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Alexander Grass Scholars Program

The Center for the Humanities and the Public Sphere (CHPS) is pleased to announce a new funded undergraduate program for students of all majors who may wish to pursue a project in areas such as The Humanities, Public Engagement, Local Research, or Working with the UF Libraries, the Harn Museum of Art, or the Matheson Museum! Applications close February 29!

Internship Opportunity: NEH SHARP Acquisitions Intern at the University Press of Florida

Term & Hours: Spring 2022. 15–20 hours per week. $15 per hour. Deadline for Internship Applications: November 23 As the scholarly publishing arm of the State University System of Florida (SUS), the University Press of Florida (UPF) is a nonprofit publisher of scholarly and general-interest books and journals, and one of the largest university presses […]

“Taylor was a young black woman who dedicated her life to serving others and she did not deserve this.”

  The African Americas Studies Program faculty at the University of Florida would like to express our disappointment with the grand jury’s decision in the Breonna Taylor case. Taylor was a young black woman who dedicated her life to serving others and she did not deserve this. She had dreams and goals like our students […]

Celebrating 50 Years of African American Studies at UF

Sankofa: Looking Back and Moving Forward The Journey Continues The Dr. Ronald C Foreman Jr. Symposium Thursday, February 20, 2020 Symposium- Watch it Here The 50th Anniversary Community Celebration Friday, February 21, 2020 Historic Marker Unveiling- Watch it Here Community Celebration-Watch it Here See photos of the Celebration Event   Thank you for Celebrating 50 Years  […]

Rethinking the Public Sphere: Part 1 – Race and the Promise of Participation

Please join the Humanities Center on October 24 and 25 for two events with Professor Ana-Lucia Araujo (Howard University, Department of History) as part of the Center’s 2019-20 speaker series: Rethinking the Public Sphere: Part 1 – Race and the Promise of Participation. Public Lecture “Museums and Slavery: Engaging the Past and the Present in […]

Dr. Manoucheka Celeste’s National Communications Award

Manoucheka Celeste, Assistant Professor in both the Center for Gender, Sexualities, and Women’s Studies Research & the African American Studies Program at the University of Florida, recently received the 2018 Diamond Anniversary Book Award from the National Communication Association (NCA). Given annually, the award honors the most outstanding scholarly book(s) published during the previous two […]

Dr. Manoucheka Celeste Wins A Second Book Award!

Dr. Manoucheka Celeste, Assistant Professor of African American Studies and Gender, Women’s Studies, and Sexualities Research, recently won the Diamond Anniversary Book Award from the National Communication Association for her book, Race, Gender, and Citizenship in the African Diaspora: Travelling Blackness (Routledge 2017). This Award is given to “the most outstanding scholarly book published during […]