Lectures and Speakers
An Evening with Alabama Poet Laureate Ashley M. Jones
Dinah Washington Cultural Arts Center 620 Greensboro Avenue, Tuscaloosa, AL, United StatesUA English’s Creative Writing Program is excited to host the Poet Laureate of Alabama, Ashley M. Jones, who will read a selection of her work and answer audience questions. Please join us at the Dinah Washington Cultural Arts Center on Thursday, April 13 at 7 p.m. for a wonderful evening! Copies of her books will be available for purchase and signing. This event is free and open to the public. Ashley M. Jones is Poet Laureate of the state of [...]
Robert F. Olin Endowed Distinguished Lecture Series in Science: Dr. Francis Su
Lloyd Hall, Room 38 503 6th Ave, Tuscaloosa, AL, United StatesLecture Title “The Mathematics of Human Flourishing” Speaker Bio Francis Edward Su is the Benediktsson-Karwa Professor of Mathematics at Harvey Mudd College and a former president of the Mathematical Association of America. He received his Ph.D. from Harvard University. His research is in geometric combinatorics and applications to the social sciences and he has co-authored numerous papers with undergraduates. He also has a passion for teaching and popularizing mathematics. From the Mathematical Association of America, he received the 2013 Haimo [...]
The Specter of Civil War in Israel: From Public Secret to Shared Imaginary
Camellia Room, Gorgas Library 711 Capstone Drive, Tuscaloosa, AL, United StatesFor three decades, a pervasive, unspoken fear of civil war has stalemated Israeli politics. Almost overnight, that fear is now very much out in the open – civil war is now openly discussed. How did this happen, and what might it mean? Speakers include: Daniel Bertrand Monk, Department of Peace and Conflict Studies, Colgate University Daniel J. Levine, Department of Political Science, University of Alabama Pizza and Soda will be served. For background, see their essay The Specter of Civil War in [...]
John S. Steiner Endowed Lecture Series: Dr. David Shiffman
Math and Science Building Auditorium, Rm 1001 411 Hackberry Lane, Tuscaloosa, AL, United StatesHosted by The University of Alabama Museums, the John S. Steiner Lecture Series sponsors public lectures on a variety of topics in disciplines emphasized by the Museums such as anthropology, archaeology, biology, geology, paleontology, and history. The lectures feature speakers who are known for being able to discuss science or historical/cultural research with non-academic audiences and engage them in discussions about cutting-edge research. For the inaugural lecture, David Shiffman is an interdisciplinary marine conservation biologist interested in the human dimensions [...]
Hispanic Heritage Month Colloquium – Dr. Rodolfo Torres
Gordon Palmer Hall, Room 346 505 Hackberry Lane, Tuscaloosa, AL, United StatesTitle: Almost Orthogonality in Fourier Analysis: From Singular integrals, to Function Spaces, to Leibniz Rules for Fractional Derivatives
An Allgood-Danford Lectureship Event: A Poetry Reading by Sawako Nakayasu
Oliver-Barnard Hall 801 Capstone Drive, Tuscaloosa, AL, United StatesPhilosophy Today Lecture Series: Dr. Miriam Solomon
ten Hoor Hall, Room 125 350 Marrs Spring Road, Tuscaloosa, AL, United StatesThe University of Alabama’s Department of Philosophy has invited Dr. Miriam Solomon (Temple University) to present a talk, “The Old and the New Problem of Grief in the Diagnostic and Statistical Manual of Mental Disorders” on September 28, 2023 from 7:30pm-9:00pm in ten Hoor Hall, room 125. This event is open to the public and all are welcome. If you have any questions, please contact Lesley Perkins at lpperkins@ua.edu.
ARTIST LECTURE: Tom Stanley
Gorgas Library Yellowhammer Room , United StatesThe Sarah Moody Gallery of Art is pleased to present the exhibition, Tom Stanley: Painting and Drawing and Discovering a Practice, August 31 to October 3, 2023. There will be an artist lecture on Tuesday, October 3, at 4:30 p.m. in Gorgas Library’s Yellowhammer Room (second floor), and a closing reception following the lecture from 5:30 to 6:30 p.m., directly across the street in the gallery. The gallery will be closed on Monday, September 4, for the Labor Day holiday. This exhibition [...]
Philosophy Today Lecture Series: Dr. Felipe De Brigard
Camellia Room, Gorgas Library 711 Capstone Drive, Tuscaloosa, AL, United StatesThe University of Alabama’s Department of Philosophy has invited Dr. Felipe De Brigard (Duke University) to present a talk, “Memory and Forgiveness” on October 3, 2023 from 7:30pm-9:00pm in the Camellia Room of Gorgas Library (Room 200). This event is open to the public and all are welcome. If you have any questions, please contact Lesley Perkins at lpperkins@ua.edu.
LECTURE: War in Ukraine: Lessons for the Czech Republic & Europe
Camellia Room, Gorgas Library 711 Capstone Drive, Tuscaloosa, AL, United StatesThe International Studies Program, The Department of Political Science, The University of Alabama Libraries, and The Alabama Center for the Book are proud to present: War in Ukraine: Lessons for the Czech Republic & Europe. Dr. Nekola is an historian and political scientist from Prague, Czech Republic. He is a member of Association for Slavic, East European and Eurasian Studies (ASEEES), Czechoslovak Studies Association (CSA) and Czechoslovak Genealogical Society International (CGSI), author of more than four hundred articles and twenty-four [...]