Arts & Humanities
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Video Games Offer New View for Religious Studies
The study of religion is taking some students to the gaming lab at the University of Tennessee, Knoxville, allowing them to simulate field work and actively engage with questions about mythological narratives, transformations, and more. For 20 students enrolled in the first offering of Religious Studies 310 Religion and Gameworlds, the week starts with a…
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We Were Here Film and Talk
Filmmaker Fred Kudjo Kuwornu will present his documentary We Were Here and host a question-and-answer talk after. Acclaimed Afro-Italian filmmaker Fred Kudjo Kuwornu will present his documentary We Were Here: The Untold History of Black Africans in Renaissance Europe at 5:30 p.m. Thursday, March 6, and engage in a question-and-answer session afterward in the Lindsay…
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Expanded Douglass Day Involves Community in History
At the University of Tennessee, Knoxville, celebrating Black history lifts the topic out of the textbook, highlights current scholarship on campus, and engages the community in further research. The activities are very much in the spirit of “sankofa,” a word from the African Twi language that refers to looking to the past to inform the…
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Military Historians Delve into the Declaration
The Military History of the Declaration of Independence Symposium 9:00 a.m. – 3:30 p.m. | Saturday, March 1, 2025Baker School of Public Policy and Public AffairsThe event is free and open to the public, but registration is limitedRegister here With the 250th anniversary of the Declaration of Independence on the horizon, nine military historians from…
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Courage to Question
Clarence Brown production of Inherit the Wind celebrates the art and science of asking the big questions. One hundred years ago and less than 100 miles from the UT Knoxville campus, high-school teacher John Scopes went on trial for violating the Butler Act, which outlawed the teaching of human evolution in Tennessee’s public schools and…
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New Book Examines the Legacy of Beauford Delaney and James Baldwin
UT Professor Amy J. Elias brought together a community of writers to create the first major book about the historic creative and personal relationship of Knoxville-born painter Beauford Delaney and writer James Baldwin. Elias, director of UT’s Denbo Center for Humanities and the Arts, edited Speculative Light: The Arts of Beauford Delaney and James Baldwin,…
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African American History Lecture Marks First Decade
Fleming-Morrow Lecture in African American History and Symposium March 6, 2025Student Union, Room 169Registration, limited to 100, is free and open to the public Register Now For a decade the annual Fleming-Morrow Distinguished Lecture has been honoring pioneering professors at the University of Tennessee, Knoxville, while bringing nationally recognized scholars of African American history to…
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Native American Art Tells Ongoing Story at Museum
Starting in January 2025, visitors to the McClung Museum of Natural History and Culture will see new representations of Native Nations that use contemporary art to tell the stories of people who are still alive now and not relics of the past. Homelands: Connecting to Mounds through Native Art involved co-curators from four Native Nations…