Sam Blankenship, a DCHA faculty fellow, recalls a "weird (and probably toxic) habit" of Diet Coke and Takis Fuego fueling her dissertation. Sam's more recent strategies include composing in a "Daily Writing" document kept separately from her main manuscript as a low-stakes way into writing.
Today! Join us in the Denbo Center at 3:30 EST for our Distinguished Lecture Series talk with Avinoam Patt.
The talk will take place at the Denbo Center, with streaming also available here: tiny.utk.edu/DLSPatt
Co-sponsored by: UT Department of Religious Studies and the Jewish Studies program
Tonight! "Tasting the South," with Natalie Graham, is a virtual presentation that explores the lush and varied ways that chefs and authors imagine the South through the recipes, narratives, and images of their cookbooks.
Join here: tiny.utk.edu/ConversationsCocktailsGraham
Submit your application by May 1! Projects that are in early stages are a great fit for Scholars to Storytellers, which helps turn specialized knowledge into books that reach mainstream audiences.
More information here: tiny.utk.edu/ScholarsStorytellers
Join us this Thursday! On April 16 we will host the second talk in this year's Conversations & Cocktails series: "Tasting the South," with Natalie Graham!
This is a virtual event. Join here: tiny.utk.edu/ConversationsCocktailsGraham
Join us April 20 for our Distinguished Lecture Series talk with Avinoam Patt.
The talk will take place at the Denbo Center, with streaming also available here: tiny.utk.edu/DLSPatt
This event is co-sponsored by the Jewish Studies program and the Department of Religious Studies.
Today! We are excited to have you join us at 3:30 for our Distinguished Lecture Series event with New York-based playwright, performer, teacher and organizer Aaron Landsman.
This event will take place at the Denbo Center. Streaming also available here: tiny.utk.edu/DLSLandsman
Have you submitted your application? Scholars to Storytellers will "help you find the compelling narrative within your research and develop the voice that agents and publishers seek"! Applications due May 1.
More information here: tiny.utk.edu/ScholarsStorytellers
So far this semester, we have had the pleasure of holding Chandler Seminars for fellows Andrew Ertzberger, EA Wilcox, and Nicholas Strasser.
The Chandler Seminars have been made possible by the generous donations of DCHA friends Atty. John Chandler and Elizabeth Chandler.
We are excited to have you join us for our next Distinguished Lecture Series event with multidisciplinary artist Aaron Landsman on April 13!
This event will take place at the Denbo Center. Streaming also available here: tiny.utk.edu/DLSLandsman
Today! Join us at 3:30 EST in the Denbo Center for "The Freedman's Bank and the (Un)Making of Reconstruction" with Justene Hill Edwards.
Streaming also available here: tiny.utk.edu/HillEdwardsDLS
Meet new Faculty Fellow Marie Balsley Taylor! Marie's work is a history of America’s first printed Bible written in the indigenous language Wampanoag and published in 1663.
Meet new Faculty Fellow Moussa Seck! Moussa’s work is a study of how migration shapes and reimagines identity in literature by francophone African and Afro-descendant writers.
One week from today! Join us at the Denbo Center on April 6 for "The Freedman's Bank and the (Un)Making of Reconstruction" with Justene Hill Edwards.
Streaming also available here: tiny.utk.edu/HillEdwardsDLS
Fellow EA Wilcox and Associate Director Katie Burnett each share an inspiring figure from their workspaces, in button (Katie) and embroidered (EA) form.
What's on your desk? Let us know in the comments!
Meet new Graduate Fellow Maggie Warren! Maggie's project is a study of elegies by female poets of color.
Applications due May 1!
The DCHA is pleased to host a one-day "Scholars to Storytellers" publishing workshop led by John Ghazvinian.
More details and application guidelines here: tiny.utk.edu/ScholarsStorytellers
DCHA fellows showed off unconventional but effective techniques during a night of bowling! 😆
Join us at the Denbo Center on April 6 for "The Freeman's Bank and the (Un)Making of Reconstruction" with Justene Hill Edwards. Streaming also available here: tiny.utk.edu/HillEdwardsDLS
Meet new Faculty Fellow Emma Schroeder! Emma's project is a history of women’s technological activism from the 1960s to the 1980s.
Join us April 16 for the second talk in this year's Conversations & Cocktails series: "Tasting the South," with Natalie Graham!
Join here: tiny.utk.edu/ConversationsCocktailsGraham
Conversations & Cocktails got off to a great start with Bill Hardwig's fantastic presentation on Cormac McCarthy! Our thanks to Professor Hardwig and to everyone who attended.
Next up in the Conversations & Cocktails series is "Tasting the South," with Natalie Graham on April 16.
Meet new Graduate Fellow Dave Strickler! Dave's project looks at the role played by bodies of water in the work of historian and sociologist W.E.B. Du Bois.
Tomorrow! Join us online for Bill Hardwig's look at style in the works of Cormac McCarthy.
Join here: tiny.utk.edu/ConversationsCocktailsHardwig
How lucky are we in the Denbo Center that we have a talented and generous baker, Graduate Fellow Elizabeth Tarulis, who shares her creations with us? These Cream Cheese Stuffed Red Velvet Cookies (minus the red dye) were amazing!
Tomorrow! Join us in the Denbo Center for Humanities & the Arts for a talk from Maha Jafri: "Edward, Peter, Dodo: The Resurrection of Names in Middlemarch."
March 18
3:30pm
DCHA, 2230 Sutherland Avenue, Knoxville, TN
sponsored by the DCHA's Nineteenth-Century British Studies Research Seminar
The Denbo Center for Humanities & the Arts will be highlighting our new 2026-2027 fellows in weeks to come. Meet new Faculty Fellow Rachel Schneider! Rachel's project is a study of white Christians and faith-based development in South Africa.
It's Spring Break at the Denbo Center! We are closing out the week with Associate Director Katie Burnett's visit to the greenway behind the Center. Faculty, staff, and fellows working at the DCHA have easy access to a lovely walk.
Join us in the Denbo Center for Humanities & the Arts on March 18 for a talk from Maha Jafri: "Edward, Peter, Dodo: The Resurrection of Names in Middlemarch."
March 18
3:30pm
DCHA, 2230 Sutherland Avenue, Knoxville, TN
sponsored by the DCHA's Nineteenth-Century British Studies Research Seminar