The Specter of Civil War in Israel: From Public Secret to Shared Imaginary

Camellia Room, Gorgas Library 711 Capstone Drive, Tuscaloosa, AL, United States

For 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 States

Hosted 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 States

Title: Almost Orthogonality in Fourier Analysis: From Singular integrals, to Function Spaces, to Leibniz Rules for Fractional Derivatives

Philosophy Today Lecture Series: Dr. Miriam Solomon

ten Hoor Hall, Room 125 350 Marrs Spring Road, Tuscaloosa, AL, United States

The 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 States

The 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 States

The 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 States

The 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 [...]

ART LECTURE: Dr. Doris Sung, “Women of Mokuhanga”

Gorgas Library Yellowhammer Room , United States

The Sarah Moody Gallery of Art is pleased to present the exhibition, Women of Mokuhanga, from October 17 through November 30, 2023. There will be an opening reception on Tuesday, October 17 from 4:00 to 6:00 p.m. and a lecture on Thursday, November 9, at 4:00 p.m. by Assistant Professor Dr. Doris Sung in Gorgas Library’s Yellowhammer Room. Co-curated by Sarah Marshall, professor of printmaking, and Doris Sung, professor of Asian art history, of the department of art and art history, Women of [...]

ALLELE Seminar Series: Dr. Ed Hagen

North Lawn Hall, Room 2005 221 Hackberry Lane, Tuscaloosa, AL, United States

Dr. Ed Hagen from Washington State University will present an ALLELE seminar titled, "The evolution of "recreational" substance abuse: Dramatic age and sex differences and the tradeoff between drug toxicity and antiparasitic benefits."