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20 CLAS faculty receive Humanities Scholarship Enhancement Fund awards

The 2025 recipients of The Humanities Scholarship Enhancement Fund at UF have been announced.

A German novel about a tortured love affair wins 2024 International Booker Prize

Professor of English Michael Hofmann's translation of German author Jenny Erpenbeck's latest novel, "Kairos," helped earn the two of them the 2024 International Booker Prize.

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UF duo illuminates untold multilingual and immigrant stories

A UF English professor and fine arts student collaborate to expand multilingual digital tools and showcase diverse language communities.

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Humanities Professors Recognized with Distinguished Award

Two professors in the humanities, Jack Davis and David Leavitt, receive the prestigious Distinguished Professor Award.

Wake-Up Calls

Environmental storytellers, advocates and visionaries work to repair humanity’s relationship with a changing world.

2022 Teaching Advising Award Winners

2022 College Teaching/Advising Award Winners Revealed

The awards honor exceptional teachers and advisors in each college for their commitment to enhancing the student experience.

Creative License

New book releases from faculty and alumni.

Delia Steverson Named Citizens & Scholars Career Enhancement Fellow

Funded by the Andrew W. Mellon Foundation, the Career Enhancement Fellowship supports the research of underrepresented junior and other faculty members in the humanities, social sciences and arts.

U.S. News Ranks CLAS Graduate Programs Among Nation’s Best

The U.S. News & World Report 2022 Best Graduate Schools rankings gave high marks to Criminology, History, English and others.

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Margaret Galvan Receives Stanford Humanities Center External Faculty Fellowship

Galvan will research how American LGBTQ cartoonists in the 1980s and 1990s formed community through comics.

How Virtual Reality Can Make History Accessible

English PhD student Laken Brooks uses virtual reality to highlight marginalized groups and histories.

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2021 College Teaching/Advising Award Winners Revealed

The annual Teaching/Advising Awards recognize outstanding teachers and advisors in each college for the difference they make in students’ lives. 

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David Leavitt Discusses Crossword Puzzles and Grief on PBS NewsHour

David Leavitt, Professor of English and Co-Director of the University of Florida’s Creative Writing program, was featured recently on PBS NewsHour where he discussed the personal meaning behind the New York Times crossword.

Ytori Fall 2019 Featured Story

Reimagining the Humanities

Now in its second decade, the Center for the Humanities and the Public Sphere is bringing disciplines together to tackle grand-challenge questions.

Ari Luxenberg ’03 is Living His California Dream

This UF alumnus took a big risk to see if he could make it in Hollywood.

Nothing to See Here

New Book Releases from Faculty and Alumni

Check out the latest published work by our talented faculty and alumni.

Nothing to See Here

‘Nothing to See Here,’ Alum Kevin Wilson’s New Novel, Ignites with Surreal Wit

The latest novel from MFA in Creative Writing graduate Kevin Wilson has earned rave reviews for its hilarious, surreal take on childrearing.

Portrait of Uwem Akpan

Renowned Author Joins UF

Get to know Assistant Professor of English and author Uwem Akpan.