USF Humanities Institute

USF Humanities Institute Located on the 4th floor of Cooper Hall (CPR 474)

The USF Humanities Institute, established in 2003, provides a forum where ideas are debated, values are clarified, and students, faculty, and community come together to envision a better world through scholarship, debate, and public programs. We showcase the scholarship of USF faculty from across the disciplines, as well as hosting renowned scholars and sponsoring small conferences and symposia on

topics developed with faculty and students. We are developing distinctive signature themes, and strengthening our focus on relevance and community engagement, demonstrating that the joy and challenge of the humanities belong to everyone. As part of our mission to encourage important research in the humanities, the Institute provides summer grants for humanities-focused research projects. Following the National Endowment for the Humanities, we foster a broad and inclusive definition of humanities, to include the contributions of scholars in language, literature, history, jurisprudence, philosophy, archaeology, religion, ethics, arts, and humanistic social sciences.

SEP. 17: Join the USF Humanities Institute Faculty Fellows for a lecture and Q&A with Mohan J. Dutta, joining virtually ...
09/03/2026

SEP. 17: Join the USF Humanities Institute Faculty Fellows for a lecture and Q&A with Mohan J. Dutta, joining virtually from New Zealand. This event is free to attend and refreshments are provided.

📆September 17, 2026
đź“ŤISA 5020
đź•” 4:00 PM - 6:00 PM

"Care as Research, Research as Care: Listening at the Margins through the Culture-Centered Approach"

This talk positions care as research as fundamentally the labour of learning to listen, a practice that calls for a shift in the orientation of the body—from its outward turn toward the impetus to extract, to an inward turn toward the act of listening that is held accountable to communities.

Learn more: https://www.usf.edu/arts-sciences/institutes/humanities/events/index.aspx

Upcoming virtual workshop opportunity:Join Dr. Russ Wyland for two free virtual sessions helping faculty and staff craft...
07/15/2026

Upcoming virtual workshop opportunity:

Join Dr. Russ Wyland for two free virtual sessions helping faculty and staff craft competitive grant applications for major early fall deadlines. Sessions emphasize proposal strategy, narrative clarity, and arguments for significance, with ample time for Q & A.

Wednesday, July 29, 2026
Session 1 - 10:30am-12:00pm
Session 2 - 2:00pm-3:30pm

Info flyer and registration link on our website: https://www.usf.edu/arts-sciences/institutes/humanities/events/index.aspx

Congratulations to these USF College of Arts and Sciences faculty who have been awarded 2026 Humanities Institute Summer...
05/14/2026

Congratulations to these USF College of Arts and Sciences faculty who have been awarded 2026 Humanities Institute Summer Grants.

These grants support faculty over the summer conducting archival research, manuscript writing and editing, data collection, research assistance, travel, and more.

On February 20, Aimee Nezhukumatathil visited campus for a nature writing workshop with students and faculty at the USF ...
04/16/2026

On February 20, Aimee Nezhukumatathil visited campus for a nature writing workshop with students and faculty at the USF Botanical Gardens. As part of the Humanities Institute's Multispecies Ecologies Faculty Fellowship, participants explored multispecies writing by drawing on the plants and landscape of the USF Botanical Gardens. Her visit concluded with a public reading and book signing where she read from her book, World of Wonders, as well as excerpts from her new book, Night Owl.

Get your signed copy of Night Owl here: https://squarebooks.com/book/9780063282315

It’s finally time! Here is the full list of book bachelors from the Spring 2026 Blind Date with a Book: Green Energy Edi...
04/13/2026

It’s finally time! Here is the full list of book bachelors from the Spring 2026 Blind Date with a Book: Green Energy Edition 📚🌎 See which environmental fiction titles were the ones that got away… (PART 2/2)

It’s finally time! Here is the full list of book bachelors from the Spring 2026 Blind Date with a Book: Green Energy Edi...
04/13/2026

It’s finally time! Here is the full list of book bachelors from the Spring 2026 Blind Date with a Book: Green Energy Edition 📚🌎 See which environmental fiction titles were the ones that got away… (PART 1/2)

Thursday, April 16: Join the Religious Studies Department for an event with Sanjay Patel "From Pixar to the Mahabharata"...
04/10/2026

Thursday, April 16: Join the Religious Studies Department for an event with Sanjay Patel "From Pixar to the Mahabharata"

7:00 PM Reception with snacks & refreshments
7:30 PM Event start

đź“ŤMarshall Student Center 4th Floor - MSC 4200 (The Chamber)

Sanjay Patel’s creative journey moves from blockbuster animation to deeply personal myth-making. After nearly two decades at Pixar Animation Studios, he directed the Academy Award–nominated short Sanjay’s Super Team, a film that fused the visual language of American superheroes with the devotional imagery of Hindu gods.

That film became the beginning of a new path—one that led him away from the studio system and into independent storytelling. Through books, illustration, and animation, Sanjay has developed a body of work that reimagines classical Indian mythology with contemporary design, humor, and emotional clarity. This exploration eventually led to the creation of the Original Neflix Preschool Series Ghee Happy, where Hindu deities appear as playful, imperfect children discovering the world together.

In this talk, Sanjay will reflect on his creative evolution, the challenges of translating sacred narratives into modern visual language, and his current project: an ambitious illustrated retelling of the Mahabharata, one of the world’s great epics. The presentation explores how ancient stories can be reinterpreted for contemporary audiences while preserving their philosophical depth and emotional power.

Our final poetry reading of the 2025-2026 Garry Fleming Poetry Series took place on April 8 with guest poet, Jake Skeets...
04/09/2026

Our final poetry reading of the 2025-2026 Garry Fleming Poetry Series took place on April 8 with guest poet, Jake Skeets.

Author of Eyes Bottle Dark with a Mouthful of Flowers and Horses (newly released!), Skeets gave a public reading and Q&A on campus to students, faculty, and community members. Students also got an opportunity to meet with Skeets for a workshop session during his visit.

Thank you to the Michael Kuperman Memorial Poetry Library for partnering in this series to bring poetry and inspiration to the USF community.

Tonight! 6:00pm in EDU 105 TECO Hall. Jake Skeets will be on campus for a poetry reading and book signing.
04/08/2026

Tonight! 6:00pm in EDU 105 TECO Hall. Jake Skeets will be on campus for a poetry reading and book signing.

Next week! Jake Skeets will be on campus at USF for a poetry reading and Q&A on Wednesday, April 8 at 6:00pm in EDU 105 ...
03/31/2026

Next week! Jake Skeets will be on campus at USF for a poetry reading and Q&A on Wednesday, April 8 at 6:00pm in EDU 105 TECO Hall.

This event is free and open to the public. Light refreshments provided.

Jake Skeets is the author of Eyes Bottle Dark with a Mouthful of Flowers, a National Poetry Series selection and winner of the American Book Award, Kate Tufts Discovery Award, and Whiting Award. His work has appeared in journals and magazines such as Poetry, The New York Times Magazine, and The Paris Review. Other honors include an NEA Grant for Arts Projects, a Mellon Projecting All Voices Fellowship, and the 2023-2024 Grisham Writer in Residence at the University of Mississippi. He is from the Navajo Nation and was appointed the 3rd Navajo Nation Poet Laureate. He is an Assistant Professor of English at the University of Oklahoma.

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