The Denbo Center for Humanities & the Arts
Exploring the past, the present, and the possible.
Welcome to the Denbo Center at the University of Tennessee. We support innovative arts and humanities research and advocate for the essential role of the arts and humanities in our world today. Representing 9 departments in the UT College of Arts and Sciences, the Denbo Center promotes interdisciplinary public conversation and research concerned with the academic, social, and cultural issues central to human flourishing.
Groundbreaking research and public dialogue about the most pressing issues of our time.
The Denbo Center at the University of Tennessee supports the research and interdisciplinary dialogue necessary to address essential questions through faculty and graduate student year-long research fellowships, interdisciplinary research seminars, grants, publication support, and more.
Cutting-edge intellectuals brought to the public with lectures, discussion, symposia & conferences.
The center shares the study of the humanities with the public and, in so doing, brings new perspectives and valuable insights to important topics that affect every person. The Public Humanities are made available through programming like the Distinguished Lecture Series, Conversations & Cocktails, conferences and symposia, and other events.
“The arts and humanities are essential to who we are.”
—Randy Boyd, UT System President
Our Tennessee Magazine, October 2022
