The College of Arts and Sciences community gathered for the second annual Fall Book Party this month, celebrating 17 book-length works published in 2023 and 2024 by faculty members in the Division of Arts and Humanities and by colleagues in the Department of Anthropology and the Department of Geography and Sustainability.
Fictional books on private investigators hold invaluable clues about justice and how the world works. iStock / Getty Images Plus Sally C. Harris, University of Tennessee Uncommon Courses is an occasional series from The Conversation U.S. highlighting unconventional approaches to teaching. Title of course: Whodunit?: Detective Stories What prompted the idea for the course? I […]
UT College of Arts and Sciences faculty, staff, and campus and community colleagues gathered Thursday, October 17 to celebrate the 2024 Alumni and Philanthropy Awards, honoring the exceptional achievements and contributions of Volunteers for Life whose dedication and generosity help shape the future of the college and its students.
Cormac McCarthy scholars and enthusiasts had a rare opportunity in Knoxville this month to reflect on the award-winning author’s influences and impact.
During fall break, Lecturer Raye Hendrix in the Department of English served as a visiting artist at another university, reading from and discussing her first book of poetry.
The Department of English was stunned this week by the sudden death of our colleague and friend Dr. Tom Haddox, who suffered a fatal accident last Sunday, October 13, while running in a local park. Dr. Haddox grew up in Semmes, Alabama, and obtained his BA at Tulane University. From 1994 to 1996 he studied […]
Professor Gichingiri Ndigirigi, Department of English, was named president of the African Literature Association (ALA) at the group’s 2024 conference, held in May in Louisville, Kentucky.
To create her next poetry collection, Iliana Rocha spent almost three weeks this summer conducting what she calls “boots on the ground” fieldwork across Texas. She reviewed police reports, talked to locals, and visited sites where Latinx women had been the victims of domestic violence. Her research took her to a canal where elementary teacher […]