Hi All,
Because it is Friday, it is a day to link that lovable classic! (But remember, bagpipes make everything better).
Seriously, though: some news and notes from around the department:
What are the Faculty Up To?
I sometimes wonder that myself, and when I do, I go to the Anthropology Department’s YouTube channel, where you see what we do, in our own words! Interested in recording your own faculty video? Contact Chris LeClere, and he’ll be happy to set you up with a short film recording session to talk about your research.
Save the Date for Potlatch!
Mark your calendars! Potlatch is coming on October 13. Which means:
If you have legacy items for the auction, you may drop them off in our main office in Turlington.
If you have an item you’d like to donate, you may also bring that to the main office in Turlington, preferably with a note about what it is and what it might be used for.
Alternatively, if you’d like to directly donate cold, hard cash, to the Graduate Student Travel Fund, our graduate students would very much appreciate it! You may write a check, payable to the Graduate Student Travel Fund, sent directly to Karen Jones in our main office.
If you’re interested in volunteering, there will be a signup sheet for volunteers forthcoming.
Balancing Expectations: Creating Useful Library and DH Experience for Humanities Graduate Students
On September 18, from 2-3pm in the Nygren Studio, Paige Morgan will discuss The University of Miami’s UGrow Fellowship program. The program provides graduate students from humanities departments with experience and skills that support jobs beyond traditional tenure-track professorial roles. The University of Miami Libraries have been sponsoring 1-2 Digital Humanities UGrow Fellows every year under my supervision since 2016; and the two students who have graduated after completing the fellowship have both been successful in landing DH/Library postdocs. We see the UGrow Fellowships as an important opportunity to support graduate students facing an extremely competitive job market; as well as an opportunity to illuminate some of the less visible aspects of librarianship and to experiment with different ways of including DH within the Libraries.
Imagining this is one thing; executing it can be more complex, and can involve carefully managing the expectations of both graduate students and faculty and library administrators. In this talk, I discuss these complexities, and other choices that have shaped the Libraries’ involvement in the UGrow program, and how we might continue to develop our fellowships in the future.
The presentation will be virtual using Zoom.
A Film about the Arctic
On Saturday, September 29, at 3pm, the Hard Museum will screen the film “Pulling Teeth from a Polar Bear”, a documentary that takes viewers to remote St. Lawrence Island in Alaska to hear from members of the Yupik community who have been affected by toxins in the environment. The film is produced by Jacqueline Allegra Curnick, who received her MDP in Sustainable Development Practice from UF in 2018. This film project was supported by the Mary M. James Inspiration Fund of the Harn Museum of Art, and discussion will follow.
Fall Research Expo for undergraduates
The Fall Research Expo for undergraduates is an opportunity for students to learn about the research departments, and it’s designed to attract students to work with us. Looking for research assistance on a research project? Looking to recruit students who may ultimately be University Scholars or an Honor’s Thesis under your direction? If you’re interested in attending, register here. The Expo will be help on September 24, 5-7 pm in the Rion Ballroom.
Welcome Event at the Center for Humanities and the Public Sphere
The Center for the Humanities and Public Sphere is hosting a welcome event on Friday, 5 October from 4:00 pm – 5:30 pm in the Ustler Hall Atrium.