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African American History Meets AI In The 21st Century Classroom

Virtual

Faculty and student panelists will discuss how they are utilizing artificial intelligence to create instructional lesson plans from SPOHP’s UF’s Joel Buchanan African American Oral History Archive to make stories from the archive more accessible to scholars and K-12 students.

Easy Website Construction for Scholars

Zoom

Did you know that scholars can build attractive, informative websites with no prior experience in coding or website development? Janelle Lyons will share her process of creating a website with Omeka S, a tool provided by the Libraries’ UFLib Domains service.

New Book Release: Discovering A. S. J. Allen

A. Quinn Jones Museum

The Samuel Proctor Oral History Program proudly supports Mr. Alonzo Felder's new book release, Discovering A.S.J. Allen. Join us on Monday, May 23 at 7 pm for Mr. Felder's book presentation hosted by the A. Quinn Jones Museum.

Dr. Kevin Tang Discusses The Reanimating African American Oral Histories Of The Gulf South Project

Dr. Kevin Tang: "In this talk, I will introduce the Reanimating African American Oral Histories of the Gulf South project started in 2021, supported by the National Endowment of the Humanities (NEH), educators and other community members. I will focus on reporting our computational efforts in making the voices and histories of African Americans who reside in the Gulf South accessible." View Recording of Live Stream

Fall 2022 Symposium: Assessing the Ethnic Groups of the Late Ottoman Empire through a Decolonial Lens 1900 -1922

University of Florida 404 Grinter Hall , Gainesville, FL, United States

The symposium will bring together junior and senior scholars whose research reexamines the political and social events that impacted ethnic groups of the Ottoman Empire through a decolonial lens. Participants will present these events through the vantage point of the ethnic groups within the Ottoman Empire that influenced and impacted their fruition.

SPOHP Open House

SPOHP will host a Fall 2022 hybrid Open House event for individuals to learn about research projects, fieldwork opportunities, production skills, and much more. 

15th Mississippi Freedom Project Trip

Pugh Hall Ocora Pugh Hall, University of Florida, Gainesville, FL, United States

The Mississippi Freedom Project (MFP) is an award-winning fieldwork initiative focused on interviewing civil rights veterans and participants of the 1964 Freedom Summer. Join us to hear about the stories collected throughout the Delta including student reflections and community impact. Interested in joining MFP 2023 trip? Come and find out how!