The Center for Humanities and the Public Sphere hosted an open house in their new Digital Humanities Lab in Keene-Flint Hall on UF’s Main Campus on Friday, January 23, 2026. Photo by Tricia Lopez.
On Friday, Jan. 23, faculty, staff and students gathered in Keene-Flint Hall to begin exploring the untapped potential of Room 0011. Now home to the Center for the Humanities and the Public Sphere Digital Humanities Lab, the space serves as a high-tech workspace to support research, collaboration and innovation in the digital humanities.
With digital research growing across all disciplines, the CHPS wanted a centralized space where faculty and students could have access to a wide array of research-related programs that can help them archive, visualize and reimagine their work. The space has about 100 varieties of software available for use.
During the launch, students and staff shared lightning talks, discussing past projects and their methods. With the completion of the digital humanities lab, those same tools and resources will now be available to a wider community UF faculty, staff and students.
“A great part about having the space is that it’s just making faculty and students aware that digital humanities exist within their humanities disciplines and that they can add these tools and these skillsets to their CV,” said CHPS Digital Scholarship Specialist Clarissa Carr, Ph.D. “From what I’ve heard from different departments, they are looking for students with experience in digital humanities, specifically.”
