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Research Seminars<\/h1>\n\n\n\n

Research seminars are year-long interdisciplinary discussion groups organized around compelling areas of intellectual inquiry. Convened by full-time faculty members (at least one of whom is tenure-stream from a humanities or arts department), research seminars should identify and explore a central question that may lead to a research outcome such as a new center, conference, journal publication, research cluster, or grant application. Working toward these outcomes, seminar participants present their work to one another, invite visiting speakers, assign readings, and perhaps work collaboratively on a research project. Public Humanities projects can be developed through the research seminar but should be directly related to the research goals of the seminar participants.<\/p>\n\n\n\n

Seminars meet at least three times per semester at the Denbo Center; are open to any UT faculty member, advanced graduate students by invitation, and scholars outside of UT by invitation. Seminars typically bring together researchers from different UT departments as well as different colleges on the UT campus. The two faculty conveners take responsibility for inviting members and organizing activities agreed upon by the group, such as work-in-progress workshops or film screenings. Faculty may apply to create a new research seminar or to renew an existing seminar. More information is available to UT faculty at the Denbo Center Sharepoint site.<\/a><\/p>\n\n\n\n

The deadline to submit proposals for 2026-2027 Denbo Center Research Seminars is June 15, 2027<\/strong><\/p>\n\n\n\n

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