HSARI lecture series continues with talk by Reigelsperger

ST. AUGUSTINE, FL (02/25/2014)(readMedia)-- Diana Reigelsperger, an adjunct professor of Latin American Studies at Flagler College, will speak on March 4 as part of the Historic St. Augustine Research Institute speaker series.

Reigelsperger's lecture, "Canary Islenos in Colonial Florida," will continue HSARI's series on the forgotten people of St. Augustine.

Reigelsperger is a 2007 graduate of Flagler College. She went on to earn her Masters and Ph.D. in history at the University of Florida. She was recently published in the Florida Historical Quarterly and presented "'The Best Laid Schemes': Canary Islander Immigration to Spanish St. Augustine," to the Florida Historical Society in Nassau, Bahamas.

The Historic St. Augustine Research Institute is a collaborative project of Flagler College and the University of Florida, supported by the St. Augustine Foundation, Inc. Its purpose is to encourage, coordinate and disseminate active academic research related to the history, archaeology and historical architecture of St. Augustine, Florida, and to apply this research in support of historic preservation in the city.

This year's HSARI series is entitled "St. Augustine's Forgotten People."

Lectures are free and open to the public and are held at 7 p.m. in the Flagler Room of Ponce de Leon Hall, 74 King St., St. Augustine.

For more info, call 904-829-8481.

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Flagler College is an independent, four-year, comprehensive baccalaureate college located in St. Augustine, Fla. The college offers 29 majors, 34 minors and two pre-professional programs, the largest majors being business, education and communication. Small by intent, Flagler College has an enrollment of about 2,500 students, as well as a satellite campus at Tallahassee Community College in Tallahassee, Fla. A Flagler education is less than half the cost of similar private colleges, and competitive with many state universities. A relatively young institution (founded in 1968), Flagler College is also noted for its historic beauty. The centerpiece of the campus is the former Hotel Ponce de Leon, a grand resort built in 1888 by Henry M. Flagler, industrialist, railroad pioneer and co-founder of Standard Oil. The Ponce has been designated as a National Historic Landmark. For more on Flagler College, visit www.flagler.edu.