UT history Associate Professor Victor Petrov joined a celebrated group of scholars in his area of study this year as his recent book Balkan Cyberia earned the 2024 Barbara Jelavich Book Prize. “I am ecstatic. The Jelavich Award is one of the major awards in Eastern European history,” said Petrov. “Many of the historians who […]
Cormac McCarthy scholars and enthusiasts had a rare opportunity in Knoxville this month to reflect on the award-winning author’s influences and impact. The Cormac McCarthy Society brought its annual conference to town for the first time since the Department of English cosponsored the event in 2007, the same year his novel The Road won the […]
During fall break, Lecturer Raye Hendrix in the Department of English served as a visiting artist at another university, reading from and discussing their first book of poetry. Hendrix, who joined the University of Tennessee, Knoxville, this year, was named the 2024 Lynne Burris Butler Visiting Artist for the University of North Alabama. Their book […]
By studying religion alongside contemporary environmental issues, students at the University of Tennessee, Knoxville, are honing their abilities to analyze complex topics that affect their community and the world. The Religious Studies 343 Religion, Nature, and Ethics class has examined food insecurity and the housing crisis in Knoxville in recent years. This spring semester students […]
Technological tools are vital resources for today’s students to advance knowledge and understanding in workplaces and research arenas. The new Digital Humanities interdisciplinary program within the College of Arts and Sciences offers robust ways for UT Vols to wield these tools as they build career foundations in humanities and social sciences. Digital Humanities has been […]
Interdisciplinary programs in the UT College of Arts and Sciences (CAS) now have an administrative home within the newly launched Consortium on Social and Cultural Inquiry (CoSCI, pronounced “co-see”). CoSCI gathers these unique courses of study into a focused structure for UT students seeking to build valuable and diverse sets of skills. “The 11 unique […]
The Reverend Larry Sykes Jr. (’09) has become an honored church and social justice leader in Kentucky, and in spring 2024 the Department of Religious Studies recognized him with the Charles H. Reynolds Distinguished Alumnus Award. Sykes felt called to ministry early in his life. “My parents raised me in church, where I cultivated and […]
Professor Gichingiri Ndigirigi, Department of English, was named president of the African Literature Association (ALA) at the group’s 2024 conference, held in May in Louisville, Kentucky. In this role, he will work with the ALA’s executive committee to guide the association’s activities in 2024–2025. “I am particularly interested in developing collaborations with Africa-based academics and […]
Two new grants from the National Endowment for the Humanities will support research for a book on the history of retirement in America and the continued publication of US President Andrew Jackson’s papers, exploring the last years of his administration. The NEH funding will contribute to both a new project and a long-term effort under […]
A new book examining the bridges between medicine and the performing arts includes research on vaccine skepticism by Stanton B. Garner Jr., a professor in the English and theatre departments at the University of Tennessee, Knoxville. Garner wrote a chapter titled “At the Needle Point: Theatre and Vaccine Skepticism” in The Routledge Companion to Performance […]
