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10/08/2026

Join the Florida Historical Society for a trip to the Bahamas that is both intellectually stimulating and FUN! Join like-minded individuals for this unique conference experience. Make your deposit TODAY to reserve your place aboard the beautiful Venezia for the Florida Historical Society 2027 Conference Cruise! You don’t want to miss this very special event that includes presentations from historians, authors, and graduate students, a private tour in Nassau, the FHS Awards Presentation, and other group events. More info and registration is at https://myfloridahistory.org/conferences/forum/2027.

10/01/2026

Joshua Reed Giddings wrote on the Florida War, now better known as the Seminole War (actually three wars in US military history: First 1814-1818, Second 1835-1842, Third 1955-1858; Seminoles group them as one long war). Come on October 7th to the Braden River Branch Library to engage The Exiles of Florida with a historian and archaeologist. Free and open to the public but the library would like you to register at https://manateelibrary.libcal.com/event/17084473 (pictured is the librarian who organized the event as part of America250)

Join us for "The Living Legacies of The Exiles of Florida,” an exploration of a forgotten abolitionist text. Historian William Hustwit and archaeologist U*i Baram will discuss the...

09/01/2026

Still humid and hot but the cool weather and then public events will start soon enough. For upcoming presentations, see https://sites.google.com/ncf.edu/baram/current-and-upcoming-events?authuser=0
including
Smoking To***co, Sipping Coffee, and Subjected to the Sultan: Insights from the Archaeology of the Ottoman Empire

The Living Legacies of the Exiles of Florida

Digital Landscapes, Contested Pasts: Archaeology, Heritage, and Public Engagement in Sarasota–Manatee

Excavating the City of David: Discovery, Debate, and Heritage

All are free, though some require registration. More details soon

Unless otherwise noted, all presentations are free and open to the public

06/19/2026

June 20th at East Lake Community Library (possibly my favorite library) at 1 pm Sea Level Rise and Heritage Sites in Florida https://eastlake.librarycalendar.com/fltalkssearise We'll talk through the challenges and opportunities. Free, of course, and open to the public. Hope to see you at Palm Harbor (north of Tampa Bay)

JOIN US in celebrating and supporting our summer reading theme, Unearth a Story, and America's 250th birthday, with a presentation from the Florida Humanities!

06/16/2026

Thanks to Florida Humanities, I'll be sharing

Seeing Florida Heritage through at the Archaeology African-American Research Library and Cultural Center of Broward County Library

Sea Level Rise and Heritage Sites in Florida at Galt Ocean Mile Reading Room, also of Broward County Libraries

and

Sea Level Rise and Heritage Sites in Florida at East Lake Community Library

All free and open to the public

05/25/2026

As summer starts, I have a few speaking engagements lined up. You can find my Florida Humanities sponsored presentations for Sea Level Rise and Heritage Sites in Florida and Seeing Florida Heritage through Archaeology listed on my calendar https://sites.google.com/ncf.edu/baram/current-and-upcoming-events?authuser=0

And you can contact Prime Time Presenters for others https://primetimepresenters.com/team/uzi-baram/ including upcoming presentations on The Archaeology Of Ancient Civilizations Of Eastern North America: Mississippian, Iroquoian, Calusa

Looking forward to the audiences and their active participation in the presentations on archaeology and heritage

U*i Baram, professor emeritus at New College of Florida, has been an archaeologist for four decades. A noted public speaker, Dr. Baram is a community activist and scholar whose research explores fundamental anthropological concerns on heritage and human rights.

04/28/2026

A lot happened in Sarasota in 1926 - a few months ago, you might have read about the Charles and Edith Ringling House (today's College Hall at New College of Florida), Sarasota Memorial Hospital opened, and the forerunner of the Sarasota Opera House started - WEDU produced a documentary on the 100 years of the Opera House

Celebrating 100 years of the Sarasota Opera House.

04/28/2026

Interested in the world's deadliest tree, which of course is Florida? Hear about the manchineel tree and more about the archaeology of trees at

Join Craig, Chadd, and Jason Garcia from "Seeking Rents" Thursday, May 7, from 7:00-8:30 PM at Tombolo Books in St. Pete and on Saturday, May 9, from 3:00-5:00 PM at Austin's Coffee in Winter Park for our FIRST EVER LIVE PODCAST meet-and-greets!Ch...

02/22/2026

Come to the March 7th and 8th Back to Angola Festival at Manatee Mineral Springs Park! For more information, see https://www.backtoangolafestival.com/

Three events will precede the festival:
a. March 3rd at 6 pm at the Manatee County, Florida Central Library: U*i Baram presenting on the Archaeology of Angola https://manateelibrary.libcal.com/event/15771907

b. The Living Legacies of The Exiles of Florida, at the Jane Bancroft Cook Library of New College of Florida, Friday the 6th at 11 am

c. Reflections of Manatee is hosting Angola Comic Con on Friday the 6th at 5 pm

Honor the living history of the freedom-seeking peoples

02/13/2026

Credit the Florida Public Archaeology Network West Central, long ago, for these gems of archaeology and valentines day (seems part of my task is memory keeper and renewal). Enjoy and share the archaeo-love