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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

02/02/2026

For those in/near Englewood (Florida): speaking on Paulsen Point Mound and other landmarks from the long history around Lemon Bay on the Florida Gulf Coast. Free and open to the public at a great little library

12/15/2025

Thank you St Augustine Archaeology instagram for piecing together the sherds