Current Research Seminars
Late Antiquity // A Humanities Center Research Seminar // // The University of Tennessee
Just Environments // A Humanities Center Research Seminar // Fall 2021 // The University of Tennessee
Nineteenth-Century British Studies // A Humanities Center Research Seminar // Fall 2021 // The University of Tennessee
Native American & Indigenous Studies // A Humanities Center Research Seminar // // The University of Tennessee
About Research Seminars
New Seminar Proposal / Renewal Form
Research seminars are year-long interdisciplinary discussion groups organized around compelling areas of intellectual inquiry. Convened by at least two tenure-stream faculty members (at least one of whom is from a UTHC-affiliated department*), research seminars should identify and explore a central question leading to a projected research outcome, such as a conference, book publication, research cluster at the university level, or grant application. Working toward these outcomes, seminar participants present their work to one another, invite visiting speakers, assign readings, and may work collaboratively on a research project.
The deadline for submission of new and renewing research seminar applications is August 15 of the current calendar year.
*Departments of English, History, Modern Foreign Languages and Literatures, Philosophy, Classics, Religious Studies, Art, Theatre, and Music.
Past Research Seminars
Black Women and Research from USA and the Caribbean: Our Paradigms of Preference // A Humanities Center Research Seminar // Spring 2022 // The University of Tennessee
Gender and Sexuality in Historical Perspective // A Humanities Center Research Seminar // Fall 2021 // The University of Tennessee
The Transatlantic Enlightenment // A Humanities Center Research Seminar // Fall 2021 // The University of Tennessee
After Wars // A Humanities Center Research Seminar // Fall 2021 // The University of Tennessee
Rethinking Space and the Uses of GI Science in Digital Humanities // A Humanities Center Research Seminar // Spring 2021 // The University of Tennessee
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