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Place: ?Branscomb Auditorium
Date and Time: Thursday, March 20th | 7:00 PM
This event is open to the public.
Watch live or later: FL Lecture Series: Rick Kilby
?For more information contact:
The Lawton Chiles Center for Florida History at 863-680-3001
The Lawton M. Chiles Jr., Center for Florida History welcomes writer and graphic designer to the Florida Lecture Series on March 20. Kilby will discuss his most recent book Florida’s Healing Waters. The program will begin at 7pm in Branscomb auditorium on the FSC campus. The event is free and open to the public. A book signing follows the lecture.
In Florida’s Healing Waters, Rick Kilby explores the Victorian belief that water was a source of healing and rehabilitation and traces the history of “taking the waters” in ancient cultures. Kilby shows how Florida’s natural wonders were developed and promoted as restorative destinations for America’s emerging upper class. The richly illustrated book received both the silver medal for Florida nonfiction from the Florida Book Awards and the Florida Historical Society’s Stetson Kennedy Award in 2021.
Rick Kilby is committed to building awareness of Florida’s rich history, unique culture, and endangered natural environment through art, design, and education. His first book, Finding the Fountain of Youth: Ponce de León and Florida's Magical Waters (University Press of Florida, 2013), won a Florida Book Award in the Visual Arts category. Since his first book was published, Kilby has given presentations at museums, libraries, conferences, and even on a boat on the St. Johns River.
This lecture is generously sponsored by Professor Walter W. Manley II, FSC Alumnus ‘69
About the Florida Lecture Series
The Florida Lecture Series is produced by the Center for Florida History under the direction of Dr. James M. Denham. The program brings speakers to the Lakeland campus who approach the issue of “Florida Life and Culture” from a wide range of disciplines, including history, public affairs, law, sociology, criminology, anthropology, literature, music and art. Its overall objective is to create an opportunity for members of the community, faculty, and student body to listen to, interact with and learn from leading scholars and specialists of the state’s history and culture.
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