During the 2021-22 academic year, the Center for the Humanities and the Public Sphere continued its Library Enhancement Grant Program in the Humanities with the acquisition for three specific areas following competitive applications.
Dr. Brianna Anderson (English) with Brandon Murakami (English), and Dr. Brittany Kester (George A. Smathers Libraries) received a Library Enhancement Grant to acquire books expanding UF’s collection in the area of “Decolonizing the Children’s Literature Archives: Multicultural Picture Books.”
Prof. Helene Blondeau (Languages, Literatures, and Cultures) in collaboration with Prof. Rori Bloom (Languages, Literatures and Cultures) and Dr. Helene Huet (George A. Smathers Libraries) selected books and comics related to “Francophone Comics: Reimagining Contemporary Comics,” following her award.
A team of Prof. Robin Wright (Religion), Prof. Richard Conley (Political Science); Dr. Ginessa Mahar (George A. Smathers Library); and Rachel Harnett (English) focused their funding on “Collection Enhancement in Indigenous Studies.”
LIBRARY ENHANCEMENT GRANT SPOTLIGHT
“Collection Enhancement in Indigenous Studies”
This Library Enhancement Grant program enhanced the collection in Indigenous Studies, particularly in the areas of Indigenous Literature, Films, Music and the Creative Arts; Indigenous Peoples and Contemporary Issues (Education, Politics and Policies, Law, Women and Gender Studies); and Research (Decolonizing Research and Pedagogy, Indigeneity Theory, and Methods). These additional resources will support the interests and research of faculty and the graduate students and undergraduate students who work within the American Indian and Indigenous Studies program. They provide new resources for the breadth of interdisciplinary fields that intersect within the humanities and social sciences.