Denbo Center for Humanities & the Arts

We support arts and humanities research at the University of Tennessee and advocate for the importance of the humanities to knowledge, relationality, justice.🍊

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Spotted atop Banff's Sulphur Mountain, our Director Amy Elias and Associate Director Katie Burnett! (With thanks to Jerome, who works at the Banff Gondola.)

Amy and Katie are in Banff for the Consortium of Humanities Centers and Institutes Annual Meeting. Much more to come!

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June 15 is the application deadline for DCHA Research Seminars.
Faculty may find more information and apply at: https://t.co/znmhy5RObr

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Congratulations to DCHA faculty fellow Erin Darby on being named a 2026-2027 Getty Scholar!

Getty Announces 2026–2027 Scholars https://t.co/Ih3KlEIJyA

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We are always excited to see our amazing director honored! Amy Elias was awarded the Excellence in Research and Creative Achievement Award.

She is pictured with fellow award-winners Kelli Wood and Heather Coker Hawkins (DCHA Faculty Fellow). Congratulations, all!

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We are so pleased to see Landon recognized! He is our "neighbor" here in the Denbo Center and a valued member of the team. Director Amy Elias has commended his "timely and excellent work" and Associate Director Katie Burnett has named him a "go-to for institutional knowledge."

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Registration is open for the June Faculty Writing Challenge! Arts and humanities faculty may find more information and register here: https://t.co/a1fhNIedU7

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Application deadline for DCHA Research Seminars: June 15, 2026

Faculty may find more information and apply at: https://t.co/znmhy5RObr

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Rainy days call for caffeine! Our incoming and outgoing fellows enjoyed a DIY iced coffee bar at the Denbo Center today.

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The Faculty Writing Challenge closes with a second day of focused writing and research, collaboration, and great food!

Hosted by DCHA in collaboration with: Office of Community Engagement and Outreach, Teaching & Learning Innovation, the Judith Anderson Herbert Writing Center.

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Day One of the 2-Day Faculty Writing Challenge is a wrap!

The DCHA is hosting the Writing Challenge in collaboration with the Office of Community Engagement and Outreach,Teaching & Learning Innovation, and the Judith Anderson Herbert Writing Center.

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The Scholars to Storytellers workshop at the DCHA was a great success! It was wonderful to host faculty across many disciplines and departments to learn about how to move from academic research projects to commercial publishing.

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Today we wrapped up the AY25-26 Chandler Seminars with Elizabeth Tarulis’s analysis of North American tobacco pipes in 17th-Century New England.

The Chandler Seminars have been made possible by the generous donations of DCHA friends Atty. John Chandler and Elizabeth Chandler.

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Andrew Ertzberger, DCHA fellow, on (re)writing:
"Rewriting [once] felt exhausting or terrifying because it meant having to face the 'blank page.'
[Now] I often relish the opportunity to start over with a fresh set of thoughts not restricted by something previously written."

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Congratulations, Elizabeth! We have so enjoyed your time as a Graduate Fellow in the DCHA.

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Congrats to Elizabeth Tarulis on the 2026 VOLunteer Distinction Award! Her research examines how English colonists in 17C New England adopted tobacco smoking and began producing pipes. She’s off to Jamestown Rediscovery this June as a Site Supervisor.

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The DCHA is collaborating with the Office of Community Engagement and Outreach, UTK Teaching & Learning Innovation, and the Judith Anderson Herbert Writing Center to host a 2-Day Faculty Writing Challenge.

Register by 5/11: https://t.co/M5rD2I9P6t

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Faculty Fellow Caitlin Dahl received a DCHA Manuscript Review Award to workshop her book and invited professors Jeffrey Peters and Jennifer Row to serve as outside reviewers. Professor Peters led a seminar for faculty and graduate students during his DCHA visit.

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The Denbo Center for Humanities & the Arts is collaborating with the Office of Community Engagement and Outreach, UTK Teaching & Learning Innovation, and the Judith Anderson Herbert Writing Center to host a 2-Day Faculty Writing Challenge.

https://t.co/M5rD2I9P6t

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Applications considered through May 5. Seats are reserved on a first-come, first-served basis.

FREE and open to faculty of any rank, from any discipline or department. More information here: https://t.co/BKrfspfy46

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Our congratulations to DCHA Graduate Fellow EA Wilcox who will be joining the University of Tennessee Department of English as Teaching Assistant Professor in the 2026-2027 academic year.