Where the water rises: Women, climate migration and resilience in a vanishing world

Friday August 15, 2025

Grass Scholars Uncover Truths Through Research and Public Engagement

Friday June 20, 2025

At the University of Florida, undergraduate students are taking the lead in innovative, community-engaged research across disciplines. Through research programs like Alexander Grass Scholars students explore pressing social and historical questions while gaining hands-on experience in the humanities.

The Alexander Grass Scholars Program celebrates a successful first year

Tuesday January 7, 2025

On November 4th, the Alexander Grass Scholars’ Program celebrated the end of its inaugural year with an undergraduate research symposium, giving the first cohort an opportunity to share their work with the university community.

Speaker Series 2024-25

Monday November 25, 2024

As a part of the center’s new Digital Humanities Initiative, the 2025 Speaker Series will open conversations about reimagining humanistic inquiry in response to emerging computing technologies.

Spotlight: Speaker/Workshop Grants/Co-Sponsorships

Monday November 25, 2024

Thanks to the generosity of endowments and donor support, the center is proud to offer a co-sponsorship program for humanities events.

Publication Subventions

Monday November 25, 2024

The center continued to support humanities book publications, thanks to the Robert and Margaret Rothman Endowment for the Humanities, and in collaboration with the College of Liberal Arts and Sciences.

Institute for Learning in Retirement at Oak Hammock

Monday November 25, 2024

Since 2021, the center has offered an annual summer course for the Institute for Learning in Retirement at Oak Hammock. Aimed at bringing humanities scholarship into the community, these courses demonstrate how depth of knowledge enlightens conversations.

Graduate Grant Writing Series

Monday November 25, 2024

Last fall, the center organized a six-part workshop series designed to aid graduate students in grant writing within the humanities and humanistic social sciences. The workshops provided invaluable guidance and practical skills for graduate students.

Graduate Humanities Institute

Monday November 25, 2024

The center hosted its second Graduate Humanities Summer Institute alongside its writing retreat at the UF Austin Cary Forest Campus. The institute was established as part of the center’s ongoing commitment to honing academic and professional versatility among graduate students in the humanities.

Humanities Engagement Scholars

Monday November 25, 2024

The Humanities Engagement Scholars program empowers undergraduates through the humanities and prepares them for future professional endeavors.

Embracing Interconnectedness: The Role of Humanities in a Globalized World

Monday November 25, 2024

“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

Programs in Public Humanities Grants

Monday November 25, 2024

Public humanities grants provided through CHPS continue to support collaborative, community-oriented engagements on historical memory, activism, and representation.

SPEAKER SERIES: Scales of Belonging, 2023-24

Monday November 25, 2024

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.

Alexander Grass Scholars Undergraduate Research Program

Monday November 25, 2024

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.

Rothman and Tedder Doctoral Fellows Spotlight

Monday November 25, 2024

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.