The Muse Still Speaks: Archival Explorations of FSCJ's Kalliope Magazine (2025)

Описание: For thirty years, FSCJ published Kalliope, a nationally- recognized journal of women’s art and literature. Though it was discontinued in 2008, the work in Kalliope remains vibrant and relevant today. In this program, a panel of distinguished guests from University of Florida, who will be discussing the importance of Kalliope Magazine and how they continue to use it in their teaching and research.

The program begins with a brief introduction from Library Public Services Coordinator Jennifer Grey, who offers a snapshot look at Kalliope's founding and development. From there, Florence Turcotte, Literary Manuscripts Archivist at UF’s George A. Smathers Libraries, discusses how she came to work with the Kalliope collection at UF and Prof. Marsha Bryant, Professor of English and UF Distinguished Teaching Scholar, offers an overview of how she uses the magazines in her class and some of her students' reactions to the publication. The event continues with presentations from three graduate students - C.R. Dean, Annesha Palit, and Abiola Emmanuel - who explain how they have used Kalliope in their research. The event ends with Q&A session.

Relevant links:
FSCJ's collection of Kalliope magazine online: https://fscj.digital.flvc.org/islando...

UF's collection of the Mary Sue Koeppel papers relating to Kalliope:
https://findingaids.uflib.ufl.edu/rep...

Marsha Bryant's blog post on Kalliope: https://people.clas.ufl.edu/mbryant/2...

This event was hosted online in WebEx on September 25, 2025 by Library Public Services Coordinator Jennifer Grey.

Speakers: Florence Turcotte, Marsha Bryant, C.R. Dean, Annesha Palit, Abiola Emmanuel
Event organized by: FSCJ Library and Tutoring Services
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