Denbo Center for Humanities and the Arts

09/04/2026

09/04/2026

It was great to gather for lunch with our new cohort of fellows! And it was fun to see what emerged from our own version of the "exquisite co**se" collaborative compositions game that gained popularity with visual artists and writers in the 1920s.

University of Tennessee College of Arts & SciencesUniversity of Tennessee Department of HistoryUniversity of Tennessee Department of EnglishUniversity of Tennessee ClassicsUniversity of Tennessee Department of Religious StudiesUniversity of Tennessee Department of TheatreUniversity of Tennessee School of ArtUniversity of Tennessee Natalie L. Haslam College of MusicWLC World Languages and CulturesUniversity of Tennessee Department of Philosophy

09/01/2026

Our fellows have been sharing their remarkable achievements and activities from the summer! Graduate Fellow Morgan Schneider (WLC World Languages and Cultures) was in Seville teaching a study abroad course and was a regular visitor at the Archivo General de Indias.

University of Tennessee College of Arts & SciencesUniversity of Tennessee Department of PhilosophyUniversity of Tennessee ClassicsUniversity of Tennessee Department of EnglishUniversity of Tennessee Department of TheatreUniversity of Tennessee ClassicsUniversity of Tennessee Department of HistoryUniversity of Tennessee Natalie L. Haslam College of MusicUniversity of Tennessee School of ArtUniversity of Tennessee Department of Religious Studies

08/28/2026

Dolly Parton has long been a presence with us in the Denbo Center for Humanities & the Arts, a feature of the shelves showcasing our fellows' publications, her smile beaming from former fellow and current Associate Director Katie Burnett's book. We will miss you, Dolly.

08/26/2026

Our fellows have been sharing their remarkable achievements and activities from the summer! Graduate Fellow Maggie Warren (English) reports: "My double life was thriving this summer - I published under both my identities: My poetry and other creative writing is attributed to Maggie Rue Hess. I had poems appear in Mulberry Literary, The Shore, SWWIM, and Silly Goose Press. My academic projects are credited to Maggie Warren. An article ("'I am in it you are in it': Visual poetry as communal elegy in Ghost Of") sharing some of the work for my dissertation was published in Diffractions. And in less academic news, I baked several fun treats, including my first attempt at a trompe l'oeil, a mousse and cake-filled pastry shaped like an apple."

University of Tennessee College of Arts & SciencesUniversity of Tennessee Department of EnglishUniversity of Tennessee Department of PhilosophyUniversity of Tennessee Department of TheatreUniversity of Tennessee School of ArtUniversity of Tennessee ClassicsUniversity of Tennessee Natalie L. Haslam College of MusicUniversity of Tennessee Department of Religious StudiesUniversity of Tennessee Department of HistoryWLC World Languages and Cultures

08/24/2026

Our thanks to everyone who came out for the first screening in our film series with Central Cinema! And special thanks to professor Urmila Seshagiri for her introduction to the film and for moderating a great Q&A.

We hope to see you September 27 for the screening of Close-Up.

University of Tennessee College of Arts & SciencesUniversity of Tennessee Department of EnglishUniversity of Tennessee Department of HistoryUniversity of Tennessee Department of PhilosophyUniversity of Tennessee ClassicsUniversity of Tennessee Department of TheatreUniversity of Tennessee School of ArtWLC World Languages and CulturesUniversity of Tennessee Department of Religious Studies

08/21/2026

See you Sunday at Central Cinema!

Join us Sunday, August 23 at 4:30 for Mississippi Masala. Ticket price is $5.

The screening will include an introduction and Q&A with UT Distinguished Professor in Humanities Urmila Seshagiri (English).

The Denbo Center is excited to be partnering with Central Cinema on this series featuring a compelling lineup of films related to our annual theme, "Authenticity: Identity and Place." Each film will take place at Central Cinema and will include an introduction and short Q&A by a member of UT arts and humanities faculty.

University of Tennessee College of Arts & SciencesUniversity of Tennessee Department of EnglishUniversity of Tennessee Department of HistoryUniversity of Tennessee Natalie L. Haslam College of MusicUniversity of Tennessee Department of TheatreUniversity of Tennessee School of ArtUniversity of Tennessee Department of Religious StudiesUniversity of Tennessee ClassicsUniversity of Tennessee Department of PhilosophyWLC World Languages and Cultures

08/20/2026

Our fellows have been sharing their remarkable achievements and activities from the summer! Faculty Fellow Moussa Seck (WLC World Languages and Cultures) attended Congrès mondial du CIÉF à Alcalá de Henares, where the annual theme, "In Other Worlds," considered how Francophone literatures and arts challenge existing worlds and conceptualize other worlds.

Also, Moussa Seck's compelling documentary about Senegalese migrants can be viewed on YouTube: https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=MX5Poc0NbE0.

University of Tennessee College of Arts & SciencesUniversity of Tennessee ClassicsUniversity of Tennessee Department of TheatreUniversity of Tennessee School of ArtUniversity of Tennessee Department of EnglishUniversity of Tennessee Department of Religious StudiesUniversity of Tennessee Department of PhilosophyUniversity of Tennessee Natalie L. Haslam College of MusicUniversity of Tennessee Department of History

08/20/2026

Add to your weekend plans! Join us at Central Cinema on Sunday, August 23 at 4:30 for Mississippi Masala. Ticket price is $5.

The screening will include an introduction and Q&A with UT Distinguished Professor in Humanities Urmila Seshagiri (English).

The Denbo Center is excited to be partnering with Central Cinema on this series featuring a compelling lineup of films related to our annual theme, "Authenticity: Identity and Place." Each film will take place at Central Cinema and will include an introduction and short Q&A by a member of UT arts and humanities faculty.

University of Tennessee College of Arts & SciencesUniversity of Tennessee Department of EnglishUniversity of Tennessee Department of TheatreUniversity of Tennessee School of ArtUniversity of Tennessee ClassicsUniversity of Tennessee Department of Religious StudiesUniversity of Tennessee Department of PhilosophyWLC World Languages and CulturesUniversity of Tennessee Department of History

08/18/2026

Annamaria Haden, DCHA Graduate Student Fellow (History), visited the Roosevelt Institute for American Studies in Middelburg, the Netherlands, with the support of a Riggsby Travel Fellowship. At the Roosevelt Institute International PhD Seminar in American History and American Studies, she presented and shared her chapter draft on animal testing at Bikini Atoll.

Created through the generous support of Stuart and Katherine Riggsby, the Riggsby Travel Fellowship provides financial assistance to Denbo Center Faculty Fellows and Graduate Student Fellows to help defray travel costs to conferences, museums, and archival institutions for the purpose of furthering their research.

University of Tennessee College of Arts & SciencesUniversity of Tennessee Department of HistoryUniversity of Tennessee Department of EnglishUniversity of Tennessee Department of TheatreUniversity of Tennessee School of ArtUniversity of Tennessee Department of PhilosophyUniversity of Tennessee Department of Religious StudiesUniversity of Tennessee ClassicsWLC World Languages and Cultures