Skip to main content
College of Liberal Arts and Sciences University of Florida

Find Opportunities and Resources

PROGRAM UPDATES
UPCOMING DEADLINES
CURRENT PROGRAMS

Explore opportunities for students and faculty to research, connect, and grow through the humanities.

Across undergraduate, graduate, and faculty programs, we support a range of experiences that encourage inquiry, creativity, and connection. Some opportunities focus on research and mentorship, while others emphasize professional growth, public engagement, or collaborative exchange across disciplines and communities.

WHAT’S NEW

Abstract painting with colorful human figures, some embracing, others solitary, against a textured background. A brown banner overlaid on the image displays the text: SCALES of BELONGING.

Speaker Series 2023-24

From climate and college football to migration and detention, *Scales of Belonging* examines how people build connections to place, community and one another in a changing world.

Event poster for UF Center for the Humanities Speaker Series 2019-2020 titled 'Rethinking the Public Sphere Part I.' Features topics on race and participation, including talks on museums, racial injustice, and voting rights. Background includes black-and-white protest images. Bold, impactful text conveys urgency and historical significance.

Speaker Series 2019-20

*Race and the Promise of Participation* explores how museums, philosophy, poetry and personal histories shape collective memory, civic participation and public debate.

Event poster titled "Data & Democracy" features a pixelated blue and black background. Lists talks: "Drone Publics," "Data Feminism," "Race to the Future?," and "Will Robots Feel Pain?" by various speakers. Event dates are November 2020 to April 2021. Tone is informative and academic.

Speaker Series 2020-21

How do data, algorithms and intelligent machines shape public life? Data and Democracy brings scholars together to examine the values, inequalities and systems of power embedded in emerging technologies.

A split image showing an old, dilapidated church or auditorium interior above, and a renovated performance space with seating and a stage below, overlaid with the text "TRANSFORMING INSTITUTIONS".

Speaker Series 2021-22

From universities and healthcare systems to museums and monuments, Transforming Institutions explores how public institutions adapt to change and shape the communities they serve.

Two wooden benches face each other on a paved area in a park, with the words “Public Humanities” overlaid across the center of the image.

Speaker Series 2022-23

African American heritage preservation, public philosophy and environmental justice come together in this speaker series examining the humanities’ role in civic life, public dialogue and social change.

A series poster for Page Unbound: Humanities in the Digital Age

Speaker Series 2024-25

Explore how artificial intelligence, digital tools and emerging technologies are reshaping knowledge, identity, ethics and culture through Page Unbound: Humanities in the Digital Age, an interdisciplinary speaker series featuring leading scholars from across the humanities.

A mosaic world map features three black-and-white headshots: Carolyn Fornoff, Joanna Wawrzyniak, and Francis Nyamnjoh. Text reads: "THE HUMAN MOSAIC, Conversations IN World Humanities.

Speaker Series 2025-26

Explore how traditions of thought, expression and understanding take shape across cultures through The Human Mosaic: Conversations in World Humanities, an interdisciplinary speaker series connecting global perspectives on the complexity of human experience.

A group of people stands on a sunny sidewalk, looking at a large, historic house with columns and a porch. Tall trees provide some shade.

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.

Max Deardorff: Smiling man with a beard in a navy blazer and checkered shirt against a white background. The tone is professional and approachable.

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.

A stylized microphone is centered against an orange gradient. A heartbeat line runs through it, leading to a hand holding a pen. Text reads "Writing It! Center for Jewish Studies, University of Florida."

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.

See More News
Back to top

UPCOMING DEADLINES
Back to top

UNDERGRADUATE PROGRAMS

From the Alexander Grass Scholars Program to Humanities Engagement Scholars, our undergraduate programs help students engage the humanities in active and meaningful ways. We support students through research, mentorship, and community-engaged experiences that build skills, confidence, and a stronger sense of purpose.

Learn more

GRADUATE OPPORTUNITIES

Our graduate opportunities support advanced research, professional development, and interdisciplinary connection. Through fellowships, workshops, and scholarly community, we help graduate students deepen their work and prepare for a range of future paths.

Learn more

FACULTY OPPORTUNITIES

For faculty, we offer funding, collaborative opportunities, and public-facing support that help move humanities research forward. Our programs create space for new ideas, stronger partnerships, and broader engagement with scholarly work.

Learn more

COMMUNITY ENGAGEMENT

Building community connections is a key part of how we bring the humanities to life. Through events, partnerships, and public-facing initiatives, we create opportunities for people to engage with humanities ideas in meaningful and accessible ways.

Back to top