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Upcoming Lectures:2009 - To be announced Past Lectures:2008: Why St. AugustineCo-sponsor with the St. Augustine Historical Society of a symposium asking the question of why earlier European settlement attempts in the Southeast failed, and St. Augustine survived. TWO SIDES OF THE ATLANTIC IN 1490
LUNCH BREAK Historical and archaeological insights into slavery and plantation life in the St. Augustine vicinity at the turn of the nineteenth century. Prince Whidden: Slave and Soldier March 21, Dr. Jane Landers, Associate Professor of History, Vanderbilt University and author of . Black Society in Spanish Florida, tells the story of Prince Whidden, a remarkable African-American resident of St. Augustine. Slave Life at the Kingsley Plantation: Archaeology at the Kingsley Slave Cabins March 28, Dr. Jim Davidson, Assistant Professor of Anthropology, University of Florida and author of “Rituals Captured in Context and Time: Charm Use in North Dallas Freedman’s Town”- Historical Archaeology, discusses the results from his recent excavations at the Zephaniah Kingsley Plantation slave cabins, in the context of the archaeology of African American life. Excavations at Mala Compra: General Joseph Hernandez' St. Augustine Plantation. April 4, Dr. Greg Smith, Archaeologist, New South Associates and co-author of Approaches to the Historical Archaeology of Mexico, Central & South America, illustrates and discusses the archaeological excavation of the Mala Compra plantation, owned by a second Spanish period general and Mayor of St. Augustine. 2006: St. Augustine History: Lost & Found Speakers include: March 8: “Bringing St. Augustine’s Story Back Home,” Dr. Michael Gannon, Distinguished Service Professor Emeritus at the University of Florida. March 15: “Fate of thte South Florida Indians,”Dr. Eugene Lyon, Former Director of the Center for Historic Research at Flagler College. March 22: “Buried Treasure from St. Augustine,” Dr. Susan Parker, Historian for the Florida Division of Historical Resources. 2005: “The St. Augustine You Never Knew”March 9, 2005: “The Last Siege of St. Augustine,” Dr. James Cusick, Library Curator and Archaeologist, University of Florida. March 16, 2005: “The St Augustine Hurricane of 1811,” Dr. Sherry Johnson, Historian, Florida Atlantic University. March 23, 2005: “Uncle Jack Sitiki,” Dr. Patricia Griffin, Anthropologist. 2004: Art Architecture of Henry FlaglerMarch 10, 7 p.m. - "Martin Johnson Heade, Flagler's Artist in Residence."- Dr. Roberta Favis, Professor of Art at Stetson University and author of Martin Johnson Heade in Florida. March 17, 7 p.m.- "Carrere & Hastings, Flagler's Architects." - Dr. Laurie Ossman, Chief Curator of the Henry Morrison Flagler Museum in Palm Beach. All Lectures will be presented in the Flagler Room at Flagler College, 74 King St., with questions and answers to follow. Admission is free, and seating is limited. No reservations required. 2003: “Our Architectural Heritage”April 3: “Florida’s Colonial Architectural Heritage,” Elsbeth K. Gordon, Author of Florida’s Colonial Architectural Heritage. April 10: “The Architecture of Leisure: The Hotels of Henry M. Flagler,” Susan R. Braden, author of the Architecture of Leisure: The Florida Resort Hotels of Henry Flagler and Henry Plant. She is an assistant professor in the art department at Auburn Univ., Ala. April 15: “The Heritage of Architectrue of St. Johns County,” Sideny P. Johnston, authro of Historic Properties Survey; St. Johns county, FL 2002: No Lectures 2001: The French in Florida In March 2001, the Institute sponsored Lecture Series - 2001, a series of three presentations about the French involvement in Florida's history. These one-hour lectures were followed by question/answer sessions. #1 March 6 The French in Florida, Dr. John T. McGrath, speaker. Book-signing (The French in Early Florida: In the Eye of the Hurricane) to follow. McGrath is an assistant professor of social science and teaches economic and social history at Boston University's College of General Studies. He has written on a number of topics relating to early modern European and European colonial history. #2
March 14 Indians, French, Spaniards in Florida,
Dr. Jerald Milanich, speaker. Milanich is the Curator in Archaeology
for the Florida Museum of Natural History and specializes in archaeology
and ethnohistory of the American Indians of the southeastern United
States. His latest books are Laboring in the Fields of the Lord,
Spanish Missions and the Southeastern Indians, published by
the Smithsonian Institution Press in 1999, and Famous Florida
Sites: Mt. Royal and Crystal River, also published in 1999.
Milanich told the story of the events leading to the establishment
of San Mateo and discussed how we might find it and its predecessor,
Fort Caroline. #3 March 21 French Survivors of the French/Spanish Clash of 1565, Dr. Eugene Lyon, speaker. Lyon retired in 1998 as executive director of the Center for Historic Research in St. Augustine. His published books include Richer Than We Thought and The Enterprise of Florida. His lecture covered stories of the Frenchmen who survived the clash between Pedro Menendez and Jean Ribault and the places and time where they were found and what happened to them. 2000: Underground in St. Augustine In April 2000, the Institute sponsored Underground in St. Augustine, a series of three conversations with St. Augustine archaeologists about past and current archaeological digs and the discoveries they have made about St. Augustine's history. Thirty-minute slide presentations were followed by open discussion. These non-technical, illustrated discussions are now available on video tape from the Flagler College Office of Public Information, (904) 829-6481, ext. 201. #1 Kathleen
Deagan (Curator and Professor of Archaeology, University of
Florida) #2 Carl Halbirt (City Archaeologist of St. Augustine) #3 Billy Ray Morris (Marine Archaeologist, St. Augustine Lighthouse
Museum) Recent Digs In January 2000, the Institute received grants from the St. Augustine Foundation, Inc., and the Fountain of Youth Properties, Inc., as well as support from the University of Florida to conduct an excavation at the 1565-66 Menendez settlement on the grounds of the Fountain of Youth Park. This was the first joint field school held between UF and Flagler. The dig then took place in the spring. During the dig's last day, Dr. Kathleen Deagan's team discovered a rare figa, a Moorish good luck charm used to ward off the evil eye and traditionally placed in babies' cradles. The amulet was found in what was thought to be a well at the settlement site of Pedro Menendez, founder of St. Augustine in 1565. The team will return in the spring of 2001 to continue excavations in partnership with the Historic St. Augustine Research Institute. From May 15 through mid-July, UF doctoral student Gifford Waters conducted a dig to study mission Indian village life in 17th Century St. Augustine. In July, the Institute participated in the Foundation's extensive excavation of the Spanish Gardens site on St. George Street. Dr. Kathleen Deagan served as principal investigator, and Gifford Waters supervised the excavation and conducted laboratory analysis of the fragments of American, British, Spanish and Native American artifacts found. A report of findings is pending.
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