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We connect people, ideas and communities through the humanities. Learn how our programs, events, fellowships and public partnerships support research, spark collaboration and bring humanities scholarship into the world.

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Humanities in the Digital Age

The Digital Humanities Lab connects humanities questions with digital tools, methods and collaborative spaces for research, teaching and public engagement. Learn more about the lab, explore available resources and find out how to reserve the space for classes, workshops, project meetings and other mission-aligned uses.

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Why the Humanities?

Explore how humanistic inquiry helps us understand culture, history, language, ethics and creativity while building the critical skills needed to navigate a complex world.

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Featured Resource: A Podcast for Scholars, Writers and Editors

Explore the writing lives behind academic publishing with Writing It! The Podcast About Academics & Writing, a featured resource from the Bud Shorstein Center for Jewish Studies. Through conversations with academics and editors, the podcast offers candid insights, practical strategies, and helpful encouragement for making the process of writing and publishing feel more transparent and less overwhelming

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Who are we?

The Center for the Humanities and the Public Sphere is a dynamic hub within the College of Liberal Arts and Sciences dedicated to advancing interdisciplinary collaboration, scholarship and community engagement through the humanities. Through specialized programs, events, funding opportunities and partnerships, we aim to explore fundamental questions of human existence, inspire civic and moral responsibility, foster global and comparative understanding, and illuminate the role of the humanities in addressing contemporary challenges. CHPS celebrates the boundless curiosity that defines what it means to be human.

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Funding Deadlines

Library Enhancement Program in the Humanities
Deadline | Friday, October 9

Co-Sponsorship for Humanities Events
Deadline | Rolling

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In the News

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Grass Scholars students develop digital walking tour of Duckpond

Through the Alexander Grass Scholars Undergraduate Research Program, UF students partnered with local archives, preservationists and community members to create a digital walking tour of Gainesville’s historic Duckpond neighborhood, showing how humanities research can preserve local stories and make them more accessible to the public.

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UF associate professor of history selected as 2026 ACLS Fellow

Max Deardorff, Ph.D., joins a fellowship class that includes 63 scholars nationwide and more than $3.5 million in awards.

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New Featured Resource: Writing It! The Podcast About Academics & Writing

What does it really take to turn academic ideas into published work? This podcast from the Bud Shorstein Center for Jewish Studies offers candid conversations with academics and editors about the challenges, strategies and realities of writing and publishing, helping make the process feel more transparent, approachable and less overwhelming.

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UF Historians Help Illuminate Florida’s Forgotten Revolutionary Past

At a recent Florida Humanities-supported event at the Matheson History Museum, UF historians Dr. David Silkenat and Dr. Olivia Barnard helped illuminate Florida’s overlooked role in the American Revolution. The discussion invited audiences to reconsider familiar stories of independence through a broader lens, including loyalist perspectives, regional memory and the Gulf South.

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Humanities and Arts Professors Recognized by UF Research Foundation

UF Research Foundation named 34 faculty members as 2026 UFRF Professors, including humanities and arts scholars Augusto Soledade, professor of theatre and dance, and Ange Mlinko, professor of English. The three-year professorships recognize faculty whose research and creative work advance discovery, creativity and innovation across UF.

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2026-2027 Tedder & Rothman Doctoral Fellows

The 2026-2027 cohort of fellows represents the breadth and vitality of humanities scholarship at the University of Florida, with projects that often cross disciplinary boundaries and engage with pressing social, cultural, and historical questions.

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Announcing the 2026 Programs in Public Humanities Grant Recipients

Meet our 2026 Rothman Faculty Summer Fellows, whose innovative research showcases the depth and impact of humanities scholarship at UF. This announcement celebrates their selection and the fellowship’s support for new ideas and faculty research.

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