USF Humanities Institute

Join us on Monday, March 2 for a screening of MRS ROBINSON, a documentary detailing the story of Ireland’s first woman president. Where: CWY 107 When: 5:00pm, March 2 Learn more: usf.edu/arts-sciences/…

February 24, 2026: Dartmouth Professor of Anthropology, Laura A. Ogden, will give a talk on campus titled "Loss and Wonder at the World’s End: Darwin, Colonialism, and the Lost Tribes of the Fuegian Archipelago" Learn more: usf.edu/arts-sciences/…

Aimee Nezhukumatathil will be on campus at @USouthFlorida this month for a public reading and book signing! Friday, Feb. 20 | 6:00 PM Marshall Student Center (MSC 4200) Desserts & coffee provided More info: usf.edu/arts-sciences/…

Fortnightly Faculty Friday Focused-Writing is available for USF CAS faculty looking for dedicated writing blocks, accountability, camaraderie, celebrations, & yummy snacks. Contact Heather O'Leary for more details (oleary@usf.edu). FEB. 13 | 9am-2pm | CPR 478B

You're invited to a guest lecture with independent scholar, Dr. Monica H. Green, on "Crisis Under a Microscope: How the New Sciences of Plague Are Changing Our Understanding of the Black Death" Thursday, Feb. 12 | 7:00 PM C.W. Bill Young Hall (CWY 206) usf.edu/arts-sciences/…

Jan. 29-30, 2026: The 7th Annual Undergraduate Humanities Conference was an outstanding two full days of poster and panel presentations. Thank you to the moderators, faculty, audience, and students who show up year after year to support undergraduate research in the humanities!

Join us on Wednesday, Feb. 11 at 6pm in MSC 4200 for A Poetry Reading with K. Iver followed by a book signing and desserts & coffee! Event is free and open to all students, faculty, staff, and the public. Learn more: usf.edu/arts-sciences/…

Join us at the 7th Annual Undergraduate Humanities Conference in the Marshall Student Center on January 29-30. This year's conference will feature over 100 presenters with humanities-related projects across two full days of poster and panel sessions. bit.ly/7thUHC

The USF Humanities Institute Spring 2026 Newsletter is now available! Read online: usf.edu/humanities-ins… All our events are free and open to all students, faculty, staff, and the community.

USF CAS Faculty: Applications are OPEN for ⭐2026 Summer Grant Awards ⭐2026-2027 Faculty Fellowship Program Visit our website to learn more and apply! Deadline to apply: February 14, 2026 usf.edu/arts-sciences/… @CASatUSF

⭐️Boca Chica (dir. Gabriella A. Moses), by Aldan Rossnagel: pragda.com/boca-chica-ald…

⭐️La cocina (dir. Alonso Ruizpalacios), by Philip Matthews: pragda.com/la-cocina-phil…

Congratulations to these 3 @USouthFlorida students whose film reviews have been published in @pragda's "Student Critics' Corner." Read the film reviews in the thread below ⬇️⭐️

Nov. 21, 2025: The USF Humanities Institute hosted its 2nd annual Graduate Humanities Symposium. USF grad students are doing incredible research! Thank you to our volunteers, moderators, student presenters, faculty, and audience members for showing up to support these students.

Nov. 12, 2025: What an AMAZING night with poet Ariana Benson who read from her debut collection, "Black Pastoral" to a large group of students and community members. Her reading is part of the ongoing Garry Fleming Poetry Series which features 2 more poets in the spring.

Panels run from 9:15am - 3:15pm in MSC 3704 & 3708

Join us in the Marshall Student Center (MSC 3707) on Friday, November 21 for our second Graduate Humanities Symposium! Full schedule: usf.edu/arts-sciences/… Come support our USF graduate student scholars and learn about their research.

November 6, 2025: USF Faculty Liz Kicak & Natalie Scenters-Zapico celebrated the release of their new books at a joint book launch on campus. Thank you to the faculty, students, friends, and family who attended the event and have supported these authors along the way.

Tonight! 6pm in TECO Hall (EDU 103) Poetry Reading & Book Signing with Ariana Benson Event is free and open to the public usf.edu/arts-sciences/…