Congratulations 2025 Rothman Faculty Summer Fellows

Since 2010, the Center for the Humanities and the Public Sphere, with support from the Robert and Margaret Rothman Endowment for the Humanities, has awarded summer fellowships to faculty in the humanities disciplines. This year, the Center proudly announces the newest recipients of this prestigious fellowship.

New faculty introduce their humanities research at welcome event

In the Fall of 2019, UF welcomed many new faculty with scholarly interests in the Humanities. Previous Years: In fall of 2018 more than thirty new faculty members with scholarly interest in the humanities joined UF as part of the Faculty 500 initiative. At our […]

Between Law and Belief: Governing Nature in Jamaica’s Blue Mountains

“Regulatory Law and Local Stakeholder influences on Green Crime in the Blue Mountains, Jamaica.” Rothman Doctoral Fellow Tameka Samuels-Jones addressed questions about conflicting state regulations and indigenous cultural beliefs in the Blue and John Crow Mountains of Jamaica in her talk. Designated a UNESCO World Heritage Site in 2015 the site is still threatened […]

Center Announces New Director, Dr. Barbara Mennel

The Center for the Humanities and the Public Sphere is excited to announce that Dr. Barbara Mennel has agreed to an appointment as our new Rothman Chair and Director of the Center. Dr. Mennel is an accomplished scholar and teacher whose work bridges multiple disciplines in the humanities, from film studies to women’s studies, from […]