“If you talk to a man in a language he understands, that goes to his head. If you talk to him in his own language, that goes to his heart.” — Nelson Mandela
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Public humanities grants provided through CHPS continue to support collaborative, community-oriented engagements on historical memory, activism, and representation.
Each year, the center hosts a speaker series designed to answer fundamental questions about the human experience, exploring the latest research and scholarship across the humanities by inviting renowned scholars to present their work.
This spring, the Center for the Humanities and the Public Sphere launched the Alexander Grass Scholars Undergraduate Research Program, made possible by the generous support of the Alexander Grass Foundation.
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The Rothman and Tedder Doctoral Fellowships provide funding for doctoral students to conduct research related to their dissertations. Many of the fellows traveled to study their research subjects on location.
The Center proudly introduces our very first cohort for the Alexander Grass Scholars Research Program! This summer, students will delve into humanities research methods and collaborate closely with local community partners. We eagerly anticipate their continued progress into the fall as they develop and present their own projects. Explore the program and meet our students
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In the 2022-23 academic year, the Center’s grants supported the enhancement of library collections in four areas critical to contemporary humanities research in general, and at UF in particular: Asian Studies, environmental humanities, children’s literature, and artificial intelligence.
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The Center continued to support humanities book publications with its publication subvention award, in collaboration with the College of Liberal Arts and Sciences and the College of the Arts.
Since 2021, the Center has offered an annual summer course for the Institute for Learning in Retirement at Oak Hammock.
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In the summer of 2023, CHPS organized the third cycle of its Public Humanities Internship Program for Ph.D. Students in the College of Liberal Arts and Sciences.