Speakers & Programs 2025-2026

  • November 13, 2025: Michelle Calhoun

    7 PM EST In Person at Roberts Recreation Center 1246 50th Ave N, St Petersburg, FL 33703-3542 The Anthropogenic Movement of Lightning Whelk Across the Eastern United States and Southern Canada Michelle Calhoun, Archaeological Consultants Inc. (ACI) Lightning whelk (Sinistrofulgur perversum) have been integral to the lives of some Native People throughout eastern North America…

  • December 11, 2025: Dr. Dominick Tartaglia

    How to Throw a Folk Festival in 10 Easy Steps Dr. Dominick Tartaglia, State Folklorist for Florida and Director of the Florida Folklife Program Zoom registration link: https://tinyurl.com/yr7aek62 Facebook Event: https://www.facebook.com/events/1328276392188102/ Every May, the Florida Folk Festival welcomes thousands of festival goers to White Springs, Florida for one of the nation’s longest running celebrations of…

  • October 9, 2025: Dr. Morgan Smith

    Findings from Florida: Perspectives on Submerged Landscape Research from the Epicenter of the Discipline in North America Dr. Morgan F. Smith, UC Foundation Associate Professor of Anthropology, University of Tennessee, Chattanooga Zoom registration link: https://tinyurl.com/228vfd4s Facebook event: https://www.facebook.com/events/1128614209211051/ The State of Florida hosts the densest recorded concentration of submerged Indigenous archaeological sites in North America,…

  • September 11, 2025: Dr. Diane Wallman

    Tracing the Roots of Cultural Kinship: The Journey of Jaguar and Puma Tooth Pendants from Terra Firma to a Caribbean Island Dr. Diane Wallman, Associate Professor, University of South Florida IN PERSON at our new venue, the Roberts Recreation Center in St. Pete, 1246 50th Ave N, St. Petersburg, FL 33703, https://maps.app.goo.gl/SeJRTHX2efcdDQi98 Big cats hold symbolic significance…