Lightning Humanities: CHPS Fellows Showcase Research Across Time, Place and Culture

Friday May 8, 2026

The 2026 Tedder and Rothman Doctoral Fellows Research Showcase brought graduate students together during Synergies Research Day for a lively, interdisciplinary exchange. Through conversational lightning talks organized around themes of power, expression, legacy, culture, belonging and contact, fellows shared research that reflected the depth, creativity and public relevance of humanities scholarship at UF.

From Graduate Study to Diverse Careers in the Humanities

Monday March 2, 2026

From museum work to mission-driven communications and public service, the Career Diversity Panel showcased the many directions humanities Ph.D.s can take. Panelists offered candid advice and reassurance that leaving academia does not mean leaving scholarship behind.

National Humanities Center Doctoral Institutes and Residencies

Friday May 16, 2025

Beginning in 2019, The Center for the Humanities and the Public Sphere — with the support of the Director Barbara Mennel’s Waldo W. Neikirk Professorship — supports Ph.D. students in UF’s College of Liberal Arts and Sciences for intensive one-week themed residencies and institutes at the National Humanities Center that focus on practical teaching, research, and professionalization skills.

Graduate Humanities Summer Institute

Monday November 6, 2023

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.

Under Review: Rethinking Humanities Graduate Education

Wednesday November 16, 2022

Envision Humanities: A Graduate Student Toolkit for the 21st Century

Tuesday November 23, 2021

Envision Humanities affords graduate students opportunities to expand their skill sets, engage broader publics, and discover a variety of career pathways.

The National Humanities Center Virtual Residencies

Tuesday November 23, 2021

The National Humanities Center Virtual Residencies were awarded to Ph.D. students in UF’s College of Liberal Arts and Sciences.

Faith, Law, and Resistance: Caribbean Legacies in Environment and Empire: UF Synergies Event Recap

Tuesday October 16, 2018