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New Denbo Fellows to Continue Dynamic Interdisciplinary Research
Fellowship Residencies bring new interdisciplinary opportunities to Denbo Center for Humanities and the Arts. At UT Knoxville, arts and humanities research is thriving! The Denbo Center for Humanities and the Arts (DCHA) has reported another groundbreaking year, with new staff hires, new program planning, and new cross-disciplinary collaborations. The DCHA’s Fellowship Residencies in particular support…
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Denbo Director Amy Elias Selected for Penn State Outstanding Alumni Award
Amy Elias, director of Denbo Center for Humanities and the Arts, has been selected by Penn State to receive the 2026 Outstanding Alumni Award from the Humanities Institute. This award honors alumni who have demonstrated exceptional leadership, a significant impact in the humanities, and a lasting impression as a role model. The awards committee commended…
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Katie Burnett in Conversation with UT Professor Bill Hardwig
The Denbo Center for Humanities & the Arts Associate Director Katie Burnett appeared in conversation with UT Professor Bill Hardwig at the East Tennessee History Center on November 12, 2025 to discuss his new book, How Cormac Works: McCarthy, Language, and Style (LSU Press, 2025). Highlighting McCarthy’s fascination and experimentation with language, Katie and Bill…
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Amy Elias’s Book Selected for Hyperallergic’s Favorite Books of 2025 List
Denbo Center for Humanities & the Arts Director Amy Elias’s book, Speculative Light: The Arts of Beauford Delaney and James Baldwin (Duke UP, 2025) has been selected to appear on Hyperallergic’s favorite books of 2025 list! Hyperallergic is an online arts magazine based in Brooklyn, New York. The publication was cited by the TED blog…
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The Denbo Center Collaborates with the National Humanities Center
This summer (2025) the Denbo Center sent two fellows to complete residencies at the National Humanities Center housed in UNC-Chapel Hill. Brooke Bauer, PhD (Department of History) used the faculty residency to focus on completing a book manuscript co-authored with Denise E. Bates, PhD (Tufts), tentatively titled Interpreting the Indigenous South: Tribal Nations Confronting Race…
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2025-2026 DCHA Fellow News
DCHA Graduate Fellow Nicholas Strasser (PhD candidate, History), presented a portion of his project, “Death Rays and Pure Planets: Continuities in German Science Fiction in the Age of the World Wars,” at the German Studies Association conference in Arlington, VA. Support for his travel was provided through the Riggsby Travel Fund and the generous gifts…
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Wells Shares Delaney Legacy
Denbo Center hosts Monique Wells, Beauford Delaney estate and Delaney advocate. The Denbo Center for Humanities & the Arts held a luncheon on February 20, 2025, for community partners involved in the Delaney Legacy Project in Knoxville. This continues the Denbo Center’s investment in regional arts that began in 2020 with a symposium, funded by…
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Denbo Event Opens Big Ears
Denbo Center hosts Fred Moten and Brandon Lopez at Big Ears Festival 2025. The Denbo Center will host two events with Fred Moten and his performance partner Brandon Lopez in collaboration with the 2025 Big Ears Festival. Both events are part of the official festival lineup but will also be free and open to UT…
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Denbo Fellows Cohort Announced
Latest Denbo Fellows cohort brings groundbreaking projects from multiple disciplines. The Denbo Center has closed its annual fellowship competition, and we are pleased to announce our outstanding cohort of fellows for academic year 2025–2026. The center supports groundbreaking humanities and arts research through this fellowship program, open to UT faculty and graduate students working on…
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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…