LAKELAND, Fla. (Sept. 21, 2006) — Florida Southern College’s Center for Florida History welcomes Kathryn Holland-Braund to the Florida Lecture Series on Oct. 12. Holland-Braund will discuss “Living off the Land:  William Bartram's Description of Late Eighteenth-Century Florida Foodways" at 7 p.m. in the William M. Hollis Seminar Room on the Florida Southern campus. The lecture is free and open to the public.

“Professor Braund is one of America’s foremost authorities on the Creek Indians. Her exploration of Bartram’s trek through Florida will be of interest to all those who share an interest in history, literature, ecology, biology and nature’s bounty—food!” noted James Denham, professor of history and director of FSC’s Center for Florida History.

Alabama native Holland-Braund, a specialist in southern colonial history, holds degrees from Auburn University (M.A.) and Florida State University (Ph.D.). An associate professor of history at Auburn University, her primary research focuses on the ethno-history of the Creek and Seminole Indians in the eighteenth and early nineteenth century. She is the author or editor of four books including “Deerskins and Duffels: The Creek Indian Trade with Anglo-America, 1685-1815” (1993) and “William Bartram on the Southeastern Indians” (1995, with Gregory A. Waselkov). Her articles and reviews have appeared in many journals including the Journal of American History, the American Historical Review, the Journal of Southern History, the American Indian Quarterly and the Alabama Review. Holland-Braund serves as president of the Bartram Trail Conference, an organization dedicated to celebrating the travels of William Bartram. She lives in Dadeville, Ala.

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.

About Florida Southern College
Founded in 1885, Florida Southern College is a private, comprehensive, United Methodist college with a liberal arts core. The college maintains its commitment to academic excellence through 38 undergraduate majors and distinctive graduate programs in business administration, education, and nursing. Florida Southern has a 14:1 student/faculty ratio, provides strong student/faculty mentorship programs, boasts 25 NCAA Division II national championships, and is ranked by U. S. News and World Report as one of the top ten Southern Comprehensive Colleges-Bachelors and by the Princeton Review as a “Best Southeastern College.” Located on scenic Lake Hollingsworth, Florida Southern is the home of the world’s largest single-site collection of Frank Lloyd Wright architecture.