Events for Africana, American, Florida, Judaic, Latin American, Middle Eastern, and Women's and Gender Studies

Wednesday, November 16, 2022

  • Veteran’s Salute and Purple Heart Proclamation: Honoring Veterans Wounded in Battle

    Veterans Commemorative Site

    A signature Veterans Month@UCF event, the annual Veterans Salute will take place at the Veterans Comemoratiove Site on Memory Mall to honor and remember our Veterans. The event will include the flag raising, playing of taps and Purple Heart Proclamation with commentary about UCF's designation as a Purple Heart University. Remarks from campus leaders and student veterans will also be …

    Area Studies
  • Breaking Bread: An Intercultural Conversation Dr. Zeynep Arda

    UCF Global: 101

    The Middle Eastern Studies Program and GPII are excited to host Dr. Zeynep Arda for an in-person event titled: “Breaking Bread: An Intercultural Conversation.” This workshop aims at creating an intercultural conversation that starts with the simple act of breaking bread together. Centered around the most basic of all food, one that is as old as history itself and one …

    Area Studies
  • Florida France Soldiers Stories Panel & Workshop

    John C. Hitt Library: Room 402

    Join us for a panel discussion and workshop with panelists Dr. Amelia Lyons, Elizabeth Klements, Marie Oury, Diana Dizon and Evan Murray along with UCF research librarians Mr. Richard Harrison and Mr. Rich Gause. The Florida-France Soldier Stories project seeks to tell the stories of the Florida soldiers buried in the American Battle Monuments Commission cemeteries in France. Our goal …

    Area Studies