH series and the Death: Confronting the Great Divide series organized by the Center for the Humanities and the Public Sphere.

Cynthia Hahn (CUNY, Hunter College)

Thursday, 16 March, 6:00 pm, Chandler Auditorium (Harn Museum)

 A not unusual modern response to reliquaries is disgust – after all they often contain bones. To understand their presence, even their glorification, it must be admitted that the bones are not the ordinary subject of horror, rather as the bones of the blessed, “dem bones gonna rise again”!  In a Christian understanding they will be instrumental in linking heaven and earth.  Relics (with the help of their reliquaries) lead away from death and horror through intercession and access to salvation.  Indeed, only in a later, almost modern development did the bones – and the “economy” of death – become a subject of fascination in themselves.

 Cynthia Hahn is a Professor of Art History and the Director of Graduate Studies in Art History at Hunter College (City University of New York). She earned her Ph.D. from the Johns Hopkins University and her MA from the University of Chicago. A specialist in early and late medieval art history, she has previously held teaching positions at Florida State University where she was Gulnar K. Bosch professor of Art History, the University of Chicago, the University of Delaware, and the University of Michigan. She participated in the planning of the major exhibition “Treasures of Heaven: Saints, Relics and Devotion in the Middle Ages”. Her recent publications include Portrayed on the Heart: Narrative Effect in Pictorial Lives of the Saints from the Tenth through the Thirteenth Century (2001) and Strange Beauty: Issues in the Making and Meaning of Reliquaries, 400–circa 1204 (2012), as well as numerous journal articles and contributions to edited collections

“Reliquaries as social and material objects”

A Faculty/Graduate Student Lunch Seminar with Prof. Cynthia Hahn (CUNY, Hunter College)

Friday, 17 March 2017, 11:30-1:00pm

Fine Arts C 201

Reliquaries are often very beautiful art objects of exquisite workmanship but if we treat them only as such we miss many of their most important qualities. To understand why patrons were willing to spend exorbitant sums of money on their creation and manufacture, we must inquire about their audiences, their functions, their histories and their settings in space and place.  Even the materials from which they are made are of great significance. 

Lunch will be served. To RSVP, please email with any dietary restrictions to: humanities-center@ufl.edu. Upon receipt of an RSVP, the following seminar readings will be circulated:

  1. Hahn, Cynthia. (2010) “What Do Reliquaries Do for Relics?” Numen 57(3/4): 284-316.
  2. Normore, Christina. (2012) “Navigating the World of Meaning” Gesta 51(1): 19-34

 Fusing Teaching and Research: A Day in Design Thinking

The College of the Arts and the Office of Faculty Development and Teaching Excellence invite you 

As the University of Florida moves forward with the implementation of UF’s Strategic Goals, the integration of research into teaching serves students and the greater UF community on multiple levels. These sessions showcase faculty who have successfully melded teaching and research.  This is an opportunity to brainstorm about possible research activities and connect with other interested faculty.

Day 1

  • Thursday March 30th, 2017 6:30-8:30 p.m.
  • Location:  Reitz Union
  • Keynote presentation: Courtney O’Connell

 Day 2

Attend the sessions that interest you:

Friday March 31st, 2017 9:00 a.m. – 4:30 p.m.

Location:  Harn Museum of Art

Discovery Sessions (Hear what others are doing!)

Lunch and Brainstorming

Expanding Your Research Agenda

Idea Generation and Next Steps 

Many Thanks,

Jennifer Smith

Director

Office of Faculty Development and Teaching Excellence

 Thank you to our UF Sponsors:

Office of the Provost | Office of Undergraduate Affairs | College of the Arts | Office of Faculty Development and Teaching Excellence

FORMER GRAD STUDENT – DEB RODMAN

I am running for the Virginia House of Delegates! I am looking for donations and support for the campaign.  You can find me on facebook, Debra Rodman for Virginia Delegate and make donations at: https://secure.actblue.com/contribute/page/rodman-for-house-73-1

My Bio:

I am Dr. Debra H. Rodman and I am running for the House of Delegates for District 73 in Henrico County, Virginia. I am a professor of anthropology and women’s studies and the director of women’s studies at Randolph-Macon College. I have dedicated my life as an educator, and supporting the rights of women and vulnerable populations. In addition to scholarship and teaching, I regularly serve as an expert witness in U.S. Federal Immigration Courts, assisting refugees seeking political asylum. I am a former Fulbright Scholar, named Richmond’s Top 40 Under 40, fluent Spanish speaker, and advocate for women’s and LGBT rights. I believe diversity and inclusivity creates stronger communities, supporting economic development and opportunities. My priorities are social justice, reproductive rights, immigrant rights, and affordable and accessible healthcare.

Universidad de La Sabana in Colombia

Universidad de La Sabana in Colombia is looking for a U.S. partner to apply for a 45.324 USD grant to support research mobility for undergraduate and graduate students between Colombia and the United States to support peace-building projects, in the framework of the 100,000 Strong in the Americas initiative. 

Main aspects of the program:

–  The U.S. institution will host up to 6 undergraduate students that will conduct research for a period of 3 to 6 months in a project related to conflict resolution and peace-building.

– La Sabana will host an equal number of undergraduate or graduate students from the U.S. to conduct research in a project related to conflict resolution and peace-building.

 Universidad de La Sabana’s project on Historical Memory and Peace-building (Recipe Book with Memory from the Sabana-Centro Region):

 Researchers from the areas of Political Sciences, Psychology, Gastronomy and Communication, in partnership with Colombia’s National Center of Historical Memory, are conducting a study to analize a group of displaced people that are currently settled in one of the towns located within the influence zone of the University (Sabana-Centro). This vulnerable group is constituted by 1.060 people from four different regions of the country that have been victims of Colombia’s armed conflict. The goal of the project is to recover some of the historical memory of the victims, through a recipe book that intends to support the reconciliation and peace-building process, while recovering some of the gastronomic cultural legacy of these communities.