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Florida History Lecture Series
2005-2006 Florida Lecture Series Schedule
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September 22
Hon. Justice R. Fred Lewis
(Supreme Court of Florida)
“In Search of Visions of Justice and Democracy
Florida Style” |
A native of West Virginia, Justice R. Fred Lewis
attended Florida Southern College, where he
excelled in academics and athletics. In 1969 he
was selected the college’s Honor Walk Student,
which is awarded annually for the outstanding
senior student for scholastic and service achievements.
Lewis then attended the University of
Miami School of Law, graduating cum laude in
1972. Upon completion of his law studies, Lewis
entered a long and successful career in private
practice in Miami, specializing in civil trial and
appellate litigation. While in private practice,
Lewis provided counseling and pro bono services
to families with children having impairments and
to cancer patients seeking proper treatment
for multiple conditions. Lewis’ involvement in
children’s issues, public health and education
continued after his appointment to the Florida
Supreme Court in December 1998, by the late
Gov. Lawton Chiles. Lewis served on Florida’s
Commission on the Legal Needs of Children and
is active in the Justice Teaching Institute, a program
designed to enhance public education.
Justice Lewis’ public service has been recognized
through numerous awards. Justice Lewis
and his wife Judith attended Florida Southern
College together and were married in 1969.
They have two children, Elle and Lindsay.
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October 20 - Book Talk
and Signing
Tracy Jean Revels
(Associate Professor of History, Wofford College)
Grander in Her Daughters: Florida’s Women During the Civil
War |
Tracy Jean Revels was born and still resides part
time in Madison, Florida. A specialist in southern
history, she received her B.A., M.A. and Ph.D.
from Florida State University, completing the doctorate
degree in 1990. She taught for one year at
Georgia Southern University, and is currently an
Associate Professor of History at Wofford College
in Spartanburg, South Carolina. She is a member
of Phi Beta Kappa, the Florida Historical Society,
and the Southern Historical Association. She
has published articles in The Florida Historical
Quarterly, Forum: The Magazine of the Florida
Humanities Council, and book reviews in a wide
range of newspapers and journals. Her book
Grander in Her Daughters: Florida’s Women During
the Civil War (Columbia, 2004) received the
Florida Historical Society’s 2005 Rembert Patrick
Prize for the best scholarly work in Florida history.
She is also the author of Watery Eden: A History
of Wakulla Springs (Tallahassee, 2000).
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November 10 - Book Talk and Signing
Joe Akerman
(Professor of History, North Florida Junior College, Emeritus)
Jacob Summerlin: King of the Crackers |
A native of
Orlando, Joe Akerman holds degrees from Rollins College and the
University of Florida. He also earned a post-graduate
certificate in Southern and Negro History from Johns Hopkins
University. Akerman has had a distinguished and varied career as
a writer, public speaker, and teacher. A Fulbright Scholar in
British Columbia (1967-1968), Akerman is a leading authority on
the history of cattle ranching in the United States. He is the
author of The Florida Cowman: A History of the Cattle Industry
in Florida (Kissimmee, 1997), currently in its ninth printing,
and American Brahman: A History of the American Brahman
(Houston, 1982), and most recently, Jacob Summerlin: King of the
Crackers (Melbourne, 2004), which won the Florida
Historical Society’s Charlton Tebeau Book Prize in 2005.
His articles have appeared in many journals and newspapers,
including the Florida Historical Quarterly, Orlando Sentinel,
Tallahassee Democrat, Jacksonville Times-Union, and Vancouver
Sun.
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January 19
Bertram Wyatt-Brown
(Professor of History, University of Florida, Emeritus)
“The Honor of Andrew Jackson” |
One of the
most distinguished historians of the American South, Professor
Bertram Wyatt-Brown, holds degrees from the University of the
South, Cambridge University and Johns Hopkins University where
he received his Ph.D under eminent American Historian C. Vann
Woodward. Past President of the Southern Historical Association,
Dr. Wyatt-Brown taught at Case Western Reserve University and in
1983 was appointed Richard J. Milbauer Professor of History at
the University of Florida. His publications include Southern
Honor: Ethics and Behavior in the Old South (New York,
1982); Honor and Violence in the Old South (New York,
1986); The House Percy: Honor, Melancholy, and Imagination in
a Southern Family (New York, 1996); The Shaping of
Southern Culture: Honor, Grace, and War, 1760s – 1890s
(Chapel Hill, 2001) and Hearts of Darkness: Wellsprings of a
Southern Literary Tradition (Baton Rouge, 2003). He is also
the author of over 150 essays and reviews. He has appeared in
television documentaries for Discovery, A&E, and PBS. Currently
Wyatt-Brown serves as series editor of the Louisiana State
University Press’ Southern Biography Series. Dr. Wyatt-Brown and
his wife Anne reside in Baltimore, Maryland.
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February 9* - Book Talk and Signing
Kevin Boyle
(Professor of History, Ohio State University)
“Arc of Justice: Bartow’s Ossian Sweet, Clarence Darrow
and the Fight for Racial Equality in America” |
| Kevin Boyle, a
native of Detroit, attended the University of Detroit and the
University of Michigan where he earned his Ph. D. degree in
1990. He has taught at the University of Massachusetts-Amherst
and in 2003 was appointed Professor of History at Ohio State
University. A specialist in twentieth century American history,
Boyle’s most recent book is Arc of Justice: A Saga of Race,
Civil Rights, and Murder in the Jazz Age (New York, 2004)
which won the National Book Award for non-fiction in 2004 and
was a finalist for the Pulitzer Prize. He is also the author of
The UAW and the Heyday of American Liberalism, 1945-1968
(Ithaca, 1995); Muddy Boots and Ragged Aprons: Images of
Working-Class Detroit, 1900-1930 (Detroit,1997) with
Victoria Getis. His articles have appeared in Diplomatic
History, The Journal of American History, Labor History, The
Michigan Historical Review, and various anthologies. Dr.
Boyle has held fellowships from the Rockefeller Foundation, the
Fulbright Commission, the National Endowment for the Humanities,
the American Council of Learned Societies, and the John Simon
Guggenheim Foundation. He has lectured and held teaching
appointments at the University College Dublin, Ireland, Harvard
University and other universities. *The Robert
and Rose Stahl Criminology Lecture
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March 16
Diane Roberts
(Professor of English, University of Alabama)“Pioneer
Mothers, Confederate Daughters, Citrus Princesses, and Other
Florida Wild Women” |
| An 8th
generation Floridian, born and raised in Tallahassee, Diane
Roberts holds B. A. and M. A. degrees in English from Florida
State University. From 1980-1989 Roberts attended Oxford
University where she earned a second B. A. in English and a D.
Phil. in literature. Currently Professor of English at the
University of Alabama, Roberts is the author of several books
including her most recent highly acclaimed, Dream State: Eight
Generations of Swamp Lawyers, Conquistadores, Confederate
Daughters, Banana Republicans, and other Florida Wildlife (New
York, 2004). She is also the author of Faulkner and Southern
Womanhood (Athens, 1993) and The Myth of Aunt Jemima:
Representations of Race and Region (New York, 1995). She is also a frequent
contributor to scholarly and popular magazines and newspapers.
She has written on Southern culture and literature for
Southern Living, The New York Times, The London Times, The
New Republic and is a political columnist for The St.
Petersburg Times. She is a frequent commentator on NPR and
the BBC. Awards she has received include the Gustavus Meyer Center for the Study of
Human Rights Awards, two Associated Press awards for
radio, and two Society of Newspaper Editors prizes for editorial
writing and sports commentary. She divides her time
between Tuscaloosa, London, and Tallahassee. |
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