Our Sponsors
We are grateful for the support and encouragement of our generous sponsors. Their donations made this event possible.
University of Florida’s Center for the Humanities and the Public Sphere
The Center for the Humanities and the Public Sphere is the primary sponsor of the symposium with support from the Rothman Endowment. The Center donated a generous contribution offered through the Speaker/Workshop Series in the Humanities grant. Founded in 2005 and launched in 2009, the Center serves to facilitate and promote the research programs of humanities scholars at UF, provide an intellectual space for interdisciplinary dialogue across the humanities, and provide a place for outreach to the community.
http://www.humanities.ufl.edu/
University of Florida’s HESCAH program
The Harn Eminent Scholar Chair in Art History (HESCAH) program is the primary sponsor for the keynote speaker. The HESCAH program brings to the University of Florida distinguished scholars whose work represents a range of fields in the history of art. Established by a gift from Dr. David A. and Mary Ann Cofrin, this endowment funds visiting scholars, lecture series and symposia featuring leading art historians, critics, curators and museum professionals. In this opportunity, the HESCAH program had helped us bring Dr. Clara Bargellini, a faculty member at the prestigious Instituto de Investigaciones Estéticas in the Universidad Nacional Autónoma de México (UNAM), who received her Masters in Art History from the University of Pennsylvania and her doctorate in the same field from Harvard.
http://arts.ufl.edu/sites/harn-eminent-scholar-chair-in-art-history/overview/
University of Florida’s School of Art and Art History
Organized within the College of the Arts, the School of Art + Art History plays an important role in the academic life of the university and in the community. The school has 27 full-time faculty, 300 undergraduate students and more than 120 graduate students. Degree programs include the B.A., B.F.A., M.A., M.F.A. and Ph.D. Areas of study include visual art studies, art history, art education, graphic design, museum studies, and studio art. University Galleries—University Gallery, Focus Gallery and Grinter Gallery— also provide laboratories for professional and student artwork. The School of Art + Art History has generously supported this event in both its financial and logistical capacities, including providing the spaces in which the various aspects of the symposium will be hosted. We are grateful for the help and encouragement offered by the faculty, staff, and main office.
http://arts.ufl.edu/academics/art-and-art-history/
University of Florida’s Center for Latin American Studies
Created in 1930 as the Institute for Inter-American Affairs (IIAA), this is the first such research center in the United States to focus on Latin America. The Center’s mission is to advance knowledge about Latin America and the Caribbean and its peoples throughout the Hemisphere, and to enhance the scope and quality of research, teaching, and outreach in Latin American, Caribbean and Latino Studies at the University of Florida.
University of Florida’s International Center
Formed in 1991, the University of Florida International Center (UFIC) seeks to motivate and lead the UF community to think and act globally in fulfilling the university’s missions of learning, discovery, and engagement. It also serves in a leadership and facilitation role to further the University’s international agenda, providing assistance and support to faculty, staff, administrators, and students as well as external stakeholders in their international activities.