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The Denbo Center for Humanities & the Arts (DCHA) at the University of Tennessee, Knoxville, supports advanced study of the arts & humanities, fosters interdisciplinary research, and advocates for the value of the arts & humanities in our world today.
The Denbo Center proudly supported five UT faculty and grad students at the Digital Humanities Summer Institute, held at UniversitΓ© de MontrΓ©al and organized by CRIHN. Attendees explored topics ranging from R programming to the cultural implications of AI.
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Attention faculty! For the month of June, the Denbo Center has expanded our hours for the Write On Site program! Faculty are now welcome to join us every weekday from 9am-4pm for our Write On Site program! We can't wait to see you here!
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We are thrilled to announce that Katharine Burnett will be joining the Denbo Center in July as Associate Director of Transdisciplinary Programs! In this role, she'll support the centerβs research projects, coordinate events, and identify and develop new programming opportunities.
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Over the past year, we've had the pleasure of hosting UTβs game studies seminar series, which welcomed faculty, students, and guest speakers to explore launching a GameLab that bridges research, public engagement, and the gaming industry.
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As part of Black Maternal Health Week, a public Narrative Medicine workshop explores a Black womanβs birth story, inviting reflection on loss, joy, safety, community & more through reading and writing. No experience needed. Hosted by Africana Studies + Knox Birth Equity Alliance.
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Reminder: The Denbo Center will be closed April 17th-18th for the University of Tennessee's Spring Recess. We will reopen on Monday, April 21st.
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Join us April 7th at 3:30pm for our Spring 2025 Distinguished Lecture Series talk by Menno Schilthuizen on "Darwin Comes to Town: How the Urban Jungle Drives Evolution." Join us in person at Student Union 169 or online via Zoom! Register for the link at tiny.utk.edu/Schilthuizen
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Discover how digital games are shaping education and Esports careers. Join the UT Esports Club at Volan 2025 on April 12 from 12 to 1:30 PM at UT Student Union 262A for insights on the future of gaming and industry opportunities.
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Join the Denbo Center on April 6th at Knoxville's Central Cinema for a free screening of the 2025 Oscar-nominated Soundtrack to a Coup d'Γtat. The film explores Congo-Belgian-US Cold War history, with an introduction by historian Nicole Eggers followed by a Q&A with UT experts!
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Thanks to all who came for Fred Moten and Brandon Lopez' Distinguished Lecture Series talk "'On the run from ownership': Nathaniel Mackey, Music, Centrifugitivity."
Be sure to check out their spoken word and jazz performance at 6:30pm on March 29th at the Knoxville Museum of Art!
Want to learn about our upcoming speaker Brandon Lopez? Check out his interview with Sound American!
soundamerican.org/issues/thirt...
Don't forget to join us at the Knoxville Museum of Art on March 27th at 6pm for his and Fred Moten's talk, as well as on the 29th at 6:30 for their performance!
Join us at the Knoxville Museum of Art on March 27th at 6pm for the latest talk in our Distinguished Lecture Series by Fred Moten and Brandon Lopez, as well as at 6:30pm on March 29th for their spoken word and jazz performance! We hope to see you all there!
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Join us on March 10th at 3:30pm for our Spring 2025 Distinguished Lecture Series talk by Olivia C. Harrison on "Going Native: Jean Raspail and the Fictions of Indigeneity." Join us in person at the Denbo Center or online via Zoom!
Register for the link at tiny.utk.edu/Harrison
Join the Department of History for the 10th Annual Fleming-Morrow Distinguished Lecture & Symposium on March 6, 2025, from 9amβ4:30pm. Events include research panels, a luncheon conversation with Drs. Fleming & Morrow, and a 3pm keynote by Dr. Crystal Sanders.
Register: tiny.utk.edu/flemingmorro...
So happy to host a luncheon at the @uthumanitiesctr.bsky.social⬠with Beauford Delaney Estate Executor Derek Spratley, honoring the exceptional Monique Y. Wells of Les Amis de Beauford Delaney, a pivotal resource in Beauford Delaney studies! And so many other Delaney supporters!
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Join us on March 3rd at 3:30pm for our Spring 2025 Distinguished Lecture Series talk by Shatema Threadcraft on "Black Femicide and Morrisonian Democracy." We hope you can join us in person at the Denbo Center or online via Zoom!
Register for the link at tiny.utk.edu/Threadcraft
On Friday, the Denbo Center had the pleasure of hosting a luncheon for Pulitzer Prize-winning historian Ed Larson during his visit to the University of Tennessee to discuss "The Scopes Trial in History and Folklore." Thank you to Ed Larson for sharing his time and expertise.
17.02.2025 14:27 β π 0 π 0 π¬ 0 π 0Graduate Student Research Residency Fellowship (2 semesters, fall/spring 2025-2026):
Nicolas Strasser (History)
Elizabeth Tarulis (Anthropology)
Eliza Alexander Wilcox (English)
Andrew Ertzberger (Philosophy)
Digital Humanities Faculty Fellowships (1 semester, spring 2026):
Heather Coker-Hawkins (Art/Cinema Studies)
Faye Nixon (Landscape Architecture)
Faculty Research Residency Fellowship (2 semesters, fall/spring 2025-2026):
Sam Blankenship (Classics)
Dionte Harris (English)
Erin Darby (Religious Studies)
Janelle Vanderkelen (Art/Cinema Studies)
Yasser Nasser (History)
Joe Stratmann (Philosophy)
The Denbo Center is excited to announce the 2025-2026 Denbo Fellows cohort! These outstanding faculty and graduate scholars will pursue groundbreaking humanities research. See the full list of fellows and their fields in the replies below. Congratulations to all!
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Join the 2025 Graduate Student Summer Residency at the National Humanities Center from July 14-18, 2025. Connect with peers, refine research & teaching skills, and explore funding strategies. Early registration discounts availableβsign up by Feb. 15!
nationalhumanitiescenter.org/education-pr...
Write on Site is officially back at the Denbo Center for the Spring 2025 semester!
Thursdays: Grad Students 9am-4pm
Fridays: Faculty 9am-4pm
Come study, read, or write while meeting other arts & humanities grad students/faculty! Snacks, coffee, & tea provided.
Celebrate Frederick Douglass Day with fellow Vols during Black History Month with events, including keynote addresses, UT scholars talks, a multimedia day in collaboration with the library, and the transcribe-a-thon and celebration. Don't miss it!
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Marcy Norton will be with us this Friday at noon for her book talk, βThe Tame and the Wild: People and Animals after 1492.β
Donβt miss itβattend in person or online!
UT Parking & Transportation Services has updated the shuttle route between Cherokee Mills and campus, so that there is now a direct bus from the Denbo Center to Hodges Library and back.
parking.utk.edu/transit/t-bu...
Today we're bidding farewell to DCHA communications & marketing coordinator @klhkhistorian.bsky.social (PhD '15). She will be starting a new job as assistant director of communications at Rare Book School in Charlottesville, VA, in late January.
We wish her all the best in her new role!
We're excited to announce the spring 2025 lineup of events in our Distinguished Lecture Series!
Details of all talks are available on the Denbo Center's website: humanitiescenter.utk.edu/programs/distinguished-lecture-series/
