Faculty Awarded Prestigious Humanities Fellowships
Faculty members in the Department of Religious Studies and the Department of Modern Foreign Languages and Literatures have been awarded fellowships by the National Endowment for the Humanities.
Luce Foundation Grant to Support New Exhibition on Mound
The McClung Museum of Natural History and Culture at the University of Tennessee, Knoxville, received a $300,000 grant from the Henry Luce Foundation to support the exhibition, a related website, educational outreach, and programming for “A Sense of Indigenous Place: Native American Voices and the Mound at University of Tennessee.” The exhibition will be presented
Celebrating Black History Month on Rocky Top
UT is recognizing Black History Month throughout February with a series of virtual and in-person events.
Humanities Flourish with Grant Funding
UT Humanities Scholars Excel in National Research Funding, Digital Humanities
UT Hosts Record Number of Students at High School Ethics Bowl
UT hosted its 10th annual Tennessee High School Ethics Bowl this past Saturday, February 2, with 115 high school students from 16 high schools across the state competing.
Grad Student Selected 2019 National Humanities Without Walls Fellow
Graduate student Jeffrey Pannekoek was chosen as the first representative of UT as a predoctoral fellow at a summer workshop organized by Humanities Without Walls.
‘Ordeal of Appalachia’ Kicks off Humanities Center’s Spring Lecture Series
The spring portion of the UT Humanities Center’s 2018–19 Distinguished Visiting Scholars Lecture Series kicks off January 29 with Steven Stoll’s “The Ordeal of Appalachia.”
Visiting Scholar to Speak on Using the Arts for Social Change
Deborah Wong, an ethnomusicologist and professor from the University of California, Riverside, is the next speaker in the UT Humanities Center’s 2018-19 Distinguished Visiting Scholars Lecture Series.
Banjo Lecture, Live Music Kick Off Humanities Center Series
The banjo as an iconic American instrument has been part of a wide range of musical traditions.
WATE Highlights East Tennessee History Day
Nearly 250 students from around the region took part in the 2017 East Tennessee History Day, a competition that gives young people a chance to demonstrate their knowledge of history through research. WATE-TV Channel 6 highlighted the competition.
UT to Honor 18th-Century Author with AustenFest
Travel back in time to the 18th century and visit with Elizabeth Bennet and Mr. Darcy as UT celebrates AustenFest April 5–7.
Humanities Center’s ‘Conversations and Cocktails’ Series Continues
The Humanities Center continues its Conversations and Cocktails series at 6 p.m. Tuesday, February 21.