The Center launched its first in-person Graduate Humanities Summer Institute for Ph.D. and Master’s students in the humanities and humanistic social sciences at the University of Florida. In the tranquil setting of the Austin Cary Forest Campus, a diverse cohort of graduate students from different departments across campus participated in intense workshops, writing sessions, and small-group discussions.
Engaging the theme of “Expanding Horizons through the Humanities,” the Institute was designed to foster both academic and professional versatility. The Institute expanded participants’ humanistic toolkits and research outputs, translating their scholarly expertise and research skills for diverse professional contexts, within and beyond academia.
During the morning sessions, experts led a series of collaborative professional development workshops aimed at enhancing graduate student training and experience outside the students’ current research and teaching activities. In the afternoon, participants explored different ways to expand their research in global, interdisciplinary, and collaborative frameworks.
“The Graduate Institute was a wonderful experience for both me and my colleagues. I walked away from the experience having developed new professional skills in the humanities. The speakers introduced us to a variety of topics ranging from grant writing to public facing projects. One of the best parts of the experience, though, were the connections that we made among each other.”
— Noah Mullens, English
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