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Humanities Institute Fall 2024 Newsletter 

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Humanities & Hops: Irish Studies at USF

Join the 2023-2024 Humanities Institute Faculty Fellowship cohort as they discuss their year-long collaborative research experience on Global Irish Studies at the University of South Florida and the exciting ongoing programs that have grown out of their fellowship year. Joining the discussion will be USF graduate students, Hannah Thieryung and Lulu Downing, president and vice-president of the USF Irish Culture and Language Club.

Tuesday, September 17 | 7:00 PM
New World Tampa
810 East Skagway Ave. Tampa, FL 33604

Event details

Hosted at New World Tampa, Humanities & Hops is an opportunity for USF faculty to share their research with the community in a fun, casual way at a local brewery. Join us for an evening of discussion on Irish Studies at USF. Doors open at 6:30 PM. Come early to grab a seat and a bite to eat.

This event is free to attend and open to the public.

Speakers:

Jennifer Knight, Ph.D.
Associate Professor of Instruction| History

Elizabeth Ricketts-Jones, Ph.D.
Assistant Professor of Instruction | English

Lulu Downing
Master's Student | History

Hannah Thieryung
Master's Student | History

2 USF faculty and 2 students standing next to a banner promoting the Irish Studies Initiative


Graduate Humanities Symposium

Open to all USF graduate students conducting research in the humanities (regardless of major), the Graduate Humanities Symposium provides great experience for your C.V. or professional resume, as well as opportunities to network with other graduate students.

POSTPONED
Marshall Student Center 3707

Event details

This one-day graduate research symposium will take place in the Marshall Student Center on the USF Tampa campus. Free breakfast and lunch is provided for presenters as well as a swag bag.

Faculty interested in serving as a panel moderator can contact Liz Kicak. The symposium is also free to attend for audience members. Come support our graduate students!

NEW DATE TBD


A Poetry Reading with Alison C. Rollins

Alison Rollins will be the inaugural poet in the Garry Fleming Poetry Series, hosted by the Humanities Institute and the Michael Kuperman Memorial Poetry Library. She will join USF students for a workshop and give a public reading. 

POSTPONED
C.W. Bill Young Hall (CWY 206)
12303 USF Genshaft Dr. Tampa, FL 33620

Event details

*As our community continues to recover from the recent hurricanes, we've decided to postpone the event with Alison Rollins. We will announce a new date once that event has been rescheduled.

Alison C. Rollins will read and perform from her groundbreaking collection Black Bell (Copper Canyon Press, 2024). Inspired by the nineteenth-century image of an enslaved woman wearing iron horns and bells, these poems explore the intersections between individual experience and collective memory. Rollins was named a 2023-2024 Harvard Radcliffe Institute Fellow and a National Endowment for the Arts Literature Fellow in 2019. She is an assistant professor of English at the University of Wisconsin-Madison. 

This event is free and open to the public. 

Alison Rollins headshot with book cover images


An Evening with Ocean Vuong

MacArthur grant winning novelist, Ocean Vuong, is the author of On Earth We're Briefly Gorgeous and Time is a Mother. He will visit USF for a conversation and Q&A about his writing process, influences, and themes behind his groundbreaking debut novel and poetry.

Thursday, November 14 | 7:00 PM
C.W. Bill Young Hall (CWY 206)
12303 USF Genshaft Dr. Tampa, FL 33620

Event details

Ocean Vuong is an award-winning poet and the author of On Earth We're Briefly Gorgeous, a work hailed as an “expansive and introspective, fragmented and dreamlike…coming of age tale” by the Los Angeles Times. Adored by the literary community and college campuses alike, Vuong’s talks are thoughtful and engaging discussions on his equally brilliant works.

Born in Saigon, Vietnam, Vuong was raised in Hartford, CT and now lives in Northampton, MA, where he serves as an Assistant Professor in the MFA Program for Poets and Writers at the University of Massachusetts, Amherst.

This event is free and open to the public. For questions or accommodations, contact Jade V.

Submit your questions for the Q&A in advance by emailing ekicak@usf.edu with the subject line "Ocean Vuong Question."

There will NOT be a book signing. Books will be available for purchase at the event. There will be free desserts and beverages after the event in the CWY 2nd floor rotunda space.

For more information on the speaker, please visit www.prhspeakers.com.

Guest parking for visitors without a USF parking permit can park in Lot 22 or visit USF Parking and Transporation Services for more information. 


U.S. - Ireland Diplomatic Relations Centenary

Join us as the Irish consul general Sarah Kavanagh will speak to commemorate the 100-year anniversary of the establishment of diplomatic relations between the U.S. and Ireland. 

Thursday, December 5 | 1:30 - 3:30 PM

Patel Center for Global Solutions (CGS) - Auditorium  
11710 USF Genshaft Drive, Tampa, FL, 33620 

 


Spring 2025

6th Annual Undergraduate Humanities Conference

Open to all USF undergraduate students, this free conference is a platform to present midterm or final research projects. Students can present a paper for panel discussion, a creative project, or participate in the poster session.

January 23-24, 2025 | All Day
Marshall Student Center 3rd Floor

Event details

Application open October 1. This is when students are asked to submit a brief abstract of their project. All application questions can be found in the FAQ section of the conference webpage. 

Early-bird Applications Due: November 8, 2024

Standard Application Deadline:
December 6, 2024


A Poetry Reading with Paul Hlava Ceballos

Join the USF Humanities Institute and the Michael Kuperman Memorial Poetry Library for a poetry reading with Paul Hlava Ceballos. This is part of the Garry Fleming Poetry Series. 

Tuesday, February 18 | 6:00 PM
Paul Ceballos headshot with book cover image of Banana

A Poetry Reading with Dana Levin

Join the USF Humanities Institute and the Michael Kuperman Memorial Poetry Library for a poetry reading with Dana Levin. This is part of the Garry Fleming Poetry Series.

Thursday, April 3 | 6:00 PM
Dana Levin with book cover image of Now Do You Know Where You ArePhoto credit: Anne Staveley