Library Past Events (2025)
Fall 2025
Deep Dives into Special Collections | Maps as Fun
with Arthur Dunkelman and Cristina Favretto
Thursday, December 11, 2025 | 1:00 p.m.
Mindfulness for Inner Resilience: Virtual Sessions
Every Wednesday, August 20, 2025 - December 3, 2025 | 4:00 p.m.
Innovation with Purpose: Reimagining Health for All in the Age of Technology
Thursday, November 20, 2025 | 4:30 p.m.
Cuban Voices: Rights, Reality and the Rule of Law
Hijacking and the Beginning of Airport Security in the 1960s
Tuesday, November 18, 2025 | 6:00 p.m.
Seminar in Cuban and Cuban Diaspora Studies
The U.S. Conspiratorial Right and Cuban Exiles
Friday, November 14, 2025 | 2:00 p.m.
Resting and Connecting in Community: A Day-Long Mindfulness Retreat
Friday, November 14, 2025 | 10:00 a.m. - 4:00 p.m.
Richter Crafternoon – Student Event
Thursday, November 13, 2025 | 4:00 p.m. - 6:00 p.m.
‘Is This the Plane to Havana?’
Hijacking and the Beginning of Airport Security in the 1960s
Thursday, November 13, 2025 | 1:00 p.m.
Unpacking Quiroga’s Files
Friday, November 7, 2025 | 9:00 a.m. - 4:00 p.m.
The Telenovela Archives: Opening Reception
Thursday, October 30, 2025 | 6:00 p.m.
Journal Publishing and Copyright Essentials
Wednesday, October 22, 2025 | 2:00 p.m.
Enhancing Research Visibility: Open Access, Research Metrics, and Licensing for Data and Code
Tuesday, October 21, 2025 | 11:00 a.m.
Student Game Night at the Rathskeller
Wednesday, October 15, 2025 | 6:30 p.m.
National Hispanic Heritage Month Wikipedia Edit-a-thon
Wednesday, October 15, 2025 | 2:00 p.m.
Mindfulness Practices: Student-Only Sessions
2025 dates: Oct 19, Nov 6, and Nov 13 | 10:30 a.m. - 11:00 a.m.
Banned Books Week: Censorship is so 1984
October 5-11, 2025
Seminar in Cuban Studies
Improvised Infrastructure and the Birth of the Reparto Music Industry
Friday, September 26, 2025 | 2:00 p.m.
Open House by Special Collections at Richter Library
Thursday, September 18, 2025 | 5:00 p.m.
Mid-Century Architecture and Culture in South Florida and the Caribbean
Tuesday, September 16, 2025 | 2:00 p.m.
Slavery and the Making of the Early American Book
Tuesday, September 9, 2025 | 6:00 p.m.
La Hora Mágica / The Magic Hour: A Photographer’s Journeys Through Cuba
Thursday, August 28, 2025 | 2:00 p.m.
Summer 2025
Spring 2025
Seminar in Cuban and Cuban Diaspora Studies
Cross-Cultural Exchange and the Soviet-Cuban Musical Alliance
May 16, 2025 | 2:00 p.m.
Beyond the Archive
The Cabrera-Tarafa Collection of Afro-Cuban Music, circa 1956
Thursday, May 15, 2025 | 6:00 p.m.
Preservation Week Presentation and Celebration
Celebrating 15 Years at the University Libraries
April 29, 2025 | 10:30 a.m.
Library Research Scholars and Adobe Scholars Celebration
April 25, 2025 | 5:00 p.m.
Beneath the Trees Meditation Circle
Earth Week 2025
April 25, 2025 | 9:00 a.m.
‘No-Sew’ T-shirt Tote Workshop
Earth Week 2025
April 24, 2025 | 1:30 p.m.
The Art and Science of Bonsai: Cultivating Miniature Trees for Lifelong Growth
Earth Week 2025
April 24, 2025 | 10:30 a.m.
SoBe Mindful Movement
Earth Week 2025
April 23, 2025 | 4:00 p.m.
Eat the Rainbow: Fruit Kabob Making Workshop
Earth Week 2025
April 23, 2025 | 2:00 p.m.
Fighting Climate Change with Butterflies
Earth Week 2025
April 22, 2025 | 10:30 a.m.
Dealing with Multiple Stressors: Amphibian Conservation Biology in the Anthropocene
Earth Week 2025
April 21, 2025 | 11:00 a.m.
Sovereign Joy: Afro-Mexican Kings and Queens, 1539-1640
Wednesday, April 9, 2025 | 6:00 p.m.
Seminar in Cuban and Cuban Diaspora Studies
“Una casa en Cuba” – Vivienda y migración en un contexto de crisis
March 28, 2025 | 2:00 p.m.
La Colección Cuba Material y sus Resonancias Creativas
Thursday, March 27, 2025 | 6:00 p.m.
Instituto de Estudios Cubanos: Miradas desde el presente
Thursday, March 20, 2025 | 6:00 p.m.
“Hijos de la Diáspora” Film Screening
Tuesday, March 18, 2025 | 6:00 p.m.
Uncovering the Indigenous Indies: Colonial Cuba as Case Study
Thursday, March 6, 2025 | 6:00 p.m.
Surreal Cuba: A Photographic Journey, 1993-94
Wednesday, February 19, 2025 | 6:00 p.m.
The Golden Age of the Jews of Al-Andalus
Tuesday, February 18, 2025 | 4:00 p.m.
One Book, One U
Keynote Event with Author, Daisy Hernández
Thursday, February 13, 2025 | 6:00 p.m.
A Voice for Chagas: Bringing Awareness to a Neglected Tropical Disease in Florida
Wednesday, February 12, 2025 | 9:30 a.m.
En La Caliente: Tales of a Reggaeton Warrior
Thursday, February 6, 2025 | 6:00 p.m.
Seminar in Cuban and Cuban Diaspora Studies
Queloides: Primera Parte: Visualizations of Race in Contemporary Cuban Art
January 31, 2025 | 2:00 p.m.
Fuacatapám: La India Agripina
Thursday, January 23, 2025 | 6:00 p.m.
Intern! Life on the Wards of a Public Hospital: 1973-74
with Arthur M. Fournier, M.D.
January 14, 2025 | 12:00 p.m.
Breathe and Be
Mindfulness Meditation and Movement Sessions for Cultivating Inner Resilience in Challenging Times
Every Thursday starting January 30, 2025 | 10:30 a.m.
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