Calendar Calendarhttps://calendar.utk.edu/artsci/calendarCalendar CalendarTue, 15 Sep 2026 16:57:47 -0400120en-usLocalistSep 15, 2026: Submit work for the Annual Student Art Competition at Ewing Gallery of Art + ArchitectureBegun in 1947 by C. Kermit Ewing, founder of The University of Tennessee School of Art, the annual student exhibition has become one of the oldest competitions in the country and one of the highlights of the Ewing Gallery’s exhibition season. This competition has been an outlet for UT’s talented students for 80 years. The Ewing Gallery is now accepting entries in the Fall of 2026 for the 2027 Annual Student Art Competition.

Submit entries of art and design for exhibition and possible cash prizes at the link below.

tiny.utk.edu/80_art

For more information about the competition visit | https://ewing-gallery.utk.edu/80th-annual-student-art-competition/

Submission is free and open to all currently enrolled University of Tennessee students. Please contact ewing@utk.edu with any questions.

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]]>tag:localist.com,2008:EventInstance_5361878904659835.952525-83.929589Tue, 15 Sep 2026 00:00:00 -04002026-09-15T00:00:00-04:00https://calendar.utk.edu/event/submit-work-for-the-annual-student-art-competitionExhibits & FilmsSep 15, 2026: Art, Movement, + Disability: Transcending the Beauty Paradigm at Ewing Gallery of Art + ArchitectureArt, Movement, and Disability: Transcending the Beauty Paradigm is a 2026 book authored by University of Tennessee Associate Professor Emeritus of Art History, Dr. Timothy Hiles. The exhibition brings Hiles’ book into the gallery space, showcasing a selection of the artists featured in his research. These artists’ practices challenge conventional narratives of disability, embodiment, and representation. The works in Art, Movement, and Disability address concepts of disability reclamation, invisible disability, movement, and conversation—where the work engages the viewer in a dialogue.

Exhibiting artists | Sue Austin, Matt Bodett, Laura Ferguson, Elizabeth Jameson, David Johnson, Rebecca Kamen, Christine Sun Kim, KYRIANNA, Riva Lehrer, Alessandro Schiattarella, and Alice Sheppard / Kinetic Light.

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]]>tag:localist.com,2008:EventInstance_5335653084647935.952525-83.929589Tue, 15 Sep 2026 10:00:00 -04002026-09-15T10:00:00-04:00https://calendar.utk.edu/event/art-movement-disability-transcending-the-beauty-paradigmExhibits & FilmsSep 15, 2026: CAM Seminar at Ayres HallSpeaker: James (Jiangguo) Liu

Affiliation: Colorado State

Title: Weak Galerkin Finite Element Solvers for Linear and Nonlinear Poroelasticity
Abstract: This talk presents a family of any order finite element solvers for both linear and nonlinear poroelasticity problems. The backward differentiation formulas (BDFs) are used for temporal discretizations, whereas the weak Galerkin (WG) finite elements on quadrilaterals are utilized for spatial discretizations. For the latter, the discrete weak gradients of finite element shape functions are established in the vector- or matrix-version local Arbogast-Correa spaces. Such combinations of BDF and WG discretizations produce numerical solutions that have well-balanced spatial and temporal errors in all six quantities, namely, displacement, dilation (divergence of displacement), stress, pressure, velocity, and normal flux. For nonlinear poroelasticity problems in which permeability depends on solid dilation or the mean stress, Picard iterations are employed to solve the resulting nonlinear algebraic systems. Rigorous analysis together with numerical experiments demonstrates that these new solvers have optimal-order convergence and are free of locking.

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]]>tag:localist.com,2008:EventInstance_5378951756915235.957579-83.925751Tue, 15 Sep 2026 14:30:00 -04002026-09-15T14:30:00-04:00https://calendar.utk.edu/event/cam-seminar-3219Lectures & PresentationsSep 15, 2026: Specimens and Scones at Temple HallGo behind the scenes at the UTK Herbarium (TENN) and discover the stories held within more than 700,000 preserved specimens from Tennessee and around the world. Learn about the Herbarium’s history, how plants are collected and preserved, and how specimens support research in biodiversity, taxonomy, conservation, and environmental change. Visitors will see vascular plants, bryophytes, fungi, algae, seeds, fruits, and some of the unusual specimens hidden within the collection. Enjoy coffee, tea, scones, and other treats while you visit!

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]]>tag:localist.com,2008:EventInstance_5386855452720135.952691-83.932186Tue, 15 Sep 2026 15:00:00 -04002026-09-15T15:00:00-04:00https://calendar.utk.edu/event/specimens-and-scones-1093Service & OutreachSocial EventsSep 15, 2026: Workshop: Make Your Project Meaningful at John C Hodges LibraryDo you have a project that feels right now like “just an assignment”? This workshop helps you find an angle that connects to your interests, values, or goals—so your writing feels less like busy work and more like something you want to work on (and will be proud to submit). Bring one of your assignments; we’ll brainstorm and explore strategies for turning big, messy ideas into a focused, manageable, and meaningful project.

Register: tiny.utk.edu/meaningfulproject

Part of the Undergraduate Research-Based Writing Workshop Series, https://writingcenter.utk.edu/undergraduate-writing-workshops/. Additional workshops include Locating and Citing Sources (September 29) and How to Read an Academic Article (October 14).

Contact writingcenter@utk.edu with any questions.

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]]>tag:localist.com,2008:EventInstance_5373585102086235.95495-83.92993Tue, 15 Sep 2026 16:00:00 -04002026-09-15T16:00:00-04:00https://calendar.utk.edu/event/workshop-make-your-project-meaningfulTraining & WorkshopsSep 15, 2026: Probability Seminar at Ayres HallSpeaker: Jan Rosinski, University of Tennessee Knoxville.

Title: TBA

Abstract: TBA

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]]>tag:localist.com,2008:EventInstance_5397653406773635.957579-83.925751Tue, 15 Sep 2026 16:05:00 -04002026-09-15T16:05:00-04:00https://calendar.utk.edu/event/probability-seminar-8439Lectures & PresentationsSep 15, 2026: Artist Lecture: Mariusz Kosiba and Alicja Pruchniewicz at Art and Architecture BuildingJoin the School of Art for an ERASMUS+ Visiting Artists Lecture featuring Mariusz Kosiba and Alicja Pruchniewicz of the Eugeniusz Geppert Academy of Art and Design in Wrocław, Poland.

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]]>tag:localist.com,2008:EventInstance_5376426110749535.952525-83.929589Tue, 15 Sep 2026 17:30:00 -04002026-09-15T17:30:00-04:00https://calendar.utk.edu/event/artist-lecture-mariusz-kosiba-and-alicja-pruchniewiczLectures & PresentationsSep 15, 2026: AIA/East Tennessee Society: Student Fieldwork Night at Frank H. McClung Museum of Natural History and CultureEvery year, University of Tennessee students take part in a wide variety of archaeological projects, including excavation, survey, material analyses, pr lab and museum work. From a local and regional archaeology close to home to international projects overseas, Vols have been working to bring the past back to light.

This program consists of several brief talks given by students about their research and fieldwork experiences. Come out to see what UT students of archaeology have been up to!

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]]>tag:localist.com,2008:EventInstance_5393139930570435.952298-83.926407Tue, 15 Sep 2026 18:00:00 -04002026-09-15T18:00:00-04:00https://calendar.utk.edu/event/aiaeast-tennessee-society-student-fieldwork-nightSep 16, 2026: Submit work for the Annual Student Art Competition at Ewing Gallery of Art + ArchitectureBegun in 1947 by C. Kermit Ewing, founder of The University of Tennessee School of Art, the annual student exhibition has become one of the oldest competitions in the country and one of the highlights of the Ewing Gallery’s exhibition season. This competition has been an outlet for UT’s talented students for 80 years. The Ewing Gallery is now accepting entries in the Fall of 2026 for the 2027 Annual Student Art Competition.

Submit entries of art and design for exhibition and possible cash prizes at the link below.

tiny.utk.edu/80_art

For more information about the competition visit | https://ewing-gallery.utk.edu/80th-annual-student-art-competition/

Submission is free and open to all currently enrolled University of Tennessee students. Please contact ewing@utk.edu with any questions.

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]]>tag:localist.com,2008:EventInstance_5361878904762335.952525-83.929589Wed, 16 Sep 2026 00:00:00 -04002026-09-16T00:00:00-04:00https://calendar.utk.edu/event/submit-work-for-the-annual-student-art-competitionExhibits & FilmsSep 16, 2026: Art, Movement, + Disability: Transcending the Beauty Paradigm at Ewing Gallery of Art + ArchitectureArt, Movement, and Disability: Transcending the Beauty Paradigm is a 2026 book authored by University of Tennessee Associate Professor Emeritus of Art History, Dr. Timothy Hiles. The exhibition brings Hiles’ book into the gallery space, showcasing a selection of the artists featured in his research. These artists’ practices challenge conventional narratives of disability, embodiment, and representation. The works in Art, Movement, and Disability address concepts of disability reclamation, invisible disability, movement, and conversation—where the work engages the viewer in a dialogue.

Exhibiting artists | Sue Austin, Matt Bodett, Laura Ferguson, Elizabeth Jameson, David Johnson, Rebecca Kamen, Christine Sun Kim, KYRIANNA, Riva Lehrer, Alessandro Schiattarella, and Alice Sheppard / Kinetic Light.

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]]>tag:localist.com,2008:EventInstance_5335653084750435.952525-83.929589Wed, 16 Sep 2026 10:00:00 -04002026-09-16T10:00:00-04:00https://calendar.utk.edu/event/art-movement-disability-transcending-the-beauty-paradigmExhibits & FilmsSep 16, 2026: Art, Movement, + Disability: Transcending the Beauty Paradigm at Downtown GalleryArt, Movement, and Disability: Transcending the Beauty Paradigm is a 2026 book authored by University of Tennessee Associate Professor Emeritus of Art History, Dr. Timothy Hiles. The exhibition brings Hiles’ book into the gallery space, showcasing a selection of the artists featured in his research. These artists’ practices challenge conventional narratives of disability, embodiment, and representation. The works in Art, Movement, and Disability address concepts of disability reclamation, invisible disability, movement, and conversation—where the work engages the viewer in a dialogue.

Exhibiting artists | Sue Austin, Matt Bodett, Laura Ferguson, Elizabeth Jameson, David Johnson, Rebecca Kamen, Christine Sun Kim, KYRIANNA, Riva Lehrer, Alessandro Schiattarella, and Alice Sheppard / Kinetic Light.

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]]>tag:localist.com,2008:EventInstance_5335696477111335.968695-83.920421Wed, 16 Sep 2026 11:00:00 -04002026-09-16T11:00:00-04:00https://calendar.utk.edu/event/art-movement-disability-transcending-the-beauty-paradigm-3987Exhibits & FilmsSep 16, 2026: AAUP Meeting at Natalie L. Haslam Music CenterA meeting of AAUP for members and interested instructors (faculty and grad student). Lunch provided if you RSVP here: https://forms.gle/v6W5Gvfm2oeZczj46

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]]>tag:localist.com,2008:EventInstance_5394204432439235.951967-83.930722Wed, 16 Sep 2026 12:00:00 -04002026-09-16T12:00:00-04:00https://calendar.utk.edu/event/aaup-meetingSep 16, 2026: Mathematical Biology Seminar at Ayres HallSpeaker: Our own Alex Hoover!

Title: From Waves to Metachrony: Neuromechanical Strategies in Locomotion and Organismal Fluid Pumping

Abstract: Many biomechanical systems are activated by a nervous system that initiates and coordinates muscular contraction. In these systems, there are a number of intrinsic time scales, such as the speed and firing frequency of an action potential or the natural vibrational frequency of an elastic appendage or body, that influence the performance of these systems. In this talk, we explore the dynamics that neuromuscular activation has in fluid pumping systems and use high-fidelity, 3D numerical simulations to describe the interplay between active muscle contraction, passive body elasticity, and fluid forces. Our focus on three model systems, the swimming and maneuvering of moon jellyfish, the undulatory swimming of fish, and the metachronal paddling of gossamer worms. The models will be used to explore the interplay between the speed of neuromechanical activation, fluid dynamics, and the material properties of systems, with the goal of developing physical principles that can be integrated into decision processes of deep learning systems. The investigation of the interplay of these timescales has already led to the discovery of a phenomenon known as neuromechanical wave resonance in jellyfish turning, and similarly emergent mechanical constraints are discovered for undulatory systems. We will end the talk with new work regarding the metachronal paddling of gossamer worms. The research is essential for developing design principles for the actuation of tissue-engineered pumps and soft-bodied robotics.

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]]>tag:localist.com,2008:EventInstance_5397537495249235.957579-83.925751Wed, 16 Sep 2026 15:00:00 -04002026-09-16T15:00:00-04:00https://calendar.utk.edu/event/mathematical-biology-seminar-3616Sep 16, 2026: Anthropology’s Annual Visiting Lecture Series - Legacies of War at Art and Architecture BuildingTalk: When War Does Not End: Bodies, Memory, and the Legacies of Violence
Author: Dr Ventura R. Pérez, University of Massachusetts Amherst
Abstract: Wars do not end when the fighting stops. Their effects remain in the bodies of survivors, the treatment of the dead, the stories communities tell, and the silences they preserve. Long after a conflict has officially ended, its violence can continue to shape families, institutions, landscapes, and collective memory. Drawing on my research in the bioarchaeology of violence, this talk explores what human remains can, and cannot, tell us about war and its aftermath. Skeletal trauma may reveal who experienced violence and how that violence was carried out, but the story does not end with the moment of death. The ways bodies are buried, displayed, concealed, recovered, studied, commemorated, or returned can transform the dead into powerful political symbols. They may be used to justify authority, erase responsibility, construct national histories, or challenge official accounts of the past.

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]]>tag:localist.com,2008:EventInstance_5382580854961635.952525-83.929589Wed, 16 Sep 2026 15:30:00 -04002026-09-16T15:30:00-04:00https://calendar.utk.edu/event/anthropologys-annual-visiting-lecture-series-legacies-of-war-6985Lectures & PresentationsSep 17, 2026: Submit work for the Annual Student Art Competition at Ewing Gallery of Art + ArchitectureBegun in 1947 by C. Kermit Ewing, founder of The University of Tennessee School of Art, the annual student exhibition has become one of the oldest competitions in the country and one of the highlights of the Ewing Gallery’s exhibition season. This competition has been an outlet for UT’s talented students for 80 years. The Ewing Gallery is now accepting entries in the Fall of 2026 for the 2027 Annual Student Art Competition.

Submit entries of art and design for exhibition and possible cash prizes at the link below.

tiny.utk.edu/80_art

For more information about the competition visit | https://ewing-gallery.utk.edu/80th-annual-student-art-competition/

Submission is free and open to all currently enrolled University of Tennessee students. Please contact ewing@utk.edu with any questions.

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]]>tag:localist.com,2008:EventInstance_5361878904864835.952525-83.929589Thu, 17 Sep 2026 00:00:00 -04002026-09-17T00:00:00-04:00https://calendar.utk.edu/event/submit-work-for-the-annual-student-art-competitionExhibits & FilmsSep 17, 2026: Art, Movement, + Disability: Transcending the Beauty Paradigm at Ewing Gallery of Art + ArchitectureArt, Movement, and Disability: Transcending the Beauty Paradigm is a 2026 book authored by University of Tennessee Associate Professor Emeritus of Art History, Dr. Timothy Hiles. The exhibition brings Hiles’ book into the gallery space, showcasing a selection of the artists featured in his research. These artists’ practices challenge conventional narratives of disability, embodiment, and representation. The works in Art, Movement, and Disability address concepts of disability reclamation, invisible disability, movement, and conversation—where the work engages the viewer in a dialogue.

Exhibiting artists | Sue Austin, Matt Bodett, Laura Ferguson, Elizabeth Jameson, David Johnson, Rebecca Kamen, Christine Sun Kim, KYRIANNA, Riva Lehrer, Alessandro Schiattarella, and Alice Sheppard / Kinetic Light.

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]]>tag:localist.com,2008:EventInstance_5335653084852935.952525-83.929589Thu, 17 Sep 2026 10:00:00 -04002026-09-17T10:00:00-04:00https://calendar.utk.edu/event/art-movement-disability-transcending-the-beauty-paradigmExhibits & FilmsSep 17, 2026: Art, Movement, + Disability: Transcending the Beauty Paradigm at Downtown GalleryArt, Movement, and Disability: Transcending the Beauty Paradigm is a 2026 book authored by University of Tennessee Associate Professor Emeritus of Art History, Dr. Timothy Hiles. The exhibition brings Hiles’ book into the gallery space, showcasing a selection of the artists featured in his research. These artists’ practices challenge conventional narratives of disability, embodiment, and representation. The works in Art, Movement, and Disability address concepts of disability reclamation, invisible disability, movement, and conversation—where the work engages the viewer in a dialogue.

Exhibiting artists | Sue Austin, Matt Bodett, Laura Ferguson, Elizabeth Jameson, David Johnson, Rebecca Kamen, Christine Sun Kim, KYRIANNA, Riva Lehrer, Alessandro Schiattarella, and Alice Sheppard / Kinetic Light.

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]]>tag:localist.com,2008:EventInstance_5335696477213835.968695-83.920421Thu, 17 Sep 2026 11:00:00 -04002026-09-17T11:00:00-04:00https://calendar.utk.edu/event/art-movement-disability-transcending-the-beauty-paradigm-3987Exhibits & FilmsSep 17, 2026: Chem501 Seminar Fall 2026 at Buehler Hall"Sustainable Production of Reduced Phosphorus Compounds" presented by Dr. Christopher Cummins from Massachusetts Institute of Technology (MIT).

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]]>tag:localist.com,2008:EventInstance_5361138430750035.958299-83.924926Thu, 17 Sep 2026 13:00:00 -04002026-09-17T13:00:00-04:00https://calendar.utk.edu/event/chem501-seminar-fall-2026-8069Lectures & PresentationsSep 17, 2026: Seminar in Computational Statistics and Data Science at Ayres HallThe seminar provides a forum for researchers interested in computational statistics, data science, machine learning, artificial intelligence, optimization, and related areas to exchange ideas and foster research collaborations.

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]]>tag:localist.com,2008:EventInstance_53807802383997Thu, 17 Sep 2026 16:30:00 -04002026-09-17T16:30:00-04:00https://calendar.utk.edu/event/seminar-in-computational-statistics-and-data-scienceSep 17, 2026: Kimberly D. Iles Art Awards at Art and Architecture BuildingJoin us in celebrating 11 outstanding undergraduate students from the School of Art and the College of Architecture and Design. Friends and family are encouraged to attend!

Kimberly D. Iles, an artist and graphic designer who earned a Bachelor of Fine Arts from the UT School of Art in 1990, established the scholarship fund with her husband, James Hack, in 2015. Since then, the endowment has supported dozens of hard-working and talented undergraduate students across different areas of study.

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]]>tag:localist.com,2008:EventInstance_5394040359392735.952525-83.929589Thu, 17 Sep 2026 17:30:00 -04002026-09-17T17:30:00-04:00https://calendar.utk.edu/event/kimberly-d-iles-art-awards-6102Ceremonies & Special EventsSep 17, 2026: Conversations & Cocktails: "Medicine Music" with Nathan FleshnerThe Denbo Center for Humanities & the Arts presents Conversations & Cocktails: "Medicine Music" with Nathan Fleshner.

This virtual presentation explores songs that talk directly about medicine. There are a surprising number of songs written about prescription drugs and their use. Examples include “Diazepam” by Ren, “xanny” by Billie Eilish, “911” by Lady Gaga (which recounts her experience with olanzapine), quite a few songs about codeine, and two songs about “Lithium” by Nirvana and Evanescence which are more allegorically connected to the general effects of the drug than to the drug itself. Through an interactive listening session and discussion, we will explore how songs serve as medical narratives of prescription drug use, listening beyond the lyrics for other medical and psychological data in the musical notes themselves.

Nathan Fleshner (Ph.D., Eastman) is Associate Professor of Music Theory and Associate Dean for Research and Creative Activity for the Natalie L. Haslam College of Music at the University of Tennessee. His research focuses on the medical humanities and the portrayal of mental illness, trauma, and the therapeutic process in popular music. He is completing a book for Bloomsbury, Religious Trauma and Deconstruction in Popular Music, and has written for The Polyphony, the medical humanities website associated with the Institute for the Medical Humanities at Durham University, UK. His column explores musicians and their music through the lens of mental health and the broader field of medicine, including analyses of specific works and connections between fields of music and medicine.

This talk is part of the 2026-2027 Conversations & Cocktails series presented by the Denbo Center for Humanities & the Arts. Conversations & Cocktails is a free public lecture and discussion series that showcases the original research of our distinguished UT arts and humanities faculty. Join us as we feature groundbreaking work exploring a wide range of topics in the arts and in humanities fields such as philosophy, history, and literature studies.

Register for the virtual talk with the link below.

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]]>tag:localist.com,2008:EventInstance_53487781603952Thu, 17 Sep 2026 19:00:00 -04002026-09-17T19:00:00-04:00https://calendar.utk.edu/event/conversations-cocktails-medicine-music-with-nathan-fleshnerLectures & PresentationsSep 17, 2026: Lecture by Visiting Artist Steve A. Prince at Art and Architecture BuildingSteve A. Prince is a native of New Orleans, Louisiana, and currently resides in Williamsburg, Virginia. He is the director of engagement and distinguished artist-in-residence at the Muscarelle Museum at William & Mary. Prince received his BFA from Xavier University of Louisiana and his MFA in printmaking and sculpture from Michigan State University.

In 2020, Prince came to UTK for an exhibition at the UT Downtown Gallery and created a woodblock titled True Vine about the history of the African American community in Knoxville. Mr. Prince returns to UT September 14–18 to work with students and faculty in the School of Art in preparation for a new project. A similar-sized Tennessee-themed woodblock (45 x 96 inches) will be created, honoring Lester McClain, Jackie Walker, Condredge Holloway, and Tee Martin for their roles in advancing racial equality in the SEC.

Mr. Prince will give a public lecture on his work on Thursday, September 17, at 7:30 p.m. in the Art and Architecture Building’s McCarty Auditorium (109). The public printing event will take place the evening of Friday, September 18, from 7:00–8:30 p.m. at the Frieson Black Cultural Center.

Steve A. Prince creating True Vine: https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=ZFMorsKNUEYSteve A. Prince website: https://steveprincestudio.com/

Sponsors include the UT School of Art, the College of Arts and Sciences Haines-Morris Endowment, and the Division of Arts and Humanities.

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]]>tag:localist.com,2008:EventInstance_5336342804485435.952525-83.929589Thu, 17 Sep 2026 19:30:00 -04002026-09-17T19:30:00-04:00https://calendar.utk.edu/event/lecture-by-visiting-artist-steve-a-princeLectures & PresentationsSep 18, 2026: Submit work for the Annual Student Art Competition at Ewing Gallery of Art + ArchitectureBegun in 1947 by C. Kermit Ewing, founder of The University of Tennessee School of Art, the annual student exhibition has become one of the oldest competitions in the country and one of the highlights of the Ewing Gallery’s exhibition season. This competition has been an outlet for UT’s talented students for 80 years. The Ewing Gallery is now accepting entries in the Fall of 2026 for the 2027 Annual Student Art Competition.

Submit entries of art and design for exhibition and possible cash prizes at the link below.

tiny.utk.edu/80_art

For more information about the competition visit | https://ewing-gallery.utk.edu/80th-annual-student-art-competition/

Submission is free and open to all currently enrolled University of Tennessee students. Please contact ewing@utk.edu with any questions.

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]]>tag:localist.com,2008:EventInstance_5361878904967335.952525-83.929589Fri, 18 Sep 2026 00:00:00 -04002026-09-18T00:00:00-04:00https://calendar.utk.edu/event/submit-work-for-the-annual-student-art-competitionExhibits & FilmsSep 18, 2026: Colloquium at Ayres HallSpeaker: Dr. Olivia Feldman (University of Tennessee, Knoxville)

Title: TBA

Abstract: TBA

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]]>tag:localist.com,2008:EventInstance_5382354428713035.957579-83.925751Fri, 18 Sep 2026 04:10:00 -04002026-09-18T04:10:00-04:00https://calendar.utk.edu/event/colloquium-6194Lectures & PresentationsSep 18, 2026: Art, Movement, + Disability: Transcending the Beauty Paradigm at Ewing Gallery of Art + ArchitectureArt, Movement, and Disability: Transcending the Beauty Paradigm is a 2026 book authored by University of Tennessee Associate Professor Emeritus of Art History, Dr. Timothy Hiles. The exhibition brings Hiles’ book into the gallery space, showcasing a selection of the artists featured in his research. These artists’ practices challenge conventional narratives of disability, embodiment, and representation. The works in Art, Movement, and Disability address concepts of disability reclamation, invisible disability, movement, and conversation—where the work engages the viewer in a dialogue.

Exhibiting artists | Sue Austin, Matt Bodett, Laura Ferguson, Elizabeth Jameson, David Johnson, Rebecca Kamen, Christine Sun Kim, KYRIANNA, Riva Lehrer, Alessandro Schiattarella, and Alice Sheppard / Kinetic Light.

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]]>tag:localist.com,2008:EventInstance_5335653084955435.952525-83.929589Fri, 18 Sep 2026 10:00:00 -04002026-09-18T10:00:00-04:00https://calendar.utk.edu/event/art-movement-disability-transcending-the-beauty-paradigmExhibits & FilmsSep 18, 2026: Art, Movement, + Disability: Transcending the Beauty Paradigm at Downtown GalleryArt, Movement, and Disability: Transcending the Beauty Paradigm is a 2026 book authored by University of Tennessee Associate Professor Emeritus of Art History, Dr. Timothy Hiles. The exhibition brings Hiles’ book into the gallery space, showcasing a selection of the artists featured in his research. These artists’ practices challenge conventional narratives of disability, embodiment, and representation. The works in Art, Movement, and Disability address concepts of disability reclamation, invisible disability, movement, and conversation—where the work engages the viewer in a dialogue.

Exhibiting artists | Sue Austin, Matt Bodett, Laura Ferguson, Elizabeth Jameson, David Johnson, Rebecca Kamen, Christine Sun Kim, KYRIANNA, Riva Lehrer, Alessandro Schiattarella, and Alice Sheppard / Kinetic Light.

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]]>tag:localist.com,2008:EventInstance_5335696477316335.968695-83.920421Fri, 18 Sep 2026 11:00:00 -04002026-09-18T11:00:00-04:00https://calendar.utk.edu/event/art-movement-disability-transcending-the-beauty-paradigm-3987Exhibits & FilmsSep 18, 2026: Hip Hop, Philosophy, and the (Broken) Social Contract at John C Hodges LibraryPhilosophers Thomas Hobbes and John Locke teach us that a social contract is the origin of political society. To escape the state of nature, which is detrimental to our self-preservation, we must relinquish our natural liberty and submit to the rule of political authority. But what if the government fails to fulfill its responsibilities to safeguard our basic rights and liberties? This lecture draws inspiration from Public Enemy, Queen Latifah, Kendrick Lamar, and other rappers to understand this outcome and ways of responding to a broken social contract. We will listen to rap music in this hip-hop and philosophy lecture.

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]]>tag:localist.com,2008:EventInstance_5373575423781735.95495-83.92993Fri, 18 Sep 2026 11:30:00 -04002026-09-18T11:30:00-04:00https://calendar.utk.edu/event/hip-hop-philosophy-and-the-broken-social-contractLectures & PresentationsSep 18, 2026: EEB Seminar "Trade-offs, Genetic Determinants and Transcriptomics of Aging – What Can We Learn from Daphnia?" at Science & Engineering BuildingLev Yampolsky - East Tennessee State University - hosted by Mike Gilchrist

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]]>tag:localist.com,2008:EventInstance_5380791922644935.957377-83.924274Fri, 18 Sep 2026 12:40:00 -04002026-09-18T12:40:00-04:00https://calendar.utk.edu/event/eeb-seminar-trade-offs-genetic-determinants-and-transcriptomics-of-aging-what-can-we-learn-from-daphniaLectures & PresentationsSep 18, 2026: Visiting Artist Steve A. Prince: Making Impressions - Art, Music, and Athletics at Frieson Black Cultural CenterThe UT School of Art is hosting artist Steve A. Prince for a week-long campus project to create a Tennessee-themed woodblock (45 x 96 inches) for a public printing event interpreting the significance of Lester McClain, Jackie Walker, Condredge Holloway, and Tee Martin in advancing racial equality in the SEC. In 2020, Prince came to UTK for an exhibition at the UT Downtown Gallery and created a similar-sized woodblock titled True Vine about the history of the African American community in Knoxville. Completed prints from this project have been acquired by several universities and museums.

Mr. Prince will return to UT September 14–18 to work with students and faculty in the School of Art in preparation for the project. He will give a public lecture on his work on Thursday, September 17, at 7:30 p.m. in the Art and Architecture Building’s McCarty Auditorium (109). The public printing event will take place the evening of Friday, September 18, from 7:00–8:30 p.m. at the Frieson Black Cultural Center.

Rather than using a press, we plan to print the block using a human-powered method we learned from recent visiting artists with Pangrok Sulap, a community printmaking studio from Borneo (Kota Kinabalu, Malaysia), as part of our project with the 2025 Big Ears Festival. The printing is designed to be accompanied by music, to which participants dance while creating the print. Alternating between the two woodcut blocks, we will produce one print every 20 minutes, accompanied by the African Diasporic Percussion Ensemble (ADPE) under the direction of Michael Mixtacki, director of the African Diasporic Percussion Ensemble. The ADPE is home to the UT Steelband and explores drumming and musical traditions from across Africa and the African diaspora. UT student athletes have been invited to participate in the printing.

Steve A. Prince creating True Vine: https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=ZFMorsKNUEY
Steve A. Prince website: https://steveprincestudio.com/Sponsors include the UT School of Art, The College of Arts and Sciences Haines-Morris Endowment, and the Division of Arts and Humanities.

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]]>tag:localist.com,2008:EventInstance_5336324487601935.955346-83.930507Fri, 18 Sep 2026 19:00:00 -04002026-09-18T19:00:00-04:00https://calendar.utk.edu/event/visiting-artist-steve-a-prince-making-impressions-art-music-and-athleticsExhibits & FilmsSep 19, 2026: Submit work for the Annual Student Art Competition at Ewing Gallery of Art + ArchitectureBegun in 1947 by C. Kermit Ewing, founder of The University of Tennessee School of Art, the annual student exhibition has become one of the oldest competitions in the country and one of the highlights of the Ewing Gallery’s exhibition season. This competition has been an outlet for UT’s talented students for 80 years. The Ewing Gallery is now accepting entries in the Fall of 2026 for the 2027 Annual Student Art Competition.

Submit entries of art and design for exhibition and possible cash prizes at the link below.

tiny.utk.edu/80_art

For more information about the competition visit | https://ewing-gallery.utk.edu/80th-annual-student-art-competition/

Submission is free and open to all currently enrolled University of Tennessee students. Please contact ewing@utk.edu with any questions.

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]]>tag:localist.com,2008:EventInstance_5361878905069835.952525-83.929589Sat, 19 Sep 2026 00:00:00 -04002026-09-19T00:00:00-04:00https://calendar.utk.edu/event/submit-work-for-the-annual-student-art-competitionExhibits & FilmsSep 19, 2026: Art, Movement, + Disability: Transcending the Beauty Paradigm at Downtown GalleryArt, Movement, and Disability: Transcending the Beauty Paradigm is a 2026 book authored by University of Tennessee Associate Professor Emeritus of Art History, Dr. Timothy Hiles. The exhibition brings Hiles’ book into the gallery space, showcasing a selection of the artists featured in his research. These artists’ practices challenge conventional narratives of disability, embodiment, and representation. The works in Art, Movement, and Disability address concepts of disability reclamation, invisible disability, movement, and conversation—where the work engages the viewer in a dialogue.

Exhibiting artists | Sue Austin, Matt Bodett, Laura Ferguson, Elizabeth Jameson, David Johnson, Rebecca Kamen, Christine Sun Kim, KYRIANNA, Riva Lehrer, Alessandro Schiattarella, and Alice Sheppard / Kinetic Light.

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]]>tag:localist.com,2008:EventInstance_5335696477418835.968695-83.920421Sat, 19 Sep 2026 10:00:00 -04002026-09-19T10:00:00-04:00https://calendar.utk.edu/event/art-movement-disability-transcending-the-beauty-paradigm-3987Exhibits & FilmsSep 20, 2026: Submit work for the Annual Student Art Competition at Ewing Gallery of Art + ArchitectureBegun in 1947 by C. Kermit Ewing, founder of The University of Tennessee School of Art, the annual student exhibition has become one of the oldest competitions in the country and one of the highlights of the Ewing Gallery’s exhibition season. This competition has been an outlet for UT’s talented students for 80 years. The Ewing Gallery is now accepting entries in the Fall of 2026 for the 2027 Annual Student Art Competition.

Submit entries of art and design for exhibition and possible cash prizes at the link below.

tiny.utk.edu/80_art

For more information about the competition visit | https://ewing-gallery.utk.edu/80th-annual-student-art-competition/

Submission is free and open to all currently enrolled University of Tennessee students. Please contact ewing@utk.edu with any questions.

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]]>tag:localist.com,2008:EventInstance_5361878905172335.952525-83.929589Sun, 20 Sep 2026 00:00:00 -04002026-09-20T00:00:00-04:00https://calendar.utk.edu/event/submit-work-for-the-annual-student-art-competitionExhibits & FilmsSep 20, 2026: Art, Movement, + Disability: Transcending the Beauty Paradigm at Ewing Gallery of Art + ArchitectureArt, Movement, and Disability: Transcending the Beauty Paradigm is a 2026 book authored by University of Tennessee Associate Professor Emeritus of Art History, Dr. Timothy Hiles. The exhibition brings Hiles’ book into the gallery space, showcasing a selection of the artists featured in his research. These artists’ practices challenge conventional narratives of disability, embodiment, and representation. The works in Art, Movement, and Disability address concepts of disability reclamation, invisible disability, movement, and conversation—where the work engages the viewer in a dialogue.

Exhibiting artists | Sue Austin, Matt Bodett, Laura Ferguson, Elizabeth Jameson, David Johnson, Rebecca Kamen, Christine Sun Kim, KYRIANNA, Riva Lehrer, Alessandro Schiattarella, and Alice Sheppard / Kinetic Light.

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]]>tag:localist.com,2008:EventInstance_5335653085057935.952525-83.929589Sun, 20 Sep 2026 10:00:00 -04002026-09-20T10:00:00-04:00https://calendar.utk.edu/event/art-movement-disability-transcending-the-beauty-paradigmExhibits & FilmsSep 21, 2026: Submit work for the Annual Student Art Competition at Ewing Gallery of Art + ArchitectureBegun in 1947 by C. Kermit Ewing, founder of The University of Tennessee School of Art, the annual student exhibition has become one of the oldest competitions in the country and one of the highlights of the Ewing Gallery’s exhibition season. This competition has been an outlet for UT’s talented students for 80 years. The Ewing Gallery is now accepting entries in the Fall of 2026 for the 2027 Annual Student Art Competition.

Submit entries of art and design for exhibition and possible cash prizes at the link below.

tiny.utk.edu/80_art

For more information about the competition visit | https://ewing-gallery.utk.edu/80th-annual-student-art-competition/

Submission is free and open to all currently enrolled University of Tennessee students. Please contact ewing@utk.edu with any questions.

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]]>tag:localist.com,2008:EventInstance_5361878905172435.952525-83.929589Mon, 21 Sep 2026 00:00:00 -04002026-09-21T00:00:00-04:00https://calendar.utk.edu/event/submit-work-for-the-annual-student-art-competitionExhibits & FilmsSep 21, 2026: Art, Movement, + Disability: Transcending the Beauty Paradigm at Ewing Gallery of Art + ArchitectureArt, Movement, and Disability: Transcending the Beauty Paradigm is a 2026 book authored by University of Tennessee Associate Professor Emeritus of Art History, Dr. Timothy Hiles. The exhibition brings Hiles’ book into the gallery space, showcasing a selection of the artists featured in his research. These artists’ practices challenge conventional narratives of disability, embodiment, and representation. The works in Art, Movement, and Disability address concepts of disability reclamation, invisible disability, movement, and conversation—where the work engages the viewer in a dialogue.

Exhibiting artists | Sue Austin, Matt Bodett, Laura Ferguson, Elizabeth Jameson, David Johnson, Rebecca Kamen, Christine Sun Kim, KYRIANNA, Riva Lehrer, Alessandro Schiattarella, and Alice Sheppard / Kinetic Light.

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]]>tag:localist.com,2008:EventInstance_5335653085160435.952525-83.929589Mon, 21 Sep 2026 10:00:00 -04002026-09-21T10:00:00-04:00https://calendar.utk.edu/event/art-movement-disability-transcending-the-beauty-paradigmExhibits & FilmsSep 21, 2026: Microbiology Fall Seminar Series-Dr. Michael O'Donnell at Ken and Blaire Mossman BuildingJoin us as Dr. Michael O'Donnell presents "“Microbial fatty acids and secondary metabolites impact nematode host decision making"

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]]>tag:localist.com,2008:EventInstance_5385939529154235.943356-83.938699Mon, 21 Sep 2026 15:00:00 -04002026-09-21T15:00:00-04:00https://calendar.utk.edu/event/microbiology-fall-seminar-series-dr-michael-odonnellLectures & PresentationsSep 21, 2026: Creative Writing Series: Natalie Scenters-Zapico at John C Hodges LibraryThe UT Creative Writing Program is excited to present a reading by poet Natalie Scenters-Zapico. The reading will take place Monday, September 21 at 7pm in the Lindsay Young Auditorium of John C. Hodges Library on the UT Campus. The event is free and open to the public.

Natalie Scenters-Zapico is a fronteriza from El Paso, Texas. She is the author of three collections of poetry, My Perfect Cognate (Copper Canyon Press September 2025), Lima :: Limón (Copper Canyon Press 2019) and The Verging Cities (Center for Literary Publishing 2015). Winner of Yale University’s Windham Campbell Prize (2021), she has held a Ruth Lilly and Dorothy Sargent Rosenberg Fellowship from the Poetry Foundation (2018), a Lannan Literary Fellowship (2017), and a CantoMundo Fellowship (2015). Her first book, The Verging Cities, won the PEN/America Joyce Osterweil Award (2016), the GLCA New Writer's Award (2016), and the Utah Book Award (2016). Natalie’s latest poems have been published or are forthcoming in publications like The Paris Review, The New Republic, Yale Review, Kenyon Review, Colorado Review, New England Review, Best American Poetry 2024 and more. She teaches in the undergraduate and MFA creative writing programs at the University of South Florida and currently lives in Tampa with her husband, young son, suegros, and little dog.

For select poems and more, see Natalie Scenters-Zapico’s page at the Poetry Foundation.

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]]>tag:localist.com,2008:EventInstance_5351736287019935.95495-83.92993Mon, 21 Sep 2026 19:00:00 -04002026-09-21T19:00:00-04:00https://calendar.utk.edu/event/creative-writing-series-natalie-scenters-zapicoLectures & PresentationsSep 21, 2026: Making Effective Notes to LearnLearn how to annotate readings, create useful two-column notes, and use deep-processing strategies that make learning last.

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]]>tag:localist.com,2008:EventInstance_53640075377452Mon, 21 Sep 2026 19:00:00 -04002026-09-21T19:00:00-04:00https://calendar.utk.edu/event/making-effective-notes-to-learn-2048Lectures & PresentationsSep 22, 2026: Submit work for the Annual Student Art Competition at Ewing Gallery of Art + ArchitectureBegun in 1947 by C. Kermit Ewing, founder of The University of Tennessee School of Art, the annual student exhibition has become one of the oldest competitions in the country and one of the highlights of the Ewing Gallery’s exhibition season. This competition has been an outlet for UT’s talented students for 80 years. The Ewing Gallery is now accepting entries in the Fall of 2026 for the 2027 Annual Student Art Competition.

Submit entries of art and design for exhibition and possible cash prizes at the link below.

tiny.utk.edu/80_art

For more information about the competition visit | https://ewing-gallery.utk.edu/80th-annual-student-art-competition/

Submission is free and open to all currently enrolled University of Tennessee students. Please contact ewing@utk.edu with any questions.

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]]>tag:localist.com,2008:EventInstance_5361878905274935.952525-83.929589Tue, 22 Sep 2026 00:00:00 -04002026-09-22T00:00:00-04:00https://calendar.utk.edu/event/submit-work-for-the-annual-student-art-competitionExhibits & FilmsSep 22, 2026: Art, Movement, + Disability: Transcending the Beauty Paradigm at Ewing Gallery of Art + ArchitectureArt, Movement, and Disability: Transcending the Beauty Paradigm is a 2026 book authored by University of Tennessee Associate Professor Emeritus of Art History, Dr. Timothy Hiles. The exhibition brings Hiles’ book into the gallery space, showcasing a selection of the artists featured in his research. These artists’ practices challenge conventional narratives of disability, embodiment, and representation. The works in Art, Movement, and Disability address concepts of disability reclamation, invisible disability, movement, and conversation—where the work engages the viewer in a dialogue.

Exhibiting artists | Sue Austin, Matt Bodett, Laura Ferguson, Elizabeth Jameson, David Johnson, Rebecca Kamen, Christine Sun Kim, KYRIANNA, Riva Lehrer, Alessandro Schiattarella, and Alice Sheppard / Kinetic Light.

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]]>tag:localist.com,2008:EventInstance_5335653085262935.952525-83.929589Tue, 22 Sep 2026 10:00:00 -04002026-09-22T10:00:00-04:00https://calendar.utk.edu/event/art-movement-disability-transcending-the-beauty-paradigmExhibits & FilmsSep 22, 2026: Women in Science STEMinar at Buehler Hall"Bragg Peaks and Broken Ceilings: Neutrons, Quantum Material, and My Science Journey" presented by Dr. Clarina Dela Cruz from ORNL.

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]]>tag:localist.com,2008:EventInstance_53639972649790Tue, 22 Sep 2026 13:00:00 -04002026-09-22T13:00:00-04:00https://calendar.utk.edu/event/women-in-science-steminarLectures & PresentationsSep 22, 2026: CAM Seminar at Ayres HallSpeaker: Jeonghun Lee

Affiliation: Baylor University

Title: TBA

Abstract: TBA

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]]>tag:localist.com,2008:EventInstance_5372118937378235.957579-83.925751Tue, 22 Sep 2026 14:30:00 -04002026-09-22T14:30:00-04:00https://calendar.utk.edu/event/cam-seminar-7203Lectures & PresentationsSep 22, 2026: Artist Talk | Matt Bodett at McCarty AuditoriumMatt Bodett received his MFA from Boise State University in 2011, and taught printmaking there until he moved to Chicago in 2013. Since moving to Chicago he has played an active role in disability advocacy and utilizing artwork to open dialogue around madness.

Matt’s work directly responds to his lived expereinces with madness. Being given a dianosis of schizo-affective disorder in 2005, he has spent his career attmpeting to understand his own mind, the social implications of madness, and the historical underpinnings. His artwork continues to evolve and pulls references from Western Art history in an attempt to connect the ideals of western society to the problematic nature of how we interact with contemporary madness.

Matt's work is currently on display at the Ewing Gallery of Art + Architecture and the UT Downtown Gallery as part of Art, Movement, + Disability: Transcending the Beauty Paradigm.

ASL interpretation will be available for this event.

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]]>tag:localist.com,2008:EventInstance_5335658167722435.952525-83.929589Tue, 22 Sep 2026 17:30:00 -04002026-09-22T17:30:00-04:00https://calendar.utk.edu/event/artist-talk-matt-bodettLectures & PresentationsSep 23, 2026: Submit work for the Annual Student Art Competition at Ewing Gallery of Art + ArchitectureBegun in 1947 by C. Kermit Ewing, founder of The University of Tennessee School of Art, the annual student exhibition has become one of the oldest competitions in the country and one of the highlights of the Ewing Gallery’s exhibition season. This competition has been an outlet for UT’s talented students for 80 years. The Ewing Gallery is now accepting entries in the Fall of 2026 for the 2027 Annual Student Art Competition.

Submit entries of art and design for exhibition and possible cash prizes at the link below.

tiny.utk.edu/80_art

For more information about the competition visit | https://ewing-gallery.utk.edu/80th-annual-student-art-competition/

Submission is free and open to all currently enrolled University of Tennessee students. Please contact ewing@utk.edu with any questions.

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]]>tag:localist.com,2008:EventInstance_5361878905275035.952525-83.929589Wed, 23 Sep 2026 00:00:00 -04002026-09-23T00:00:00-04:00https://calendar.utk.edu/event/submit-work-for-the-annual-student-art-competitionExhibits & FilmsSep 23, 2026: Art, Movement, + Disability: Transcending the Beauty Paradigm at Ewing Gallery of Art + ArchitectureArt, Movement, and Disability: Transcending the Beauty Paradigm is a 2026 book authored by University of Tennessee Associate Professor Emeritus of Art History, Dr. Timothy Hiles. The exhibition brings Hiles’ book into the gallery space, showcasing a selection of the artists featured in his research. These artists’ practices challenge conventional narratives of disability, embodiment, and representation. The works in Art, Movement, and Disability address concepts of disability reclamation, invisible disability, movement, and conversation—where the work engages the viewer in a dialogue.

Exhibiting artists | Sue Austin, Matt Bodett, Laura Ferguson, Elizabeth Jameson, David Johnson, Rebecca Kamen, Christine Sun Kim, KYRIANNA, Riva Lehrer, Alessandro Schiattarella, and Alice Sheppard / Kinetic Light.

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]]>tag:localist.com,2008:EventInstance_5335653085365435.952525-83.929589Wed, 23 Sep 2026 10:00:00 -04002026-09-23T10:00:00-04:00https://calendar.utk.edu/event/art-movement-disability-transcending-the-beauty-paradigmExhibits & FilmsSep 23, 2026: Art, Movement, + Disability: Transcending the Beauty Paradigm at Downtown GalleryArt, Movement, and Disability: Transcending the Beauty Paradigm is a 2026 book authored by University of Tennessee Associate Professor Emeritus of Art History, Dr. Timothy Hiles. The exhibition brings Hiles’ book into the gallery space, showcasing a selection of the artists featured in his research. These artists’ practices challenge conventional narratives of disability, embodiment, and representation. The works in Art, Movement, and Disability address concepts of disability reclamation, invisible disability, movement, and conversation—where the work engages the viewer in a dialogue.

Exhibiting artists | Sue Austin, Matt Bodett, Laura Ferguson, Elizabeth Jameson, David Johnson, Rebecca Kamen, Christine Sun Kim, KYRIANNA, Riva Lehrer, Alessandro Schiattarella, and Alice Sheppard / Kinetic Light.

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]]>tag:localist.com,2008:EventInstance_5335696477521335.968695-83.920421Wed, 23 Sep 2026 11:00:00 -04002026-09-23T11:00:00-04:00https://calendar.utk.edu/event/art-movement-disability-transcending-the-beauty-paradigm-3987Exhibits & FilmsSep 23, 2026: Anthropology’s Annual Visiting Lecture Series - Legacies of War at Art and Architecture BuildingTalk: The War Never Ended: Central America and the Ghosts of Counterinsurgency, from the Cold War to the War on Crime
Speaker: Dr Andrés León, University of Delaware
Abstract: In the 1990s, following the signing of the peace accords, Central America was supposed to transition from a period of war to one of peace. However, by the end of that decade, the optimism surrounding this moment began to wane. Not only did the promise of a better future remain unfulfilled for most of the population, but the region appeared bogged down in a new crisis marked by high levels of homicidal violence, escalating political conflict, and the rising presence of drug traffickers and gangs. As the crisis deepened, the responses from the state and ruling elites bore an uncanny resemblance to the strategies deployed during the war. Here, the ghosts of the region’s counterinsurgent past returned to haunt the minds of the living.

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]]>tag:localist.com,2008:EventInstance_5382583212325035.952525-83.929589Wed, 23 Sep 2026 15:30:00 -04002026-09-23T15:30:00-04:00https://calendar.utk.edu/event/anthropologys-annual-visiting-lecture-series-legacies-of-war-2744Lectures & PresentationsSep 24, 2026: Submit work for the Annual Student Art Competition at Ewing Gallery of Art + ArchitectureBegun in 1947 by C. Kermit Ewing, founder of The University of Tennessee School of Art, the annual student exhibition has become one of the oldest competitions in the country and one of the highlights of the Ewing Gallery’s exhibition season. This competition has been an outlet for UT’s talented students for 80 years. The Ewing Gallery is now accepting entries in the Fall of 2026 for the 2027 Annual Student Art Competition.

Submit entries of art and design for exhibition and possible cash prizes at the link below.

tiny.utk.edu/80_art

For more information about the competition visit | https://ewing-gallery.utk.edu/80th-annual-student-art-competition/

Submission is free and open to all currently enrolled University of Tennessee students. Please contact ewing@utk.edu with any questions.

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]]>tag:localist.com,2008:EventInstance_5361878905377535.952525-83.929589Thu, 24 Sep 2026 00:00:00 -04002026-09-24T00:00:00-04:00https://calendar.utk.edu/event/submit-work-for-the-annual-student-art-competitionExhibits & FilmsSep 24, 2026: Art, Movement, + Disability: Transcending the Beauty Paradigm at Ewing Gallery of Art + ArchitectureArt, Movement, and Disability: Transcending the Beauty Paradigm is a 2026 book authored by University of Tennessee Associate Professor Emeritus of Art History, Dr. Timothy Hiles. The exhibition brings Hiles’ book into the gallery space, showcasing a selection of the artists featured in his research. These artists’ practices challenge conventional narratives of disability, embodiment, and representation. The works in Art, Movement, and Disability address concepts of disability reclamation, invisible disability, movement, and conversation—where the work engages the viewer in a dialogue.

Exhibiting artists | Sue Austin, Matt Bodett, Laura Ferguson, Elizabeth Jameson, David Johnson, Rebecca Kamen, Christine Sun Kim, KYRIANNA, Riva Lehrer, Alessandro Schiattarella, and Alice Sheppard / Kinetic Light.

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]]>tag:localist.com,2008:EventInstance_5335653085467935.952525-83.929589Thu, 24 Sep 2026 10:00:00 -04002026-09-24T10:00:00-04:00https://calendar.utk.edu/event/art-movement-disability-transcending-the-beauty-paradigmExhibits & FilmsSep 24, 2026: Art, Movement, + Disability: Transcending the Beauty Paradigm at Downtown GalleryArt, Movement, and Disability: Transcending the Beauty Paradigm is a 2026 book authored by University of Tennessee Associate Professor Emeritus of Art History, Dr. Timothy Hiles. The exhibition brings Hiles’ book into the gallery space, showcasing a selection of the artists featured in his research. These artists’ practices challenge conventional narratives of disability, embodiment, and representation. The works in Art, Movement, and Disability address concepts of disability reclamation, invisible disability, movement, and conversation—where the work engages the viewer in a dialogue.

Exhibiting artists | Sue Austin, Matt Bodett, Laura Ferguson, Elizabeth Jameson, David Johnson, Rebecca Kamen, Christine Sun Kim, KYRIANNA, Riva Lehrer, Alessandro Schiattarella, and Alice Sheppard / Kinetic Light.

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]]>tag:localist.com,2008:EventInstance_5335696477623835.968695-83.920421Thu, 24 Sep 2026 11:00:00 -04002026-09-24T11:00:00-04:00https://calendar.utk.edu/event/art-movement-disability-transcending-the-beauty-paradigm-3987Exhibits & FilmsSep 24, 2026: Lifelong Learning Book Club: Session IThe Lifelong Learning Book Club is a collaboration among Teaching and Learning Innovation, UT Libraries, and the Department of Psychology that aims to foster a community of support for faculty, staff, and students by reading a common book each semester. Meeting three times during the fall, participants will discuss their insights and takeaways from Parker Palmer’s The Courage to Teach. All are welcome.

Learn more: https://lib.utk.edu/about/lifelong-learning-book-club

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]]>tag:localist.com,2008:EventInstance_53735376776279Thu, 24 Sep 2026 12:00:00 -04002026-09-24T12:00:00-04:00https://calendar.utk.edu/event/lifelong-learning-book-club-session-iTraining & WorkshopsSep 24, 2026: Chem501 Seminar Fall 2026 at Buehler Hall"Pushing the Extremes of the Periodic Table Under Extreme Conditions" presented by Dr. Thomas Albrecht from Colorado School of Mines.

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]]>tag:localist.com,2008:EventInstance_53611402445839Thu, 24 Sep 2026 13:00:00 -04002026-09-24T13:00:00-04:00https://calendar.utk.edu/event/chem501-seminar-fall-2026-3826Lectures & PresentationsSep 24, 2026: Earth, Environmental & Planetary Science's Fall Seminar Series at Strong HallDr. Bailey Murphy, Oak Ridge Natioanl Laboratory

Talk Title: "From Polygons to the Atmosphere: Linking Hydrology, Redox, and Carbon Fluxes in Permafrost Landscapes"

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]]>tag:localist.com,2008:EventInstance_5369156102791335.957424-83.931594Thu, 24 Sep 2026 16:05:00 -04002026-09-24T16:05:00-04:00https://calendar.utk.edu/event/earth-environmental-planetary-sciences-fall-seminar-series-5773Lectures & PresentationsTraining & WorkshopsSep 24, 2026: Seminar in Computational Statistics and Data Science at Ayres HallThe seminar provides a forum for researchers interested in computational statistics, data science, machine learning, artificial intelligence, optimization, and related areas to exchange ideas and foster research collaborations.

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]]>tag:localist.com,2008:EventInstance_53807802386046Thu, 24 Sep 2026 16:30:00 -04002026-09-24T16:30:00-04:00https://calendar.utk.edu/event/seminar-in-computational-statistics-and-data-scienceSep 24, 2026: Bread & Games IV at McClung Tower and PlazaFourth Annual Bread & Games night. There will be pizza, snacks, and beverages. Join friends old and new to eat and play ancient-themed games.

Please register here and tell your friends: tiny.utk.edu/BreadGamesIV

This event is co-hosted by the Department of Classics, the Classics Club, and the Tabletop Gaming Club.

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]]>tag:localist.com,2008:EventInstance_5394734545871835.954826-83.928877Thu, 24 Sep 2026 17:00:00 -04002026-09-24T17:00:00-04:00https://calendar.utk.edu/event/bread-games-ivSocial EventsSep 24, 2026: Artist Workshop | Matt Bodett at Downtown GalleryJoin us for a workshop led by artist Matt Bodett. This workshop is capped at 12 participants. The workshop is free and all supplies will be provided.

Drawing from Matthew Bodett’s artistic practice and images from Sebastian Brant’s Ship of Fools, participants will explore the fool as a figure of identity and difference. We will consider how we define ourselves, how culture defines us, and how creative practice can help us reshape these identities. Participants will remake historical images using personal symbols, tracing paper, transfer paper, crayons, and markers. No drawing experience is required.

Matt's work is currently on display at the Ewing Gallery of Art + Architecture and the UT Downtown Gallery as part of Art, Movement, + Disability: Transcending the Beauty Paradigm.

Please register at the link below.

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]]>tag:localist.com,2008:EventInstance_5335673822395435.968695-83.920421Thu, 24 Sep 2026 18:00:00 -04002026-09-24T18:00:00-04:00https://calendar.utk.edu/event/artist-workshop-matt-bodettTraining & WorkshopsSep 25, 2026: Submit work for the Annual Student Art Competition at Ewing Gallery of Art + ArchitectureBegun in 1947 by C. Kermit Ewing, founder of The University of Tennessee School of Art, the annual student exhibition has become one of the oldest competitions in the country and one of the highlights of the Ewing Gallery’s exhibition season. This competition has been an outlet for UT’s talented students for 80 years. The Ewing Gallery is now accepting entries in the Fall of 2026 for the 2027 Annual Student Art Competition.

Submit entries of art and design for exhibition and possible cash prizes at the link below.

tiny.utk.edu/80_art

For more information about the competition visit | https://ewing-gallery.utk.edu/80th-annual-student-art-competition/

Submission is free and open to all currently enrolled University of Tennessee students. Please contact ewing@utk.edu with any questions.

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]]>tag:localist.com,2008:EventInstance_5361878905480035.952525-83.929589Fri, 25 Sep 2026 00:00:00 -04002026-09-25T00:00:00-04:00https://calendar.utk.edu/event/submit-work-for-the-annual-student-art-competitionExhibits & FilmsSep 25, 2026: Art, Movement, + Disability: Transcending the Beauty Paradigm at Ewing Gallery of Art + ArchitectureArt, Movement, and Disability: Transcending the Beauty Paradigm is a 2026 book authored by University of Tennessee Associate Professor Emeritus of Art History, Dr. Timothy Hiles. The exhibition brings Hiles’ book into the gallery space, showcasing a selection of the artists featured in his research. These artists’ practices challenge conventional narratives of disability, embodiment, and representation. The works in Art, Movement, and Disability address concepts of disability reclamation, invisible disability, movement, and conversation—where the work engages the viewer in a dialogue.

Exhibiting artists | Sue Austin, Matt Bodett, Laura Ferguson, Elizabeth Jameson, David Johnson, Rebecca Kamen, Christine Sun Kim, KYRIANNA, Riva Lehrer, Alessandro Schiattarella, and Alice Sheppard / Kinetic Light.

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]]>tag:localist.com,2008:EventInstance_5335653085570435.952525-83.929589Fri, 25 Sep 2026 10:00:00 -04002026-09-25T10:00:00-04:00https://calendar.utk.edu/event/art-movement-disability-transcending-the-beauty-paradigmExhibits & FilmsSep 25, 2026: Art, Movement, + Disability: Transcending the Beauty Paradigm at Downtown GalleryArt, Movement, and Disability: Transcending the Beauty Paradigm is a 2026 book authored by University of Tennessee Associate Professor Emeritus of Art History, Dr. Timothy Hiles. The exhibition brings Hiles’ book into the gallery space, showcasing a selection of the artists featured in his research. These artists’ practices challenge conventional narratives of disability, embodiment, and representation. The works in Art, Movement, and Disability address concepts of disability reclamation, invisible disability, movement, and conversation—where the work engages the viewer in a dialogue.

Exhibiting artists | Sue Austin, Matt Bodett, Laura Ferguson, Elizabeth Jameson, David Johnson, Rebecca Kamen, Christine Sun Kim, KYRIANNA, Riva Lehrer, Alessandro Schiattarella, and Alice Sheppard / Kinetic Light.

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]]>tag:localist.com,2008:EventInstance_5335696477726335.968695-83.920421Fri, 25 Sep 2026 11:00:00 -04002026-09-25T11:00:00-04:00https://calendar.utk.edu/event/art-movement-disability-transcending-the-beauty-paradigm-3987Exhibits & FilmsSep 25, 2026: EEB Seminar "The Ecology and Evolution of Sticky Plants and an Interesting Mite-Moth Parasitism Story"" at Science & Engineering BuildingEric LoPresti - University of South Carolina - hosted by Mona Papes

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]]>tag:localist.com,2008:EventInstance_5380793489684335.957377-83.924274Fri, 25 Sep 2026 12:40:00 -04002026-09-25T12:40:00-04:00https://calendar.utk.edu/event/eeb-seminar-the-ecology-and-evolution-of-sticky-plants-and-an-interesting-mite-moth-parasitism-storyLectures & PresentationsSep 26, 2026: Submit work for the Annual Student Art Competition at Ewing Gallery of Art + ArchitectureBegun in 1947 by C. Kermit Ewing, founder of The University of Tennessee School of Art, the annual student exhibition has become one of the oldest competitions in the country and one of the highlights of the Ewing Gallery’s exhibition season. This competition has been an outlet for UT’s talented students for 80 years. The Ewing Gallery is now accepting entries in the Fall of 2026 for the 2027 Annual Student Art Competition.

Submit entries of art and design for exhibition and possible cash prizes at the link below.

tiny.utk.edu/80_art

For more information about the competition visit | https://ewing-gallery.utk.edu/80th-annual-student-art-competition/

Submission is free and open to all currently enrolled University of Tennessee students. Please contact ewing@utk.edu with any questions.

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]]>tag:localist.com,2008:EventInstance_5361878905480135.952525-83.929589Sat, 26 Sep 2026 00:00:00 -04002026-09-26T00:00:00-04:00https://calendar.utk.edu/event/submit-work-for-the-annual-student-art-competitionExhibits & FilmsSep 26, 2026: Art, Movement, + Disability: Transcending the Beauty Paradigm at Downtown GalleryArt, Movement, and Disability: Transcending the Beauty Paradigm is a 2026 book authored by University of Tennessee Associate Professor Emeritus of Art History, Dr. Timothy Hiles. The exhibition brings Hiles’ book into the gallery space, showcasing a selection of the artists featured in his research. These artists’ practices challenge conventional narratives of disability, embodiment, and representation. The works in Art, Movement, and Disability address concepts of disability reclamation, invisible disability, movement, and conversation—where the work engages the viewer in a dialogue.

Exhibiting artists | Sue Austin, Matt Bodett, Laura Ferguson, Elizabeth Jameson, David Johnson, Rebecca Kamen, Christine Sun Kim, KYRIANNA, Riva Lehrer, Alessandro Schiattarella, and Alice Sheppard / Kinetic Light.

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]]>tag:localist.com,2008:EventInstance_5335696477828835.968695-83.920421Sat, 26 Sep 2026 10:00:00 -04002026-09-26T10:00:00-04:00https://calendar.utk.edu/event/art-movement-disability-transcending-the-beauty-paradigm-3987Exhibits & FilmsSep 27, 2026: Submit work for the Annual Student Art Competition at Ewing Gallery of Art + ArchitectureBegun in 1947 by C. Kermit Ewing, founder of The University of Tennessee School of Art, the annual student exhibition has become one of the oldest competitions in the country and one of the highlights of the Ewing Gallery’s exhibition season. This competition has been an outlet for UT’s talented students for 80 years. The Ewing Gallery is now accepting entries in the Fall of 2026 for the 2027 Annual Student Art Competition.

Submit entries of art and design for exhibition and possible cash prizes at the link below.

tiny.utk.edu/80_art

For more information about the competition visit | https://ewing-gallery.utk.edu/80th-annual-student-art-competition/

Submission is free and open to all currently enrolled University of Tennessee students. Please contact ewing@utk.edu with any questions.

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]]>tag:localist.com,2008:EventInstance_5361878905582635.952525-83.929589Sun, 27 Sep 2026 00:00:00 -04002026-09-27T00:00:00-04:00https://calendar.utk.edu/event/submit-work-for-the-annual-student-art-competitionExhibits & FilmsSep 27, 2026: Art, Movement, + Disability: Transcending the Beauty Paradigm at Ewing Gallery of Art + ArchitectureArt, Movement, and Disability: Transcending the Beauty Paradigm is a 2026 book authored by University of Tennessee Associate Professor Emeritus of Art History, Dr. Timothy Hiles. The exhibition brings Hiles’ book into the gallery space, showcasing a selection of the artists featured in his research. These artists’ practices challenge conventional narratives of disability, embodiment, and representation. The works in Art, Movement, and Disability address concepts of disability reclamation, invisible disability, movement, and conversation—where the work engages the viewer in a dialogue.

Exhibiting artists | Sue Austin, Matt Bodett, Laura Ferguson, Elizabeth Jameson, David Johnson, Rebecca Kamen, Christine Sun Kim, KYRIANNA, Riva Lehrer, Alessandro Schiattarella, and Alice Sheppard / Kinetic Light.

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]]>tag:localist.com,2008:EventInstance_5335653085672935.952525-83.929589Sun, 27 Sep 2026 13:00:00 -04002026-09-27T13:00:00-04:00https://calendar.utk.edu/event/art-movement-disability-transcending-the-beauty-paradigmExhibits & FilmsSep 27, 2026: Denbo Center for Humanities & the Arts + Central Cinema Film Series: Close-Up at Central CinemaThe Denbo Center for Humanities & the Arts is collaborating with Knoxville's Central Cinema on a series of film screenings connected to our 2026-2027 annual theme, "Authenticity: Identity and Place."

September's showing will be Close-Up, and will include an introduction and short moderated Q&A by professor Mehrenegar Rostami (Natalie L. Haslam College of Music).

Tickets are $5 and may be purchased at Central Cinema.

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]]>tag:localist.com,2008:EventInstance_5347853852792935.981752-83.929698Sun, 27 Sep 2026 16:30:00 -04002026-09-27T16:30:00-04:00https://calendar.utk.edu/event/dcha-central-cinema-film-series-close-upExhibits & FilmsSep 28, 2026: Submit work for the Annual Student Art Competition at Ewing Gallery of Art + ArchitectureBegun in 1947 by C. Kermit Ewing, founder of The University of Tennessee School of Art, the annual student exhibition has become one of the oldest competitions in the country and one of the highlights of the Ewing Gallery’s exhibition season. This competition has been an outlet for UT’s talented students for 80 years. The Ewing Gallery is now accepting entries in the Fall of 2026 for the 2027 Annual Student Art Competition.

Submit entries of art and design for exhibition and possible cash prizes at the link below.

tiny.utk.edu/80_art

For more information about the competition visit | https://ewing-gallery.utk.edu/80th-annual-student-art-competition/

Submission is free and open to all currently enrolled University of Tennessee students. Please contact ewing@utk.edu with any questions.

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]]>tag:localist.com,2008:EventInstance_5361878905685135.952525-83.929589Mon, 28 Sep 2026 00:00:00 -04002026-09-28T00:00:00-04:00https://calendar.utk.edu/event/submit-work-for-the-annual-student-art-competitionExhibits & FilmsSep 28, 2026: Art, Movement, + Disability: Transcending the Beauty Paradigm at Ewing Gallery of Art + ArchitectureArt, Movement, and Disability: Transcending the Beauty Paradigm is a 2026 book authored by University of Tennessee Associate Professor Emeritus of Art History, Dr. Timothy Hiles. The exhibition brings Hiles’ book into the gallery space, showcasing a selection of the artists featured in his research. These artists’ practices challenge conventional narratives of disability, embodiment, and representation. The works in Art, Movement, and Disability address concepts of disability reclamation, invisible disability, movement, and conversation—where the work engages the viewer in a dialogue.

Exhibiting artists | Sue Austin, Matt Bodett, Laura Ferguson, Elizabeth Jameson, David Johnson, Rebecca Kamen, Christine Sun Kim, KYRIANNA, Riva Lehrer, Alessandro Schiattarella, and Alice Sheppard / Kinetic Light.

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]]>tag:localist.com,2008:EventInstance_5335653085673035.952525-83.929589Mon, 28 Sep 2026 10:00:00 -04002026-09-28T10:00:00-04:00https://calendar.utk.edu/event/art-movement-disability-transcending-the-beauty-paradigmExhibits & FilmsSep 28, 2026: Microbiology Fall Seminar Series-Dr. Rosie Alegado at Ken and Blaire Mossman BuildingJoin us as Dr. Rosie Alegado presents "Patterns and drivers of microbial community resilience in Indigenous seascapes impacted by climate forcing."

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]]>tag:localist.com,2008:EventInstance_5385940864445735.943356-83.938699Mon, 28 Sep 2026 15:00:00 -04002026-09-28T15:00:00-04:00https://calendar.utk.edu/event/microbiology-fall-seminar-series-dr-rosie-alegadoLectures & PresentationsSep 28, 2026: Distinguished Lecture Series: Philipp W. Stockhammer, "Family Identity in Mycenaean Greece from a Bioarchaeological Perspective" at Denbo Center for Humanities & the ArtsThe Denbo Center for Humanities & the Arts' Distinguished Lecture Series presents Philipp W. Stockhammer, "Family Identity in Mycenaean Greece from a Bioarchaeological Perspective."

Since the excavations of Heinrich Schliemann, scholars have sought to understand the social organisation of Mycenaean societies. Alongside written sources, the rich burial record has played a central role in reconstructing social structures. Individuals interred together in chamber tombs or other forms of collective burial have long been interpreted as members of a biological family and their joint burial as an expression of family identity. Today, however, it is clear that biological and social relatedness may—but need not—coincide. Recent archaeogenetic research has opened up new perspectives on biological kinship in Mycenaean Greece.

In this talk, professor Stockhammer explores the interplay between genes and social practices in the constitution and expression of belonging, focusing on selected Mycenaean chamber-tomb cemeteries. Stockhammer will also highlight the significance of secondary burial practices, reflect on marital patterns in the Bronze Age, and discuss how social affiliation intersected with human mobility.

Philipp W. Stockhammer is Professor of Prehistoric Archaeology with a focus on the Eastern Mediterranean at Ludwig Maximilian University (LMU) in Munich, Co-Director of the Max Planck-Harvard Research Centre for the Archaeoscience of the Ancient Mediterranean at the Max Planck Institute for Evolutionary Anthropology in Leipzig and Honorary Professor at Aarhus University, Denmark. In 2008, he received his doctorate from Heidelberg University and subsequently several prestigious grants and prizes (ERC Starting Grant 2015, ERC Consolidator Grant 2020, ERC PERA Grant 2024). He leads collaborative research projects on the Bronze and Early Iron Ages from Central Europe to the Eastern Mediterranean. His research focuses on transcultural entanglements, social practices and the integration of archaeological and scientific data concerning identity, social belonging, mobility, nutrition and health. He is very committed to public outreach and is actively involved in the production of archaeological documentaries and video games.

This talk is part of the 2026-2027 Distinguished Lecture Series presented by the Denbo Center for Humanities & the Arts and in connection with the DCHA annual theme, "Authenticity: Identity & Place." The event will be held in person at the Denbo Center, with streaming also available.

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]]>tag:localist.com,2008:EventInstance_5348748697400935.95618-83.952515Mon, 28 Sep 2026 15:30:00 -04002026-09-28T15:30:00-04:00https://calendar.utk.edu/event/distinguished-lecture-series-philipp-stockhammer-family-identity-in-mycenaean-greece-from-a-bioarchaeological-perspectiveLectures & PresentationsSep 28, 2026: Math Graduate Student Seminar at Ayres HallSpeaker: Corey Nelson

Title: Permutation Sorting and the Basis of Foot-sortable Sock Orderings

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]]>tag:localist.com,2008:EventInstance_5394085696130735.957579-83.925751Mon, 28 Sep 2026 16:10:00 -04002026-09-28T16:10:00-04:00https://calendar.utk.edu/event/math-graduate-student-seminar-5597Lectures & PresentationsSep 28, 2026: Being Your Best in Difficult TimesUse evidence-based approaches to navigate challenging goals, transitions, setbacks, uncertainty, daily hassles, and stress.

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]]>tag:localist.com,2008:EventInstance_53640089654401Mon, 28 Sep 2026 19:00:00 -04002026-09-28T19:00:00-04:00https://calendar.utk.edu/event/being-your-best-in-difficult-times-5945Lectures & PresentationsSep 29, 2026: Submit work for the Annual Student Art Competition at Ewing Gallery of Art + ArchitectureBegun in 1947 by C. Kermit Ewing, founder of The University of Tennessee School of Art, the annual student exhibition has become one of the oldest competitions in the country and one of the highlights of the Ewing Gallery’s exhibition season. This competition has been an outlet for UT’s talented students for 80 years. The Ewing Gallery is now accepting entries in the Fall of 2026 for the 2027 Annual Student Art Competition.

Submit entries of art and design for exhibition and possible cash prizes at the link below.

tiny.utk.edu/80_art

For more information about the competition visit | https://ewing-gallery.utk.edu/80th-annual-student-art-competition/

Submission is free and open to all currently enrolled University of Tennessee students. Please contact ewing@utk.edu with any questions.

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]]>tag:localist.com,2008:EventInstance_5361878905685235.952525-83.929589Tue, 29 Sep 2026 00:00:00 -04002026-09-29T00:00:00-04:00https://calendar.utk.edu/event/submit-work-for-the-annual-student-art-competitionExhibits & FilmsSep 29, 2026: Art, Movement, + Disability: Transcending the Beauty Paradigm at Ewing Gallery of Art + ArchitectureArt, Movement, and Disability: Transcending the Beauty Paradigm is a 2026 book authored by University of Tennessee Associate Professor Emeritus of Art History, Dr. Timothy Hiles. The exhibition brings Hiles’ book into the gallery space, showcasing a selection of the artists featured in his research. These artists’ practices challenge conventional narratives of disability, embodiment, and representation. The works in Art, Movement, and Disability address concepts of disability reclamation, invisible disability, movement, and conversation—where the work engages the viewer in a dialogue.

Exhibiting artists | Sue Austin, Matt Bodett, Laura Ferguson, Elizabeth Jameson, David Johnson, Rebecca Kamen, Christine Sun Kim, KYRIANNA, Riva Lehrer, Alessandro Schiattarella, and Alice Sheppard / Kinetic Light.

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]]>tag:localist.com,2008:EventInstance_5335653085775535.952525-83.929589Tue, 29 Sep 2026 10:00:00 -04002026-09-29T10:00:00-04:00https://calendar.utk.edu/event/art-movement-disability-transcending-the-beauty-paradigmExhibits & FilmsSep 29, 2026: CAM Seminar at Ayres HallSpeaker: Anthony Ramirez
Affiliation: UTK

Title: Well Posedness and Finite Element Convergence for a Stationary Magnetic Induction Heating Problem
Abstract: We study a coupled elliptic system which models a stationary magnetic induction heating problem in two dimensions. The model couples a complex-valued magnetic field with a real-valued temperature through temperature-dependent material coefficients and a nonlinear Joule heating source. We also attach a nonlinear radiation boundary condition to the thermal equation. Assuming continuous, uniformly bounded, and strictly positive material coefficients, we establish existence of a weak solution on bounded Lipschitz domains. Higher integrability estimates for the solutions to the magnetic and thermal equations provide the regularity and compactness needed for a Schauder fixed-point argument. We also consider a conforming piecewise linear finite element approximation on a polygonal domain. We then prove existence of discrete solutions, derive a priori bounds independent of the mesh size, and establish convergence along a subsequence to a weak solution of the coupled system. In particular, the magnetic field converges strongly in $H^1(\Omega; \mathbb{C})$, and a discrete commutator argument identifies the weak limit of the nonlinear Joule heating term.

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]]>tag:localist.com,2008:EventInstance_5392281623715635.957579-83.925751Tue, 29 Sep 2026 14:30:00 -04002026-09-29T14:30:00-04:00https://calendar.utk.edu/event/cam-seminar-5204Lectures & PresentationsSep 29, 2026: Michael P. Bibler, "RuPaul before Supermodel: Starrbooty and the Performance of Literal Blackness" at Denbo Center for Humanities & the ArtsThe Denbo Center for Humanities & the Arts, Department of English, and Women, Gender, and Sexuality Program present "RuPaul before Supermodel: Starrbooty and the Performance of Literal Blackness."

This talk examines RuPaul’s performance of racialized drag as “Starrbooty” in the 1980s. As shown in several clips from three narrative videos, Starrbooty performs a unique kind of “literal Blackness” in which she subverts the dominant racial discourses of Ronald Reagan’s America by actually inhabiting them as literally as possible. Through this campy form of literalism, Starrbooty thus changes the terms of assimilation and clears room for the figure of the Black drag queen within mainstream American culture just as she is—just as RuPaul accomplished years later with the hit TV show Drag Race.

Michael P. Bibler is Professor of English at LSU. He is author of Literally: The Queerness of Things Just as They Are and Cotton's Queer Relations: Same-Sex Intimacy and the Literature of the Southern Plantation, 1936-1968. He is currently co-editing the Oxford Handbook of the Southern Gothic, and he is co-editor of the literary reprint series Radical Souths at UNC Press and the essay collection Just Below South: Intercultural Performance in the Caribbean and the U.S. South. Under the pseudonym Paul Pycraft, he is also author of the children's picture book The Octopus's Holiday: A Different Kind of Christmas Story.

This in-person talk will be held at the Denbo Center in the Seminar Room.

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]]>tag:localist.com,2008:EventInstance_5398286540126535.95618-83.952515Tue, 29 Sep 2026 15:30:00 -04002026-09-29T15:30:00-04:00https://calendar.utk.edu/event/michael-p-bibler-rupaul-before-supermodel-starrbooty-and-the-performance-of-literal-blacknessLectures & PresentationsSep 29, 2026: Workshop: Locating and Citing Sources at John C Hodges LibraryNot sure where to find good sources—or how to tell if they’re actually reliable? We’ll walk through practical ways to search library databases, find sources that fit your topic, and keep track of what you find. You’ll also get a clear, student-friendly overview of citation basics in common styles (such as APA, Chicago, MLA), so you can cite with confidence and avoid last-minute formatting stress.

Register: tiny.utk.edu/locate-cite-sources

This workshop is part of the Undergraduate Research-Based Writing Workshop Series, https://writingcenter.utk.edu/undergraduate-writing-workshops/. The next workshop is "How to Read an Academic Article," on October 14.

Contact writingcenter@utk.edu with any questions.

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]]>tag:localist.com,2008:EventInstance_5374348555317535.95495-83.92993Tue, 29 Sep 2026 16:00:00 -04002026-09-29T16:00:00-04:00https://calendar.utk.edu/event/workshop-locating-and-citing-sourcesTraining & WorkshopsSep 29, 2026: "Tracing Human Mobility and Migration in the Bronze and Iron Age Aegean" at Frank H. McClung Museum of Natural History and CultureJoin the AIA/East Tennessee Society and McClung Museum for a presentation by Phillip Stockhammer for this year's Rutledge Memorial Lecture in Archaeology.

Philipp W. Stockhammer is Professor of Prehistoric Archaeology with a focus on the Eastern Mediterranean at Ludwig Maximilian University (LMU) in Munich, Co-Director of the Max Planck-Harvard Research Centre for the Archaeoscience of the Ancient Mediterranean at the Max Planck Institute for Evolutionary Anthropology in Leipzig and Honorary Professor at Aarhus University, Denmark. In 2008, he received his doctorate from Heidelberg University and subsequently several prestigious grants and prizes (ERC Starting Grant 2015, ERC Consolidator Grant 2020, ERC PERA Grant 2024). He leads collaborative research projects on the Bronze and Early Iron Ages from Central Europe to the Eastern Mediterranean. His research focuses on transcultural entanglements, social practices and the integration of archaeological and scientific data concerning identity, social belonging, mobility, nutrition and health. He is very committed to public outreach and is actively involved in the production of archaeological documentaries and video games.

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]]>tag:localist.com,2008:EventInstance_5393149809933335.952298-83.926407Tue, 29 Sep 2026 18:00:00 -04002026-09-29T18:00:00-04:00https://calendar.utk.edu/event/aiaeast-tennessee-society-presents-phillip-stockhammerLectures & PresentationsSep 29, 2026: French Film Series at John C Hodges LibraryThe French Department will host a movie night for the French Film Series. We will show a movie in French with English subtitles. All students, staff, and faculty are welcome!

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]]>tag:localist.com,2008:EventInstance_5369137636098335.95495-83.92993Tue, 29 Sep 2026 18:30:00 -04002026-09-29T18:30:00-04:00https://calendar.utk.edu/event/french-film-series-3847Exhibits & FilmsSep 30, 2026: Submit work for the Annual Student Art Competition at Ewing Gallery of Art + ArchitectureBegun in 1947 by C. Kermit Ewing, founder of The University of Tennessee School of Art, the annual student exhibition has become one of the oldest competitions in the country and one of the highlights of the Ewing Gallery’s exhibition season. This competition has been an outlet for UT’s talented students for 80 years. The Ewing Gallery is now accepting entries in the Fall of 2026 for the 2027 Annual Student Art Competition.

Submit entries of art and design for exhibition and possible cash prizes at the link below.

tiny.utk.edu/80_art

For more information about the competition visit | https://ewing-gallery.utk.edu/80th-annual-student-art-competition/

Submission is free and open to all currently enrolled University of Tennessee students. Please contact ewing@utk.edu with any questions.

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]]>tag:localist.com,2008:EventInstance_5361878905787735.952525-83.929589Wed, 30 Sep 2026 00:00:00 -04002026-09-30T00:00:00-04:00https://calendar.utk.edu/event/submit-work-for-the-annual-student-art-competitionExhibits & FilmsSep 30, 2026: Art, Movement, + Disability: Transcending the Beauty Paradigm at Ewing Gallery of Art + ArchitectureArt, Movement, and Disability: Transcending the Beauty Paradigm is a 2026 book authored by University of Tennessee Associate Professor Emeritus of Art History, Dr. Timothy Hiles. The exhibition brings Hiles’ book into the gallery space, showcasing a selection of the artists featured in his research. These artists’ practices challenge conventional narratives of disability, embodiment, and representation. The works in Art, Movement, and Disability address concepts of disability reclamation, invisible disability, movement, and conversation—where the work engages the viewer in a dialogue.

Exhibiting artists | Sue Austin, Matt Bodett, Laura Ferguson, Elizabeth Jameson, David Johnson, Rebecca Kamen, Christine Sun Kim, KYRIANNA, Riva Lehrer, Alessandro Schiattarella, and Alice Sheppard / Kinetic Light.

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]]>tag:localist.com,2008:EventInstance_5335653085878035.952525-83.929589Wed, 30 Sep 2026 10:00:00 -04002026-09-30T10:00:00-04:00https://calendar.utk.edu/event/art-movement-disability-transcending-the-beauty-paradigmExhibits & FilmsSep 30, 2026: Art, Movement, + Disability: Transcending the Beauty Paradigm at Downtown GalleryArt, Movement, and Disability: Transcending the Beauty Paradigm is a 2026 book authored by University of Tennessee Associate Professor Emeritus of Art History, Dr. Timothy Hiles. The exhibition brings Hiles’ book into the gallery space, showcasing a selection of the artists featured in his research. These artists’ practices challenge conventional narratives of disability, embodiment, and representation. The works in Art, Movement, and Disability address concepts of disability reclamation, invisible disability, movement, and conversation—where the work engages the viewer in a dialogue.

Exhibiting artists | Sue Austin, Matt Bodett, Laura Ferguson, Elizabeth Jameson, David Johnson, Rebecca Kamen, Christine Sun Kim, KYRIANNA, Riva Lehrer, Alessandro Schiattarella, and Alice Sheppard / Kinetic Light.

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]]>tag:localist.com,2008:EventInstance_5335696477931335.968695-83.920421Wed, 30 Sep 2026 11:00:00 -04002026-09-30T11:00:00-04:00https://calendar.utk.edu/event/art-movement-disability-transcending-the-beauty-paradigm-3987Exhibits & FilmsSep 30, 2026: International Coffeehouse - Italy at John C Hodges LibraryThe Italian Club is proud to celebrate coffee time with another event sponsored by the International House.

Join us on Wednesday, Sept. 30 at Hodges Library, in the Mary Greer Room, for a delicious sweet treat of biscotti, amaretti, cioccolatini and more, while savoring your hot espresso.

The Library will showcase books on art, history, fashion, and food.

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]]>tag:localist.com,2008:EventInstance_5380970055568635.95495-83.92993Wed, 30 Sep 2026 13:00:00 -04002026-09-30T13:00:00-04:00https://calendar.utk.edu/event/international-coffeehouse-italy-2028Ceremonies & Special EventsService & OutreachSocial EventsSep 30, 2026: Deaf Night at the Ewing Gallery with Lee Handler at Ewing Gallery of Art + ArchitectureThe Ewing Gallery welcomes Knoxville’s Deaf Community to an evening of art in Art, Movement, and Disability at our on-campus location. This event will be led by Lee Handler, UT Alum, who works with cultural institutions to improve accessibility to exhibitions and spaces for Knoxville’s Deaf Community.

ASL Gallery talks will take place at 5:30 and 6:30pm.

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]]>tag:localist.com,2008:EventInstance_5335665879040335.952525-83.929589Wed, 30 Sep 2026 17:30:00 -04002026-09-30T17:30:00-04:00https://calendar.utk.edu/event/deaf-night-at-the-ewing-gallery-with-lee-handlerLectures & PresentationsExhibits & FilmsOct 1, 2026: Submit work for the Annual Student Art Competition at Ewing Gallery of Art + ArchitectureBegun in 1947 by C. Kermit Ewing, founder of The University of Tennessee School of Art, the annual student exhibition has become one of the oldest competitions in the country and one of the highlights of the Ewing Gallery’s exhibition season. This competition has been an outlet for UT’s talented students for 80 years. The Ewing Gallery is now accepting entries in the Fall of 2026 for the 2027 Annual Student Art Competition.

Submit entries of art and design for exhibition and possible cash prizes at the link below.

tiny.utk.edu/80_art

For more information about the competition visit | https://ewing-gallery.utk.edu/80th-annual-student-art-competition/

Submission is free and open to all currently enrolled University of Tennessee students. Please contact ewing@utk.edu with any questions.

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]]>tag:localist.com,2008:EventInstance_5361878905890235.952525-83.929589Thu, 01 Oct 2026 00:00:00 -04002026-10-01T00:00:00-04:00https://calendar.utk.edu/event/submit-work-for-the-annual-student-art-competitionExhibits & FilmsOct 1, 2026: Natural Sciences & Mathematics Pancake Breakfast at Student UnionWelcome to a new academic year in the Division of Natural Sciences and Mathematics. This year we have a special opportunity for current faculty to connect with colleagues from across the division and welcome new faculty. Join us at the Natural Sciences and Mathematics Breakfast on Thursday, October 1 from 8:00 AM to 10:00 AM in the Student Union Ballroom, room 362 A/B. This casual, drop-in event is a great chance for you to grab some breakfast, chat with new and old colleagues from across the natural sciences and mathematics, and come and go as your schedule allows. Please RSVP for the event on our website below.

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]]>tag:localist.com,2008:EventInstance_5370179201372835.943356-83.938699Thu, 01 Oct 2026 08:00:00 -04002026-10-01T08:00:00-04:00https://calendar.utk.edu/event/natural-sciences-mathematics-pancake-breakfastSocial EventsOct 1, 2026: Art, Movement, + Disability: Transcending the Beauty Paradigm at Ewing Gallery of Art + ArchitectureArt, Movement, and Disability: Transcending the Beauty Paradigm is a 2026 book authored by University of Tennessee Associate Professor Emeritus of Art History, Dr. Timothy Hiles. The exhibition brings Hiles’ book into the gallery space, showcasing a selection of the artists featured in his research. These artists’ practices challenge conventional narratives of disability, embodiment, and representation. The works in Art, Movement, and Disability address concepts of disability reclamation, invisible disability, movement, and conversation—where the work engages the viewer in a dialogue.

Exhibiting artists | Sue Austin, Matt Bodett, Laura Ferguson, Elizabeth Jameson, David Johnson, Rebecca Kamen, Christine Sun Kim, KYRIANNA, Riva Lehrer, Alessandro Schiattarella, and Alice Sheppard / Kinetic Light.

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]]>tag:localist.com,2008:EventInstance_5335653086082935.952525-83.929589Thu, 01 Oct 2026 10:00:00 -04002026-10-01T10:00:00-04:00https://calendar.utk.edu/event/art-movement-disability-transcending-the-beauty-paradigmExhibits & FilmsOct 1, 2026: Art, Movement, + Disability: Transcending the Beauty Paradigm at Downtown GalleryArt, Movement, and Disability: Transcending the Beauty Paradigm is a 2026 book authored by University of Tennessee Associate Professor Emeritus of Art History, Dr. Timothy Hiles. The exhibition brings Hiles’ book into the gallery space, showcasing a selection of the artists featured in his research. These artists’ practices challenge conventional narratives of disability, embodiment, and representation. The works in Art, Movement, and Disability address concepts of disability reclamation, invisible disability, movement, and conversation—where the work engages the viewer in a dialogue.

Exhibiting artists | Sue Austin, Matt Bodett, Laura Ferguson, Elizabeth Jameson, David Johnson, Rebecca Kamen, Christine Sun Kim, KYRIANNA, Riva Lehrer, Alessandro Schiattarella, and Alice Sheppard / Kinetic Light.

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]]>tag:localist.com,2008:EventInstance_5335696478033835.968695-83.920421Thu, 01 Oct 2026 11:00:00 -04002026-10-01T11:00:00-04:00https://calendar.utk.edu/event/art-movement-disability-transcending-the-beauty-paradigm-3987Exhibits & FilmsOct 1, 2026: Chem501 Seminar Fall 2026 at Buehler Hall"Harnessing Reactive Intermediates to Access New Synthetic Polymers" presented by Dr. Aaron Teator from the University of Kansas.

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]]>tag:localist.com,2008:EventInstance_5361144126947735.958299-83.924926Thu, 01 Oct 2026 13:00:00 -04002026-10-01T13:00:00-04:00https://calendar.utk.edu/event/chem501-seminar-fall-2026-5820Lectures & PresentationsOct 1, 2026: Earth, Environmental & Planetary Science's Fall Seminar Series at Strong HallDr. Barret Kurylyk, Dalhousie University

Talk Title: "Hydrogeology in a Frozen World: Groundwater-Permafrost Interactions Across the Inland-Coastal-Offshore Continuum"

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]]>tag:localist.com,2008:EventInstance_5369160191940835.957424-83.931594Thu, 01 Oct 2026 16:05:00 -04002026-10-01T16:05:00-04:00https://calendar.utk.edu/event/earth-environmental-planetary-sciences-fall-seminar-series-4513Lectures & PresentationsTraining & WorkshopsOct 1, 2026: Seminar in Computational Statistics and Data Science at Ayres HallThe seminar provides a forum for researchers interested in computational statistics, data science, machine learning, artificial intelligence, optimization, and related areas to exchange ideas and foster research collaborations.

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]]>tag:localist.com,2008:EventInstance_53807802387071Thu, 01 Oct 2026 16:30:00 -04002026-10-01T16:30:00-04:00https://calendar.utk.edu/event/seminar-in-computational-statistics-and-data-scienceOct 2, 2026: Submit work for the Annual Student Art Competition at Ewing Gallery of Art + ArchitectureBegun in 1947 by C. Kermit Ewing, founder of The University of Tennessee School of Art, the annual student exhibition has become one of the oldest competitions in the country and one of the highlights of the Ewing Gallery’s exhibition season. This competition has been an outlet for UT’s talented students for 80 years. The Ewing Gallery is now accepting entries in the Fall of 2026 for the 2027 Annual Student Art Competition.

Submit entries of art and design for exhibition and possible cash prizes at the link below.

tiny.utk.edu/80_art

For more information about the competition visit | https://ewing-gallery.utk.edu/80th-annual-student-art-competition/

Submission is free and open to all currently enrolled University of Tennessee students. Please contact ewing@utk.edu with any questions.

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]]>tag:localist.com,2008:EventInstance_5361878905890335.952525-83.929589Fri, 02 Oct 2026 00:00:00 -04002026-10-02T00:00:00-04:00https://calendar.utk.edu/event/submit-work-for-the-annual-student-art-competitionExhibits & FilmsOct 2, 2026: Art, Movement, + Disability: Transcending the Beauty Paradigm at Ewing Gallery of Art + ArchitectureArt, Movement, and Disability: Transcending the Beauty Paradigm is a 2026 book authored by University of Tennessee Associate Professor Emeritus of Art History, Dr. Timothy Hiles. The exhibition brings Hiles’ book into the gallery space, showcasing a selection of the artists featured in his research. These artists’ practices challenge conventional narratives of disability, embodiment, and representation. The works in Art, Movement, and Disability address concepts of disability reclamation, invisible disability, movement, and conversation—where the work engages the viewer in a dialogue.

Exhibiting artists | Sue Austin, Matt Bodett, Laura Ferguson, Elizabeth Jameson, David Johnson, Rebecca Kamen, Christine Sun Kim, KYRIANNA, Riva Lehrer, Alessandro Schiattarella, and Alice Sheppard / Kinetic Light.

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]]>tag:localist.com,2008:EventInstance_5335653086185435.952525-83.929589Fri, 02 Oct 2026 10:00:00 -04002026-10-02T10:00:00-04:00https://calendar.utk.edu/event/art-movement-disability-transcending-the-beauty-paradigmExhibits & FilmsOct 2, 2026: Art, Movement, + Disability: Transcending the Beauty Paradigm at Downtown GalleryArt, Movement, and Disability: Transcending the Beauty Paradigm is a 2026 book authored by University of Tennessee Associate Professor Emeritus of Art History, Dr. Timothy Hiles. The exhibition brings Hiles’ book into the gallery space, showcasing a selection of the artists featured in his research. These artists’ practices challenge conventional narratives of disability, embodiment, and representation. The works in Art, Movement, and Disability address concepts of disability reclamation, invisible disability, movement, and conversation—where the work engages the viewer in a dialogue.

Exhibiting artists | Sue Austin, Matt Bodett, Laura Ferguson, Elizabeth Jameson, David Johnson, Rebecca Kamen, Christine Sun Kim, KYRIANNA, Riva Lehrer, Alessandro Schiattarella, and Alice Sheppard / Kinetic Light.

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]]>tag:localist.com,2008:EventInstance_5335696478136335.968695-83.920421Fri, 02 Oct 2026 14:00:00 -04002026-10-02T14:00:00-04:00https://calendar.utk.edu/event/art-movement-disability-transcending-the-beauty-paradigm-3987Exhibits & FilmsOct 2, 2026: Reception | Art, Movement, + Disability at Downtown GalleryArt, Movement, and Disability: Transcending the Beauty Paradigm is a 2026 book authored by University of Tennessee Associate Professor Emeritus of Art History, Dr. Timothy Hiles. The exhibition brings Hiles’ book into the gallery space, showcasing a selection of the artists featured in his research. These artists’ practices challenge conventional narratives of disability, embodiment, and representation. The works in Art, Movement, and Disability address concepts of disability reclamation, invisible disability, movement, and conversation—where the work engages the viewer in a dialogue.

Exhibiting artists | Sue Austin, Matt Bodett, Laura Ferguson, Elizabeth Jameson, David Johnson, Rebecca Kamen, Christine Sun Kim, KYRIANNA, Riva Lehrer, Alessandro Schiattarella, and Alice Sheppard / Kinetic Light.

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]]>tag:localist.com,2008:EventInstance_5335690372401035.968695-83.920421Fri, 02 Oct 2026 17:00:00 -04002026-10-02T17:00:00-04:00https://calendar.utk.edu/event/reception-art-movement-disability-8543Exhibits & FilmsOct 3, 2026: Submit work for the Annual Student Art Competition at Ewing Gallery of Art + ArchitectureBegun in 1947 by C. Kermit Ewing, founder of The University of Tennessee School of Art, the annual student exhibition has become one of the oldest competitions in the country and one of the highlights of the Ewing Gallery’s exhibition season. This competition has been an outlet for UT’s talented students for 80 years. The Ewing Gallery is now accepting entries in the Fall of 2026 for the 2027 Annual Student Art Competition.

Submit entries of art and design for exhibition and possible cash prizes at the link below.

tiny.utk.edu/80_art

For more information about the competition visit | https://ewing-gallery.utk.edu/80th-annual-student-art-competition/

Submission is free and open to all currently enrolled University of Tennessee students. Please contact ewing@utk.edu with any questions.

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]]>tag:localist.com,2008:EventInstance_5361878905992835.952525-83.929589Sat, 03 Oct 2026 00:00:00 -04002026-10-03T00:00:00-04:00https://calendar.utk.edu/event/submit-work-for-the-annual-student-art-competitionExhibits & FilmsOct 3, 2026: Art, Movement, + Disability: Transcending the Beauty Paradigm at Downtown GalleryArt, Movement, and Disability: Transcending the Beauty Paradigm is a 2026 book authored by University of Tennessee Associate Professor Emeritus of Art History, Dr. Timothy Hiles. The exhibition brings Hiles’ book into the gallery space, showcasing a selection of the artists featured in his research. These artists’ practices challenge conventional narratives of disability, embodiment, and representation. The works in Art, Movement, and Disability address concepts of disability reclamation, invisible disability, movement, and conversation—where the work engages the viewer in a dialogue.

Exhibiting artists | Sue Austin, Matt Bodett, Laura Ferguson, Elizabeth Jameson, David Johnson, Rebecca Kamen, Christine Sun Kim, KYRIANNA, Riva Lehrer, Alessandro Schiattarella, and Alice Sheppard / Kinetic Light.

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]]>tag:localist.com,2008:EventInstance_5335696478238835.968695-83.920421Sat, 03 Oct 2026 10:00:00 -04002026-10-03T10:00:00-04:00https://calendar.utk.edu/event/art-movement-disability-transcending-the-beauty-paradigm-3987Exhibits & FilmsOct 4, 2026: Submit work for the Annual Student Art Competition at Ewing Gallery of Art + ArchitectureBegun in 1947 by C. Kermit Ewing, founder of The University of Tennessee School of Art, the annual student exhibition has become one of the oldest competitions in the country and one of the highlights of the Ewing Gallery’s exhibition season. This competition has been an outlet for UT’s talented students for 80 years. The Ewing Gallery is now accepting entries in the Fall of 2026 for the 2027 Annual Student Art Competition.

Submit entries of art and design for exhibition and possible cash prizes at the link below.

tiny.utk.edu/80_art

For more information about the competition visit | https://ewing-gallery.utk.edu/80th-annual-student-art-competition/

Submission is free and open to all currently enrolled University of Tennessee students. Please contact ewing@utk.edu with any questions.

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]]>tag:localist.com,2008:EventInstance_5361878905992935.952525-83.929589Sun, 04 Oct 2026 00:00:00 -04002026-10-04T00:00:00-04:00https://calendar.utk.edu/event/submit-work-for-the-annual-student-art-competitionExhibits & FilmsOct 4, 2026: Art, Movement, + Disability: Transcending the Beauty Paradigm at Ewing Gallery of Art + ArchitectureArt, Movement, and Disability: Transcending the Beauty Paradigm is a 2026 book authored by University of Tennessee Associate Professor Emeritus of Art History, Dr. Timothy Hiles. The exhibition brings Hiles’ book into the gallery space, showcasing a selection of the artists featured in his research. These artists’ practices challenge conventional narratives of disability, embodiment, and representation. The works in Art, Movement, and Disability address concepts of disability reclamation, invisible disability, movement, and conversation—where the work engages the viewer in a dialogue.

Exhibiting artists | Sue Austin, Matt Bodett, Laura Ferguson, Elizabeth Jameson, David Johnson, Rebecca Kamen, Christine Sun Kim, KYRIANNA, Riva Lehrer, Alessandro Schiattarella, and Alice Sheppard / Kinetic Light.

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]]>tag:localist.com,2008:EventInstance_5335653086287935.952525-83.929589Sun, 04 Oct 2026 13:00:00 -04002026-10-04T13:00:00-04:00https://calendar.utk.edu/event/art-movement-disability-transcending-the-beauty-paradigmExhibits & FilmsOct 5, 2026: Submit work for the Annual Student Art Competition at Ewing Gallery of Art + ArchitectureBegun in 1947 by C. Kermit Ewing, founder of The University of Tennessee School of Art, the annual student exhibition has become one of the oldest competitions in the country and one of the highlights of the Ewing Gallery’s exhibition season. This competition has been an outlet for UT’s talented students for 80 years. The Ewing Gallery is now accepting entries in the Fall of 2026 for the 2027 Annual Student Art Competition.

Submit entries of art and design for exhibition and possible cash prizes at the link below.

tiny.utk.edu/80_art

For more information about the competition visit | https://ewing-gallery.utk.edu/80th-annual-student-art-competition/

Submission is free and open to all currently enrolled University of Tennessee students. Please contact ewing@utk.edu with any questions.

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]]>tag:localist.com,2008:EventInstance_5361878906095435.952525-83.929589Mon, 05 Oct 2026 00:00:00 -04002026-10-05T00:00:00-04:00https://calendar.utk.edu/event/submit-work-for-the-annual-student-art-competitionExhibits & FilmsOct 5, 2026: Art, Movement, + Disability: Transcending the Beauty Paradigm at Ewing Gallery of Art + ArchitectureArt, Movement, and Disability: Transcending the Beauty Paradigm is a 2026 book authored by University of Tennessee Associate Professor Emeritus of Art History, Dr. Timothy Hiles. The exhibition brings Hiles’ book into the gallery space, showcasing a selection of the artists featured in his research. These artists’ practices challenge conventional narratives of disability, embodiment, and representation. The works in Art, Movement, and Disability address concepts of disability reclamation, invisible disability, movement, and conversation—where the work engages the viewer in a dialogue.

Exhibiting artists | Sue Austin, Matt Bodett, Laura Ferguson, Elizabeth Jameson, David Johnson, Rebecca Kamen, Christine Sun Kim, KYRIANNA, Riva Lehrer, Alessandro Schiattarella, and Alice Sheppard / Kinetic Light.

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]]>tag:localist.com,2008:EventInstance_5335653086390435.952525-83.929589Mon, 05 Oct 2026 10:00:00 -04002026-10-05T10:00:00-04:00https://calendar.utk.edu/event/art-movement-disability-transcending-the-beauty-paradigmExhibits & FilmsOct 6, 2026: Submit work for the Annual Student Art Competition at Ewing Gallery of Art + ArchitectureBegun in 1947 by C. Kermit Ewing, founder of The University of Tennessee School of Art, the annual student exhibition has become one of the oldest competitions in the country and one of the highlights of the Ewing Gallery’s exhibition season. This competition has been an outlet for UT’s talented students for 80 years. The Ewing Gallery is now accepting entries in the Fall of 2026 for the 2027 Annual Student Art Competition.

Submit entries of art and design for exhibition and possible cash prizes at the link below.

tiny.utk.edu/80_art

For more information about the competition visit | https://ewing-gallery.utk.edu/80th-annual-student-art-competition/

Submission is free and open to all currently enrolled University of Tennessee students. Please contact ewing@utk.edu with any questions.

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]]>tag:localist.com,2008:EventInstance_5361878906197935.952525-83.929589Tue, 06 Oct 2026 00:00:00 -04002026-10-06T00:00:00-04:00https://calendar.utk.edu/event/submit-work-for-the-annual-student-art-competitionExhibits & FilmsOct 6, 2026: Art, Movement, + Disability: Transcending the Beauty Paradigm at Ewing Gallery of Art + ArchitectureArt, Movement, and Disability: Transcending the Beauty Paradigm is a 2026 book authored by University of Tennessee Associate Professor Emeritus of Art History, Dr. Timothy Hiles. The exhibition brings Hiles’ book into the gallery space, showcasing a selection of the artists featured in his research. These artists’ practices challenge conventional narratives of disability, embodiment, and representation. The works in Art, Movement, and Disability address concepts of disability reclamation, invisible disability, movement, and conversation—where the work engages the viewer in a dialogue.

Exhibiting artists | Sue Austin, Matt Bodett, Laura Ferguson, Elizabeth Jameson, David Johnson, Rebecca Kamen, Christine Sun Kim, KYRIANNA, Riva Lehrer, Alessandro Schiattarella, and Alice Sheppard / Kinetic Light.

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]]>tag:localist.com,2008:EventInstance_5335653086492935.952525-83.929589Tue, 06 Oct 2026 10:00:00 -04002026-10-06T10:00:00-04:00https://calendar.utk.edu/event/art-movement-disability-transcending-the-beauty-paradigmExhibits & FilmsOct 7, 2026: Submit work for the Annual Student Art Competition at Ewing Gallery of Art + ArchitectureBegun in 1947 by C. Kermit Ewing, founder of The University of Tennessee School of Art, the annual student exhibition has become one of the oldest competitions in the country and one of the highlights of the Ewing Gallery’s exhibition season. This competition has been an outlet for UT’s talented students for 80 years. The Ewing Gallery is now accepting entries in the Fall of 2026 for the 2027 Annual Student Art Competition.

Submit entries of art and design for exhibition and possible cash prizes at the link below.

tiny.utk.edu/80_art

For more information about the competition visit | https://ewing-gallery.utk.edu/80th-annual-student-art-competition/

Submission is free and open to all currently enrolled University of Tennessee students. Please contact ewing@utk.edu with any questions.

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]]>tag:localist.com,2008:EventInstance_5361878906198035.952525-83.929589Wed, 07 Oct 2026 00:00:00 -04002026-10-07T00:00:00-04:00https://calendar.utk.edu/event/submit-work-for-the-annual-student-art-competitionExhibits & FilmsOct 7, 2026: Art, Movement, + Disability: Transcending the Beauty Paradigm at Ewing Gallery of Art + ArchitectureArt, Movement, and Disability: Transcending the Beauty Paradigm is a 2026 book authored by University of Tennessee Associate Professor Emeritus of Art History, Dr. Timothy Hiles. The exhibition brings Hiles’ book into the gallery space, showcasing a selection of the artists featured in his research. These artists’ practices challenge conventional narratives of disability, embodiment, and representation. The works in Art, Movement, and Disability address concepts of disability reclamation, invisible disability, movement, and conversation—where the work engages the viewer in a dialogue.

Exhibiting artists | Sue Austin, Matt Bodett, Laura Ferguson, Elizabeth Jameson, David Johnson, Rebecca Kamen, Christine Sun Kim, KYRIANNA, Riva Lehrer, Alessandro Schiattarella, and Alice Sheppard / Kinetic Light.

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]]>tag:localist.com,2008:EventInstance_5335653086595435.952525-83.929589Wed, 07 Oct 2026 10:00:00 -04002026-10-07T10:00:00-04:00https://calendar.utk.edu/event/art-movement-disability-transcending-the-beauty-paradigmExhibits & FilmsOct 7, 2026: Art, Movement, + Disability: Transcending the Beauty Paradigm at Downtown GalleryArt, Movement, and Disability: Transcending the Beauty Paradigm is a 2026 book authored by University of Tennessee Associate Professor Emeritus of Art History, Dr. Timothy Hiles. The exhibition brings Hiles’ book into the gallery space, showcasing a selection of the artists featured in his research. These artists’ practices challenge conventional narratives of disability, embodiment, and representation. The works in Art, Movement, and Disability address concepts of disability reclamation, invisible disability, movement, and conversation—where the work engages the viewer in a dialogue.

Exhibiting artists | Sue Austin, Matt Bodett, Laura Ferguson, Elizabeth Jameson, David Johnson, Rebecca Kamen, Christine Sun Kim, KYRIANNA, Riva Lehrer, Alessandro Schiattarella, and Alice Sheppard / Kinetic Light.

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]]>tag:localist.com,2008:EventInstance_5335696478341335.968695-83.920421Wed, 07 Oct 2026 11:00:00 -04002026-10-07T11:00:00-04:00https://calendar.utk.edu/event/art-movement-disability-transcending-the-beauty-paradigm-3987Exhibits & FilmsOct 7, 2026: Artist Talk | Riva Lehrer at McCarty AuditoriumRiva Lehrer is an artist, writer and curator who focuses on the socially challenged body. She is best known for representations of people whose physical embodiment, sexuality, or gender identity have long been stigmatized.

Lehrer’s work has been seen in venues including the National Portrait Gallery of the Smithsonian, Yale University, the United Nations, the National Museum of Women in the Arts in Washington, DC, the Arnot Museum, the DeCordova Museum, the Frye Museum, the Chicago Cultural Center, and the State of Illinois Museum.

Lehrer is on faculty at the School of the Art Institute of Chicago, and instructor in the Medical Humanities Departments of Northwestern University.

Her memoir, Golem Girl, was published in 2020.

Riva's work is currently on display at the Ewing Gallery of Art + Architecture and the UT Downtown Gallery as part of Art, Movement, + DIsability: Transcending the Beauty Paradigm.

ASL interpretation will be available for this event.

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]]>tag:localist.com,2008:EventInstance_5335668300588735.952525-83.929589Wed, 07 Oct 2026 17:30:00 -04002026-10-07T17:30:00-04:00https://calendar.utk.edu/event/artist-talk-riva-lehrerLectures & PresentationsOct 8, 2026: Submit work for the Annual Student Art Competition at Ewing Gallery of Art + ArchitectureBegun in 1947 by C. Kermit Ewing, founder of The University of Tennessee School of Art, the annual student exhibition has become one of the oldest competitions in the country and one of the highlights of the Ewing Gallery’s exhibition season. This competition has been an outlet for UT’s talented students for 80 years. The Ewing Gallery is now accepting entries in the Fall of 2026 for the 2027 Annual Student Art Competition.

Submit entries of art and design for exhibition and possible cash prizes at the link below.

tiny.utk.edu/80_art

For more information about the competition visit | https://ewing-gallery.utk.edu/80th-annual-student-art-competition/

Submission is free and open to all currently enrolled University of Tennessee students. Please contact ewing@utk.edu with any questions.

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]]>tag:localist.com,2008:EventInstance_5361878906300535.952525-83.929589Thu, 08 Oct 2026 00:00:00 -04002026-10-08T00:00:00-04:00https://calendar.utk.edu/event/submit-work-for-the-annual-student-art-competitionExhibits & FilmsOct 8, 2026: Art, Movement, + Disability: Transcending the Beauty Paradigm at Ewing Gallery of Art + ArchitectureArt, Movement, and Disability: Transcending the Beauty Paradigm is a 2026 book authored by University of Tennessee Associate Professor Emeritus of Art History, Dr. Timothy Hiles. The exhibition brings Hiles’ book into the gallery space, showcasing a selection of the artists featured in his research. These artists’ practices challenge conventional narratives of disability, embodiment, and representation. The works in Art, Movement, and Disability address concepts of disability reclamation, invisible disability, movement, and conversation—where the work engages the viewer in a dialogue.

Exhibiting artists | Sue Austin, Matt Bodett, Laura Ferguson, Elizabeth Jameson, David Johnson, Rebecca Kamen, Christine Sun Kim, KYRIANNA, Riva Lehrer, Alessandro Schiattarella, and Alice Sheppard / Kinetic Light.

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]]>tag:localist.com,2008:EventInstance_5335653086697935.952525-83.929589Thu, 08 Oct 2026 10:00:00 -04002026-10-08T10:00:00-04:00https://calendar.utk.edu/event/art-movement-disability-transcending-the-beauty-paradigmExhibits & FilmsOct 8, 2026: Art, Movement, + Disability: Transcending the Beauty Paradigm at Downtown GalleryArt, Movement, and Disability: Transcending the Beauty Paradigm is a 2026 book authored by University of Tennessee Associate Professor Emeritus of Art History, Dr. Timothy Hiles. The exhibition brings Hiles’ book into the gallery space, showcasing a selection of the artists featured in his research. These artists’ practices challenge conventional narratives of disability, embodiment, and representation. The works in Art, Movement, and Disability address concepts of disability reclamation, invisible disability, movement, and conversation—where the work engages the viewer in a dialogue.

Exhibiting artists | Sue Austin, Matt Bodett, Laura Ferguson, Elizabeth Jameson, David Johnson, Rebecca Kamen, Christine Sun Kim, KYRIANNA, Riva Lehrer, Alessandro Schiattarella, and Alice Sheppard / Kinetic Light.

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]]>tag:localist.com,2008:EventInstance_5335696478443835.968695-83.920421Thu, 08 Oct 2026 11:00:00 -04002026-10-08T11:00:00-04:00https://calendar.utk.edu/event/art-movement-disability-transcending-the-beauty-paradigm-3987Exhibits & FilmsOct 8, 2026: Chem501 Seminar Fall 2026 at Buehler Hall"How a Peptide Hormone GOAT Acylated: The Chemistry, Biology, and Endocrinology of Ghrelin O-acyltransferase" presented by Dr. James Hougland from Syracuse University.

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]]>tag:localist.com,2008:EventInstance_5361145973920235.958299-83.924926Thu, 08 Oct 2026 13:00:00 -04002026-10-08T13:00:00-04:00https://calendar.utk.edu/event/chem501-seminar-fall-2026-6716Lectures & PresentationsOct 8, 2026: WLC Fall Open House – Party on the Plaza at Humanities AmphitheatreJoin the Department of World Languages & Cultures for our Fall Open House – Party on the Plaza! Meet faculty and students, explore our language programs, majors and minors, learn about study-abroad opportunities, and discover the many ways WLC can enrich your academic experience at UT. Stop by, ask questions, and connect with our programs in a fun and welcoming setting.

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]]>tag:localist.com,2008:EventInstance_53984237910386Thu, 08 Oct 2026 15:30:00 -04002026-10-08T15:30:00-04:00https://calendar.utk.edu/event/wlc-fall-open-house-party-on-the-plazaOct 8, 2026: Earth, Environmental & Planetary Science's Fall Seminar Series at Strong HallDr. Carrie Schweitzer, Kent State University

Talk Title: "Paleozoic Malacostracan and Related Crustaceans"

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]]>tag:localist.com,2008:EventInstance_5369163313296335.957424-83.931594Thu, 08 Oct 2026 16:05:00 -04002026-10-08T16:05:00-04:00https://calendar.utk.edu/event/earth-environmental-planetary-sciences-fall-seminar-series-1894Lectures & PresentationsTraining & WorkshopsOct 8, 2026: Seminar in Computational Statistics and Data Science at Ayres HallThe seminar provides a forum for researchers interested in computational statistics, data science, machine learning, artificial intelligence, optimization, and related areas to exchange ideas and foster research collaborations.

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]]>tag:localist.com,2008:EventInstance_53807802388096Thu, 08 Oct 2026 16:30:00 -04002026-10-08T16:30:00-04:00https://calendar.utk.edu/event/seminar-in-computational-statistics-and-data-scienceOct 9, 2026: EEB Seminar "Flexibility, Heterogeneity, and Resilience in Complex Biological Systems: Insights from the Humble Bumble Bee" at Science and Engineering BuildingJames Crall - University of Wisconsin - hosted by Claire Hemingway

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]]>tag:localist.com,2008:EventInstance_5380795412003635.958399-83.926541Fri, 09 Oct 2026 00:00:00 -04002026-10-09T00:00:00-04:00https://calendar.utk.edu/event/eeb-seminar-flexibility-heterogeneity-and-resilience-in-complex-biological-systems-insights-from-the-humble-bumble-beeLectures & PresentationsOct 9, 2026: Submit work for the Annual Student Art Competition at Ewing Gallery of Art + ArchitectureBegun in 1947 by C. Kermit Ewing, founder of The University of Tennessee School of Art, the annual student exhibition has become one of the oldest competitions in the country and one of the highlights of the Ewing Gallery’s exhibition season. This competition has been an outlet for UT’s talented students for 80 years. The Ewing Gallery is now accepting entries in the Fall of 2026 for the 2027 Annual Student Art Competition.

Submit entries of art and design for exhibition and possible cash prizes at the link below.

tiny.utk.edu/80_art

For more information about the competition visit | https://ewing-gallery.utk.edu/80th-annual-student-art-competition/

Submission is free and open to all currently enrolled University of Tennessee students. Please contact ewing@utk.edu with any questions.

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]]>tag:localist.com,2008:EventInstance_5361878906403035.952525-83.929589Fri, 09 Oct 2026 00:00:00 -04002026-10-09T00:00:00-04:00https://calendar.utk.edu/event/submit-work-for-the-annual-student-art-competitionExhibits & FilmsOct 9, 2026: Art, Movement, + Disability: Transcending the Beauty Paradigm at Ewing Gallery of Art + ArchitectureArt, Movement, and Disability: Transcending the Beauty Paradigm is a 2026 book authored by University of Tennessee Associate Professor Emeritus of Art History, Dr. Timothy Hiles. The exhibition brings Hiles’ book into the gallery space, showcasing a selection of the artists featured in his research. These artists’ practices challenge conventional narratives of disability, embodiment, and representation. The works in Art, Movement, and Disability address concepts of disability reclamation, invisible disability, movement, and conversation—where the work engages the viewer in a dialogue.

Exhibiting artists | Sue Austin, Matt Bodett, Laura Ferguson, Elizabeth Jameson, David Johnson, Rebecca Kamen, Christine Sun Kim, KYRIANNA, Riva Lehrer, Alessandro Schiattarella, and Alice Sheppard / Kinetic Light.

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]]>tag:localist.com,2008:EventInstance_5335653086800435.952525-83.929589Fri, 09 Oct 2026 10:00:00 -04002026-10-09T10:00:00-04:00https://calendar.utk.edu/event/art-movement-disability-transcending-the-beauty-paradigmExhibits & FilmsOct 9, 2026: Art, Movement, + Disability: Transcending the Beauty Paradigm at Downtown GalleryArt, Movement, and Disability: Transcending the Beauty Paradigm is a 2026 book authored by University of Tennessee Associate Professor Emeritus of Art History, Dr. Timothy Hiles. The exhibition brings Hiles’ book into the gallery space, showcasing a selection of the artists featured in his research. These artists’ practices challenge conventional narratives of disability, embodiment, and representation. The works in Art, Movement, and Disability address concepts of disability reclamation, invisible disability, movement, and conversation—where the work engages the viewer in a dialogue.

Exhibiting artists | Sue Austin, Matt Bodett, Laura Ferguson, Elizabeth Jameson, David Johnson, Rebecca Kamen, Christine Sun Kim, KYRIANNA, Riva Lehrer, Alessandro Schiattarella, and Alice Sheppard / Kinetic Light.

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]]>tag:localist.com,2008:EventInstance_5335696478751135.968695-83.920421Fri, 09 Oct 2026 11:00:00 -04002026-10-09T11:00:00-04:00https://calendar.utk.edu/event/art-movement-disability-transcending-the-beauty-paradigm-3987Exhibits & FilmsOct 10, 2026: Submit work for the Annual Student Art Competition at Ewing Gallery of Art + ArchitectureBegun in 1947 by C. Kermit Ewing, founder of The University of Tennessee School of Art, the annual student exhibition has become one of the oldest competitions in the country and one of the highlights of the Ewing Gallery’s exhibition season. This competition has been an outlet for UT’s talented students for 80 years. The Ewing Gallery is now accepting entries in the Fall of 2026 for the 2027 Annual Student Art Competition.

Submit entries of art and design for exhibition and possible cash prizes at the link below.

tiny.utk.edu/80_art

For more information about the competition visit | https://ewing-gallery.utk.edu/80th-annual-student-art-competition/

Submission is free and open to all currently enrolled University of Tennessee students. Please contact ewing@utk.edu with any questions.

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]]>tag:localist.com,2008:EventInstance_5361878906403135.952525-83.929589Sat, 10 Oct 2026 00:00:00 -04002026-10-10T00:00:00-04:00https://calendar.utk.edu/event/submit-work-for-the-annual-student-art-competitionExhibits & FilmsOct 10, 2026: Art, Movement, + Disability: Transcending the Beauty Paradigm at Downtown GalleryArt, Movement, and Disability: Transcending the Beauty Paradigm is a 2026 book authored by University of Tennessee Associate Professor Emeritus of Art History, Dr. Timothy Hiles. The exhibition brings Hiles’ book into the gallery space, showcasing a selection of the artists featured in his research. These artists’ practices challenge conventional narratives of disability, embodiment, and representation. The works in Art, Movement, and Disability address concepts of disability reclamation, invisible disability, movement, and conversation—where the work engages the viewer in a dialogue.

Exhibiting artists | Sue Austin, Matt Bodett, Laura Ferguson, Elizabeth Jameson, David Johnson, Rebecca Kamen, Christine Sun Kim, KYRIANNA, Riva Lehrer, Alessandro Schiattarella, and Alice Sheppard / Kinetic Light.

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]]>tag:localist.com,2008:EventInstance_5335696478853635.968695-83.920421Sat, 10 Oct 2026 10:00:00 -04002026-10-10T10:00:00-04:00https://calendar.utk.edu/event/art-movement-disability-transcending-the-beauty-paradigm-3987Exhibits & FilmsOct 11, 2026: Submit work for the Annual Student Art Competition at Ewing Gallery of Art + ArchitectureBegun in 1947 by C. Kermit Ewing, founder of The University of Tennessee School of Art, the annual student exhibition has become one of the oldest competitions in the country and one of the highlights of the Ewing Gallery’s exhibition season. This competition has been an outlet for UT’s talented students for 80 years. The Ewing Gallery is now accepting entries in the Fall of 2026 for the 2027 Annual Student Art Competition.

Submit entries of art and design for exhibition and possible cash prizes at the link below.

tiny.utk.edu/80_art

For more information about the competition visit | https://ewing-gallery.utk.edu/80th-annual-student-art-competition/

Submission is free and open to all currently enrolled University of Tennessee students. Please contact ewing@utk.edu with any questions.

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]]>tag:localist.com,2008:EventInstance_5361878906505635.952525-83.929589Sun, 11 Oct 2026 00:00:00 -04002026-10-11T00:00:00-04:00https://calendar.utk.edu/event/submit-work-for-the-annual-student-art-competitionExhibits & FilmsOct 11, 2026: Art, Movement, + Disability: Transcending the Beauty Paradigm at Ewing Gallery of Art + ArchitectureArt, Movement, and Disability: Transcending the Beauty Paradigm is a 2026 book authored by University of Tennessee Associate Professor Emeritus of Art History, Dr. Timothy Hiles. The exhibition brings Hiles’ book into the gallery space, showcasing a selection of the artists featured in his research. These artists’ practices challenge conventional narratives of disability, embodiment, and representation. The works in Art, Movement, and Disability address concepts of disability reclamation, invisible disability, movement, and conversation—where the work engages the viewer in a dialogue.

Exhibiting artists | Sue Austin, Matt Bodett, Laura Ferguson, Elizabeth Jameson, David Johnson, Rebecca Kamen, Christine Sun Kim, KYRIANNA, Riva Lehrer, Alessandro Schiattarella, and Alice Sheppard / Kinetic Light.

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]]>tag:localist.com,2008:EventInstance_5335653086902935.952525-83.929589Sun, 11 Oct 2026 13:00:00 -04002026-10-11T13:00:00-04:00https://calendar.utk.edu/event/art-movement-disability-transcending-the-beauty-paradigmExhibits & FilmsOct 12, 2026: Submit work for the Annual Student Art Competition at Ewing Gallery of Art + ArchitectureBegun in 1947 by C. Kermit Ewing, founder of The University of Tennessee School of Art, the annual student exhibition has become one of the oldest competitions in the country and one of the highlights of the Ewing Gallery’s exhibition season. This competition has been an outlet for UT’s talented students for 80 years. The Ewing Gallery is now accepting entries in the Fall of 2026 for the 2027 Annual Student Art Competition.

Submit entries of art and design for exhibition and possible cash prizes at the link below.

tiny.utk.edu/80_art

For more information about the competition visit | https://ewing-gallery.utk.edu/80th-annual-student-art-competition/

Submission is free and open to all currently enrolled University of Tennessee students. Please contact ewing@utk.edu with any questions.

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]]>tag:localist.com,2008:EventInstance_5361878906505735.952525-83.929589Mon, 12 Oct 2026 00:00:00 -04002026-10-12T00:00:00-04:00https://calendar.utk.edu/event/submit-work-for-the-annual-student-art-competitionExhibits & FilmsOct 12, 2026: Art, Movement, + Disability: Transcending the Beauty Paradigm at Ewing Gallery of Art + ArchitectureArt, Movement, and Disability: Transcending the Beauty Paradigm is a 2026 book authored by University of Tennessee Associate Professor Emeritus of Art History, Dr. Timothy Hiles. The exhibition brings Hiles’ book into the gallery space, showcasing a selection of the artists featured in his research. These artists’ practices challenge conventional narratives of disability, embodiment, and representation. The works in Art, Movement, and Disability address concepts of disability reclamation, invisible disability, movement, and conversation—where the work engages the viewer in a dialogue.

Exhibiting artists | Sue Austin, Matt Bodett, Laura Ferguson, Elizabeth Jameson, David Johnson, Rebecca Kamen, Christine Sun Kim, KYRIANNA, Riva Lehrer, Alessandro Schiattarella, and Alice Sheppard / Kinetic Light.

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]]>tag:localist.com,2008:EventInstance_5335653087005435.952525-83.929589Mon, 12 Oct 2026 10:00:00 -04002026-10-12T10:00:00-04:00https://calendar.utk.edu/event/art-movement-disability-transcending-the-beauty-paradigmExhibits & FilmsOct 12, 2026: Microbiology Fall Seminar Series-Dr. Fatima Hussein at Ken and Blaire Mossman BuildingJoin us as Dr. Fatima Hussein presents "Ecologically-informed Microbial Therapies for Vaginal Health."

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]]>tag:localist.com,2008:EventInstance_5385942031681935.943356-83.938699Mon, 12 Oct 2026 15:00:00 -04002026-10-12T15:00:00-04:00https://calendar.utk.edu/event/microbiology-fall-seminar-series-dr-fatima-husseinLectures & PresentationsOct 12, 2026: Positively Learning & Thriving at UTKExplore practical strategies for strengthening learning, growth, relationships, well-being, and fun throughout your UTK experience.

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]]>tag:localist.com,2008:EventInstance_53640100570792Mon, 12 Oct 2026 19:00:00 -04002026-10-12T19:00:00-04:00https://calendar.utk.edu/event/positively-learning-thriving-at-utkLectures & PresentationsOct 13, 2026: Submit work for the Annual Student Art Competition at Ewing Gallery of Art + ArchitectureBegun in 1947 by C. Kermit Ewing, founder of The University of Tennessee School of Art, the annual student exhibition has become one of the oldest competitions in the country and one of the highlights of the Ewing Gallery’s exhibition season. This competition has been an outlet for UT’s talented students for 80 years. The Ewing Gallery is now accepting entries in the Fall of 2026 for the 2027 Annual Student Art Competition.

Submit entries of art and design for exhibition and possible cash prizes at the link below.

tiny.utk.edu/80_art

For more information about the competition visit | https://ewing-gallery.utk.edu/80th-annual-student-art-competition/

Submission is free and open to all currently enrolled University of Tennessee students. Please contact ewing@utk.edu with any questions.

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]]>tag:localist.com,2008:EventInstance_5361878906608235.952525-83.929589Tue, 13 Oct 2026 00:00:00 -04002026-10-13T00:00:00-04:00https://calendar.utk.edu/event/submit-work-for-the-annual-student-art-competitionExhibits & FilmsOct 13, 2026: Art, Movement, + Disability: Transcending the Beauty Paradigm at Ewing Gallery of Art + ArchitectureArt, Movement, and Disability: Transcending the Beauty Paradigm is a 2026 book authored by University of Tennessee Associate Professor Emeritus of Art History, Dr. Timothy Hiles. The exhibition brings Hiles’ book into the gallery space, showcasing a selection of the artists featured in his research. These artists’ practices challenge conventional narratives of disability, embodiment, and representation. The works in Art, Movement, and Disability address concepts of disability reclamation, invisible disability, movement, and conversation—where the work engages the viewer in a dialogue.

Exhibiting artists | Sue Austin, Matt Bodett, Laura Ferguson, Elizabeth Jameson, David Johnson, Rebecca Kamen, Christine Sun Kim, KYRIANNA, Riva Lehrer, Alessandro Schiattarella, and Alice Sheppard / Kinetic Light.

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]]>tag:localist.com,2008:EventInstance_5335653087107935.952525-83.929589Tue, 13 Oct 2026 10:00:00 -04002026-10-13T10:00:00-04:00https://calendar.utk.edu/event/art-movement-disability-transcending-the-beauty-paradigmExhibits & FilmsOct 13, 2026: CAM Seminar at Ayres HallSpeaker: Matthias Maier

Affiliation: Texas A&M University

Title: TBA

Abstract: TBA

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]]>tag:localist.com,2008:EventInstance_5372822769901335.957579-83.925751Tue, 13 Oct 2026 14:30:00 -04002026-10-13T14:30:00-04:00https://calendar.utk.edu/event/cam-seminar-7031Lectures & PresentationsOct 13, 2026: Artist Talk | Rebecca Kamen at McCarty AuditoriumRebecca Kamen, sculptor and lecturer on the intersections of art and science, seeks ‘the truth’ through observation. Her artwork is informed by wide-ranging research into cosmology, history, philosophy, and by connecting common threads that flow across various scientific fields to capture and re-imagine what the scientists see.

Kamen is a professor emeritus of art at Northern Virginia Community College and continues to investigate how the arts and creativity can enhance innovation and our understanding of science. An outcome of Kamen’s research has included the development of an art component for George Mason University’s Aspiring Scientist Summer Internship Program (ASSIP), encouraging science interns to use the arts as an innovative way of interpreting their research.

Currently, Kamen is serving as artist in residence in The Computational Neuroscience Initiative and the Department of Physics and Astronomy at the University of Pennsylvania.

Kamen's work is currently on display at the Ewing Gallery of Art + Architecture and the UT Downtown Gallery as part of Art, Movement, + Disability: Transcending the Beauty Paradigm.

ASL interpretation will be available for this event.

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]]>tag:localist.com,2008:EventInstance_5335671150833335.952525-83.929589Tue, 13 Oct 2026 17:30:00 -04002026-10-13T17:30:00-04:00https://calendar.utk.edu/event/artist-talk-rebecca-kamenLectures & PresentationsOct 14, 2026: Submit work for the Annual Student Art Competition at Ewing Gallery of Art + ArchitectureBegun in 1947 by C. Kermit Ewing, founder of The University of Tennessee School of Art, the annual student exhibition has become one of the oldest competitions in the country and one of the highlights of the Ewing Gallery’s exhibition season. This competition has been an outlet for UT’s talented students for 80 years. The Ewing Gallery is now accepting entries in the Fall of 2026 for the 2027 Annual Student Art Competition.

Submit entries of art and design for exhibition and possible cash prizes at the link below.

tiny.utk.edu/80_art

For more information about the competition visit | https://ewing-gallery.utk.edu/80th-annual-student-art-competition/

Submission is free and open to all currently enrolled University of Tennessee students. Please contact ewing@utk.edu with any questions.

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]]>tag:localist.com,2008:EventInstance_5361878906710735.952525-83.929589Wed, 14 Oct 2026 00:00:00 -04002026-10-14T00:00:00-04:00https://calendar.utk.edu/event/submit-work-for-the-annual-student-art-competitionExhibits & FilmsOct 14, 2026: Art, Movement, + Disability: Transcending the Beauty Paradigm at Ewing Gallery of Art + ArchitectureArt, Movement, and Disability: Transcending the Beauty Paradigm is a 2026 book authored by University of Tennessee Associate Professor Emeritus of Art History, Dr. Timothy Hiles. The exhibition brings Hiles’ book into the gallery space, showcasing a selection of the artists featured in his research. These artists’ practices challenge conventional narratives of disability, embodiment, and representation. The works in Art, Movement, and Disability address concepts of disability reclamation, invisible disability, movement, and conversation—where the work engages the viewer in a dialogue.

Exhibiting artists | Sue Austin, Matt Bodett, Laura Ferguson, Elizabeth Jameson, David Johnson, Rebecca Kamen, Christine Sun Kim, KYRIANNA, Riva Lehrer, Alessandro Schiattarella, and Alice Sheppard / Kinetic Light.

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]]>tag:localist.com,2008:EventInstance_5335653087210435.952525-83.929589Wed, 14 Oct 2026 10:00:00 -04002026-10-14T10:00:00-04:00https://calendar.utk.edu/event/art-movement-disability-transcending-the-beauty-paradigmExhibits & FilmsOct 14, 2026: Art, Movement, + Disability: Transcending the Beauty Paradigm at Downtown GalleryArt, Movement, and Disability: Transcending the Beauty Paradigm is a 2026 book authored by University of Tennessee Associate Professor Emeritus of Art History, Dr. Timothy Hiles. The exhibition brings Hiles’ book into the gallery space, showcasing a selection of the artists featured in his research. These artists’ practices challenge conventional narratives of disability, embodiment, and representation. The works in Art, Movement, and Disability address concepts of disability reclamation, invisible disability, movement, and conversation—where the work engages the viewer in a dialogue.

Exhibiting artists | Sue Austin, Matt Bodett, Laura Ferguson, Elizabeth Jameson, David Johnson, Rebecca Kamen, Christine Sun Kim, KYRIANNA, Riva Lehrer, Alessandro Schiattarella, and Alice Sheppard / Kinetic Light.

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]]>tag:localist.com,2008:EventInstance_5335696478956135.968695-83.920421Wed, 14 Oct 2026 11:00:00 -04002026-10-14T11:00:00-04:00https://calendar.utk.edu/event/art-movement-disability-transcending-the-beauty-paradigm-3987Exhibits & FilmsOct 14, 2026: Black Ball: Kareem Abdul-Jabbar, Spencer Haywood, and the Generation that Saved the Soul of the NBA at Student UnionCharles and Emma Jackson Memorial Lecture

with Dr. Theresa Rundstetler, American University

Theresa Runstedltler’s book is a gripping history and corrective in which Runstedtler expertly rewrites basketball’s “Dark Ages.” Black Ball explores how the NBA embodied the nation’s imagined descent into disorder in the 1970s amid ongoing resistance to racial desegregation and strident calls for Black Power. It was against this backdrop that a new generation of Black players entered the league—including Kareem Abdul-Jabbar and Spencer Haywood—and the press and public were quick to blame this cohort for the supposed decline of professional basketball, citing drugs, violence, and greed.

In this year's Jackson Memorial Lecture, Runstedtler weaves together a deep knowledge of basketball and incisive social analysis to argue that this period was pivotal to the rise of the modern-day NBA and explore how basketball became a symbol for post-civil rights America.

Theresa Rundstetler is a scholar of African American history whose research examines Black popular culture, with a particular focus on the intersection of race, gender, labor, and sport. Her critically acclaimed book, Black Ball: Kareem Abdul-Jabbar, Spencer Haywood, and the Generation That Saved the Soul of the NBA (Bold Type Books, 2023), examines how African American players transformed the professional hoops game, both on and off the court. It was shortlisted for the Museum of African American History's Stone Book Award in 2023.

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]]>tag:localist.com,2008:EventInstance_5393047942484235.943356-83.938699Wed, 14 Oct 2026 16:00:00 -04002026-10-14T16:00:00-04:00https://calendar.utk.edu/event/black-ball-kareem-abdul-jabbar-spencer-haywood-and-the-generation-that-saved-the-soul-of-the-nbaOct 14, 2026: Workshop: How to Read an Academic Article at John C Hodges LibraryAcademic articles can feel dense and time-consuming to read. This workshop shows you how to read them faster and smarter. You’ll learn a simple method for “mapping” an article (what it’s asking, how it answers the question, and why it matters), and you’ll see how different fields structure research differently. Bring one article from your discipline and try the strategy in real time—the perfect prep for stronger source use and later annotated bibliography writing.

Register: tiny.utk.edu/academic-article

Part of the Undergraduate Research-Based Writing Workshop Series, https://writingcenter.utk.edu/undergraduate-writing-workshops/.

Contact writingcenter@utk.edu with any questions.

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]]>tag:localist.com,2008:EventInstance_5373594335605435.95495-83.92993Wed, 14 Oct 2026 16:00:00 -04002026-10-14T16:00:00-04:00https://calendar.utk.edu/event/workshop-how-to-read-an-academic-articleTraining & WorkshopsOct 14, 2026: HISPANIC FILM FESTIVAL at John C Hodges LibraryThe Hispanic Film Fest will be featuring 3 independent award-winning films in Spanish with English subtitles. On selected Wednesdays in October, at 6:00pm (Lindsay Young Auditorium 101 Hodges Library). Contact Betsabé Navarro (bnavarro@utk.edu). FREE ADMISSION. Website: tiny.utk.edu/filmfest

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]]>tag:localist.com,2008:EventInstance_5375245577245135.95495-83.92993Wed, 14 Oct 2026 18:00:00 -04002026-10-14T18:00:00-04:00https://calendar.utk.edu/event/hispanic-film-festival-3909Exhibits & FilmsOct 15, 2026: Submit work for the Annual Student Art Competition at Ewing Gallery of Art + ArchitectureBegun in 1947 by C. Kermit Ewing, founder of The University of Tennessee School of Art, the annual student exhibition has become one of the oldest competitions in the country and one of the highlights of the Ewing Gallery’s exhibition season. This competition has been an outlet for UT’s talented students for 80 years. The Ewing Gallery is now accepting entries in the Fall of 2026 for the 2027 Annual Student Art Competition.

Submit entries of art and design for exhibition and possible cash prizes at the link below.

tiny.utk.edu/80_art

For more information about the competition visit | https://ewing-gallery.utk.edu/80th-annual-student-art-competition/

Submission is free and open to all currently enrolled University of Tennessee students. Please contact ewing@utk.edu with any questions.

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]]>tag:localist.com,2008:EventInstance_5361878906710835.952525-83.929589Thu, 15 Oct 2026 00:00:00 -04002026-10-15T00:00:00-04:00https://calendar.utk.edu/event/submit-work-for-the-annual-student-art-competitionExhibits & FilmsOct 15, 2026: Art, Movement, + Disability: Transcending the Beauty Paradigm at Ewing Gallery of Art + ArchitectureArt, Movement, and Disability: Transcending the Beauty Paradigm is a 2026 book authored by University of Tennessee Associate Professor Emeritus of Art History, Dr. Timothy Hiles. The exhibition brings Hiles’ book into the gallery space, showcasing a selection of the artists featured in his research. These artists’ practices challenge conventional narratives of disability, embodiment, and representation. The works in Art, Movement, and Disability address concepts of disability reclamation, invisible disability, movement, and conversation—where the work engages the viewer in a dialogue.

Exhibiting artists | Sue Austin, Matt Bodett, Laura Ferguson, Elizabeth Jameson, David Johnson, Rebecca Kamen, Christine Sun Kim, KYRIANNA, Riva Lehrer, Alessandro Schiattarella, and Alice Sheppard / Kinetic Light.

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]]>tag:localist.com,2008:EventInstance_5335653087312935.952525-83.929589Thu, 15 Oct 2026 10:00:00 -04002026-10-15T10:00:00-04:00https://calendar.utk.edu/event/art-movement-disability-transcending-the-beauty-paradigmExhibits & FilmsOct 15, 2026: Art, Movement, + Disability: Transcending the Beauty Paradigm at Downtown GalleryArt, Movement, and Disability: Transcending the Beauty Paradigm is a 2026 book authored by University of Tennessee Associate Professor Emeritus of Art History, Dr. Timothy Hiles. The exhibition brings Hiles’ book into the gallery space, showcasing a selection of the artists featured in his research. These artists’ practices challenge conventional narratives of disability, embodiment, and representation. The works in Art, Movement, and Disability address concepts of disability reclamation, invisible disability, movement, and conversation—where the work engages the viewer in a dialogue.

Exhibiting artists | Sue Austin, Matt Bodett, Laura Ferguson, Elizabeth Jameson, David Johnson, Rebecca Kamen, Christine Sun Kim, KYRIANNA, Riva Lehrer, Alessandro Schiattarella, and Alice Sheppard / Kinetic Light.

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]]>tag:localist.com,2008:EventInstance_5335696479058635.968695-83.920421Thu, 15 Oct 2026 11:00:00 -04002026-10-15T11:00:00-04:00https://calendar.utk.edu/event/art-movement-disability-transcending-the-beauty-paradigm-3987Exhibits & FilmsOct 15, 2026: Chem501 Seminar Fall 2026 at Buehler Hall"Coherent REXS: A Journey Across Space AND Time of Electronic Orderings in Some Correlated Materials" presented by Dr. Claudio Mazzoli from Brookhaven National Laboratory.

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]]>tag:localist.com,2008:EventInstance_5361147667456435.958299-83.924926Thu, 15 Oct 2026 13:00:00 -04002026-10-15T13:00:00-04:00https://calendar.utk.edu/event/chem501-seminar-fall-2026-5220Lectures & PresentationsOct 15, 2026: Seminar in Computational Statistics and Data Science at Ayres HallThe seminar provides a forum for researchers interested in computational statistics, data science, machine learning, artificial intelligence, optimization, and related areas to exchange ideas and foster research collaborations.

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]]>tag:localist.com,2008:EventInstance_53807802389121Thu, 15 Oct 2026 16:30:00 -04002026-10-15T16:30:00-04:00https://calendar.utk.edu/event/seminar-in-computational-statistics-and-data-scienceOct 15, 2026: Siddiqi Lecture in Religious Studies - D. Fairchild Ruggles at Baker School of Public Policy and Public AffairsA Social History of Water in Early Islam

The landscape of the Islamic Mediterranean (from greater Syria to the Iberian Peninsula) differed significantly from the Roman landscape upon which it was built. Islamic water management, laws regarding individual land ownership and labor, and even the crops that were cultivated reflected a new perspective on the land that encouraged investment and innovation. One of the most profound changes was the construction of canal networks to introduce irrigation into dry land. Despite the large scale of such networks, they were generally not top-down endeavors, but shared projects undertaken by the community that benefited most from the water. In addition to irrigation and expanded agricultural productivity, the collaborative effort gave shape to a social structure based on the sharing of environmental resources.

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]]>tag:localist.com,2008:EventInstance_5386883831703935.956398-83.931684Thu, 15 Oct 2026 18:00:00 -04002026-10-15T18:00:00-04:00https://calendar.utk.edu/event/siddiqi-lecture-in-religious-studies-d-fairchild-rugglesLectures & PresentationsOct 15, 2026: Conversations & Cocktails with UT Martin Dean Jeffrey Bibbee, "Chaucer for Children and the Art of Housekeeping: Mary Eliza Joy Haweis and Victorian Domesticity"The Denbo Center for Humanities & the Arts presents Conversations & Cocktails with UT Martin Dean Jeffrey Bibbee, “Chaucer for Children and the Art of Housekeeping: Mary Eliza Joy Haweis and Victorian Domesticity.”

Mary Eliza Joy Haweis (1848-1898) was a 19th century Martha Stewart. Her Art of Housekeeping (1889) was a best seller, and Haweis brought Chaucer to a new late Victorian audience with her exalted Chaucer for Children series. Conventional wisdom assumes that this best-selling author’s Chaucer works, and her varied domestic books, were written and illustrated to provide needed income during her financially and emotionally turbulent marriage – she wrote of the perfect household that had eluded her during adulthood. This oversimplification ignores the antecedents found in her rather remarkable childhood. Explore the roots of this remarkable writer – a leader in the arts and crafts movement.

Dr. Jeffrey R. Bibbee is an historian who focuses 19th and 20th century British studies with an emphasis on politics and religion. Bibbee completed his degrees in history at Auburn University (BA 1997, MA 1999) and King’s College London (PhD 2008). His doctoral thesis focused on the intersectionality of foreign policy and ecumenism before the start of the Great War. Jeffrey has held faculty appointments in history at the University of North Alabama and at the University of Tennessee at Martin. He currently serves as Dean of the College of Humanities and Fine Arts at the University of Tennessee at Martin. Bibbee is the Founding Director of the UNA Centre for British Studies and remains active with the North American Conference on British Studies. In 2018-19, Bibbee was named a research fellow at King’s College London and held a research fellowship with the Georgian Papers Programme – a project based at Windsor Castle. Prior to his work in higher education, Bibbee taught primary and secondary students for Decatur City Schools (AL) and at the Highlands School in Birmingham, Alabama.

This virtual talk is part of the 2026-2027 Conversations & Cocktails series presented by the Denbo Center for Humanities & the Arts. Conversations & Cocktails is a free public lecture and discussion series that showcases the original research of our distinguished UT arts and humanities faculty. Join us as we feature groundbreaking work exploring a wide range of topics in the arts and in humanities fields such as philosophy, history, and literature studies.

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]]>tag:localist.com,2008:EventInstance_53576593944489Thu, 15 Oct 2026 19:00:00 -04002026-10-15T19:00:00-04:00https://calendar.utk.edu/event/conversations-cocktails-with-humanities-faculty-from-ut-martinLectures & PresentationsOct 16, 2026: Submit work for the Annual Student Art Competition at Ewing Gallery of Art + ArchitectureBegun in 1947 by C. Kermit Ewing, founder of The University of Tennessee School of Art, the annual student exhibition has become one of the oldest competitions in the country and one of the highlights of the Ewing Gallery’s exhibition season. This competition has been an outlet for UT’s talented students for 80 years. The Ewing Gallery is now accepting entries in the Fall of 2026 for the 2027 Annual Student Art Competition.

Submit entries of art and design for exhibition and possible cash prizes at the link below.

tiny.utk.edu/80_art

For more information about the competition visit | https://ewing-gallery.utk.edu/80th-annual-student-art-competition/

Submission is free and open to all currently enrolled University of Tennessee students. Please contact ewing@utk.edu with any questions.

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]]>tag:localist.com,2008:EventInstance_5361878906813335.952525-83.929589Fri, 16 Oct 2026 00:00:00 -04002026-10-16T00:00:00-04:00https://calendar.utk.edu/event/submit-work-for-the-annual-student-art-competitionExhibits & FilmsOct 16, 2026: Art, Movement, + Disability: Transcending the Beauty Paradigm at Ewing Gallery of Art + ArchitectureArt, Movement, and Disability: Transcending the Beauty Paradigm is a 2026 book authored by University of Tennessee Associate Professor Emeritus of Art History, Dr. Timothy Hiles. The exhibition brings Hiles’ book into the gallery space, showcasing a selection of the artists featured in his research. These artists’ practices challenge conventional narratives of disability, embodiment, and representation. The works in Art, Movement, and Disability address concepts of disability reclamation, invisible disability, movement, and conversation—where the work engages the viewer in a dialogue.

Exhibiting artists | Sue Austin, Matt Bodett, Laura Ferguson, Elizabeth Jameson, David Johnson, Rebecca Kamen, Christine Sun Kim, KYRIANNA, Riva Lehrer, Alessandro Schiattarella, and Alice Sheppard / Kinetic Light.

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]]>tag:localist.com,2008:EventInstance_5335653087415435.952525-83.929589Fri, 16 Oct 2026 10:00:00 -04002026-10-16T10:00:00-04:00https://calendar.utk.edu/event/art-movement-disability-transcending-the-beauty-paradigmExhibits & FilmsOct 16, 2026: Art, Movement, + Disability: Transcending the Beauty Paradigm at Downtown GalleryArt, Movement, and Disability: Transcending the Beauty Paradigm is a 2026 book authored by University of Tennessee Associate Professor Emeritus of Art History, Dr. Timothy Hiles. The exhibition brings Hiles’ book into the gallery space, showcasing a selection of the artists featured in his research. These artists’ practices challenge conventional narratives of disability, embodiment, and representation. The works in Art, Movement, and Disability address concepts of disability reclamation, invisible disability, movement, and conversation—where the work engages the viewer in a dialogue.

Exhibiting artists | Sue Austin, Matt Bodett, Laura Ferguson, Elizabeth Jameson, David Johnson, Rebecca Kamen, Christine Sun Kim, KYRIANNA, Riva Lehrer, Alessandro Schiattarella, and Alice Sheppard / Kinetic Light.

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]]>tag:localist.com,2008:EventInstance_5335696479263535.968695-83.920421Fri, 16 Oct 2026 11:00:00 -04002026-10-16T11:00:00-04:00https://calendar.utk.edu/event/art-movement-disability-transcending-the-beauty-paradigm-3987Exhibits & FilmsOct 16, 2026: EEB Seminar "Hornwort Genomes Preserve Clues About Early Land Plant Evolution" at Science & Engineering BuildingPeter Schafran- Duke University - hosted by Jessica Budke

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]]>tag:localist.com,2008:EventInstance_5380798339667135.957377-83.924274Fri, 16 Oct 2026 12:40:00 -04002026-10-16T12:40:00-04:00https://calendar.utk.edu/event/eeb-seminar-hornwort-genomes-preserve-clues-about-early-land-plant-evolutionLectures & PresentationsOct 17, 2026: Submit work for the Annual Student Art Competition at Ewing Gallery of Art + ArchitectureBegun in 1947 by C. Kermit Ewing, founder of The University of Tennessee School of Art, the annual student exhibition has become one of the oldest competitions in the country and one of the highlights of the Ewing Gallery’s exhibition season. This competition has been an outlet for UT’s talented students for 80 years. The Ewing Gallery is now accepting entries in the Fall of 2026 for the 2027 Annual Student Art Competition.

Submit entries of art and design for exhibition and possible cash prizes at the link below.

tiny.utk.edu/80_art

For more information about the competition visit | https://ewing-gallery.utk.edu/80th-annual-student-art-competition/

Submission is free and open to all currently enrolled University of Tennessee students. Please contact ewing@utk.edu with any questions.

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]]>tag:localist.com,2008:EventInstance_5361878906915835.952525-83.929589Sat, 17 Oct 2026 00:00:00 -04002026-10-17T00:00:00-04:00https://calendar.utk.edu/event/submit-work-for-the-annual-student-art-competitionExhibits & FilmsOct 17, 2026: Art, Movement, + Disability: Transcending the Beauty Paradigm at Downtown GalleryArt, Movement, and Disability: Transcending the Beauty Paradigm is a 2026 book authored by University of Tennessee Associate Professor Emeritus of Art History, Dr. Timothy Hiles. The exhibition brings Hiles’ book into the gallery space, showcasing a selection of the artists featured in his research. These artists’ practices challenge conventional narratives of disability, embodiment, and representation. The works in Art, Movement, and Disability address concepts of disability reclamation, invisible disability, movement, and conversation—where the work engages the viewer in a dialogue.

Exhibiting artists | Sue Austin, Matt Bodett, Laura Ferguson, Elizabeth Jameson, David Johnson, Rebecca Kamen, Christine Sun Kim, KYRIANNA, Riva Lehrer, Alessandro Schiattarella, and Alice Sheppard / Kinetic Light.

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]]>tag:localist.com,2008:EventInstance_5335696479366035.968695-83.920421Sat, 17 Oct 2026 10:00:00 -04002026-10-17T10:00:00-04:00https://calendar.utk.edu/event/art-movement-disability-transcending-the-beauty-paradigm-3987Exhibits & FilmsOct 18, 2026: Submit work for the Annual Student Art Competition at Ewing Gallery of Art + ArchitectureBegun in 1947 by C. Kermit Ewing, founder of The University of Tennessee School of Art, the annual student exhibition has become one of the oldest competitions in the country and one of the highlights of the Ewing Gallery’s exhibition season. This competition has been an outlet for UT’s talented students for 80 years. The Ewing Gallery is now accepting entries in the Fall of 2026 for the 2027 Annual Student Art Competition.

Submit entries of art and design for exhibition and possible cash prizes at the link below.

tiny.utk.edu/80_art

For more information about the competition visit | https://ewing-gallery.utk.edu/80th-annual-student-art-competition/

Submission is free and open to all currently enrolled University of Tennessee students. Please contact ewing@utk.edu with any questions.

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]]>tag:localist.com,2008:EventInstance_5361878906915935.952525-83.929589Sun, 18 Oct 2026 00:00:00 -04002026-10-18T00:00:00-04:00https://calendar.utk.edu/event/submit-work-for-the-annual-student-art-competitionExhibits & FilmsOct 18, 2026: Art, Movement, + Disability: Transcending the Beauty Paradigm at Ewing Gallery of Art + ArchitectureArt, Movement, and Disability: Transcending the Beauty Paradigm is a 2026 book authored by University of Tennessee Associate Professor Emeritus of Art History, Dr. Timothy Hiles. The exhibition brings Hiles’ book into the gallery space, showcasing a selection of the artists featured in his research. These artists’ practices challenge conventional narratives of disability, embodiment, and representation. The works in Art, Movement, and Disability address concepts of disability reclamation, invisible disability, movement, and conversation—where the work engages the viewer in a dialogue.

Exhibiting artists | Sue Austin, Matt Bodett, Laura Ferguson, Elizabeth Jameson, David Johnson, Rebecca Kamen, Christine Sun Kim, KYRIANNA, Riva Lehrer, Alessandro Schiattarella, and Alice Sheppard / Kinetic Light.

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]]>tag:localist.com,2008:EventInstance_5335653087415535.952525-83.929589Sun, 18 Oct 2026 13:00:00 -04002026-10-18T13:00:00-04:00https://calendar.utk.edu/event/art-movement-disability-transcending-the-beauty-paradigmExhibits & FilmsOct 18, 2026: Public Books Circle: Their Eyes Were Watching God by Zora Neale Hurston at Denbo Center for Humanities & the ArtsThe Denbo Center for Humanities & the Arts is hosting Public Books Circle, a program free to all adult readers. Public Books Circle meetings are held in person at the Denbo Center at Cherokee Mills, on Sutherland Avenue in Knoxville.

This year’s Circle is led by the DCHA Public Books Scholar, Professor Natalie Graham (Head, Africana Studies at UT) and follows the DCHA theme, “Authenticity: Identity and Place.”

We encourage participants to buy the books from a great local bookstore, read the books in preparation for discussion, and bring books with them to the meetings. However, don't let the reading keep you from the conversation. This will be a casual conversation open to all.

Schedule for "A Close Look at a Curious Place: Exploring Authenticity, Place, and Identity through Florida's Literature" Public Books Circle

Oct 18, 2:30: Their Eyes Were Watching God by Zora Neale HurstonNov 22, 2:30: Florida by Lauren GroffJan 24, 2:30: Alligator Tears by Edgar GomezFeb 21, 2:30: Everything Inside by Edwidge DanticatApr 18, 2:30: Florida Water by aja monet

Questions? Email us at humanitiesctr@utk.edu

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]]>tag:localist.com,2008:EventInstance_5394827414718735.95618-83.952515Sun, 18 Oct 2026 14:30:00 -04002026-10-18T14:30:00-04:00https://calendar.utk.edu/event/public-books-circle-their-eyes-were-watching-god-by-zora-neale-hurstonOct 19, 2026: Submit work for the Annual Student Art Competition at Ewing Gallery of Art + ArchitectureBegun in 1947 by C. Kermit Ewing, founder of The University of Tennessee School of Art, the annual student exhibition has become one of the oldest competitions in the country and one of the highlights of the Ewing Gallery’s exhibition season. This competition has been an outlet for UT’s talented students for 80 years. The Ewing Gallery is now accepting entries in the Fall of 2026 for the 2027 Annual Student Art Competition.

Submit entries of art and design for exhibition and possible cash prizes at the link below.

tiny.utk.edu/80_art

For more information about the competition visit | https://ewing-gallery.utk.edu/80th-annual-student-art-competition/

Submission is free and open to all currently enrolled University of Tennessee students. Please contact ewing@utk.edu with any questions.

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]]>tag:localist.com,2008:EventInstance_5361878907018435.952525-83.929589Mon, 19 Oct 2026 00:00:00 -04002026-10-19T00:00:00-04:00https://calendar.utk.edu/event/submit-work-for-the-annual-student-art-competitionExhibits & FilmsOct 19, 2026: Microbiology Fall Seminar Series-Dr. Molly Sutherland at Ken and Blaire Mossman BuildingJoin us as Dr. Molly Sutherland presents "How does heme move? Insights from bacterial cytochrome c biogenesis."

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]]>tag:localist.com,2008:EventInstance_5385944249849135.943356-83.938699Mon, 19 Oct 2026 15:00:00 -04002026-10-19T15:00:00-04:00https://calendar.utk.edu/event/microbiology-fall-seminar-series-dr-molly-sutherlandLectures & PresentationsOct 19, 2026: Creative Writing Series: Emily Nemens at John C Hodges LibraryThe UT Creative Writing Program is excited to present a reading by novelist Emily Nemens. The reading will take place Monday, October 19 at 7pm in the Lindsay Young Auditorium of John C. Hodges Library on the UT Campus. The event is free and open to the public.

Emily Nemens is the author of Clutch and The Cactus League, both of which were NYT Book Review Editor's Choice selections. Her recent story “Asymptotes” will appear in New Stories from the South 2026, and she won a 2026 Finalist Award from the NJ Arts Council. Nemens spent over a decade editing literary quarterlies, including leading the Paris Review and serving as coeditor and prose editor of the Southern Review. She teaches in the MFA program at Bennington College and lives in central New Jersey with her husband and dog.

Read an excerpt of Clutch here.

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]]>tag:localist.com,2008:EventInstance_5351743617405735.95495-83.92993Mon, 19 Oct 2026 19:00:00 -04002026-10-19T19:00:00-04:00https://calendar.utk.edu/event/creative-writing-series-emily-nemensLectures & PresentationsOct 20, 2026: Submit work for the Annual Student Art Competition at Ewing Gallery of Art + ArchitectureBegun in 1947 by C. Kermit Ewing, founder of The University of Tennessee School of Art, the annual student exhibition has become one of the oldest competitions in the country and one of the highlights of the Ewing Gallery’s exhibition season. This competition has been an outlet for UT’s talented students for 80 years. The Ewing Gallery is now accepting entries in the Fall of 2026 for the 2027 Annual Student Art Competition.

Submit entries of art and design for exhibition and possible cash prizes at the link below.

tiny.utk.edu/80_art

For more information about the competition visit | https://ewing-gallery.utk.edu/80th-annual-student-art-competition/

Submission is free and open to all currently enrolled University of Tennessee students. Please contact ewing@utk.edu with any questions.

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]]>tag:localist.com,2008:EventInstance_5361878907018535.952525-83.929589Tue, 20 Oct 2026 00:00:00 -04002026-10-20T00:00:00-04:00https://calendar.utk.edu/event/submit-work-for-the-annual-student-art-competitionExhibits & FilmsOct 20, 2026: French Film Series at John C Hodges LibraryThe French Department will host a movie night for the French Film Series. We will show a movie in French with English subtitles. All students, staff, and faculty are welcome!

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]]>tag:localist.com,2008:EventInstance_5369137636098435.95495-83.92993Tue, 20 Oct 2026 18:30:00 -04002026-10-20T18:30:00-04:00https://calendar.utk.edu/event/french-film-series-3847Exhibits & FilmsOct 21, 2026: Submit work for the Annual Student Art Competition at Ewing Gallery of Art + ArchitectureBegun in 1947 by C. Kermit Ewing, founder of The University of Tennessee School of Art, the annual student exhibition has become one of the oldest competitions in the country and one of the highlights of the Ewing Gallery’s exhibition season. This competition has been an outlet for UT’s talented students for 80 years. The Ewing Gallery is now accepting entries in the Fall of 2026 for the 2027 Annual Student Art Competition.

Submit entries of art and design for exhibition and possible cash prizes at the link below.

tiny.utk.edu/80_art

For more information about the competition visit | https://ewing-gallery.utk.edu/80th-annual-student-art-competition/

Submission is free and open to all currently enrolled University of Tennessee students. Please contact ewing@utk.edu with any questions.

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]]>tag:localist.com,2008:EventInstance_5361878907121035.952525-83.929589Wed, 21 Oct 2026 00:00:00 -04002026-10-21T00:00:00-04:00https://calendar.utk.edu/event/submit-work-for-the-annual-student-art-competitionExhibits & FilmsOct 21, 2026: HISPANIC FILM FESTIVAL at John C Hodges LibraryThe Hispanic Film Fest will be featuring 3 independent award-winning films in Spanish with English subtitles. On selected Wednesdays in October, at 6:00pm (Lindsay Young Auditorium 101 Hodges Library). Contact Betsabé Navarro (bnavarro@utk.edu). FREE ADMISSION. Website: tiny.utk.edu/filmfest

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]]>tag:localist.com,2008:EventInstance_5375245577347635.95495-83.92993Wed, 21 Oct 2026 18:00:00 -04002026-10-21T18:00:00-04:00https://calendar.utk.edu/event/hispanic-film-festival-3909Exhibits & FilmsOct 22, 2026: Submit work for the Annual Student Art Competition at Ewing Gallery of Art + ArchitectureBegun in 1947 by C. Kermit Ewing, founder of The University of Tennessee School of Art, the annual student exhibition has become one of the oldest competitions in the country and one of the highlights of the Ewing Gallery’s exhibition season. This competition has been an outlet for UT’s talented students for 80 years. The Ewing Gallery is now accepting entries in the Fall of 2026 for the 2027 Annual Student Art Competition.

Submit entries of art and design for exhibition and possible cash prizes at the link below.

tiny.utk.edu/80_art

For more information about the competition visit | https://ewing-gallery.utk.edu/80th-annual-student-art-competition/

Submission is free and open to all currently enrolled University of Tennessee students. Please contact ewing@utk.edu with any questions.

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]]>tag:localist.com,2008:EventInstance_5361878907223535.952525-83.929589Thu, 22 Oct 2026 00:00:00 -04002026-10-22T00:00:00-04:00https://calendar.utk.edu/event/submit-work-for-the-annual-student-art-competitionExhibits & FilmsOct 22, 2026: Chem501 Seminar Fall 2026 at Buehler Hall"Phase Space Approaches to Electronic Structure: A New Paradigm for Magnetic Field Effects, Chiral Induced Spin Selectivity and Vibrational Circular Dichroism" presented by Dr. Joseph Subotnik from Princeton University.

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]]>tag:localist.com,2008:EventInstance_5361150576689235.958299-83.924926Thu, 22 Oct 2026 13:00:00 -04002026-10-22T13:00:00-04:00https://calendar.utk.edu/event/chem501-seminar-fall-2026-9782Lectures & PresentationsOct 22, 2026: PDE Seminar at Ayres HallTitle:

Speaker: Prof. Gabriela Jaramillo

www.math.uh.edu/~gabriela/

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]]>tag:localist.com,2008:EventInstance_5350659344013935.957579-83.925751Thu, 22 Oct 2026 14:30:00 -04002026-10-22T14:30:00-04:00https://calendar.utk.edu/event/pde-seminar-6540Lectures & PresentationsOct 22, 2026: Earth, Environmental & Planetary Science's Fall Seminar Series at Strong HallDr. Natalie Kruse Daniels, Ohio University

Talk Title: "Building Flood Resilience in Central Appalachia"

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]]>tag:localist.com,2008:EventInstance_5369166340317335.957424-83.931594Thu, 22 Oct 2026 16:05:00 -04002026-10-22T16:05:00-04:00https://calendar.utk.edu/event/earth-environmental-planetary-sciences-fall-seminar-series-3335Lectures & PresentationsTraining & WorkshopsOct 22, 2026: Seminar in Computational Statistics and Data Science at Ayres HallThe seminar provides a forum for researchers interested in computational statistics, data science, machine learning, artificial intelligence, optimization, and related areas to exchange ideas and foster research collaborations.

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]]>tag:localist.com,2008:EventInstance_53807802390146Thu, 22 Oct 2026 16:30:00 -04002026-10-22T16:30:00-04:00https://calendar.utk.edu/event/seminar-in-computational-statistics-and-data-scienceOct 22, 2026: Dov Honick, “How Christians Invented the Talmud: Jewish Stories and the Making of Medieval Anti-Judaism"Dov Honick is a postdoctoral researcher at the École pratique des hautes études in Paris, where he works with MiDRASH, an ERC Synergy project on digital Hebrew paleography and the transmission of rabbinic literature. His research explores intellectual exchange between Jews and Christians in the medieval world, with particular interests in Christian Hebraism, rabbinic narrative and midrash, Hebrew manuscript culture, and the movement of Jewish stories across religious and communal boundaries. He received his Ph.D. in Medieval Studies from the University of Notre Dame in 2024 and has held fellowships and research appointments at the American Academy in Rome, the Oxford Centre for Hebrew and Jewish Studies, and, most recently, Yale University.

In the twelfth century, Christian writers began to describe the Talmud as a dangerous Jewish book filled with secrets, errors, and blasphemies. But what did these writers actually know when they claimed to know the Talmud? Both medieval polemicists and many modern historians have taken these references at face value, treating them as evidence of direct Christian engagement with the Talmud. This talk revisits some of the earliest Latin Christian encounters with rabbinic tradition and argues that their “Talmud” was not simply the Babylonian Talmud as a book. It was a constructed object, assembled from Jewish stories, homilies, liturgical traditions, and manuscript collections that circulated across medieval Jewish communities.

By following rabbinic tales as they moved from Jewish narrative culture into Christian polemic, this talk shows how Christians transformed Jewish sages into witnesses against Judaism itself. At stake is not only a revision to the history of Christian Hebraism, but a broader question: what happens when one religious community learns about another through fragments, translations, rumors, and hostile interpretation?

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]]>tag:localist.com,2008:EventInstance_53506116863410Thu, 22 Oct 2026 18:00:00 -04002026-10-22T18:00:00-04:00https://calendar.utk.edu/event/dov-honick-how-christians-invented-the-talmud-jewish-stories-and-the-making-of-medieval-anti-judaismLectures & PresentationsOct 23, 2026: Submit work for the Annual Student Art Competition at Ewing Gallery of Art + ArchitectureBegun in 1947 by C. Kermit Ewing, founder of The University of Tennessee School of Art, the annual student exhibition has become one of the oldest competitions in the country and one of the highlights of the Ewing Gallery’s exhibition season. This competition has been an outlet for UT’s talented students for 80 years. The Ewing Gallery is now accepting entries in the Fall of 2026 for the 2027 Annual Student Art Competition.

Submit entries of art and design for exhibition and possible cash prizes at the link below.

tiny.utk.edu/80_art

For more information about the competition visit | https://ewing-gallery.utk.edu/80th-annual-student-art-competition/

Submission is free and open to all currently enrolled University of Tennessee students. Please contact ewing@utk.edu with any questions.

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]]>tag:localist.com,2008:EventInstance_5361878907223635.952525-83.929589Fri, 23 Oct 2026 00:00:00 -04002026-10-23T00:00:00-04:00https://calendar.utk.edu/event/submit-work-for-the-annual-student-art-competitionExhibits & FilmsOct 23, 2026: Southeastern Renaissance Conference at Hilton DowntownThe Southeastern Renaissance Conference is the second oldest regional Renaissance Conference in the United States. Founded during World War II by faculty in Renaissance studies at Duke University and the University of North Carolina at Chapel Hill, the Conference celebrates nearly a century of service to Renaissance studies in the Southeastern United States.

The SRC is open to scholars from all disciplines across the arts and humanities and welcomes new members. Bringing together scholars from all stages of professional life – from graduate students to senior faculty – the SRC’s Annual Meeting promises collegial and invigorating discussion of all things early modern.

This year's 83rd annual meeting of the Southeastern Renaissance Conference is hosted by the Marco Institute for Medieval & Renaissance Studies at the University of Tennessee, Knoxville, and will be held October 23-24, 2026, at the Hilton Knoxville (501 West Church Avenue).

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]]>tag:localist.com,2008:EventInstance_5373626950062435.962924-83.92Fri, 23 Oct 2026 09:00:00 -04002026-10-23T09:00:00-04:00https://calendar.utk.edu/event/southeastern-renaissance-conferenceLectures & PresentationsMeetings & ConferencesOct 23, 2026: Philosophy Colloquium: Carolyn Dicey Jennings at Baker School of Public Policy and Public AffairsTitle: The Case for Collective Attention

Abstract: I have argued in several places for an emergence-based view of mental control (see, e.g., Jennings 2022). In such an account we exhibit mental control through the control of parts of ourselves by the whole. In attention, for example, the collection of all of our interests determines which of two or more competing interests gets prioritized. A nice thing about this account is how easily it can scale up to the social level. We might call emergent attention at the social level “collective attention.” The collection of interests shared by a group of people would, in this case, jointly determine which of the competing group interests finds expression. This might, for example, help us to make sense of how groups decide between alternative possibilities in cases of conflict, as discussed by List (2023). As this approach depends on the structure of relations between the parts, it does not assume the existence of collective experience or intentionality, distinguishing it from most other accounts of social attention (e.g. Seemann 2009). In this talk I will discuss the evidence for collective attention and how it intersects with recent digital technologies.

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]]>tag:localist.com,2008:EventInstance_5398297314982135.956398-83.931684Fri, 23 Oct 2026 11:30:00 -04002026-10-23T11:30:00-04:00https://calendar.utk.edu/event/philosophy-colloquiumLectures & PresentationsOct 23, 2026: EEB Seminar "Investigating the Role of Learning in Speciation by Sexual Selection Using the Strawberry Poison Frog" at Science & Engineering BuildingCorinne Richards-Zawacki - University of Pittsburgh - hosted by Jessie Tanner

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]]>tag:localist.com,2008:EventInstance_5380799641687635.957377-83.924274Fri, 23 Oct 2026 12:40:00 -04002026-10-23T12:40:00-04:00https://calendar.utk.edu/event/eeb-seminar-investigating-the-role-of-learning-in-speciation-by-sexual-selection-using-the-strawberry-poison-frogLectures & PresentationsOct 23, 2026: Colloquium at Ayres HallSpeaker: Dr. Quoc Tran-Dinh (University of North Carolina at Chapel Hill)

Title: TBA

Abstract: TBA

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]]>tag:localist.com,2008:EventInstance_5370995278415835.957579-83.925751Fri, 23 Oct 2026 16:10:00 -04002026-10-23T16:10:00-04:00https://calendar.utk.edu/event/colloquium-3327Lectures & PresentationsOct 24, 2026: Submit work for the Annual Student Art Competition at Ewing Gallery of Art + ArchitectureBegun in 1947 by C. Kermit Ewing, founder of The University of Tennessee School of Art, the annual student exhibition has become one of the oldest competitions in the country and one of the highlights of the Ewing Gallery’s exhibition season. This competition has been an outlet for UT’s talented students for 80 years. The Ewing Gallery is now accepting entries in the Fall of 2026 for the 2027 Annual Student Art Competition.

Submit entries of art and design for exhibition and possible cash prizes at the link below.

tiny.utk.edu/80_art

For more information about the competition visit | https://ewing-gallery.utk.edu/80th-annual-student-art-competition/

Submission is free and open to all currently enrolled University of Tennessee students. Please contact ewing@utk.edu with any questions.

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]]>tag:localist.com,2008:EventInstance_5361878907326135.952525-83.929589Sat, 24 Oct 2026 00:00:00 -04002026-10-24T00:00:00-04:00https://calendar.utk.edu/event/submit-work-for-the-annual-student-art-competitionExhibits & FilmsOct 25, 2026: Submit work for the Annual Student Art Competition at Ewing Gallery of Art + ArchitectureBegun in 1947 by C. Kermit Ewing, founder of The University of Tennessee School of Art, the annual student exhibition has become one of the oldest competitions in the country and one of the highlights of the Ewing Gallery’s exhibition season. This competition has been an outlet for UT’s talented students for 80 years. The Ewing Gallery is now accepting entries in the Fall of 2026 for the 2027 Annual Student Art Competition.

Submit entries of art and design for exhibition and possible cash prizes at the link below.

tiny.utk.edu/80_art

For more information about the competition visit | https://ewing-gallery.utk.edu/80th-annual-student-art-competition/

Submission is free and open to all currently enrolled University of Tennessee students. Please contact ewing@utk.edu with any questions.

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]]>tag:localist.com,2008:EventInstance_5361878907428635.952525-83.929589Sun, 25 Oct 2026 00:00:00 -04002026-10-25T00:00:00-04:00https://calendar.utk.edu/event/submit-work-for-the-annual-student-art-competitionExhibits & FilmsOct 26, 2026: Submit work for the Annual Student Art Competition at Ewing Gallery of Art + ArchitectureBegun in 1947 by C. Kermit Ewing, founder of The University of Tennessee School of Art, the annual student exhibition has become one of the oldest competitions in the country and one of the highlights of the Ewing Gallery’s exhibition season. This competition has been an outlet for UT’s talented students for 80 years. The Ewing Gallery is now accepting entries in the Fall of 2026 for the 2027 Annual Student Art Competition.

Submit entries of art and design for exhibition and possible cash prizes at the link below.

tiny.utk.edu/80_art

For more information about the competition visit | https://ewing-gallery.utk.edu/80th-annual-student-art-competition/

Submission is free and open to all currently enrolled University of Tennessee students. Please contact ewing@utk.edu with any questions.

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]]>tag:localist.com,2008:EventInstance_5361878907428735.952525-83.929589Mon, 26 Oct 2026 00:00:00 -04002026-10-26T00:00:00-04:00https://calendar.utk.edu/event/submit-work-for-the-annual-student-art-competitionExhibits & FilmsOct 26, 2026: Microbiology Fall Seminar Series-Dr. Sheri Floge at Ken and Blaire Mossman BuildingJoin us as Dr. Sheri Floge (WFU) presents “Viral-derived infochemicals alter marine microbial interactions."

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]]>tag:localist.com,2008:EventInstance_5393128167181435.943356-83.938699Mon, 26 Oct 2026 15:00:00 -04002026-10-26T15:00:00-04:00https://calendar.utk.edu/event/microbiology-fall-seminar-series-dr-sheri-flogeLectures & PresentationsOct 26, 2026: Distinguished Lecture Series: Moya Bailey, "Authenticity in AI Times" at Denbo Center for Humanities & the ArtsThe Denbo Center for Humanities & the Arts' Distinguished Lecture Series presents Moya Bailey, "Authenticity in AI Times."

As our universities push AI into the administrative and classroom dynamics of our campuses, some of us question how we remain true to the values of higher education that drew us to the profession. Professor Moya Bailey's talk invites us to imagine critical thinking in a world on fire, with less and less water to put it out because of datacenters and AI everywhere.

Moya Bailey is a Professor at Northwestern University and is the founder of the Digital Apothecary and co-founder of the Black Feminist Health Science Studies Collective. She is the digital alchemist for the Octavia E. Butler Legacy Network and the Board President of Allied Media Projects, a Detroit-based movement media organization that supports an ever-growing network of activists and organizers. She is a co-author of #HashtagActivism: Networks of Race and Gender Justice (MIT Press, 2020) and is the author of Misogynoir Transformed: Black Women’s Digital Resistance (New York University Press, 2021). She is an award-winning documentarian after completing the short documentary You Just Watch & See (2025) featuring her late Cousin Dollie, and she is completing a docuseries Misogynoir in Medicine.

This talk is part of the 2026-2027 Distinguished Lecture Series presented by the Denbo Center for Humanities & the Arts and in connection with the DCHA annual theme, "Authenticity: Identity & Place." The event will be held in person at the Denbo Center, with streaming also available.

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]]>tag:localist.com,2008:EventInstance_5348758696844935.95618-83.952515Mon, 26 Oct 2026 15:30:00 -04002026-10-26T15:30:00-04:00https://calendar.utk.edu/event/distinguished-lecture-series-moya-bailey-authenticity-in-ai-timesLectures & PresentationsOct 26, 2026: Creative Writing Series: Anna Marie Tendler at John C Hodges LibraryThe UT Creative Writing Program is excited to present a reading by author Anna Marie Tendler. The reading will take place Monday, October 26 at 7pm in the Lindsay Young Auditorium of John C. Hodges Library on the UT Campus. The event is free and open to the public.

Anna Marie Tendler is a writer and visual artist. Her memoir, Men Have Called Her Crazy, debuted at #2 on the New York Times Best Seller list and was met with praise from The New York Times, The Atlantic, W Magazine, TIME, Kirkus Reviews, Publishers Weekly, and NPR. She currently lives in the woods with her cats, Moon and Butter, where she is working on her next book. Anna holds an M.A. in fashion and textile history from NYU’s Costume Studies program.

Read an excerpt of Men Have Called Her Crazy at Elle.

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]]>tag:localist.com,2008:EventInstance_5357665551682535.95495-83.92993Mon, 26 Oct 2026 19:00:00 -04002026-10-26T19:00:00-04:00https://calendar.utk.edu/event/creative-writing-series-anna-marie-tendlerLectures & PresentationsOct 27, 2026: Submit work for the Annual Student Art Competition at Ewing Gallery of Art + ArchitectureBegun in 1947 by C. Kermit Ewing, founder of The University of Tennessee School of Art, the annual student exhibition has become one of the oldest competitions in the country and one of the highlights of the Ewing Gallery’s exhibition season. This competition has been an outlet for UT’s talented students for 80 years. The Ewing Gallery is now accepting entries in the Fall of 2026 for the 2027 Annual Student Art Competition.

Submit entries of art and design for exhibition and possible cash prizes at the link below.

tiny.utk.edu/80_art

For more information about the competition visit | https://ewing-gallery.utk.edu/80th-annual-student-art-competition/

Submission is free and open to all currently enrolled University of Tennessee students. Please contact ewing@utk.edu with any questions.

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]]>tag:localist.com,2008:EventInstance_5361878907531235.952525-83.929589Tue, 27 Oct 2026 00:00:00 -04002026-10-27T00:00:00-04:00https://calendar.utk.edu/event/submit-work-for-the-annual-student-art-competitionExhibits & FilmsOct 28, 2026: Submit work for the Annual Student Art Competition at Ewing Gallery of Art + ArchitectureBegun in 1947 by C. Kermit Ewing, founder of The University of Tennessee School of Art, the annual student exhibition has become one of the oldest competitions in the country and one of the highlights of the Ewing Gallery’s exhibition season. This competition has been an outlet for UT’s talented students for 80 years. The Ewing Gallery is now accepting entries in the Fall of 2026 for the 2027 Annual Student Art Competition.

Submit entries of art and design for exhibition and possible cash prizes at the link below.

tiny.utk.edu/80_art

For more information about the competition visit | https://ewing-gallery.utk.edu/80th-annual-student-art-competition/

Submission is free and open to all currently enrolled University of Tennessee students. Please contact ewing@utk.edu with any questions.

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]]>tag:localist.com,2008:EventInstance_5361878907531335.952525-83.929589Wed, 28 Oct 2026 00:00:00 -04002026-10-28T00:00:00-04:00https://calendar.utk.edu/event/submit-work-for-the-annual-student-art-competitionExhibits & FilmsOct 28, 2026: HISPANIC FILM FESTIVAL at John C Hodges LibraryThe Hispanic Film Fest will be featuring 3 independent award-winning films in Spanish with English subtitles. On selected Wednesdays in October, at 6:00pm (Lindsay Young Auditorium 101 Hodges Library). Contact Betsabé Navarro (bnavarro@utk.edu). FREE ADMISSION. Website: tiny.utk.edu/filmfest

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]]>tag:localist.com,2008:EventInstance_5375245577347735.95495-83.92993Wed, 28 Oct 2026 18:00:00 -04002026-10-28T18:00:00-04:00https://calendar.utk.edu/event/hispanic-film-festival-3909Exhibits & FilmsOct 29, 2026: Submit work for the Annual Student Art Competition at Ewing Gallery of Art + ArchitectureBegun in 1947 by C. Kermit Ewing, founder of The University of Tennessee School of Art, the annual student exhibition has become one of the oldest competitions in the country and one of the highlights of the Ewing Gallery’s exhibition season. This competition has been an outlet for UT’s talented students for 80 years. The Ewing Gallery is now accepting entries in the Fall of 2026 for the 2027 Annual Student Art Competition.

Submit entries of art and design for exhibition and possible cash prizes at the link below.

tiny.utk.edu/80_art

For more information about the competition visit | https://ewing-gallery.utk.edu/80th-annual-student-art-competition/

Submission is free and open to all currently enrolled University of Tennessee students. Please contact ewing@utk.edu with any questions.

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]]>tag:localist.com,2008:EventInstance_5361878907633835.952525-83.929589Thu, 29 Oct 2026 00:00:00 -04002026-10-29T00:00:00-04:00https://calendar.utk.edu/event/submit-work-for-the-annual-student-art-competitionExhibits & FilmsOct 29, 2026: Tennessee Values & Agency Conference: "Grief, Trauma, Anger, and Resilience"The Tennessee Value and Agency (TVA) conference ran annually for nearly a decade, from 2012 to 2020, at which time a pandemic struck. The TVA had attracted some of the most active philosophers on topics revolving around value and agency and has featured as keynotes some of the most prominent philosophers of our time. In 2026, this storied conference will be revived. This time, as in the most recent installment before revival, we aim once again to attract participants and presenters from a wide spectrum of psychological, social and political sciences and involve an equally diverse set of presenters. In 2026 the TVA will again bring together prominent keynote speakers whose work has had a significant impact both within their fields and across disciplines. The theme for the 2026 revival of the TVA conference is Grief, Trauma, Anger, and Resilience.

The conference will explore the conceptual, moral, and social-political dimensions of a range of so-called negative affective experiences (e.g., grief, trauma, anger) alongside those counterparts routinely taken as constructive or life-affirming (e.g., joy, connection, resilience). We are particularly interested in how these phenomena shape—and in turn are shaped by—agency, embodiment, social reality, and human connection. While trauma and related concepts (among our themes) have received attention recently across the psychological and social scientific disciplines, there has been comparatively little sustained philosophical engagement with the concepts themselves, and even less with their broader implications for life among the hypersocial beings that we are. Our aim is to create a space for rigorous, interdisciplinary conversation that brings philosophy into dialogue with psychology, psychiatry, literature, social theory, public health, and related fields.

Confirmed keynotes:

Michael Cholbi (Philosophy, University of Edinburgh)Nancy Snow (Philosophy, University of Kansas)Mariam Thalos (Philosophy, University of Tennessee, Knoxville)Melissa Burchard (Philosophy, UNC Asheville)

Link to RSVP here (https://philevents.org/event/show/147717)

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]]>tag:localist.com,2008:EventInstance_53805818229199Thu, 29 Oct 2026 00:00:00 -04002026-10-29T00:00:00-04:00https://calendar.utk.edu/event/tennessee-values-agency-conference-grief-trauma-anger-and-resilienceMeetings & ConferencesOct 29, 2026: Seminar in Computational Statistics and Data Science at Ayres HallThe seminar provides a forum for researchers interested in computational statistics, data science, machine learning, artificial intelligence, optimization, and related areas to exchange ideas and foster research collaborations.

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]]>tag:localist.com,2008:EventInstance_53807802392195Thu, 29 Oct 2026 16:30:00 -04002026-10-29T16:30:00-04:00https://calendar.utk.edu/event/seminar-in-computational-statistics-and-data-scienceOct 30, 2026: Submit work for the Annual Student Art Competition at Ewing Gallery of Art + ArchitectureBegun in 1947 by C. Kermit Ewing, founder of The University of Tennessee School of Art, the annual student exhibition has become one of the oldest competitions in the country and one of the highlights of the Ewing Gallery’s exhibition season. This competition has been an outlet for UT’s talented students for 80 years. The Ewing Gallery is now accepting entries in the Fall of 2026 for the 2027 Annual Student Art Competition.

Submit entries of art and design for exhibition and possible cash prizes at the link below.

tiny.utk.edu/80_art

For more information about the competition visit | https://ewing-gallery.utk.edu/80th-annual-student-art-competition/

Submission is free and open to all currently enrolled University of Tennessee students. Please contact ewing@utk.edu with any questions.

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]]>tag:localist.com,2008:EventInstance_5361878907736335.952525-83.929589Fri, 30 Oct 2026 00:00:00 -04002026-10-30T00:00:00-04:00https://calendar.utk.edu/event/submit-work-for-the-annual-student-art-competitionExhibits & FilmsOct 30, 2026: Tennessee Values & Agency Conference: "Grief, Trauma, Anger, and Resilience"The Tennessee Value and Agency (TVA) conference ran annually for nearly a decade, from 2012 to 2020, at which time a pandemic struck. The TVA had attracted some of the most active philosophers on topics revolving around value and agency and has featured as keynotes some of the most prominent philosophers of our time. In 2026, this storied conference will be revived. This time, as in the most recent installment before revival, we aim once again to attract participants and presenters from a wide spectrum of psychological, social and political sciences and involve an equally diverse set of presenters. In 2026 the TVA will again bring together prominent keynote speakers whose work has had a significant impact both within their fields and across disciplines. The theme for the 2026 revival of the TVA conference is Grief, Trauma, Anger, and Resilience.

The conference will explore the conceptual, moral, and social-political dimensions of a range of so-called negative affective experiences (e.g., grief, trauma, anger) alongside those counterparts routinely taken as constructive or life-affirming (e.g., joy, connection, resilience). We are particularly interested in how these phenomena shape—and in turn are shaped by—agency, embodiment, social reality, and human connection. While trauma and related concepts (among our themes) have received attention recently across the psychological and social scientific disciplines, there has been comparatively little sustained philosophical engagement with the concepts themselves, and even less with their broader implications for life among the hypersocial beings that we are. Our aim is to create a space for rigorous, interdisciplinary conversation that brings philosophy into dialogue with psychology, psychiatry, literature, social theory, public health, and related fields.

Confirmed keynotes:

Michael Cholbi (Philosophy, University of Edinburgh)Nancy Snow (Philosophy, University of Kansas)Mariam Thalos (Philosophy, University of Tennessee, Knoxville)Melissa Burchard (Philosophy, UNC Asheville)

Link to RSVP here (https://philevents.org/event/show/147717)

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]]>tag:localist.com,2008:EventInstance_53805818230224Fri, 30 Oct 2026 00:00:00 -04002026-10-30T00:00:00-04:00https://calendar.utk.edu/event/tennessee-values-agency-conference-grief-trauma-anger-and-resilienceMeetings & ConferencesOct 30, 2026: Bound by the Soil | Jamaal Barber and Rashaun Rucker at Downtown GalleryJoin us for a 2 person exhibition of work by Rashaun Rucker and Jamaal Barber.

Jamaal Barber and Rashaun Rucker invite viewers to journey through the rich landscapes of North Carolina, their birthplace, exploring deep-rooted connections to family, sacred spaces, and the poignant memories of the South. The show delves into the complexities of their shared heritage, harnessing the power of nostalgia and the struggle for identity through the lens of personal and communal histories. Both artists draw inspiration from their familial ties and the echoes of the past that resonate within their lives.

Detroit-based artist Rashaun Rucker connects Christian iconography, Black spirituality, and notions of ancestry.

Rashaun Rucker (b. 1978, Winston-Salem, NC) is an accomplished artist and alumnus of North Carolina Central University and Marygrove College. He earned a Master of Fine Arts in Print Media from the Cranbrook Academy of Art. Rucker creates a diverse range of works, including photographs, prints, objects, and drawings, and has been honored with over 40 national and state awards for his artistic endeavors. In 2008, he made history as the first African American to be named Michigan Press Photographer of the Year. That same year, he also received a national Emmy Award for his documentary photography focusing on the pit bull culture in Detroit.

Jamaal Barber is an artist and printmaker based in Atlanta that explores Black identity.

Jamaal Barber is a creative, imaginative soul born in Virginia and raised in North Carolina. In 2013, after seeing a screen printing demo at a local art store, Jamaal started experimenting with printmaking, making it his primary focus. His woodcuts and mixed-media prints illustrate the new Folio Society special edition of The Underground Railroad written by Colson Whitehead. Jamaal recently participated in the MTV/Smithsonian Channel art competition show The Exhibit. He has also worked for Twitter, the New York Times, Penguin Random House, Black Art in America, and Emory University.

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]]>tag:localist.com,2008:EventInstance_5351857668109035.968695-83.920421Fri, 30 Oct 2026 11:00:00 -04002026-10-30T11:00:00-04:00https://calendar.utk.edu/event/bound-by-the-soil-jamaal-barber-and-rashaun-ruckerExhibits & FilmsOct 30, 2026: EEB Seminar "The Rapid Decline of Butterfly Abundance and Diversity in the United States" at Science & Engineering BuildingNick Haddad- Michigan State University - hosted by Laura Russo

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]]>tag:localist.com,2008:EventInstance_5380800861215935.957377-83.924274Fri, 30 Oct 2026 12:40:00 -04002026-10-30T12:40:00-04:00https://calendar.utk.edu/event/eeb-seminar-the-rapid-decline-of-butterfly-abundance-and-diversity-in-the-united-statesLectures & PresentationsOct 31, 2026: Submit work for the Annual Student Art Competition at Ewing Gallery of Art + ArchitectureBegun in 1947 by C. Kermit Ewing, founder of The University of Tennessee School of Art, the annual student exhibition has become one of the oldest competitions in the country and one of the highlights of the Ewing Gallery’s exhibition season. This competition has been an outlet for UT’s talented students for 80 years. The Ewing Gallery is now accepting entries in the Fall of 2026 for the 2027 Annual Student Art Competition.

Submit entries of art and design for exhibition and possible cash prizes at the link below.

tiny.utk.edu/80_art

For more information about the competition visit | https://ewing-gallery.utk.edu/80th-annual-student-art-competition/

Submission is free and open to all currently enrolled University of Tennessee students. Please contact ewing@utk.edu with any questions.

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]]>tag:localist.com,2008:EventInstance_5361878907736435.952525-83.929589Sat, 31 Oct 2026 00:00:00 -04002026-10-31T00:00:00-04:00https://calendar.utk.edu/event/submit-work-for-the-annual-student-art-competitionExhibits & FilmsOct 31, 2026: Tennessee Values & Agency Conference: "Grief, Trauma, Anger, and Resilience"The Tennessee Value and Agency (TVA) conference ran annually for nearly a decade, from 2012 to 2020, at which time a pandemic struck. The TVA had attracted some of the most active philosophers on topics revolving around value and agency and has featured as keynotes some of the most prominent philosophers of our time. In 2026, this storied conference will be revived. This time, as in the most recent installment before revival, we aim once again to attract participants and presenters from a wide spectrum of psychological, social and political sciences and involve an equally diverse set of presenters. In 2026 the TVA will again bring together prominent keynote speakers whose work has had a significant impact both within their fields and across disciplines. The theme for the 2026 revival of the TVA conference is Grief, Trauma, Anger, and Resilience.

The conference will explore the conceptual, moral, and social-political dimensions of a range of so-called negative affective experiences (e.g., grief, trauma, anger) alongside those counterparts routinely taken as constructive or life-affirming (e.g., joy, connection, resilience). We are particularly interested in how these phenomena shape—and in turn are shaped by—agency, embodiment, social reality, and human connection. While trauma and related concepts (among our themes) have received attention recently across the psychological and social scientific disciplines, there has been comparatively little sustained philosophical engagement with the concepts themselves, and even less with their broader implications for life among the hypersocial beings that we are. Our aim is to create a space for rigorous, interdisciplinary conversation that brings philosophy into dialogue with psychology, psychiatry, literature, social theory, public health, and related fields.

Confirmed keynotes:

Michael Cholbi (Philosophy, University of Edinburgh)Nancy Snow (Philosophy, University of Kansas)Mariam Thalos (Philosophy, University of Tennessee, Knoxville)Melissa Burchard (Philosophy, UNC Asheville)

Link to RSVP here (https://philevents.org/event/show/147717)

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]]>tag:localist.com,2008:EventInstance_53805818231249Sat, 31 Oct 2026 00:00:00 -04002026-10-31T00:00:00-04:00https://calendar.utk.edu/event/tennessee-values-agency-conference-grief-trauma-anger-and-resilienceMeetings & ConferencesOct 31, 2026: Bound by the Soil | Jamaal Barber and Rashaun Rucker at Downtown GalleryJoin us for a 2 person exhibition of work by Rashaun Rucker and Jamaal Barber.

Jamaal Barber and Rashaun Rucker invite viewers to journey through the rich landscapes of North Carolina, their birthplace, exploring deep-rooted connections to family, sacred spaces, and the poignant memories of the South. The show delves into the complexities of their shared heritage, harnessing the power of nostalgia and the struggle for identity through the lens of personal and communal histories. Both artists draw inspiration from their familial ties and the echoes of the past that resonate within their lives.

Detroit-based artist Rashaun Rucker connects Christian iconography, Black spirituality, and notions of ancestry.

Rashaun Rucker (b. 1978, Winston-Salem, NC) is an accomplished artist and alumnus of North Carolina Central University and Marygrove College. He earned a Master of Fine Arts in Print Media from the Cranbrook Academy of Art. Rucker creates a diverse range of works, including photographs, prints, objects, and drawings, and has been honored with over 40 national and state awards for his artistic endeavors. In 2008, he made history as the first African American to be named Michigan Press Photographer of the Year. That same year, he also received a national Emmy Award for his documentary photography focusing on the pit bull culture in Detroit.

Jamaal Barber is an artist and printmaker based in Atlanta that explores Black identity.

Jamaal Barber is a creative, imaginative soul born in Virginia and raised in North Carolina. In 2013, after seeing a screen printing demo at a local art store, Jamaal started experimenting with printmaking, making it his primary focus. His woodcuts and mixed-media prints illustrate the new Folio Society special edition of The Underground Railroad written by Colson Whitehead. Jamaal recently participated in the MTV/Smithsonian Channel art competition show The Exhibit. He has also worked for Twitter, the New York Times, Penguin Random House, Black Art in America, and Emory University.

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]]>tag:localist.com,2008:EventInstance_5351857668211535.968695-83.920421Sat, 31 Oct 2026 10:00:00 -04002026-10-31T10:00:00-04:00https://calendar.utk.edu/event/bound-by-the-soil-jamaal-barber-and-rashaun-ruckerExhibits & FilmsNov 1, 2026: Submit work for the Annual Student Art Competition at Ewing Gallery of Art + ArchitectureBegun in 1947 by C. Kermit Ewing, founder of The University of Tennessee School of Art, the annual student exhibition has become one of the oldest competitions in the country and one of the highlights of the Ewing Gallery’s exhibition season. This competition has been an outlet for UT’s talented students for 80 years. The Ewing Gallery is now accepting entries in the Fall of 2026 for the 2027 Annual Student Art Competition.

Submit entries of art and design for exhibition and possible cash prizes at the link below.

tiny.utk.edu/80_art

For more information about the competition visit | https://ewing-gallery.utk.edu/80th-annual-student-art-competition/

Submission is free and open to all currently enrolled University of Tennessee students. Please contact ewing@utk.edu with any questions.

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]]>tag:localist.com,2008:EventInstance_5361878907838935.952525-83.929589Sun, 01 Nov 2026 00:00:00 -04002026-11-01T00:00:00-04:00https://calendar.utk.edu/event/submit-work-for-the-annual-student-art-competitionExhibits & FilmsNov 1, 2026: Denbo Center for Humanities & the Arts + Central Cinema Film Series: Sanjuro at Central CinemaThe Denbo Center for Humanities & the Arts is collaborating with Knoxville's Central Cinema on a series of film screenings connected to our 2026-2027 annual theme, "Authenticity: Identity and Place."

November's showing will be Sanjuro, and will include an introduction and short moderated Q&A by professor Natalia Doan (History).

Tickets are $5 and may be purchased at Central Cinema.

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]]>tag:localist.com,2008:EventInstance_5347860211027335.981752-83.929698Sun, 01 Nov 2026 16:30:00 -05002026-11-01T16:30:00-05:00https://calendar.utk.edu/event/dcha-central-cinema-film-series-sanjuroExhibits & FilmsNov 2, 2026: Submit work for the Annual Student Art Competition at Ewing Gallery of Art + ArchitectureBegun in 1947 by C. Kermit Ewing, founder of The University of Tennessee School of Art, the annual student exhibition has become one of the oldest competitions in the country and one of the highlights of the Ewing Gallery’s exhibition season. This competition has been an outlet for UT’s talented students for 80 years. The Ewing Gallery is now accepting entries in the Fall of 2026 for the 2027 Annual Student Art Competition.

Submit entries of art and design for exhibition and possible cash prizes at the link below.

tiny.utk.edu/80_art

For more information about the competition visit | https://ewing-gallery.utk.edu/80th-annual-student-art-competition/

Submission is free and open to all currently enrolled University of Tennessee students. Please contact ewing@utk.edu with any questions.

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]]>tag:localist.com,2008:EventInstance_5361878907941435.952525-83.929589Mon, 02 Nov 2026 00:00:00 -05002026-11-02T00:00:00-05:00https://calendar.utk.edu/event/submit-work-for-the-annual-student-art-competitionExhibits & FilmsNov 2, 2026: Walker Evans at Ewing Gallery of Art + ArchitecureIn 1936, photographer Walker Evans and writer James Agee were sent on assignment by Fortune Magazine to observe and document the daily lives of three sharecropping families in Hale County, Alabama. The resulting book of their three-week stay was published in 1941 as Now Let Us Let Us Praise Famous Men.

Walker Evans is best known for his documentary photographs of the United States. He spent his early career experimentally photographing the streets of New York. In 1935, he worked for the Farm Security Administration and travelled through the mid-west and southern states of America creating some of his most important and significant work. In 1938, Evans was the first photographer that the Museum of Modern Art in New York honored with a solo exhibition titled Walker Evans, American Photographs.

These photographs from the Ewing Gallery Permanent Collection were taken on Evans' trip to Hale County, Alabama.

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]]>tag:localist.com,2008:EventInstance_5338245468956035.952525-83.929589Mon, 02 Nov 2026 10:00:00 -05002026-11-02T10:00:00-05:00https://calendar.utk.edu/event/walker-evansExhibits & FilmsNov 2, 2026: Microbiology Fall Seminar Series--Dr. Rodolphe Barrangou at Ken and Blaire Mossman BuildingJoin us as Dr. Rodolphe Barrangou presents "Engineering the microbiome and the virome with CRISPR."

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]]>tag:localist.com,2008:EventInstance_5386842756137335.943356-83.938699Mon, 02 Nov 2026 15:00:00 -05002026-11-02T15:00:00-05:00https://calendar.utk.edu/event/microbiology-fall-seminar-series-dr-rodolphe-barrangou-7769Lectures & PresentationsNov 3, 2026: Submit work for the Annual Student Art Competition at Ewing Gallery of Art + ArchitectureBegun in 1947 by C. Kermit Ewing, founder of The University of Tennessee School of Art, the annual student exhibition has become one of the oldest competitions in the country and one of the highlights of the Ewing Gallery’s exhibition season. This competition has been an outlet for UT’s talented students for 80 years. The Ewing Gallery is now accepting entries in the Fall of 2026 for the 2027 Annual Student Art Competition.

Submit entries of art and design for exhibition and possible cash prizes at the link below.

tiny.utk.edu/80_art

For more information about the competition visit | https://ewing-gallery.utk.edu/80th-annual-student-art-competition/

Submission is free and open to all currently enrolled University of Tennessee students. Please contact ewing@utk.edu with any questions.

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]]>tag:localist.com,2008:EventInstance_5361878907941535.952525-83.929589Tue, 03 Nov 2026 00:00:00 -05002026-11-03T00:00:00-05:00https://calendar.utk.edu/event/submit-work-for-the-annual-student-art-competitionExhibits & FilmsNov 3, 2026: Walker Evans at Ewing Gallery of Art + ArchitecureIn 1936, photographer Walker Evans and writer James Agee were sent on assignment by Fortune Magazine to observe and document the daily lives of three sharecropping families in Hale County, Alabama. The resulting book of their three-week stay was published in 1941 as Now Let Us Let Us Praise Famous Men.

Walker Evans is best known for his documentary photographs of the United States. He spent his early career experimentally photographing the streets of New York. In 1935, he worked for the Farm Security Administration and travelled through the mid-west and southern states of America creating some of his most important and significant work. In 1938, Evans was the first photographer that the Museum of Modern Art in New York honored with a solo exhibition titled Walker Evans, American Photographs.

These photographs from the Ewing Gallery Permanent Collection were taken on Evans' trip to Hale County, Alabama.

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]]>tag:localist.com,2008:EventInstance_5338245469058535.952525-83.929589Tue, 03 Nov 2026 10:00:00 -05002026-11-03T10:00:00-05:00https://calendar.utk.edu/event/walker-evansExhibits & FilmsNov 3, 2026: French Film Series at John C Hodges LibraryThe French Department will host a movie night for the French Film Series. We will show a movie in French with English subtitles. All students, staff, and faculty are welcome!

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]]>tag:localist.com,2008:EventInstance_5369137636200935.95495-83.92993Tue, 03 Nov 2026 18:30:00 -05002026-11-03T18:30:00-05:00https://calendar.utk.edu/event/french-film-series-3847Exhibits & FilmsNov 4, 2026: Submit work for the Annual Student Art Competition at Ewing Gallery of Art + ArchitectureBegun in 1947 by C. Kermit Ewing, founder of The University of Tennessee School of Art, the annual student exhibition has become one of the oldest competitions in the country and one of the highlights of the Ewing Gallery’s exhibition season. This competition has been an outlet for UT’s talented students for 80 years. The Ewing Gallery is now accepting entries in the Fall of 2026 for the 2027 Annual Student Art Competition.

Submit entries of art and design for exhibition and possible cash prizes at the link below.

tiny.utk.edu/80_art

For more information about the competition visit | https://ewing-gallery.utk.edu/80th-annual-student-art-competition/

Submission is free and open to all currently enrolled University of Tennessee students. Please contact ewing@utk.edu with any questions.

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]]>tag:localist.com,2008:EventInstance_5361878908044035.952525-83.929589Wed, 04 Nov 2026 00:00:00 -05002026-11-04T00:00:00-05:00https://calendar.utk.edu/event/submit-work-for-the-annual-student-art-competitionExhibits & FilmsNov 4, 2026: Walker Evans at Ewing Gallery of Art + ArchitecureIn 1936, photographer Walker Evans and writer James Agee were sent on assignment by Fortune Magazine to observe and document the daily lives of three sharecropping families in Hale County, Alabama. The resulting book of their three-week stay was published in 1941 as Now Let Us Let Us Praise Famous Men.

Walker Evans is best known for his documentary photographs of the United States. He spent his early career experimentally photographing the streets of New York. In 1935, he worked for the Farm Security Administration and travelled through the mid-west and southern states of America creating some of his most important and significant work. In 1938, Evans was the first photographer that the Museum of Modern Art in New York honored with a solo exhibition titled Walker Evans, American Photographs.

These photographs from the Ewing Gallery Permanent Collection were taken on Evans' trip to Hale County, Alabama.

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]]>tag:localist.com,2008:EventInstance_5338245469161035.952525-83.929589Wed, 04 Nov 2026 10:00:00 -05002026-11-04T10:00:00-05:00https://calendar.utk.edu/event/walker-evansExhibits & FilmsNov 4, 2026: Bound by the Soil | Jamaal Barber and Rashaun Rucker at Downtown GalleryJoin us for a 2 person exhibition of work by Rashaun Rucker and Jamaal Barber.

Jamaal Barber and Rashaun Rucker invite viewers to journey through the rich landscapes of North Carolina, their birthplace, exploring deep-rooted connections to family, sacred spaces, and the poignant memories of the South. The show delves into the complexities of their shared heritage, harnessing the power of nostalgia and the struggle for identity through the lens of personal and communal histories. Both artists draw inspiration from their familial ties and the echoes of the past that resonate within their lives.

Detroit-based artist Rashaun Rucker connects Christian iconography, Black spirituality, and notions of ancestry.

Rashaun Rucker (b. 1978, Winston-Salem, NC) is an accomplished artist and alumnus of North Carolina Central University and Marygrove College. He earned a Master of Fine Arts in Print Media from the Cranbrook Academy of Art. Rucker creates a diverse range of works, including photographs, prints, objects, and drawings, and has been honored with over 40 national and state awards for his artistic endeavors. In 2008, he made history as the first African American to be named Michigan Press Photographer of the Year. That same year, he also received a national Emmy Award for his documentary photography focusing on the pit bull culture in Detroit.

Jamaal Barber is an artist and printmaker based in Atlanta that explores Black identity.

Jamaal Barber is a creative, imaginative soul born in Virginia and raised in North Carolina. In 2013, after seeing a screen printing demo at a local art store, Jamaal started experimenting with printmaking, making it his primary focus. His woodcuts and mixed-media prints illustrate the new Folio Society special edition of The Underground Railroad written by Colson Whitehead. Jamaal recently participated in the MTV/Smithsonian Channel art competition show The Exhibit. He has also worked for Twitter, the New York Times, Penguin Random House, Black Art in America, and Emory University.

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]]>tag:localist.com,2008:EventInstance_5351857668416435.968695-83.920421Wed, 04 Nov 2026 11:00:00 -05002026-11-04T11:00:00-05:00https://calendar.utk.edu/event/bound-by-the-soil-jamaal-barber-and-rashaun-ruckerExhibits & FilmsNov 4, 2026: Arabic Friendsgiving 2026 at Student UnionUT Middle East Studies (MEST) and the Arab American Club of Knoxville (ACCK) will co-host Arabic Friendsgiving, a potluck-style dinner to celebrate Arab cuisine and culture. Dinner will be served at 6 PM. All members of the UT community are welcome to attend.

This potluck dinner will feature an Arab culture trivia game, student study abroad travel scholarship information, and student Middle Eastern baking and traditional dress competitions. $100 prize each.

Please consider bringing a side-dish to share.

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]]>tag:localist.com,2008:EventInstance_5318652624269735.943356-83.938699Wed, 04 Nov 2026 18:00:00 -05002026-11-04T18:00:00-05:00https://calendar.utk.edu/event/arabic-friendsgiving-2026Social EventsNov 5, 2026: Walker Evans at Ewing Gallery of Art + ArchitecureIn 1936, photographer Walker Evans and writer James Agee were sent on assignment by Fortune Magazine to observe and document the daily lives of three sharecropping families in Hale County, Alabama. The resulting book of their three-week stay was published in 1941 as Now Let Us Let Us Praise Famous Men.

Walker Evans is best known for his documentary photographs of the United States. He spent his early career experimentally photographing the streets of New York. In 1935, he worked for the Farm Security Administration and travelled through the mid-west and southern states of America creating some of his most important and significant work. In 1938, Evans was the first photographer that the Museum of Modern Art in New York honored with a solo exhibition titled Walker Evans, American Photographs.

These photographs from the Ewing Gallery Permanent Collection were taken on Evans' trip to Hale County, Alabama.

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]]>tag:localist.com,2008:EventInstance_5338245469263535.952525-83.929589Thu, 05 Nov 2026 10:00:00 -05002026-11-05T10:00:00-05:00https://calendar.utk.edu/event/walker-evansExhibits & FilmsNov 5, 2026: Bound by the Soil | Jamaal Barber and Rashaun Rucker at Downtown GalleryJoin us for a 2 person exhibition of work by Rashaun Rucker and Jamaal Barber.

Jamaal Barber and Rashaun Rucker invite viewers to journey through the rich landscapes of North Carolina, their birthplace, exploring deep-rooted connections to family, sacred spaces, and the poignant memories of the South. The show delves into the complexities of their shared heritage, harnessing the power of nostalgia and the struggle for identity through the lens of personal and communal histories. Both artists draw inspiration from their familial ties and the echoes of the past that resonate within their lives.

Detroit-based artist Rashaun Rucker connects Christian iconography, Black spirituality, and notions of ancestry.

Rashaun Rucker (b. 1978, Winston-Salem, NC) is an accomplished artist and alumnus of North Carolina Central University and Marygrove College. He earned a Master of Fine Arts in Print Media from the Cranbrook Academy of Art. Rucker creates a diverse range of works, including photographs, prints, objects, and drawings, and has been honored with over 40 national and state awards for his artistic endeavors. In 2008, he made history as the first African American to be named Michigan Press Photographer of the Year. That same year, he also received a national Emmy Award for his documentary photography focusing on the pit bull culture in Detroit.

Jamaal Barber is an artist and printmaker based in Atlanta that explores Black identity.

Jamaal Barber is a creative, imaginative soul born in Virginia and raised in North Carolina. In 2013, after seeing a screen printing demo at a local art store, Jamaal started experimenting with printmaking, making it his primary focus. His woodcuts and mixed-media prints illustrate the new Folio Society special edition of The Underground Railroad written by Colson Whitehead. Jamaal recently participated in the MTV/Smithsonian Channel art competition show The Exhibit. He has also worked for Twitter, the New York Times, Penguin Random House, Black Art in America, and Emory University.

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]]>tag:localist.com,2008:EventInstance_5351857668518935.968695-83.920421Thu, 05 Nov 2026 11:00:00 -05002026-11-05T11:00:00-05:00https://calendar.utk.edu/event/bound-by-the-soil-jamaal-barber-and-rashaun-ruckerExhibits & FilmsNov 5, 2026: PDE Seminar at Ayres HallTitle: TBD

Speaker: Prof. Atanas Stefanov

https://www.uab.edu/cas/mathematics/people/faculty-directory/atanas-stefanov

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]]>tag:localist.com,2008:EventInstance_5350654487480035.957579-83.925751Thu, 05 Nov 2026 14:30:00 -05002026-11-05T14:30:00-05:00https://calendar.utk.edu/event/pde-seminar-2633Lectures & PresentationsNov 5, 2026: Artists in Conversation | Jamaal Barber and Rashaun Rucker at Art + Architecture Building, McCarty AuditoruimJoin us for a conversation between Jamaal Barber and Rashaul Rucker. Their exhibition, Bound by the Soil, is currently on view at the UT Downtown Gallery through December 12.

in Bound By the Soil, Jamaal Barber and Rashaun Rucker invite viewers to journey through the rich landscapes of North Carolina, their birthplace, exploring deep-rooted connections to family, sacred spaces, and the poignant memories of the South. The show delves into the complexities of their shared heritage, harnessing the power of nostalgia and the struggle for identity through the lens of personal and communal histories. Both artists draw inspiration from their familial ties and the echoes of the past that resonate within their lives.

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]]>tag:localist.com,2008:EventInstance_5351901924972935.952525-83.929589Thu, 05 Nov 2026 17:30:00 -05002026-11-05T17:30:00-05:00https://calendar.utk.edu/event/artists-in-conversation-jamaal-barber-and-rashaun-ruckerLectures & PresentationsNov 6, 2026: Walker Evans at Ewing Gallery of Art + ArchitecureIn 1936, photographer Walker Evans and writer James Agee were sent on assignment by Fortune Magazine to observe and document the daily lives of three sharecropping families in Hale County, Alabama. The resulting book of their three-week stay was published in 1941 as Now Let Us Let Us Praise Famous Men.

Walker Evans is best known for his documentary photographs of the United States. He spent his early career experimentally photographing the streets of New York. In 1935, he worked for the Farm Security Administration and travelled through the mid-west and southern states of America creating some of his most important and significant work. In 1938, Evans was the first photographer that the Museum of Modern Art in New York honored with a solo exhibition titled Walker Evans, American Photographs.

These photographs from the Ewing Gallery Permanent Collection were taken on Evans' trip to Hale County, Alabama.

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]]>tag:localist.com,2008:EventInstance_5338245469366035.952525-83.929589Fri, 06 Nov 2026 10:00:00 -05002026-11-06T10:00:00-05:00https://calendar.utk.edu/event/walker-evansExhibits & FilmsNov 6, 2026: Bound by the Soil | Jamaal Barber and Rashaun Rucker at Downtown GalleryJoin us for a 2 person exhibition of work by Rashaun Rucker and Jamaal Barber.

Jamaal Barber and Rashaun Rucker invite viewers to journey through the rich landscapes of North Carolina, their birthplace, exploring deep-rooted connections to family, sacred spaces, and the poignant memories of the South. The show delves into the complexities of their shared heritage, harnessing the power of nostalgia and the struggle for identity through the lens of personal and communal histories. Both artists draw inspiration from their familial ties and the echoes of the past that resonate within their lives.

Detroit-based artist Rashaun Rucker connects Christian iconography, Black spirituality, and notions of ancestry.

Rashaun Rucker (b. 1978, Winston-Salem, NC) is an accomplished artist and alumnus of North Carolina Central University and Marygrove College. He earned a Master of Fine Arts in Print Media from the Cranbrook Academy of Art. Rucker creates a diverse range of works, including photographs, prints, objects, and drawings, and has been honored with over 40 national and state awards for his artistic endeavors. In 2008, he made history as the first African American to be named Michigan Press Photographer of the Year. That same year, he also received a national Emmy Award for his documentary photography focusing on the pit bull culture in Detroit.

Jamaal Barber is an artist and printmaker based in Atlanta that explores Black identity.

Jamaal Barber is a creative, imaginative soul born in Virginia and raised in North Carolina. In 2013, after seeing a screen printing demo at a local art store, Jamaal started experimenting with printmaking, making it his primary focus. His woodcuts and mixed-media prints illustrate the new Folio Society special edition of The Underground Railroad written by Colson Whitehead. Jamaal recently participated in the MTV/Smithsonian Channel art competition show The Exhibit. He has also worked for Twitter, the New York Times, Penguin Random House, Black Art in America, and Emory University.

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]]>tag:localist.com,2008:EventInstance_5351857668621435.968695-83.920421Fri, 06 Nov 2026 11:00:00 -05002026-11-06T11:00:00-05:00https://calendar.utk.edu/event/bound-by-the-soil-jamaal-barber-and-rashaun-ruckerExhibits & FilmsNov 6, 2026: EEB Seminar "Predicting Ecological Responses to Climate Change Using the Fundamental Niche: An Ecophysiological Approach in Salamanders" at Science & Engineering BuildingEric Riddell- University of North Carolina, Chapel Hill - hosted by Liz Derryberry

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]]>tag:localist.com,2008:EventInstance_5380802030004135.957377-83.924274Fri, 06 Nov 2026 12:40:00 -05002026-11-06T12:40:00-05:00https://calendar.utk.edu/event/eeb-seminar-predicting-ecological-responses-to-climate-change-using-the-fundamental-niche-an-ecophysiological-approach-in-salamandersLectures & PresentationsNov 6, 2026: Colloquium at Ayres HallSpeaker: Dr. Chad Giusti (Oregon State University)

Title: TBA

Abstract: TBA

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]]>tag:localist.com,2008:EventInstance_5367631165433735.957579-83.925751Fri, 06 Nov 2026 16:10:00 -05002026-11-06T16:10:00-05:00https://calendar.utk.edu/event/colloquium-966Lectures & PresentationsNov 6, 2026: Reception | Bound By the Soil: Jamaal Barber and Rashaun Rucker at Downtown GalleryJoin us for a 2 person exhibition of work by Rashaun Rucker and Jamaal Barber.

Jamaal Barber and Rashaun Rucker invite viewers to journey through the rich landscapes of North Carolina, their birthplace, exploring deep-rooted connections to family, sacred spaces, and the poignant memories of the South. The show delves into the complexities of their shared heritage, harnessing the power of nostalgia and the struggle for identity through the lens of personal and communal histories. Both artists draw inspiration from their familial ties and the echoes of the past that resonate within their lives.

Detroit-based artist Rashaun Rucker connects Christian iconography, Black spirituality, and notions of ancestry.

Rashaun Rucker (b. 1978, Winston-Salem, NC) is an accomplished artist and alumnus of North Carolina Central University and Marygrove College. He earned a Master of Fine Arts in Print Media from the Cranbrook Academy of Art. Rucker creates a diverse range of works, including photographs, prints, objects, and drawings, and has been honored with over 40 national and state awards for his artistic endeavors. In 2008, he made history as the first African American to be named Michigan Press Photographer of the Year. That same year, he also received a national Emmy Award for his documentary photography focusing on the pit bull culture in Detroit.

Jamaal Barber is an artist and printmaker based in Atlanta that explores Black identity.

Jamaal Barber is a creative, imaginative soul born in Virginia and raised in North Carolina. In 2013, after seeing a screen printing demo at a local art store, Jamaal started experimenting with printmaking, making it his primary focus. His woodcuts and mixed-media prints illustrate the new Folio Society special edition of The Underground Railroad written by Colson Whitehead. Jamaal recently participated in the MTV/Smithsonian Channel art competition show The Exhibit. He has also worked for Twitter, the New York Times, Penguin Random House, Black Art in America, and Emory University.

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]]>tag:localist.com,2008:EventInstance_5351862636130135.968695-83.920421Fri, 06 Nov 2026 17:00:00 -05002026-11-06T17:00:00-05:00https://calendar.utk.edu/event/reception-bound-by-the-soil-jamaal-barber-and-rashaun-ruckerExhibits & FilmsNov 7, 2026: Bound by the Soil | Jamaal Barber and Rashaun Rucker at Downtown GalleryJoin us for a 2 person exhibition of work by Rashaun Rucker and Jamaal Barber.

Jamaal Barber and Rashaun Rucker invite viewers to journey through the rich landscapes of North Carolina, their birthplace, exploring deep-rooted connections to family, sacred spaces, and the poignant memories of the South. The show delves into the complexities of their shared heritage, harnessing the power of nostalgia and the struggle for identity through the lens of personal and communal histories. Both artists draw inspiration from their familial ties and the echoes of the past that resonate within their lives.

Detroit-based artist Rashaun Rucker connects Christian iconography, Black spirituality, and notions of ancestry.

Rashaun Rucker (b. 1978, Winston-Salem, NC) is an accomplished artist and alumnus of North Carolina Central University and Marygrove College. He earned a Master of Fine Arts in Print Media from the Cranbrook Academy of Art. Rucker creates a diverse range of works, including photographs, prints, objects, and drawings, and has been honored with over 40 national and state awards for his artistic endeavors. In 2008, he made history as the first African American to be named Michigan Press Photographer of the Year. That same year, he also received a national Emmy Award for his documentary photography focusing on the pit bull culture in Detroit.

Jamaal Barber is an artist and printmaker based in Atlanta that explores Black identity.

Jamaal Barber is a creative, imaginative soul born in Virginia and raised in North Carolina. In 2013, after seeing a screen printing demo at a local art store, Jamaal started experimenting with printmaking, making it his primary focus. His woodcuts and mixed-media prints illustrate the new Folio Society special edition of The Underground Railroad written by Colson Whitehead. Jamaal recently participated in the MTV/Smithsonian Channel art competition show The Exhibit. He has also worked for Twitter, the New York Times, Penguin Random House, Black Art in America, and Emory University.

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]]>tag:localist.com,2008:EventInstance_5351857668723935.968695-83.920421Sat, 07 Nov 2026 10:00:00 -05002026-11-07T10:00:00-05:00https://calendar.utk.edu/event/bound-by-the-soil-jamaal-barber-and-rashaun-ruckerExhibits & FilmsNov 8, 2026: Walker Evans at Ewing Gallery of Art + ArchitecureIn 1936, photographer Walker Evans and writer James Agee were sent on assignment by Fortune Magazine to observe and document the daily lives of three sharecropping families in Hale County, Alabama. The resulting book of their three-week stay was published in 1941 as Now Let Us Let Us Praise Famous Men.

Walker Evans is best known for his documentary photographs of the United States. He spent his early career experimentally photographing the streets of New York. In 1935, he worked for the Farm Security Administration and travelled through the mid-west and southern states of America creating some of his most important and significant work. In 1938, Evans was the first photographer that the Museum of Modern Art in New York honored with a solo exhibition titled Walker Evans, American Photographs.

These photographs from the Ewing Gallery Permanent Collection were taken on Evans' trip to Hale County, Alabama.

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]]>tag:localist.com,2008:EventInstance_5338245469468535.952525-83.929589Sun, 08 Nov 2026 13:00:00 -05002026-11-08T13:00:00-05:00https://calendar.utk.edu/event/walker-evansExhibits & FilmsNov 9, 2026: Walker Evans at Ewing Gallery of Art + ArchitecureIn 1936, photographer Walker Evans and writer James Agee were sent on assignment by Fortune Magazine to observe and document the daily lives of three sharecropping families in Hale County, Alabama. The resulting book of their three-week stay was published in 1941 as Now Let Us Let Us Praise Famous Men.

Walker Evans is best known for his documentary photographs of the United States. He spent his early career experimentally photographing the streets of New York. In 1935, he worked for the Farm Security Administration and travelled through the mid-west and southern states of America creating some of his most important and significant work. In 1938, Evans was the first photographer that the Museum of Modern Art in New York honored with a solo exhibition titled Walker Evans, American Photographs.

These photographs from the Ewing Gallery Permanent Collection were taken on Evans' trip to Hale County, Alabama.

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]]>tag:localist.com,2008:EventInstance_5338245469468635.952525-83.929589Mon, 09 Nov 2026 10:00:00 -05002026-11-09T10:00:00-05:00https://calendar.utk.edu/event/walker-evansExhibits & FilmsNov 9, 2026: Microbiology Fall Seminar Series-Dr. George O'Toole at Ken and Blaire Mossman BuildingJoin us as Dr. George O'Toole presents "To Build a Biofilm."

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]]>tag:localist.com,2008:EventInstance_5385947104669435.943356-83.938699Mon, 09 Nov 2026 15:00:00 -05002026-11-09T15:00:00-05:00https://calendar.utk.edu/event/microbiology-fall-seminar-series-dr-george-otooleLectures & PresentationsNov 9, 2026: Distinguished Lecture Series: Author Annette Saunooke Clapsaddle at Student UnionThe Denbo Center for Humanities & the Arts' Distinguished Lecture Series presents author Annette Saunooke Clapsaddle.

Annette Saunooke Clapsaddle is an enrolled citizen of the Eastern Band of Cherokee Indians and lives in Cherokee, North Carolina. A graduate of Yale University and the College of William & Mary, Clapsaddle is the author of Even As We Breathe (UPK, 2020), the first novel published by an enrolled citizen of the Eastern Band of Cherokee. The novel was a finalist for the Weatherford Award, winner of the 2021 Thomas Wolfe Memorial Literary Award, and named one of NPR’s Best Books of 2020.

This talk is part of the 2026-2027 Distinguished Lecture Series presented by the Denbo Center for Humanities & the Arts and in connection with the DCHA annual theme, "Authenticity: Identity & Place." The event will be held in person at the Student Union, with streaming also available.

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]]>tag:localist.com,2008:EventInstance_5348764475146435.943356-83.938699Mon, 09 Nov 2026 15:30:00 -05002026-11-09T15:30:00-05:00https://calendar.utk.edu/event/distinguished-lecture-series-annette-saunooke-clapsaddleLectures & PresentationsNov 10, 2026: Walker Evans at Ewing Gallery of Art + ArchitecureIn 1936, photographer Walker Evans and writer James Agee were sent on assignment by Fortune Magazine to observe and document the daily lives of three sharecropping families in Hale County, Alabama. The resulting book of their three-week stay was published in 1941 as Now Let Us Let Us Praise Famous Men.

Walker Evans is best known for his documentary photographs of the United States. He spent his early career experimentally photographing the streets of New York. In 1935, he worked for the Farm Security Administration and travelled through the mid-west and southern states of America creating some of his most important and significant work. In 1938, Evans was the first photographer that the Museum of Modern Art in New York honored with a solo exhibition titled Walker Evans, American Photographs.

These photographs from the Ewing Gallery Permanent Collection were taken on Evans' trip to Hale County, Alabama.

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]]>tag:localist.com,2008:EventInstance_5338245469571135.952525-83.929589Tue, 10 Nov 2026 10:00:00 -05002026-11-10T10:00:00-05:00https://calendar.utk.edu/event/walker-evansExhibits & FilmsNov 10, 2026: Joint CAM/PDE Seminar at Ayres HallSpeaker: Joshua Siktar

Affiliation: Texas A&M University

Title: Pointwise error estimates for optimal recovery of solutions to Poisson's Equation

Abstract: We consider an optimal recovery problem for the Poisson problem when the boundary data is unknown but belongs to a model class. A finite number of measurements of the solution to recover are provided to alleviate the lack of information. This presentation focuses on the case where measurements consist of point evaluations on the interior of the computational domain. A key ingredient in the algorithm for numerically computing an optimal recovery is the finite element approximation of the Riesz representers associated with the point evaluation at the measurement locations. Our main result is a pointwise error estimate for the Riesz representers, and we apply this result to obtain sharper estimates measuring the performance of the recovery algorithm in H^1, L-infinity, and for quantities of interest. Numerical results confirm the theoretical error rates in the mesh parameter. Finally, related problems and the discussion of this project within a broader research program will be discussed.

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]]>tag:localist.com,2008:EventInstance_5380648509618835.957579-83.925751Tue, 10 Nov 2026 14:30:00 -05002026-11-10T14:30:00-05:00https://calendar.utk.edu/event/cam-seminar-9871Lectures & PresentationsNov 10, 2026: Sarah Schwartzman Ramsey, “Sacred Storytelling as Lived Religion in Contemporary Jewish American Women’s Fiction"Sarah Schwartzman Ramsey (she/her) is a Lecturer in the University of Colorado Boulder English department and Continuing Education division. Her recently completed dissertation examines how contemporary Jewish American novelists reconceptualize and generate religious thought and practice. Her work, published in Studies in American Jewish Literature, The Journal of Feminist Studies in Religion, and forthcoming in Shofar, examines intergenerational and transtemporal intimacies between characters. She identifies in literature the reverential, textual, and collaborative practices that cultivate new social ties between characters across time, and she interprets those ritualized forms of contact—mediated via letters, diaries, genre fiction, and alternative media—as religious, in that they bring symbolic or spectral ancestors and living readers into relationship.

This talk discusses a trope in popular contemporary novels by Jewish American women writers. Protagonists befriend Jewish ancestral figures through historical salvage, matrilineal inheritance, and intersubjective storytelling. For instance, Rachel Kadish’s 2017 bestselling novel, The Weight of Ink, presents a twenty-first century woman’s archival work as sacred labor that elicits feelings of heightened intimacy with a previously unknown, seventeenth-century Jewish scribe. An array of novels liken narrative custodianship to a gift between friends, and textual practices—careful interpretation, thorough research, shared findings—conjure affection between persons centuries apart and engender community among present-day readers. These literary and analytic practices, oriented to historic women’s writings rather than Torah or Talmud, should be recognized as a form of Jewish literacy foundational to women’s lived religion.

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]]>tag:localist.com,2008:EventInstance_53506127059015Tue, 10 Nov 2026 18:00:00 -05002026-11-10T18:00:00-05:00https://calendar.utk.edu/event/sarah-schwartzman-ramsey-sacred-storytelling-as-lived-religion-in-contemporary-jewish-american-womens-fictionLectures & PresentationsNov 11, 2026: Veterans Day for UTK Veterans at John C Hodges LibraryAll UTK students and faculty and staff who are veterans are welcome to free food and drinks at the Veterans Success Center on November 11 from 9am to 10am. The UTK Special Collections staff will be displaying some of the military memorabilia that has been donated to the Center for the Study of Tennesseans and War over the past four decades. We will be showing interviews with Tennessee veterans from World War 2 to the present day.

This event is for veterans only. We want to do more than thank veterans for their service.

The event is sponsored by the Center for the Study of Tenneseans and War, the Veterans Success Center, and the Department of History.

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]]>tag:localist.com,2008:EventInstance_4788851332880035.95495-83.92993Wed, 11 Nov 2026 09:00:00 -05002026-11-11T09:00:00-05:00https://calendar.utk.edu/event/veterans-day-for-utk-veteransCeremonies & Special EventsSocial EventsNov 11, 2026: Walker Evans at Ewing Gallery of Art + ArchitecureIn 1936, photographer Walker Evans and writer James Agee were sent on assignment by Fortune Magazine to observe and document the daily lives of three sharecropping families in Hale County, Alabama. The resulting book of their three-week stay was published in 1941 as Now Let Us Let Us Praise Famous Men.

Walker Evans is best known for his documentary photographs of the United States. He spent his early career experimentally photographing the streets of New York. In 1935, he worked for the Farm Security Administration and travelled through the mid-west and southern states of America creating some of his most important and significant work. In 1938, Evans was the first photographer that the Museum of Modern Art in New York honored with a solo exhibition titled Walker Evans, American Photographs.

These photographs from the Ewing Gallery Permanent Collection were taken on Evans' trip to Hale County, Alabama.

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]]>tag:localist.com,2008:EventInstance_5338245469673635.952525-83.929589Wed, 11 Nov 2026 10:00:00 -05002026-11-11T10:00:00-05:00https://calendar.utk.edu/event/walker-evansExhibits & FilmsNov 11, 2026: Bound by the Soil | Jamaal Barber and Rashaun Rucker at Downtown GalleryJoin us for a 2 person exhibition of work by Rashaun Rucker and Jamaal Barber.

Jamaal Barber and Rashaun Rucker invite viewers to journey through the rich landscapes of North Carolina, their birthplace, exploring deep-rooted connections to family, sacred spaces, and the poignant memories of the South. The show delves into the complexities of their shared heritage, harnessing the power of nostalgia and the struggle for identity through the lens of personal and communal histories. Both artists draw inspiration from their familial ties and the echoes of the past that resonate within their lives.

Detroit-based artist Rashaun Rucker connects Christian iconography, Black spirituality, and notions of ancestry.

Rashaun Rucker (b. 1978, Winston-Salem, NC) is an accomplished artist and alumnus of North Carolina Central University and Marygrove College. He earned a Master of Fine Arts in Print Media from the Cranbrook Academy of Art. Rucker creates a diverse range of works, including photographs, prints, objects, and drawings, and has been honored with over 40 national and state awards for his artistic endeavors. In 2008, he made history as the first African American to be named Michigan Press Photographer of the Year. That same year, he also received a national Emmy Award for his documentary photography focusing on the pit bull culture in Detroit.

Jamaal Barber is an artist and printmaker based in Atlanta that explores Black identity.

Jamaal Barber is a creative, imaginative soul born in Virginia and raised in North Carolina. In 2013, after seeing a screen printing demo at a local art store, Jamaal started experimenting with printmaking, making it his primary focus. His woodcuts and mixed-media prints illustrate the new Folio Society special edition of The Underground Railroad written by Colson Whitehead. Jamaal recently participated in the MTV/Smithsonian Channel art competition show The Exhibit. He has also worked for Twitter, the New York Times, Penguin Random House, Black Art in America, and Emory University.

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]]>tag:localist.com,2008:EventInstance_5351857670055235.968695-83.920421Wed, 11 Nov 2026 11:00:00 -05002026-11-11T11:00:00-05:00https://calendar.utk.edu/event/bound-by-the-soil-jamaal-barber-and-rashaun-ruckerExhibits & FilmsNov 12, 2026: Walker Evans at Ewing Gallery of Art + ArchitecureIn 1936, photographer Walker Evans and writer James Agee were sent on assignment by Fortune Magazine to observe and document the daily lives of three sharecropping families in Hale County, Alabama. The resulting book of their three-week stay was published in 1941 as Now Let Us Let Us Praise Famous Men.

Walker Evans is best known for his documentary photographs of the United States. He spent his early career experimentally photographing the streets of New York. In 1935, he worked for the Farm Security Administration and travelled through the mid-west and southern states of America creating some of his most important and significant work. In 1938, Evans was the first photographer that the Museum of Modern Art in New York honored with a solo exhibition titled Walker Evans, American Photographs.

These photographs from the Ewing Gallery Permanent Collection were taken on Evans' trip to Hale County, Alabama.

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]]>tag:localist.com,2008:EventInstance_5338245469776135.952525-83.929589Thu, 12 Nov 2026 10:00:00 -05002026-11-12T10:00:00-05:00https://calendar.utk.edu/event/walker-evansExhibits & FilmsNov 12, 2026: Bound by the Soil | Jamaal Barber and Rashaun Rucker at Downtown GalleryJoin us for a 2 person exhibition of work by Rashaun Rucker and Jamaal Barber.

Jamaal Barber and Rashaun Rucker invite viewers to journey through the rich landscapes of North Carolina, their birthplace, exploring deep-rooted connections to family, sacred spaces, and the poignant memories of the South. The show delves into the complexities of their shared heritage, harnessing the power of nostalgia and the struggle for identity through the lens of personal and communal histories. Both artists draw inspiration from their familial ties and the echoes of the past that resonate within their lives.

Detroit-based artist Rashaun Rucker connects Christian iconography, Black spirituality, and notions of ancestry.

Rashaun Rucker (b. 1978, Winston-Salem, NC) is an accomplished artist and alumnus of North Carolina Central University and Marygrove College. He earned a Master of Fine Arts in Print Media from the Cranbrook Academy of Art. Rucker creates a diverse range of works, including photographs, prints, objects, and drawings, and has been honored with over 40 national and state awards for his artistic endeavors. In 2008, he made history as the first African American to be named Michigan Press Photographer of the Year. That same year, he also received a national Emmy Award for his documentary photography focusing on the pit bull culture in Detroit.

Jamaal Barber is an artist and printmaker based in Atlanta that explores Black identity.

Jamaal Barber is a creative, imaginative soul born in Virginia and raised in North Carolina. In 2013, after seeing a screen printing demo at a local art store, Jamaal started experimenting with printmaking, making it his primary focus. His woodcuts and mixed-media prints illustrate the new Folio Society special edition of The Underground Railroad written by Colson Whitehead. Jamaal recently participated in the MTV/Smithsonian Channel art competition show The Exhibit. He has also worked for Twitter, the New York Times, Penguin Random House, Black Art in America, and Emory University.

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]]>tag:localist.com,2008:EventInstance_5351857670976935.968695-83.920421Thu, 12 Nov 2026 11:00:00 -05002026-11-12T11:00:00-05:00https://calendar.utk.edu/event/bound-by-the-soil-jamaal-barber-and-rashaun-ruckerExhibits & FilmsNov 12, 2026: DySoC Webinar: Nuria OliverDySoC is pleased to welcome Nuria Oliver, co-founder and vice-president of European Laboratory for Learning and Intelligent Systems (ELLIS) and co-founder and director of the Alicante ELLIS Unit, devoted to research on human-centric AI. Dr. Oliver’s work spans artificial intelligence, computational models of human behavior, human-computer interaction, and technology for social good.

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]]>tag:localist.com,2008:EventInstance_53080481395267Thu, 12 Nov 2026 12:00:00 -05002026-11-12T12:00:00-05:00https://calendar.utk.edu/event/dysoc-webinar-nuria-oliverLectures & PresentationsNov 12, 2026: Chem501 Seminar Fall 2026 at Buehler Hall"Membrane Disruption and Enhanced Cargo Stability: A DNA Surfactant-Based Approach to Achieving Cytosolic Delivery of Nucleic Acid Therapeutics" presented by Dr. Jessica Rouge from the University of Connecticut.

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]]>tag:localist.com,2008:EventInstance_5361154866466635.958299-83.924926Thu, 12 Nov 2026 13:00:00 -05002026-11-12T13:00:00-05:00https://calendar.utk.edu/event/chem501-seminar-fall-2026-8951Lectures & PresentationsNov 12, 2026: Seminar in Computational Statistics and Data Science at Ayres HallThe seminar provides a forum for researchers interested in computational statistics, data science, machine learning, artificial intelligence, optimization, and related areas to exchange ideas and foster research collaborations.

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]]>tag:localist.com,2008:EventInstance_53807802393220Thu, 12 Nov 2026 16:30:00 -05002026-11-12T16:30:00-05:00https://calendar.utk.edu/event/seminar-in-computational-statistics-and-data-scienceNov 13, 2026: Walker Evans at Ewing Gallery of Art + ArchitecureIn 1936, photographer Walker Evans and writer James Agee were sent on assignment by Fortune Magazine to observe and document the daily lives of three sharecropping families in Hale County, Alabama. The resulting book of their three-week stay was published in 1941 as Now Let Us Let Us Praise Famous Men.

Walker Evans is best known for his documentary photographs of the United States. He spent his early career experimentally photographing the streets of New York. In 1935, he worked for the Farm Security Administration and travelled through the mid-west and southern states of America creating some of his most important and significant work. In 1938, Evans was the first photographer that the Museum of Modern Art in New York honored with a solo exhibition titled Walker Evans, American Photographs.

These photographs from the Ewing Gallery Permanent Collection were taken on Evans' trip to Hale County, Alabama.

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]]>tag:localist.com,2008:EventInstance_5338245469878635.952525-83.929589Fri, 13 Nov 2026 10:00:00 -05002026-11-13T10:00:00-05:00https://calendar.utk.edu/event/walker-evansExhibits & FilmsNov 13, 2026: Bound by the Soil | Jamaal Barber and Rashaun Rucker at Downtown GalleryJoin us for a 2 person exhibition of work by Rashaun Rucker and Jamaal Barber.

Jamaal Barber and Rashaun Rucker invite viewers to journey through the rich landscapes of North Carolina, their birthplace, exploring deep-rooted connections to family, sacred spaces, and the poignant memories of the South. The show delves into the complexities of their shared heritage, harnessing the power of nostalgia and the struggle for identity through the lens of personal and communal histories. Both artists draw inspiration from their familial ties and the echoes of the past that resonate within their lives.

Detroit-based artist Rashaun Rucker connects Christian iconography, Black spirituality, and notions of ancestry.

Rashaun Rucker (b. 1978, Winston-Salem, NC) is an accomplished artist and alumnus of North Carolina Central University and Marygrove College. He earned a Master of Fine Arts in Print Media from the Cranbrook Academy of Art. Rucker creates a diverse range of works, including photographs, prints, objects, and drawings, and has been honored with over 40 national and state awards for his artistic endeavors. In 2008, he made history as the first African American to be named Michigan Press Photographer of the Year. That same year, he also received a national Emmy Award for his documentary photography focusing on the pit bull culture in Detroit.

Jamaal Barber is an artist and printmaker based in Atlanta that explores Black identity.

Jamaal Barber is a creative, imaginative soul born in Virginia and raised in North Carolina. In 2013, after seeing a screen printing demo at a local art store, Jamaal started experimenting with printmaking, making it his primary focus. His woodcuts and mixed-media prints illustrate the new Folio Society special edition of The Underground Railroad written by Colson Whitehead. Jamaal recently participated in the MTV/Smithsonian Channel art competition show The Exhibit. He has also worked for Twitter, the New York Times, Penguin Random House, Black Art in America, and Emory University.

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]]>tag:localist.com,2008:EventInstance_5351857671079435.968695-83.920421Fri, 13 Nov 2026 11:00:00 -05002026-11-13T11:00:00-05:00https://calendar.utk.edu/event/bound-by-the-soil-jamaal-barber-and-rashaun-ruckerExhibits & FilmsNov 13, 2026: EEB Seminar "Regional Conservation Planning and Rewilding, with Emphasis on the Southern U.S." at Science and Engineering BuildingReed Noss - University of Florida; Conservation Science, Inc. - hosted by Charlie Kwit

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]]>tag:localist.com,2008:EventInstance_5380804079540935.958399-83.926541Fri, 13 Nov 2026 12:40:00 -05002026-11-13T12:40:00-05:00https://calendar.utk.edu/event/eeb-seminar-regional-conservation-planning-and-rewilding-with-emphasis-on-the-southern-usLectures & PresentationsNov 13, 2026: Colloquium at Ayres HallSpeaker: Dr. Dietmar Bisch (Vanderbilt University)

Title: TBA

Abstract: TBA

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]]>tag:localist.com,2008:EventInstance_5367632719001335.957579-83.925751Fri, 13 Nov 2026 16:10:00 -05002026-11-13T16:10:00-05:00https://calendar.utk.edu/event/colloquium-4014Lectures & PresentationsNov 14, 2026: Bound by the Soil | Jamaal Barber and Rashaun Rucker at Downtown GalleryJoin us for a 2 person exhibition of work by Rashaun Rucker and Jamaal Barber.

Jamaal Barber and Rashaun Rucker invite viewers to journey through the rich landscapes of North Carolina, their birthplace, exploring deep-rooted connections to family, sacred spaces, and the poignant memories of the South. The show delves into the complexities of their shared heritage, harnessing the power of nostalgia and the struggle for identity through the lens of personal and communal histories. Both artists draw inspiration from their familial ties and the echoes of the past that resonate within their lives.

Detroit-based artist Rashaun Rucker connects Christian iconography, Black spirituality, and notions of ancestry.

Rashaun Rucker (b. 1978, Winston-Salem, NC) is an accomplished artist and alumnus of North Carolina Central University and Marygrove College. He earned a Master of Fine Arts in Print Media from the Cranbrook Academy of Art. Rucker creates a diverse range of works, including photographs, prints, objects, and drawings, and has been honored with over 40 national and state awards for his artistic endeavors. In 2008, he made history as the first African American to be named Michigan Press Photographer of the Year. That same year, he also received a national Emmy Award for his documentary photography focusing on the pit bull culture in Detroit.

Jamaal Barber is an artist and printmaker based in Atlanta that explores Black identity.

Jamaal Barber is a creative, imaginative soul born in Virginia and raised in North Carolina. In 2013, after seeing a screen printing demo at a local art store, Jamaal started experimenting with printmaking, making it his primary focus. His woodcuts and mixed-media prints illustrate the new Folio Society special edition of The Underground Railroad written by Colson Whitehead. Jamaal recently participated in the MTV/Smithsonian Channel art competition show The Exhibit. He has also worked for Twitter, the New York Times, Penguin Random House, Black Art in America, and Emory University.

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]]>tag:localist.com,2008:EventInstance_5351857671386735.968695-83.920421Sat, 14 Nov 2026 10:00:00 -05002026-11-14T10:00:00-05:00https://calendar.utk.edu/event/bound-by-the-soil-jamaal-barber-and-rashaun-ruckerExhibits & FilmsNov 15, 2026: Walker Evans at Ewing Gallery of Art + ArchitecureIn 1936, photographer Walker Evans and writer James Agee were sent on assignment by Fortune Magazine to observe and document the daily lives of three sharecropping families in Hale County, Alabama. The resulting book of their three-week stay was published in 1941 as Now Let Us Let Us Praise Famous Men.

Walker Evans is best known for his documentary photographs of the United States. He spent his early career experimentally photographing the streets of New York. In 1935, he worked for the Farm Security Administration and travelled through the mid-west and southern states of America creating some of his most important and significant work. In 1938, Evans was the first photographer that the Museum of Modern Art in New York honored with a solo exhibition titled Walker Evans, American Photographs.

These photographs from the Ewing Gallery Permanent Collection were taken on Evans' trip to Hale County, Alabama.

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]]>tag:localist.com,2008:EventInstance_5338245469878735.952525-83.929589Sun, 15 Nov 2026 13:00:00 -05002026-11-15T13:00:00-05:00https://calendar.utk.edu/event/walker-evansExhibits & FilmsNov 16, 2026: Walker Evans at Ewing Gallery of Art + ArchitecureIn 1936, photographer Walker Evans and writer James Agee were sent on assignment by Fortune Magazine to observe and document the daily lives of three sharecropping families in Hale County, Alabama. The resulting book of their three-week stay was published in 1941 as Now Let Us Let Us Praise Famous Men.

Walker Evans is best known for his documentary photographs of the United States. He spent his early career experimentally photographing the streets of New York. In 1935, he worked for the Farm Security Administration and travelled through the mid-west and southern states of America creating some of his most important and significant work. In 1938, Evans was the first photographer that the Museum of Modern Art in New York honored with a solo exhibition titled Walker Evans, American Photographs.

These photographs from the Ewing Gallery Permanent Collection were taken on Evans' trip to Hale County, Alabama.

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]]>tag:localist.com,2008:EventInstance_5338245469981235.952525-83.929589Mon, 16 Nov 2026 10:00:00 -05002026-11-16T10:00:00-05:00https://calendar.utk.edu/event/walker-evansExhibits & FilmsNov 16, 2026: Microbiology Fall Seminar Series-Dr. Apollo Stacy at Ken and Blaire Mossman BuildingJoin us as Dr. Apollo Stacy presents "Microbiota-host interactions in oral health and disease."

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]]>tag:localist.com,2008:EventInstance_5385948228237935.943356-83.938699Mon, 16 Nov 2026 15:00:00 -05002026-11-16T15:00:00-05:00https://calendar.utk.edu/event/microbiology-fall-seminar-series-dr-apollo-stacyLectures & PresentationsNov 17, 2026: Walker Evans at Ewing Gallery of Art + ArchitecureIn 1936, photographer Walker Evans and writer James Agee were sent on assignment by Fortune Magazine to observe and document the daily lives of three sharecropping families in Hale County, Alabama. The resulting book of their three-week stay was published in 1941 as Now Let Us Let Us Praise Famous Men.

Walker Evans is best known for his documentary photographs of the United States. He spent his early career experimentally photographing the streets of New York. In 1935, he worked for the Farm Security Administration and travelled through the mid-west and southern states of America creating some of his most important and significant work. In 1938, Evans was the first photographer that the Museum of Modern Art in New York honored with a solo exhibition titled Walker Evans, American Photographs.

These photographs from the Ewing Gallery Permanent Collection were taken on Evans' trip to Hale County, Alabama.

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]]>tag:localist.com,2008:EventInstance_5338245470083735.952525-83.929589Tue, 17 Nov 2026 10:00:00 -05002026-11-17T10:00:00-05:00https://calendar.utk.edu/event/walker-evansExhibits & FilmsNov 18, 2026: Walker Evans at Ewing Gallery of Art + ArchitecureIn 1936, photographer Walker Evans and writer James Agee were sent on assignment by Fortune Magazine to observe and document the daily lives of three sharecropping families in Hale County, Alabama. The resulting book of their three-week stay was published in 1941 as Now Let Us Let Us Praise Famous Men.

Walker Evans is best known for his documentary photographs of the United States. He spent his early career experimentally photographing the streets of New York. In 1935, he worked for the Farm Security Administration and travelled through the mid-west and southern states of America creating some of his most important and significant work. In 1938, Evans was the first photographer that the Museum of Modern Art in New York honored with a solo exhibition titled Walker Evans, American Photographs.

These photographs from the Ewing Gallery Permanent Collection were taken on Evans' trip to Hale County, Alabama.

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]]>tag:localist.com,2008:EventInstance_5338245470186235.952525-83.929589Wed, 18 Nov 2026 10:00:00 -05002026-11-18T10:00:00-05:00https://calendar.utk.edu/event/walker-evansExhibits & FilmsNov 18, 2026: Bound by the Soil | Jamaal Barber and Rashaun Rucker at Downtown GalleryJoin us for a 2 person exhibition of work by Rashaun Rucker and Jamaal Barber.

Jamaal Barber and Rashaun Rucker invite viewers to journey through the rich landscapes of North Carolina, their birthplace, exploring deep-rooted connections to family, sacred spaces, and the poignant memories of the South. The show delves into the complexities of their shared heritage, harnessing the power of nostalgia and the struggle for identity through the lens of personal and communal histories. Both artists draw inspiration from their familial ties and the echoes of the past that resonate within their lives.

Detroit-based artist Rashaun Rucker connects Christian iconography, Black spirituality, and notions of ancestry.

Rashaun Rucker (b. 1978, Winston-Salem, NC) is an accomplished artist and alumnus of North Carolina Central University and Marygrove College. He earned a Master of Fine Arts in Print Media from the Cranbrook Academy of Art. Rucker creates a diverse range of works, including photographs, prints, objects, and drawings, and has been honored with over 40 national and state awards for his artistic endeavors. In 2008, he made history as the first African American to be named Michigan Press Photographer of the Year. That same year, he also received a national Emmy Award for his documentary photography focusing on the pit bull culture in Detroit.

Jamaal Barber is an artist and printmaker based in Atlanta that explores Black identity.

Jamaal Barber is a creative, imaginative soul born in Virginia and raised in North Carolina. In 2013, after seeing a screen printing demo at a local art store, Jamaal started experimenting with printmaking, making it his primary focus. His woodcuts and mixed-media prints illustrate the new Folio Society special edition of The Underground Railroad written by Colson Whitehead. Jamaal recently participated in the MTV/Smithsonian Channel art competition show The Exhibit. He has also worked for Twitter, the New York Times, Penguin Random House, Black Art in America, and Emory University.

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]]>tag:localist.com,2008:EventInstance_5351857671591635.968695-83.920421Wed, 18 Nov 2026 11:00:00 -05002026-11-18T11:00:00-05:00https://calendar.utk.edu/event/bound-by-the-soil-jamaal-barber-and-rashaun-ruckerExhibits & FilmsNov 19, 2026: Walker Evans at Ewing Gallery of Art + ArchitecureIn 1936, photographer Walker Evans and writer James Agee were sent on assignment by Fortune Magazine to observe and document the daily lives of three sharecropping families in Hale County, Alabama. The resulting book of their three-week stay was published in 1941 as Now Let Us Let Us Praise Famous Men.

Walker Evans is best known for his documentary photographs of the United States. He spent his early career experimentally photographing the streets of New York. In 1935, he worked for the Farm Security Administration and travelled through the mid-west and southern states of America creating some of his most important and significant work. In 1938, Evans was the first photographer that the Museum of Modern Art in New York honored with a solo exhibition titled Walker Evans, American Photographs.

These photographs from the Ewing Gallery Permanent Collection were taken on Evans' trip to Hale County, Alabama.

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]]>tag:localist.com,2008:EventInstance_5338245470288735.952525-83.929589Thu, 19 Nov 2026 10:00:00 -05002026-11-19T10:00:00-05:00https://calendar.utk.edu/event/walker-evansExhibits & FilmsNov 19, 2026: Bound by the Soil | Jamaal Barber and Rashaun Rucker at Downtown GalleryJoin us for a 2 person exhibition of work by Rashaun Rucker and Jamaal Barber.

Jamaal Barber and Rashaun Rucker invite viewers to journey through the rich landscapes of North Carolina, their birthplace, exploring deep-rooted connections to family, sacred spaces, and the poignant memories of the South. The show delves into the complexities of their shared heritage, harnessing the power of nostalgia and the struggle for identity through the lens of personal and communal histories. Both artists draw inspiration from their familial ties and the echoes of the past that resonate within their lives.

Detroit-based artist Rashaun Rucker connects Christian iconography, Black spirituality, and notions of ancestry.

Rashaun Rucker (b. 1978, Winston-Salem, NC) is an accomplished artist and alumnus of North Carolina Central University and Marygrove College. He earned a Master of Fine Arts in Print Media from the Cranbrook Academy of Art. Rucker creates a diverse range of works, including photographs, prints, objects, and drawings, and has been honored with over 40 national and state awards for his artistic endeavors. In 2008, he made history as the first African American to be named Michigan Press Photographer of the Year. That same year, he also received a national Emmy Award for his documentary photography focusing on the pit bull culture in Detroit.

Jamaal Barber is an artist and printmaker based in Atlanta that explores Black identity.

Jamaal Barber is a creative, imaginative soul born in Virginia and raised in North Carolina. In 2013, after seeing a screen printing demo at a local art store, Jamaal started experimenting with printmaking, making it his primary focus. His woodcuts and mixed-media prints illustrate the new Folio Society special edition of The Underground Railroad written by Colson Whitehead. Jamaal recently participated in the MTV/Smithsonian Channel art competition show The Exhibit. He has also worked for Twitter, the New York Times, Penguin Random House, Black Art in America, and Emory University.

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]]>tag:localist.com,2008:EventInstance_5351857671694135.968695-83.920421Thu, 19 Nov 2026 11:00:00 -05002026-11-19T11:00:00-05:00https://calendar.utk.edu/event/bound-by-the-soil-jamaal-barber-and-rashaun-ruckerExhibits & FilmsNov 19, 2026: Chem501 Seminar Fall 2026 at Buehler Hall"Harnessing Radical and Carbene Polarity in Organic Synthesis" presented by Dr. David Nagib from Ohio State University.

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]]>tag:localist.com,2008:EventInstance_5361156411051335.958299-83.924926Thu, 19 Nov 2026 13:00:00 -05002026-11-19T13:00:00-05:00https://calendar.utk.edu/event/chem501-seminar-fall-2026-6630Lectures & PresentationsNov 19, 2026: Marco Institute Annual Riggsby Lecture at Student UnionThe 23rd Annual Riggsby Lecture on Medieval Mediterranean History & Culture will feature Marisa Galvez (Stanford), who will speak on "Unthinking Medieval Poetry: Troubadours and Machaut."

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]]>tag:localist.com,2008:EventInstance_5382595973403435.943356-83.938699Thu, 19 Nov 2026 17:00:00 -05002026-11-19T17:00:00-05:00https://calendar.utk.edu/event/marco-institute-annual-riggsby-lecture-7696Lectures & PresentationsNov 19, 2026: Conversations & Cocktails: "Samurai Superstars in Antebellum America" with Natalia DoanThe Denbo Center for Humanities & the Arts Presents Conversations & Cocktails: "Samurai Superstars in Antebellum America" with Natalia Doan.

This virtual talk will explore how, in 1860, seventeen-year-old samurai Tateishi Onojirō and his rumored flirtations and popularity with American women during the first-ever Japanese diplomatic mission to the US sparked national controversy and questioning of antebellum ideas about race and culture.

Dr. Natalia Doan is an Assistant Professor of History at the University of Tennessee, Knoxville, where she teaches the cultural and intellectual history of modern and early modern Japan. She received her doctorate in Asian Studies from the University of Oxford and is the author of Civil War Samurai: The 1860 Japanese Embassy and Tateishi Onojirō in Antebellum America (Leiden University Press, 2026).

This talk is part of the 2026-2027 Conversations & Cocktails series presented by the Denbo Center for Humanities & the Arts. Conversations & Cocktails is a free public lecture and discussion series that showcases the original research of our distinguished UT arts and humanities faculty. Join us as we feature groundbreaking work exploring a wide range of topics in the arts and in humanities fields such as philosophy, history, and literature studies.

Register for the virtual talk with the link below.

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]]>tag:localist.com,2008:EventInstance_53487882818676Thu, 19 Nov 2026 19:00:00 -05002026-11-19T19:00:00-05:00https://calendar.utk.edu/event/conversations-cocktails-samurai-superstars-in-antebellum-america-with-natalia-doanLectures & PresentationsNov 20, 2026: EEB Seminar "Simberloff Lecture: A Model Plant System for Understanding Biological Invasions, Evolution, Biogeography, and Global Change" at Science & Engineering BuildingLaura Meyerson - University of Rhode Island - hosted by Dan Simberloff

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]]>tag:localist.com,2008:EventInstance_5380805775319535.957377-83.924274Fri, 20 Nov 2026 00:00:00 -05002026-11-20T00:00:00-05:00https://calendar.utk.edu/event/eeb-seminar-simberloff-lecture-a-model-plant-system-for-understanding-biological-invasions-evolution-biogeography-and-global-changeLectures & PresentationsNov 20, 2026: Walker Evans at Ewing Gallery of Art + ArchitecureIn 1936, photographer Walker Evans and writer James Agee were sent on assignment by Fortune Magazine to observe and document the daily lives of three sharecropping families in Hale County, Alabama. The resulting book of their three-week stay was published in 1941 as Now Let Us Let Us Praise Famous Men.

Walker Evans is best known for his documentary photographs of the United States. He spent his early career experimentally photographing the streets of New York. In 1935, he worked for the Farm Security Administration and travelled through the mid-west and southern states of America creating some of his most important and significant work. In 1938, Evans was the first photographer that the Museum of Modern Art in New York honored with a solo exhibition titled Walker Evans, American Photographs.

These photographs from the Ewing Gallery Permanent Collection were taken on Evans' trip to Hale County, Alabama.

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]]>tag:localist.com,2008:EventInstance_5338245470391235.952525-83.929589Fri, 20 Nov 2026 10:00:00 -05002026-11-20T10:00:00-05:00https://calendar.utk.edu/event/walker-evansExhibits & FilmsNov 20, 2026: Bound by the Soil | Jamaal Barber and Rashaun Rucker at Downtown GalleryJoin us for a 2 person exhibition of work by Rashaun Rucker and Jamaal Barber.

Jamaal Barber and Rashaun Rucker invite viewers to journey through the rich landscapes of North Carolina, their birthplace, exploring deep-rooted connections to family, sacred spaces, and the poignant memories of the South. The show delves into the complexities of their shared heritage, harnessing the power of nostalgia and the struggle for identity through the lens of personal and communal histories. Both artists draw inspiration from their familial ties and the echoes of the past that resonate within their lives.

Detroit-based artist Rashaun Rucker connects Christian iconography, Black spirituality, and notions of ancestry.

Rashaun Rucker (b. 1978, Winston-Salem, NC) is an accomplished artist and alumnus of North Carolina Central University and Marygrove College. He earned a Master of Fine Arts in Print Media from the Cranbrook Academy of Art. Rucker creates a diverse range of works, including photographs, prints, objects, and drawings, and has been honored with over 40 national and state awards for his artistic endeavors. In 2008, he made history as the first African American to be named Michigan Press Photographer of the Year. That same year, he also received a national Emmy Award for his documentary photography focusing on the pit bull culture in Detroit.

Jamaal Barber is an artist and printmaker based in Atlanta that explores Black identity.

Jamaal Barber is a creative, imaginative soul born in Virginia and raised in North Carolina. In 2013, after seeing a screen printing demo at a local art store, Jamaal started experimenting with printmaking, making it his primary focus. His woodcuts and mixed-media prints illustrate the new Folio Society special edition of The Underground Railroad written by Colson Whitehead. Jamaal recently participated in the MTV/Smithsonian Channel art competition show The Exhibit. He has also worked for Twitter, the New York Times, Penguin Random House, Black Art in America, and Emory University.

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]]>tag:localist.com,2008:EventInstance_5351857671796635.968695-83.920421Fri, 20 Nov 2026 11:00:00 -05002026-11-20T11:00:00-05:00https://calendar.utk.edu/event/bound-by-the-soil-jamaal-barber-and-rashaun-ruckerExhibits & FilmsNov 21, 2026: Bound by the Soil | Jamaal Barber and Rashaun Rucker at Downtown GalleryJoin us for a 2 person exhibition of work by Rashaun Rucker and Jamaal Barber.

Jamaal Barber and Rashaun Rucker invite viewers to journey through the rich landscapes of North Carolina, their birthplace, exploring deep-rooted connections to family, sacred spaces, and the poignant memories of the South. The show delves into the complexities of their shared heritage, harnessing the power of nostalgia and the struggle for identity through the lens of personal and communal histories. Both artists draw inspiration from their familial ties and the echoes of the past that resonate within their lives.

Detroit-based artist Rashaun Rucker connects Christian iconography, Black spirituality, and notions of ancestry.

Rashaun Rucker (b. 1978, Winston-Salem, NC) is an accomplished artist and alumnus of North Carolina Central University and Marygrove College. He earned a Master of Fine Arts in Print Media from the Cranbrook Academy of Art. Rucker creates a diverse range of works, including photographs, prints, objects, and drawings, and has been honored with over 40 national and state awards for his artistic endeavors. In 2008, he made history as the first African American to be named Michigan Press Photographer of the Year. That same year, he also received a national Emmy Award for his documentary photography focusing on the pit bull culture in Detroit.

Jamaal Barber is an artist and printmaker based in Atlanta that explores Black identity.

Jamaal Barber is a creative, imaginative soul born in Virginia and raised in North Carolina. In 2013, after seeing a screen printing demo at a local art store, Jamaal started experimenting with printmaking, making it his primary focus. His woodcuts and mixed-media prints illustrate the new Folio Society special edition of The Underground Railroad written by Colson Whitehead. Jamaal recently participated in the MTV/Smithsonian Channel art competition show The Exhibit. He has also worked for Twitter, the New York Times, Penguin Random House, Black Art in America, and Emory University.

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]]>tag:localist.com,2008:EventInstance_5351857672001535.968695-83.920421Sat, 21 Nov 2026 10:00:00 -05002026-11-21T10:00:00-05:00https://calendar.utk.edu/event/bound-by-the-soil-jamaal-barber-and-rashaun-ruckerExhibits & FilmsNov 22, 2026: Walker Evans at Ewing Gallery of Art + ArchitecureIn 1936, photographer Walker Evans and writer James Agee were sent on assignment by Fortune Magazine to observe and document the daily lives of three sharecropping families in Hale County, Alabama. The resulting book of their three-week stay was published in 1941 as Now Let Us Let Us Praise Famous Men.

Walker Evans is best known for his documentary photographs of the United States. He spent his early career experimentally photographing the streets of New York. In 1935, he worked for the Farm Security Administration and travelled through the mid-west and southern states of America creating some of his most important and significant work. In 1938, Evans was the first photographer that the Museum of Modern Art in New York honored with a solo exhibition titled Walker Evans, American Photographs.

These photographs from the Ewing Gallery Permanent Collection were taken on Evans' trip to Hale County, Alabama.

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]]>tag:localist.com,2008:EventInstance_5338245470391335.952525-83.929589Sun, 22 Nov 2026 13:00:00 -05002026-11-22T13:00:00-05:00https://calendar.utk.edu/event/walker-evansExhibits & FilmsNov 22, 2026: Public Books Circle: Florida by Lauren Groff at Denbo Center for Humanities & the ArtsThe Denbo Center for Humanities & the Arts is hosting Public Books Circle, a program free to all adult readers. Public Books Circle meetings are held in person at the Denbo Center at Cherokee Mills, on Sutherland Avenue in Knoxville.

This year’s Circle is led by the DCHA Public Books Scholar, Professor Natalie Graham (Head, Africana Studies at UT) and follows the DCHA theme, “Authenticity: Identity and Place.”

We encourage participants to buy the books from a great local bookstore, read the books in preparation for discussion, and bring books with them to the meetings. However, don't let the reading keep you from the conversation. This will be a casual conversation open to all.

Schedule for "A Close Look at a Curious Place: Exploring Authenticity, Place, and Identity through Florida's Literature" Public Books Circle

Oct 18, 2:30: Their Eyes Were Watching God by Zora Neale HurstonNov 22, 2:30: Florida by Lauren GroffJan 24, 2:30: Alligator Tears by Edgar GomezFeb 21, 2:30: Everything Inside by Edwidge DanticatApr 18, 2:30: Florida Water by aja monet

Questions? Email us at humanitiesctr@utk.edu

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]]>tag:localist.com,2008:EventInstance_5394835776738935.95618-83.952515Sun, 22 Nov 2026 14:30:00 -05002026-11-22T14:30:00-05:00https://calendar.utk.edu/event/public-books-circle-florida-by-lauren-groffNov 23, 2026: Walker Evans at Ewing Gallery of Art + ArchitecureIn 1936, photographer Walker Evans and writer James Agee were sent on assignment by Fortune Magazine to observe and document the daily lives of three sharecropping families in Hale County, Alabama. The resulting book of their three-week stay was published in 1941 as Now Let Us Let Us Praise Famous Men.

Walker Evans is best known for his documentary photographs of the United States. He spent his early career experimentally photographing the streets of New York. In 1935, he worked for the Farm Security Administration and travelled through the mid-west and southern states of America creating some of his most important and significant work. In 1938, Evans was the first photographer that the Museum of Modern Art in New York honored with a solo exhibition titled Walker Evans, American Photographs.

These photographs from the Ewing Gallery Permanent Collection were taken on Evans' trip to Hale County, Alabama.

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]]>tag:localist.com,2008:EventInstance_5338245470493835.952525-83.929589Mon, 23 Nov 2026 10:00:00 -05002026-11-23T10:00:00-05:00https://calendar.utk.edu/event/walker-evansExhibits & FilmsNov 24, 2026: Walker Evans at Ewing Gallery of Art + ArchitecureIn 1936, photographer Walker Evans and writer James Agee were sent on assignment by Fortune Magazine to observe and document the daily lives of three sharecropping families in Hale County, Alabama. The resulting book of their three-week stay was published in 1941 as Now Let Us Let Us Praise Famous Men.

Walker Evans is best known for his documentary photographs of the United States. He spent his early career experimentally photographing the streets of New York. In 1935, he worked for the Farm Security Administration and travelled through the mid-west and southern states of America creating some of his most important and significant work. In 1938, Evans was the first photographer that the Museum of Modern Art in New York honored with a solo exhibition titled Walker Evans, American Photographs.

These photographs from the Ewing Gallery Permanent Collection were taken on Evans' trip to Hale County, Alabama.

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]]>tag:localist.com,2008:EventInstance_5338245470596335.952525-83.929589Tue, 24 Nov 2026 10:00:00 -05002026-11-24T10:00:00-05:00https://calendar.utk.edu/event/walker-evansExhibits & FilmsNov 25, 2026: Bound by the Soil | Jamaal Barber and Rashaun Rucker at Downtown GalleryJoin us for a 2 person exhibition of work by Rashaun Rucker and Jamaal Barber.

Jamaal Barber and Rashaun Rucker invite viewers to journey through the rich landscapes of North Carolina, their birthplace, exploring deep-rooted connections to family, sacred spaces, and the poignant memories of the South. The show delves into the complexities of their shared heritage, harnessing the power of nostalgia and the struggle for identity through the lens of personal and communal histories. Both artists draw inspiration from their familial ties and the echoes of the past that resonate within their lives.

Detroit-based artist Rashaun Rucker connects Christian iconography, Black spirituality, and notions of ancestry.

Rashaun Rucker (b. 1978, Winston-Salem, NC) is an accomplished artist and alumnus of North Carolina Central University and Marygrove College. He earned a Master of Fine Arts in Print Media from the Cranbrook Academy of Art. Rucker creates a diverse range of works, including photographs, prints, objects, and drawings, and has been honored with over 40 national and state awards for his artistic endeavors. In 2008, he made history as the first African American to be named Michigan Press Photographer of the Year. That same year, he also received a national Emmy Award for his documentary photography focusing on the pit bull culture in Detroit.

Jamaal Barber is an artist and printmaker based in Atlanta that explores Black identity.

Jamaal Barber is a creative, imaginative soul born in Virginia and raised in North Carolina. In 2013, after seeing a screen printing demo at a local art store, Jamaal started experimenting with printmaking, making it his primary focus. His woodcuts and mixed-media prints illustrate the new Folio Society special edition of The Underground Railroad written by Colson Whitehead. Jamaal recently participated in the MTV/Smithsonian Channel art competition show The Exhibit. He has also worked for Twitter, the New York Times, Penguin Random House, Black Art in America, and Emory University.

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]]>tag:localist.com,2008:EventInstance_5351857672104035.968695-83.920421Wed, 25 Nov 2026 11:00:00 -05002026-11-25T11:00:00-05:00https://calendar.utk.edu/event/bound-by-the-soil-jamaal-barber-and-rashaun-ruckerExhibits & FilmsNov 28, 2026: Bound by the Soil | Jamaal Barber and Rashaun Rucker at Downtown GalleryJoin us for a 2 person exhibition of work by Rashaun Rucker and Jamaal Barber.

Jamaal Barber and Rashaun Rucker invite viewers to journey through the rich landscapes of North Carolina, their birthplace, exploring deep-rooted connections to family, sacred spaces, and the poignant memories of the South. The show delves into the complexities of their shared heritage, harnessing the power of nostalgia and the struggle for identity through the lens of personal and communal histories. Both artists draw inspiration from their familial ties and the echoes of the past that resonate within their lives.

Detroit-based artist Rashaun Rucker connects Christian iconography, Black spirituality, and notions of ancestry.

Rashaun Rucker (b. 1978, Winston-Salem, NC) is an accomplished artist and alumnus of North Carolina Central University and Marygrove College. He earned a Master of Fine Arts in Print Media from the Cranbrook Academy of Art. Rucker creates a diverse range of works, including photographs, prints, objects, and drawings, and has been honored with over 40 national and state awards for his artistic endeavors. In 2008, he made history as the first African American to be named Michigan Press Photographer of the Year. That same year, he also received a national Emmy Award for his documentary photography focusing on the pit bull culture in Detroit.

Jamaal Barber is an artist and printmaker based in Atlanta that explores Black identity.

Jamaal Barber is a creative, imaginative soul born in Virginia and raised in North Carolina. In 2013, after seeing a screen printing demo at a local art store, Jamaal started experimenting with printmaking, making it his primary focus. His woodcuts and mixed-media prints illustrate the new Folio Society special edition of The Underground Railroad written by Colson Whitehead. Jamaal recently participated in the MTV/Smithsonian Channel art competition show The Exhibit. He has also worked for Twitter, the New York Times, Penguin Random House, Black Art in America, and Emory University.

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]]>tag:localist.com,2008:EventInstance_5351857672206535.968695-83.920421Sat, 28 Nov 2026 10:00:00 -05002026-11-28T10:00:00-05:00https://calendar.utk.edu/event/bound-by-the-soil-jamaal-barber-and-rashaun-ruckerExhibits & FilmsNov 30, 2026: Walker Evans at Ewing Gallery of Art + ArchitecureIn 1936, photographer Walker Evans and writer James Agee were sent on assignment by Fortune Magazine to observe and document the daily lives of three sharecropping families in Hale County, Alabama. The resulting book of their three-week stay was published in 1941 as Now Let Us Let Us Praise Famous Men.

Walker Evans is best known for his documentary photographs of the United States. He spent his early career experimentally photographing the streets of New York. In 1935, he worked for the Farm Security Administration and travelled through the mid-west and southern states of America creating some of his most important and significant work. In 1938, Evans was the first photographer that the Museum of Modern Art in New York honored with a solo exhibition titled Walker Evans, American Photographs.

These photographs from the Ewing Gallery Permanent Collection were taken on Evans' trip to Hale County, Alabama.

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]]>tag:localist.com,2008:EventInstance_5338245470698835.952525-83.929589Mon, 30 Nov 2026 10:00:00 -05002026-11-30T10:00:00-05:00https://calendar.utk.edu/event/walker-evansExhibits & FilmsNov 30, 2026: Microbiology Fall Seminar Series-Dr. Will Ludington at Ken and Blaire Mossman BuildingJoin us as Dr. Will Ludington presents "Symbiont-host recognition through molecular specificity."

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]]>tag:localist.com,2008:EventInstance_5385949012788235.943356-83.938699Mon, 30 Nov 2026 15:00:00 -05002026-11-30T15:00:00-05:00https://calendar.utk.edu/event/microbiology-fall-seminar-series-dr-will-ludingtonLectures & PresentationsDec 1, 2026: Walker Evans at Ewing Gallery of Art + ArchitecureIn 1936, photographer Walker Evans and writer James Agee were sent on assignment by Fortune Magazine to observe and document the daily lives of three sharecropping families in Hale County, Alabama. The resulting book of their three-week stay was published in 1941 as Now Let Us Let Us Praise Famous Men.

Walker Evans is best known for his documentary photographs of the United States. He spent his early career experimentally photographing the streets of New York. In 1935, he worked for the Farm Security Administration and travelled through the mid-west and southern states of America creating some of his most important and significant work. In 1938, Evans was the first photographer that the Museum of Modern Art in New York honored with a solo exhibition titled Walker Evans, American Photographs.

These photographs from the Ewing Gallery Permanent Collection were taken on Evans' trip to Hale County, Alabama.

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]]>tag:localist.com,2008:EventInstance_5338245470801335.952525-83.929589Tue, 01 Dec 2026 10:00:00 -05002026-12-01T10:00:00-05:00https://calendar.utk.edu/event/walker-evansExhibits & FilmsDec 2, 2026: Walker Evans at Ewing Gallery of Art + ArchitecureIn 1936, photographer Walker Evans and writer James Agee were sent on assignment by Fortune Magazine to observe and document the daily lives of three sharecropping families in Hale County, Alabama. The resulting book of their three-week stay was published in 1941 as Now Let Us Let Us Praise Famous Men.

Walker Evans is best known for his documentary photographs of the United States. He spent his early career experimentally photographing the streets of New York. In 1935, he worked for the Farm Security Administration and travelled through the mid-west and southern states of America creating some of his most important and significant work. In 1938, Evans was the first photographer that the Museum of Modern Art in New York honored with a solo exhibition titled Walker Evans, American Photographs.

These photographs from the Ewing Gallery Permanent Collection were taken on Evans' trip to Hale County, Alabama.

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]]>tag:localist.com,2008:EventInstance_5338245470903835.952525-83.929589Wed, 02 Dec 2026 10:00:00 -05002026-12-02T10:00:00-05:00https://calendar.utk.edu/event/walker-evansExhibits & FilmsDec 2, 2026: Bound by the Soil | Jamaal Barber and Rashaun Rucker at Downtown GalleryJoin us for a 2 person exhibition of work by Rashaun Rucker and Jamaal Barber.

Jamaal Barber and Rashaun Rucker invite viewers to journey through the rich landscapes of North Carolina, their birthplace, exploring deep-rooted connections to family, sacred spaces, and the poignant memories of the South. The show delves into the complexities of their shared heritage, harnessing the power of nostalgia and the struggle for identity through the lens of personal and communal histories. Both artists draw inspiration from their familial ties and the echoes of the past that resonate within their lives.

Detroit-based artist Rashaun Rucker connects Christian iconography, Black spirituality, and notions of ancestry.

Rashaun Rucker (b. 1978, Winston-Salem, NC) is an accomplished artist and alumnus of North Carolina Central University and Marygrove College. He earned a Master of Fine Arts in Print Media from the Cranbrook Academy of Art. Rucker creates a diverse range of works, including photographs, prints, objects, and drawings, and has been honored with over 40 national and state awards for his artistic endeavors. In 2008, he made history as the first African American to be named Michigan Press Photographer of the Year. That same year, he also received a national Emmy Award for his documentary photography focusing on the pit bull culture in Detroit.

Jamaal Barber is an artist and printmaker based in Atlanta that explores Black identity.

Jamaal Barber is a creative, imaginative soul born in Virginia and raised in North Carolina. In 2013, after seeing a screen printing demo at a local art store, Jamaal started experimenting with printmaking, making it his primary focus. His woodcuts and mixed-media prints illustrate the new Folio Society special edition of The Underground Railroad written by Colson Whitehead. Jamaal recently participated in the MTV/Smithsonian Channel art competition show The Exhibit. He has also worked for Twitter, the New York Times, Penguin Random House, Black Art in America, and Emory University.

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]]>tag:localist.com,2008:EventInstance_5351857672411435.968695-83.920421Wed, 02 Dec 2026 11:00:00 -05002026-12-02T11:00:00-05:00https://calendar.utk.edu/event/bound-by-the-soil-jamaal-barber-and-rashaun-ruckerExhibits & FilmsDec 3, 2026: Bound by the Soil | Jamaal Barber and Rashaun Rucker at Downtown GalleryJoin us for a 2 person exhibition of work by Rashaun Rucker and Jamaal Barber.

Jamaal Barber and Rashaun Rucker invite viewers to journey through the rich landscapes of North Carolina, their birthplace, exploring deep-rooted connections to family, sacred spaces, and the poignant memories of the South. The show delves into the complexities of their shared heritage, harnessing the power of nostalgia and the struggle for identity through the lens of personal and communal histories. Both artists draw inspiration from their familial ties and the echoes of the past that resonate within their lives.

Detroit-based artist Rashaun Rucker connects Christian iconography, Black spirituality, and notions of ancestry.

Rashaun Rucker (b. 1978, Winston-Salem, NC) is an accomplished artist and alumnus of North Carolina Central University and Marygrove College. He earned a Master of Fine Arts in Print Media from the Cranbrook Academy of Art. Rucker creates a diverse range of works, including photographs, prints, objects, and drawings, and has been honored with over 40 national and state awards for his artistic endeavors. In 2008, he made history as the first African American to be named Michigan Press Photographer of the Year. That same year, he also received a national Emmy Award for his documentary photography focusing on the pit bull culture in Detroit.

Jamaal Barber is an artist and printmaker based in Atlanta that explores Black identity.

Jamaal Barber is a creative, imaginative soul born in Virginia and raised in North Carolina. In 2013, after seeing a screen printing demo at a local art store, Jamaal started experimenting with printmaking, making it his primary focus. His woodcuts and mixed-media prints illustrate the new Folio Society special edition of The Underground Railroad written by Colson Whitehead. Jamaal recently participated in the MTV/Smithsonian Channel art competition show The Exhibit. He has also worked for Twitter, the New York Times, Penguin Random House, Black Art in America, and Emory University.

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]]>tag:localist.com,2008:EventInstance_5351857672616335.968695-83.920421Thu, 03 Dec 2026 11:00:00 -05002026-12-03T11:00:00-05:00https://calendar.utk.edu/event/bound-by-the-soil-jamaal-barber-and-rashaun-ruckerExhibits & FilmsDec 3, 2026: PDE Seminar at Ayres HallSpeaker: Prof. Chen-Chih Lai, MTSU

Title: TBD

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]]>tag:localist.com,2008:EventInstance_5362044531660535.957579-83.925751Thu, 03 Dec 2026 14:30:00 -05002026-12-03T14:30:00-05:00https://calendar.utk.edu/event/pde-seminar-9302Lectures & PresentationsDec 4, 2026: Bound by the Soil | Jamaal Barber and Rashaun Rucker at Downtown GalleryJoin us for a 2 person exhibition of work by Rashaun Rucker and Jamaal Barber.

Jamaal Barber and Rashaun Rucker invite viewers to journey through the rich landscapes of North Carolina, their birthplace, exploring deep-rooted connections to family, sacred spaces, and the poignant memories of the South. The show delves into the complexities of their shared heritage, harnessing the power of nostalgia and the struggle for identity through the lens of personal and communal histories. Both artists draw inspiration from their familial ties and the echoes of the past that resonate within their lives.

Detroit-based artist Rashaun Rucker connects Christian iconography, Black spirituality, and notions of ancestry.

Rashaun Rucker (b. 1978, Winston-Salem, NC) is an accomplished artist and alumnus of North Carolina Central University and Marygrove College. He earned a Master of Fine Arts in Print Media from the Cranbrook Academy of Art. Rucker creates a diverse range of works, including photographs, prints, objects, and drawings, and has been honored with over 40 national and state awards for his artistic endeavors. In 2008, he made history as the first African American to be named Michigan Press Photographer of the Year. That same year, he also received a national Emmy Award for his documentary photography focusing on the pit bull culture in Detroit.

Jamaal Barber is an artist and printmaker based in Atlanta that explores Black identity.

Jamaal Barber is a creative, imaginative soul born in Virginia and raised in North Carolina. In 2013, after seeing a screen printing demo at a local art store, Jamaal started experimenting with printmaking, making it his primary focus. His woodcuts and mixed-media prints illustrate the new Folio Society special edition of The Underground Railroad written by Colson Whitehead. Jamaal recently participated in the MTV/Smithsonian Channel art competition show The Exhibit. He has also worked for Twitter, the New York Times, Penguin Random House, Black Art in America, and Emory University.

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]]>tag:localist.com,2008:EventInstance_5351857672718835.968695-83.920421Fri, 04 Dec 2026 11:00:00 -05002026-12-04T11:00:00-05:00https://calendar.utk.edu/event/bound-by-the-soil-jamaal-barber-and-rashaun-ruckerExhibits & FilmsDec 5, 2026: Bound by the Soil | Jamaal Barber and Rashaun Rucker at Downtown GalleryJoin us for a 2 person exhibition of work by Rashaun Rucker and Jamaal Barber.

Jamaal Barber and Rashaun Rucker invite viewers to journey through the rich landscapes of North Carolina, their birthplace, exploring deep-rooted connections to family, sacred spaces, and the poignant memories of the South. The show delves into the complexities of their shared heritage, harnessing the power of nostalgia and the struggle for identity through the lens of personal and communal histories. Both artists draw inspiration from their familial ties and the echoes of the past that resonate within their lives.

Detroit-based artist Rashaun Rucker connects Christian iconography, Black spirituality, and notions of ancestry.

Rashaun Rucker (b. 1978, Winston-Salem, NC) is an accomplished artist and alumnus of North Carolina Central University and Marygrove College. He earned a Master of Fine Arts in Print Media from the Cranbrook Academy of Art. Rucker creates a diverse range of works, including photographs, prints, objects, and drawings, and has been honored with over 40 national and state awards for his artistic endeavors. In 2008, he made history as the first African American to be named Michigan Press Photographer of the Year. That same year, he also received a national Emmy Award for his documentary photography focusing on the pit bull culture in Detroit.

Jamaal Barber is an artist and printmaker based in Atlanta that explores Black identity.

Jamaal Barber is a creative, imaginative soul born in Virginia and raised in North Carolina. In 2013, after seeing a screen printing demo at a local art store, Jamaal started experimenting with printmaking, making it his primary focus. His woodcuts and mixed-media prints illustrate the new Folio Society special edition of The Underground Railroad written by Colson Whitehead. Jamaal recently participated in the MTV/Smithsonian Channel art competition show The Exhibit. He has also worked for Twitter, the New York Times, Penguin Random House, Black Art in America, and Emory University.

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]]>tag:localist.com,2008:EventInstance_5351857672923735.968695-83.920421Sat, 05 Dec 2026 10:00:00 -05002026-12-05T10:00:00-05:00https://calendar.utk.edu/event/bound-by-the-soil-jamaal-barber-and-rashaun-ruckerExhibits & FilmsDec 6, 2026: BCMB Seminar: Development and evaluation of a diagnostic imaging agent for systemic amyloidosis – A solution to an insoluble problem. at Ken and Blaire Mossman Building"Development and evaluation of a diagnostic imaging agent for systemic amyloidosis – A solution to an insoluble problem" (Jonathan Wall, Department of Medicine, University of Tennessee Graduate School of Medicine)

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]]>tag:localist.com,2008:EventInstance_4402232499661435.943356-83.938699Sun, 06 Dec 2026 15:35:00 -05002026-12-06T15:35:00-05:00https://calendar.utk.edu/event/bcmb_seminar_tba_1683Lectures & PresentationsDec 9, 2026: Bound by the Soil | Jamaal Barber and Rashaun Rucker at Downtown GalleryJoin us for a 2 person exhibition of work by Rashaun Rucker and Jamaal Barber.

Jamaal Barber and Rashaun Rucker invite viewers to journey through the rich landscapes of North Carolina, their birthplace, exploring deep-rooted connections to family, sacred spaces, and the poignant memories of the South. The show delves into the complexities of their shared heritage, harnessing the power of nostalgia and the struggle for identity through the lens of personal and communal histories. Both artists draw inspiration from their familial ties and the echoes of the past that resonate within their lives.

Detroit-based artist Rashaun Rucker connects Christian iconography, Black spirituality, and notions of ancestry.

Rashaun Rucker (b. 1978, Winston-Salem, NC) is an accomplished artist and alumnus of North Carolina Central University and Marygrove College. He earned a Master of Fine Arts in Print Media from the Cranbrook Academy of Art. Rucker creates a diverse range of works, including photographs, prints, objects, and drawings, and has been honored with over 40 national and state awards for his artistic endeavors. In 2008, he made history as the first African American to be named Michigan Press Photographer of the Year. That same year, he also received a national Emmy Award for his documentary photography focusing on the pit bull culture in Detroit.

Jamaal Barber is an artist and printmaker based in Atlanta that explores Black identity.

Jamaal Barber is a creative, imaginative soul born in Virginia and raised in North Carolina. In 2013, after seeing a screen printing demo at a local art store, Jamaal started experimenting with printmaking, making it his primary focus. His woodcuts and mixed-media prints illustrate the new Folio Society special edition of The Underground Railroad written by Colson Whitehead. Jamaal recently participated in the MTV/Smithsonian Channel art competition show The Exhibit. He has also worked for Twitter, the New York Times, Penguin Random House, Black Art in America, and Emory University.

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]]>tag:localist.com,2008:EventInstance_5351857673026235.968695-83.920421Wed, 09 Dec 2026 11:00:00 -05002026-12-09T11:00:00-05:00https://calendar.utk.edu/event/bound-by-the-soil-jamaal-barber-and-rashaun-ruckerExhibits & FilmsDec 10, 2026: Bound by the Soil | Jamaal Barber and Rashaun Rucker at Downtown GalleryJoin us for a 2 person exhibition of work by Rashaun Rucker and Jamaal Barber.

Jamaal Barber and Rashaun Rucker invite viewers to journey through the rich landscapes of North Carolina, their birthplace, exploring deep-rooted connections to family, sacred spaces, and the poignant memories of the South. The show delves into the complexities of their shared heritage, harnessing the power of nostalgia and the struggle for identity through the lens of personal and communal histories. Both artists draw inspiration from their familial ties and the echoes of the past that resonate within their lives.

Detroit-based artist Rashaun Rucker connects Christian iconography, Black spirituality, and notions of ancestry.

Rashaun Rucker (b. 1978, Winston-Salem, NC) is an accomplished artist and alumnus of North Carolina Central University and Marygrove College. He earned a Master of Fine Arts in Print Media from the Cranbrook Academy of Art. Rucker creates a diverse range of works, including photographs, prints, objects, and drawings, and has been honored with over 40 national and state awards for his artistic endeavors. In 2008, he made history as the first African American to be named Michigan Press Photographer of the Year. That same year, he also received a national Emmy Award for his documentary photography focusing on the pit bull culture in Detroit.

Jamaal Barber is an artist and printmaker based in Atlanta that explores Black identity.

Jamaal Barber is a creative, imaginative soul born in Virginia and raised in North Carolina. In 2013, after seeing a screen printing demo at a local art store, Jamaal started experimenting with printmaking, making it his primary focus. His woodcuts and mixed-media prints illustrate the new Folio Society special edition of The Underground Railroad written by Colson Whitehead. Jamaal recently participated in the MTV/Smithsonian Channel art competition show The Exhibit. He has also worked for Twitter, the New York Times, Penguin Random House, Black Art in America, and Emory University.

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]]>tag:localist.com,2008:EventInstance_5351857673231135.968695-83.920421Thu, 10 Dec 2026 11:00:00 -05002026-12-10T11:00:00-05:00https://calendar.utk.edu/event/bound-by-the-soil-jamaal-barber-and-rashaun-ruckerExhibits & FilmsDec 11, 2026: Bound by the Soil | Jamaal Barber and Rashaun Rucker at Downtown GalleryJoin us for a 2 person exhibition of work by Rashaun Rucker and Jamaal Barber.

Jamaal Barber and Rashaun Rucker invite viewers to journey through the rich landscapes of North Carolina, their birthplace, exploring deep-rooted connections to family, sacred spaces, and the poignant memories of the South. The show delves into the complexities of their shared heritage, harnessing the power of nostalgia and the struggle for identity through the lens of personal and communal histories. Both artists draw inspiration from their familial ties and the echoes of the past that resonate within their lives.

Detroit-based artist Rashaun Rucker connects Christian iconography, Black spirituality, and notions of ancestry.

Rashaun Rucker (b. 1978, Winston-Salem, NC) is an accomplished artist and alumnus of North Carolina Central University and Marygrove College. He earned a Master of Fine Arts in Print Media from the Cranbrook Academy of Art. Rucker creates a diverse range of works, including photographs, prints, objects, and drawings, and has been honored with over 40 national and state awards for his artistic endeavors. In 2008, he made history as the first African American to be named Michigan Press Photographer of the Year. That same year, he also received a national Emmy Award for his documentary photography focusing on the pit bull culture in Detroit.

Jamaal Barber is an artist and printmaker based in Atlanta that explores Black identity.

Jamaal Barber is a creative, imaginative soul born in Virginia and raised in North Carolina. In 2013, after seeing a screen printing demo at a local art store, Jamaal started experimenting with printmaking, making it his primary focus. His woodcuts and mixed-media prints illustrate the new Folio Society special edition of The Underground Railroad written by Colson Whitehead. Jamaal recently participated in the MTV/Smithsonian Channel art competition show The Exhibit. He has also worked for Twitter, the New York Times, Penguin Random House, Black Art in America, and Emory University.

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]]>tag:localist.com,2008:EventInstance_5351857673436035.968695-83.920421Fri, 11 Dec 2026 11:00:00 -05002026-12-11T11:00:00-05:00https://calendar.utk.edu/event/bound-by-the-soil-jamaal-barber-and-rashaun-ruckerExhibits & FilmsDec 11, 2026: Reception | Bound By the Soil: Jamaal Barber and Rashaun Rucker at Downtown GalleryJoin us for a 2 person exhibition of work by Rashaun Rucker and Jamaal Barber.

Jamaal Barber and Rashaun Rucker invite viewers to journey through the rich landscapes of North Carolina, their birthplace, exploring deep-rooted connections to family, sacred spaces, and the poignant memories of the South. The show delves into the complexities of their shared heritage, harnessing the power of nostalgia and the struggle for identity through the lens of personal and communal histories. Both artists draw inspiration from their familial ties and the echoes of the past that resonate within their lives.

Detroit-based artist Rashaun Rucker connects Christian iconography, Black spirituality, and notions of ancestry.

Rashaun Rucker (b. 1978, Winston-Salem, NC) is an accomplished artist and alumnus of North Carolina Central University and Marygrove College. He earned a Master of Fine Arts in Print Media from the Cranbrook Academy of Art. Rucker creates a diverse range of works, including photographs, prints, objects, and drawings, and has been honored with over 40 national and state awards for his artistic endeavors. In 2008, he made history as the first African American to be named Michigan Press Photographer of the Year. That same year, he also received a national Emmy Award for his documentary photography focusing on the pit bull culture in Detroit.

Jamaal Barber is an artist and printmaker based in Atlanta that explores Black identity.

Jamaal Barber is a creative, imaginative soul born in Virginia and raised in North Carolina. In 2013, after seeing a screen printing demo at a local art store, Jamaal started experimenting with printmaking, making it his primary focus. His woodcuts and mixed-media prints illustrate the new Folio Society special edition of The Underground Railroad written by Colson Whitehead. Jamaal recently participated in the MTV/Smithsonian Channel art competition show The Exhibit. He has also worked for Twitter, the New York Times, Penguin Random House, Black Art in America, and Emory University.

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]]>tag:localist.com,2008:EventInstance_5351864876751335.968695-83.920421Fri, 11 Dec 2026 17:00:00 -05002026-12-11T17:00:00-05:00https://calendar.utk.edu/event/reception-bound-by-the-soil-jamaal-barber-and-rashaun-ruckerExhibits & FilmsDec 12, 2026: Bound by the Soil | Jamaal Barber and Rashaun Rucker at Downtown GalleryJoin us for a 2 person exhibition of work by Rashaun Rucker and Jamaal Barber.

Jamaal Barber and Rashaun Rucker invite viewers to journey through the rich landscapes of North Carolina, their birthplace, exploring deep-rooted connections to family, sacred spaces, and the poignant memories of the South. The show delves into the complexities of their shared heritage, harnessing the power of nostalgia and the struggle for identity through the lens of personal and communal histories. Both artists draw inspiration from their familial ties and the echoes of the past that resonate within their lives.

Detroit-based artist Rashaun Rucker connects Christian iconography, Black spirituality, and notions of ancestry.

Rashaun Rucker (b. 1978, Winston-Salem, NC) is an accomplished artist and alumnus of North Carolina Central University and Marygrove College. He earned a Master of Fine Arts in Print Media from the Cranbrook Academy of Art. Rucker creates a diverse range of works, including photographs, prints, objects, and drawings, and has been honored with over 40 national and state awards for his artistic endeavors. In 2008, he made history as the first African American to be named Michigan Press Photographer of the Year. That same year, he also received a national Emmy Award for his documentary photography focusing on the pit bull culture in Detroit.

Jamaal Barber is an artist and printmaker based in Atlanta that explores Black identity.

Jamaal Barber is a creative, imaginative soul born in Virginia and raised in North Carolina. In 2013, after seeing a screen printing demo at a local art store, Jamaal started experimenting with printmaking, making it his primary focus. His woodcuts and mixed-media prints illustrate the new Folio Society special edition of The Underground Railroad written by Colson Whitehead. Jamaal recently participated in the MTV/Smithsonian Channel art competition show The Exhibit. He has also worked for Twitter, the New York Times, Penguin Random House, Black Art in America, and Emory University.

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]]>tag:localist.com,2008:EventInstance_5351857673538535.968695-83.920421Sat, 12 Dec 2026 10:00:00 -05002026-12-12T10:00:00-05:00https://calendar.utk.edu/event/bound-by-the-soil-jamaal-barber-and-rashaun-ruckerExhibits & FilmsJan 2, 2027: Nick DeFord | A Vague Uneasiness at Downtown GalleryFeaturing a new series in embroidery and repetitive embellishment on found objects, the exhibition examines contemporary anxiety through the tradition of the uncanny and weird tales. This exhibition is curated by Mike Berry.

Nick DeFord is an artist, educator, and arts administrator who resides in Knoxville, TN. He received his MFA from Arizona State University, and a MS and BFA from the University of Tennessee. Nick has exhibited at the Bascom Center for Visual Arts, The Houston Center for Contemporary Craft, and the Knoxville Museum of Art. His artwork and writing has been published in Surface Design Journal, Elephant Magazine, Hayden Ferry Review, and Willow Springs.

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]]>tag:localist.com,2008:EventInstance_5351884880664235.968695-83.920421Sat, 02 Jan 2027 10:00:00 -05002027-01-02T10:00:00-05:00https://calendar.utk.edu/event/nick-deford-a-vague-uneasinessExhibits & FilmsJan 6, 2027: Nick DeFord | A Vague Uneasiness at Downtown GalleryFeaturing a new series in embroidery and repetitive embellishment on found objects, the exhibition examines contemporary anxiety through the tradition of the uncanny and weird tales. This exhibition is curated by Mike Berry.

Nick DeFord is an artist, educator, and arts administrator who resides in Knoxville, TN. He received his MFA from Arizona State University, and a MS and BFA from the University of Tennessee. Nick has exhibited at the Bascom Center for Visual Arts, The Houston Center for Contemporary Craft, and the Knoxville Museum of Art. His artwork and writing has been published in Surface Design Journal, Elephant Magazine, Hayden Ferry Review, and Willow Springs.

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]]>tag:localist.com,2008:EventInstance_5351884880766735.968695-83.920421Wed, 06 Jan 2027 11:00:00 -05002027-01-06T11:00:00-05:00https://calendar.utk.edu/event/nick-deford-a-vague-uneasinessExhibits & FilmsJan 7, 2027: Nick DeFord | A Vague Uneasiness at Downtown GalleryFeaturing a new series in embroidery and repetitive embellishment on found objects, the exhibition examines contemporary anxiety through the tradition of the uncanny and weird tales. This exhibition is curated by Mike Berry.

Nick DeFord is an artist, educator, and arts administrator who resides in Knoxville, TN. He received his MFA from Arizona State University, and a MS and BFA from the University of Tennessee. Nick has exhibited at the Bascom Center for Visual Arts, The Houston Center for Contemporary Craft, and the Knoxville Museum of Art. His artwork and writing has been published in Surface Design Journal, Elephant Magazine, Hayden Ferry Review, and Willow Springs.

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]]>tag:localist.com,2008:EventInstance_5351884880971635.968695-83.920421Thu, 07 Jan 2027 11:00:00 -05002027-01-07T11:00:00-05:00https://calendar.utk.edu/event/nick-deford-a-vague-uneasinessExhibits & FilmsJan 8, 2027: Nick DeFord | A Vague Uneasiness at Downtown GalleryFeaturing a new series in embroidery and repetitive embellishment on found objects, the exhibition examines contemporary anxiety through the tradition of the uncanny and weird tales. This exhibition is curated by Mike Berry.

Nick DeFord is an artist, educator, and arts administrator who resides in Knoxville, TN. He received his MFA from Arizona State University, and a MS and BFA from the University of Tennessee. Nick has exhibited at the Bascom Center for Visual Arts, The Houston Center for Contemporary Craft, and the Knoxville Museum of Art. His artwork and writing has been published in Surface Design Journal, Elephant Magazine, Hayden Ferry Review, and Willow Springs.

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]]>tag:localist.com,2008:EventInstance_5351884881176535.968695-83.920421Fri, 08 Jan 2027 14:00:00 -05002027-01-08T14:00:00-05:00https://calendar.utk.edu/event/nick-deford-a-vague-uneasinessExhibits & FilmsJan 8, 2027: Reception | A Vague Uneasiness: Nick DeFord at Downtown GalleryFeaturing a new series in embroidery and repetitive embellishment on found objects, the exhibition examines contemporary anxiety through the tradition of the uncanny and weird tales. This exhibition is curated by Mike Berry.

Nick DeFord is an artist, educator, and arts administrator who resides in Knoxville, TN. He received his MFA from Arizona State University, and a MS and BFA from the University of Tennessee. Nick has exhibited at the Bascom Center for Visual Arts, The Houston Center for Contemporary Craft, and the Knoxville Museum of Art. His artwork and writing has been published in Surface Design Journal, Elephant Magazine, Hayden Ferry Review, and Willow Springs.

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]]>tag:localist.com,2008:EventInstance_5351888927650835.968695-83.920421Fri, 08 Jan 2027 17:00:00 -05002027-01-08T17:00:00-05:00https://calendar.utk.edu/event/reception-a-vague-uneasiness-nick-defordExhibits & FilmsJan 9, 2027: Nick DeFord | A Vague Uneasiness at Downtown GalleryFeaturing a new series in embroidery and repetitive embellishment on found objects, the exhibition examines contemporary anxiety through the tradition of the uncanny and weird tales. This exhibition is curated by Mike Berry.

Nick DeFord is an artist, educator, and arts administrator who resides in Knoxville, TN. He received his MFA from Arizona State University, and a MS and BFA from the University of Tennessee. Nick has exhibited at the Bascom Center for Visual Arts, The Houston Center for Contemporary Craft, and the Knoxville Museum of Art. His artwork and writing has been published in Surface Design Journal, Elephant Magazine, Hayden Ferry Review, and Willow Springs.

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]]>tag:localist.com,2008:EventInstance_5351884881279035.968695-83.920421Sat, 09 Jan 2027 10:00:00 -05002027-01-09T10:00:00-05:00https://calendar.utk.edu/event/nick-deford-a-vague-uneasinessExhibits & FilmsJan 13, 2027: Nick DeFord | A Vague Uneasiness at Downtown GalleryFeaturing a new series in embroidery and repetitive embellishment on found objects, the exhibition examines contemporary anxiety through the tradition of the uncanny and weird tales. This exhibition is curated by Mike Berry.

Nick DeFord is an artist, educator, and arts administrator who resides in Knoxville, TN. He received his MFA from Arizona State University, and a MS and BFA from the University of Tennessee. Nick has exhibited at the Bascom Center for Visual Arts, The Houston Center for Contemporary Craft, and the Knoxville Museum of Art. His artwork and writing has been published in Surface Design Journal, Elephant Magazine, Hayden Ferry Review, and Willow Springs.

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]]>tag:localist.com,2008:EventInstance_5351884881483935.968695-83.920421Wed, 13 Jan 2027 11:00:00 -05002027-01-13T11:00:00-05:00https://calendar.utk.edu/event/nick-deford-a-vague-uneasinessExhibits & FilmsJan 14, 2027: Nick DeFord | A Vague Uneasiness at Downtown GalleryFeaturing a new series in embroidery and repetitive embellishment on found objects, the exhibition examines contemporary anxiety through the tradition of the uncanny and weird tales. This exhibition is curated by Mike Berry.

Nick DeFord is an artist, educator, and arts administrator who resides in Knoxville, TN. He received his MFA from Arizona State University, and a MS and BFA from the University of Tennessee. Nick has exhibited at the Bascom Center for Visual Arts, The Houston Center for Contemporary Craft, and the Knoxville Museum of Art. His artwork and writing has been published in Surface Design Journal, Elephant Magazine, Hayden Ferry Review, and Willow Springs.

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]]>tag:localist.com,2008:EventInstance_5351884881586435.968695-83.920421Thu, 14 Jan 2027 11:00:00 -05002027-01-14T11:00:00-05:00https://calendar.utk.edu/event/nick-deford-a-vague-uneasinessExhibits & FilmsJan 15, 2027: Nick DeFord | A Vague Uneasiness at Downtown GalleryFeaturing a new series in embroidery and repetitive embellishment on found objects, the exhibition examines contemporary anxiety through the tradition of the uncanny and weird tales. This exhibition is curated by Mike Berry.

Nick DeFord is an artist, educator, and arts administrator who resides in Knoxville, TN. He received his MFA from Arizona State University, and a MS and BFA from the University of Tennessee. Nick has exhibited at the Bascom Center for Visual Arts, The Houston Center for Contemporary Craft, and the Knoxville Museum of Art. His artwork and writing has been published in Surface Design Journal, Elephant Magazine, Hayden Ferry Review, and Willow Springs.

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]]>tag:localist.com,2008:EventInstance_5351884881791335.968695-83.920421Fri, 15 Jan 2027 11:00:00 -05002027-01-15T11:00:00-05:00https://calendar.utk.edu/event/nick-deford-a-vague-uneasinessExhibits & FilmsJan 16, 2027: Nick DeFord | A Vague Uneasiness at Downtown GalleryFeaturing a new series in embroidery and repetitive embellishment on found objects, the exhibition examines contemporary anxiety through the tradition of the uncanny and weird tales. This exhibition is curated by Mike Berry.

Nick DeFord is an artist, educator, and arts administrator who resides in Knoxville, TN. He received his MFA from Arizona State University, and a MS and BFA from the University of Tennessee. Nick has exhibited at the Bascom Center for Visual Arts, The Houston Center for Contemporary Craft, and the Knoxville Museum of Art. His artwork and writing has been published in Surface Design Journal, Elephant Magazine, Hayden Ferry Review, and Willow Springs.

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]]>tag:localist.com,2008:EventInstance_5351884881893835.968695-83.920421Sat, 16 Jan 2027 10:00:00 -05002027-01-16T10:00:00-05:00https://calendar.utk.edu/event/nick-deford-a-vague-uneasinessExhibits & FilmsJan 20, 2027: Nick DeFord | A Vague Uneasiness at Downtown GalleryFeaturing a new series in embroidery and repetitive embellishment on found objects, the exhibition examines contemporary anxiety through the tradition of the uncanny and weird tales. This exhibition is curated by Mike Berry.

Nick DeFord is an artist, educator, and arts administrator who resides in Knoxville, TN. He received his MFA from Arizona State University, and a MS and BFA from the University of Tennessee. Nick has exhibited at the Bascom Center for Visual Arts, The Houston Center for Contemporary Craft, and the Knoxville Museum of Art. His artwork and writing has been published in Surface Design Journal, Elephant Magazine, Hayden Ferry Review, and Willow Springs.

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]]>tag:localist.com,2008:EventInstance_5351884882098735.968695-83.920421Wed, 20 Jan 2027 11:00:00 -05002027-01-20T11:00:00-05:00https://calendar.utk.edu/event/nick-deford-a-vague-uneasinessExhibits & FilmsJan 21, 2027: Nick DeFord | A Vague Uneasiness at Downtown GalleryFeaturing a new series in embroidery and repetitive embellishment on found objects, the exhibition examines contemporary anxiety through the tradition of the uncanny and weird tales. This exhibition is curated by Mike Berry.

Nick DeFord is an artist, educator, and arts administrator who resides in Knoxville, TN. He received his MFA from Arizona State University, and a MS and BFA from the University of Tennessee. Nick has exhibited at the Bascom Center for Visual Arts, The Houston Center for Contemporary Craft, and the Knoxville Museum of Art. His artwork and writing has been published in Surface Design Journal, Elephant Magazine, Hayden Ferry Review, and Willow Springs.

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]]>tag:localist.com,2008:EventInstance_5351884882201235.968695-83.920421Thu, 21 Jan 2027 11:00:00 -05002027-01-21T11:00:00-05:00https://calendar.utk.edu/event/nick-deford-a-vague-uneasinessExhibits & FilmsJan 22, 2027: Nick DeFord | A Vague Uneasiness at Downtown GalleryFeaturing a new series in embroidery and repetitive embellishment on found objects, the exhibition examines contemporary anxiety through the tradition of the uncanny and weird tales. This exhibition is curated by Mike Berry.

Nick DeFord is an artist, educator, and arts administrator who resides in Knoxville, TN. He received his MFA from Arizona State University, and a MS and BFA from the University of Tennessee. Nick has exhibited at the Bascom Center for Visual Arts, The Houston Center for Contemporary Craft, and the Knoxville Museum of Art. His artwork and writing has been published in Surface Design Journal, Elephant Magazine, Hayden Ferry Review, and Willow Springs.

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]]>tag:localist.com,2008:EventInstance_5351884882303735.968695-83.920421Fri, 22 Jan 2027 11:00:00 -05002027-01-22T11:00:00-05:00https://calendar.utk.edu/event/nick-deford-a-vague-uneasinessExhibits & FilmsJan 23, 2027: Nick DeFord | A Vague Uneasiness at Downtown GalleryFeaturing a new series in embroidery and repetitive embellishment on found objects, the exhibition examines contemporary anxiety through the tradition of the uncanny and weird tales. This exhibition is curated by Mike Berry.

Nick DeFord is an artist, educator, and arts administrator who resides in Knoxville, TN. He received his MFA from Arizona State University, and a MS and BFA from the University of Tennessee. Nick has exhibited at the Bascom Center for Visual Arts, The Houston Center for Contemporary Craft, and the Knoxville Museum of Art. His artwork and writing has been published in Surface Design Journal, Elephant Magazine, Hayden Ferry Review, and Willow Springs.

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]]>tag:localist.com,2008:EventInstance_5351884882508635.968695-83.920421Sat, 23 Jan 2027 10:00:00 -05002027-01-23T10:00:00-05:00https://calendar.utk.edu/event/nick-deford-a-vague-uneasinessExhibits & FilmsJan 24, 2027: Public Books Circle: Alligator Tears by Edgar Gomez at Denbo Center for Humanities & the ArtsThe Denbo Center for Humanities & the Arts is hosting Public Books Circle, a program free to all adult readers. Public Books Circle meetings are held in person at the Denbo Center at Cherokee Mills, on Sutherland Avenue in Knoxville.

This year’s Circle is led by the DCHA Public Books Scholar, Professor Natalie Graham (Head, Africana Studies at UT) and follows the DCHA theme, “Authenticity: Identity and Place.”

We encourage participants to buy the books from a great local bookstore, read the books in preparation for discussion, and bring books with them to the meetings. However, don't let the reading keep you from the conversation. This will be a casual conversation open to all.

Schedule for "A Close Look at a Curious Place: Exploring Authenticity, Place, and Identity through Florida's Literature" Public Books Circle

Oct 18, 2:30: Their Eyes Were Watching God by Zora Neale HurstonNov 22, 2:30: Florida by Lauren GroffJan 24, 2:30: Alligator Tears by Edgar GomezFeb 21, 2:30: Everything Inside by Edwidge DanticatApr 18, 2:30: Florida Water by aja monet

Questions? Email us at humanitiesctr@utk.edu

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]]>tag:localist.com,2008:EventInstance_5394837250637435.95618-83.952515Sun, 24 Jan 2027 14:30:00 -05002027-01-24T14:30:00-05:00https://calendar.utk.edu/event/public-books-circle-alligator-tears-by-edgar-gomezJan 27, 2027: Nick DeFord | A Vague Uneasiness at Downtown GalleryFeaturing a new series in embroidery and repetitive embellishment on found objects, the exhibition examines contemporary anxiety through the tradition of the uncanny and weird tales. This exhibition is curated by Mike Berry.

Nick DeFord is an artist, educator, and arts administrator who resides in Knoxville, TN. He received his MFA from Arizona State University, and a MS and BFA from the University of Tennessee. Nick has exhibited at the Bascom Center for Visual Arts, The Houston Center for Contemporary Craft, and the Knoxville Museum of Art. His artwork and writing has been published in Surface Design Journal, Elephant Magazine, Hayden Ferry Review, and Willow Springs.

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]]>tag:localist.com,2008:EventInstance_5351884882611135.968695-83.920421Wed, 27 Jan 2027 11:00:00 -05002027-01-27T11:00:00-05:00https://calendar.utk.edu/event/nick-deford-a-vague-uneasinessExhibits & FilmsJan 28, 2027: Nick DeFord | A Vague Uneasiness at Downtown GalleryFeaturing a new series in embroidery and repetitive embellishment on found objects, the exhibition examines contemporary anxiety through the tradition of the uncanny and weird tales. This exhibition is curated by Mike Berry.

Nick DeFord is an artist, educator, and arts administrator who resides in Knoxville, TN. He received his MFA from Arizona State University, and a MS and BFA from the University of Tennessee. Nick has exhibited at the Bascom Center for Visual Arts, The Houston Center for Contemporary Craft, and the Knoxville Museum of Art. His artwork and writing has been published in Surface Design Journal, Elephant Magazine, Hayden Ferry Review, and Willow Springs.

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]]>tag:localist.com,2008:EventInstance_5351884882918435.968695-83.920421Thu, 28 Jan 2027 11:00:00 -05002027-01-28T11:00:00-05:00https://calendar.utk.edu/event/nick-deford-a-vague-uneasinessExhibits & FilmsJan 29, 2027: Nick DeFord | A Vague Uneasiness at Downtown GalleryFeaturing a new series in embroidery and repetitive embellishment on found objects, the exhibition examines contemporary anxiety through the tradition of the uncanny and weird tales. This exhibition is curated by Mike Berry.

Nick DeFord is an artist, educator, and arts administrator who resides in Knoxville, TN. He received his MFA from Arizona State University, and a MS and BFA from the University of Tennessee. Nick has exhibited at the Bascom Center for Visual Arts, The Houston Center for Contemporary Craft, and the Knoxville Museum of Art. His artwork and writing has been published in Surface Design Journal, Elephant Magazine, Hayden Ferry Review, and Willow Springs.

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]]>tag:localist.com,2008:EventInstance_5351884883225735.968695-83.920421Fri, 29 Jan 2027 11:00:00 -05002027-01-29T11:00:00-05:00https://calendar.utk.edu/event/nick-deford-a-vague-uneasinessExhibits & FilmsJan 30, 2027: Nick DeFord | A Vague Uneasiness at Downtown GalleryFeaturing a new series in embroidery and repetitive embellishment on found objects, the exhibition examines contemporary anxiety through the tradition of the uncanny and weird tales. This exhibition is curated by Mike Berry.

Nick DeFord is an artist, educator, and arts administrator who resides in Knoxville, TN. He received his MFA from Arizona State University, and a MS and BFA from the University of Tennessee. Nick has exhibited at the Bascom Center for Visual Arts, The Houston Center for Contemporary Craft, and the Knoxville Museum of Art. His artwork and writing has been published in Surface Design Journal, Elephant Magazine, Hayden Ferry Review, and Willow Springs.

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]]>tag:localist.com,2008:EventInstance_5351884883328235.968695-83.920421Sat, 30 Jan 2027 10:00:00 -05002027-01-30T10:00:00-05:00https://calendar.utk.edu/event/nick-deford-a-vague-uneasinessExhibits & FilmsFeb 1, 2027: Creative Writing Series: Lydia Mathis at John C Hodges LibraryThe UT Creative Writing Program is excited to present a reading by novelist Lydia Mathis. The reading will take place Monday, February 1 at 7pm in the Lindsay Young Auditorium of John C. Hodges Library on the UT Campus. The event is free and open to the public.

Lydia Mathis is the author of Desperate Bodies (Roxane Gay Books, 2026). She has an MFA in fiction from New York University. She earned her BA in English Literature with a minor in Classical Civilizations from Agnes Scott College. She was the recipient of A Public Space’s 2023 Editorial Fellowship and is currently an assistant editor at A Public Space. She has stories published in North American Review, Southeast Review, Torch Magazine, Stanchion, and Five on the Fifth. She is based in Atlanta, GA.

Read a story by Lydia Mathis at Southeast Review.

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]]>tag:localist.com,2008:EventInstance_5351755740059035.95495-83.92993Mon, 01 Feb 2027 19:00:00 -05002027-02-01T19:00:00-05:00https://calendar.utk.edu/event/creative-writing-series-lydia-mathisLectures & PresentationsFeb 3, 2027: Nick DeFord | A Vague Uneasiness at Downtown GalleryFeaturing a new series in embroidery and repetitive embellishment on found objects, the exhibition examines contemporary anxiety through the tradition of the uncanny and weird tales. This exhibition is curated by Mike Berry.

Nick DeFord is an artist, educator, and arts administrator who resides in Knoxville, TN. He received his MFA from Arizona State University, and a MS and BFA from the University of Tennessee. Nick has exhibited at the Bascom Center for Visual Arts, The Houston Center for Contemporary Craft, and the Knoxville Museum of Art. His artwork and writing has been published in Surface Design Journal, Elephant Magazine, Hayden Ferry Review, and Willow Springs.

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]]>tag:localist.com,2008:EventInstance_5351884883533135.968695-83.920421Wed, 03 Feb 2027 11:00:00 -05002027-02-03T11:00:00-05:00https://calendar.utk.edu/event/nick-deford-a-vague-uneasinessExhibits & FilmsFeb 4, 2027: Nick DeFord | A Vague Uneasiness at Downtown GalleryFeaturing a new series in embroidery and repetitive embellishment on found objects, the exhibition examines contemporary anxiety through the tradition of the uncanny and weird tales. This exhibition is curated by Mike Berry.

Nick DeFord is an artist, educator, and arts administrator who resides in Knoxville, TN. He received his MFA from Arizona State University, and a MS and BFA from the University of Tennessee. Nick has exhibited at the Bascom Center for Visual Arts, The Houston Center for Contemporary Craft, and the Knoxville Museum of Art. His artwork and writing has been published in Surface Design Journal, Elephant Magazine, Hayden Ferry Review, and Willow Springs.

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]]>tag:localist.com,2008:EventInstance_5351884883738035.968695-83.920421Thu, 04 Feb 2027 11:00:00 -05002027-02-04T11:00:00-05:00https://calendar.utk.edu/event/nick-deford-a-vague-uneasinessExhibits & FilmsFeb 5, 2027: Nick DeFord | A Vague Uneasiness at Downtown GalleryFeaturing a new series in embroidery and repetitive embellishment on found objects, the exhibition examines contemporary anxiety through the tradition of the uncanny and weird tales. This exhibition is curated by Mike Berry.

Nick DeFord is an artist, educator, and arts administrator who resides in Knoxville, TN. He received his MFA from Arizona State University, and a MS and BFA from the University of Tennessee. Nick has exhibited at the Bascom Center for Visual Arts, The Houston Center for Contemporary Craft, and the Knoxville Museum of Art. His artwork and writing has been published in Surface Design Journal, Elephant Magazine, Hayden Ferry Review, and Willow Springs.

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]]>tag:localist.com,2008:EventInstance_5351884883942935.968695-83.920421Fri, 05 Feb 2027 14:00:00 -05002027-02-05T14:00:00-05:00https://calendar.utk.edu/event/nick-deford-a-vague-uneasinessExhibits & FilmsFeb 5, 2027: Reception | A Vague Uneasiness: Nick DeFord at Downtown GalleryFeaturing a new series in embroidery and repetitive embellishment on found objects, the exhibition examines contemporary anxiety through the tradition of the uncanny and weird tales. This exhibition is curated by Mike Berry.

Nick DeFord is an artist, educator, and arts administrator who resides in Knoxville, TN. He received his MFA from Arizona State University, and a MS and BFA from the University of Tennessee. Nick has exhibited at the Bascom Center for Visual Arts, The Houston Center for Contemporary Craft, and the Knoxville Museum of Art. His artwork and writing has been published in Surface Design Journal, Elephant Magazine, Hayden Ferry Review, and Willow Springs.

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]]>tag:localist.com,2008:EventInstance_5351888927753335.968695-83.920421Fri, 05 Feb 2027 17:00:00 -05002027-02-05T17:00:00-05:00https://calendar.utk.edu/event/reception-a-vague-uneasiness-nick-defordExhibits & FilmsFeb 6, 2027: Nick DeFord | A Vague Uneasiness at Downtown GalleryFeaturing a new series in embroidery and repetitive embellishment on found objects, the exhibition examines contemporary anxiety through the tradition of the uncanny and weird tales. This exhibition is curated by Mike Berry.

Nick DeFord is an artist, educator, and arts administrator who resides in Knoxville, TN. He received his MFA from Arizona State University, and a MS and BFA from the University of Tennessee. Nick has exhibited at the Bascom Center for Visual Arts, The Houston Center for Contemporary Craft, and the Knoxville Museum of Art. His artwork and writing has been published in Surface Design Journal, Elephant Magazine, Hayden Ferry Review, and Willow Springs.

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]]>tag:localist.com,2008:EventInstance_5351884884352635.968695-83.920421Sat, 06 Feb 2027 10:00:00 -05002027-02-06T10:00:00-05:00https://calendar.utk.edu/event/nick-deford-a-vague-uneasinessExhibits & FilmsFeb 10, 2027: Nick DeFord | A Vague Uneasiness at Downtown GalleryFeaturing a new series in embroidery and repetitive embellishment on found objects, the exhibition examines contemporary anxiety through the tradition of the uncanny and weird tales. This exhibition is curated by Mike Berry.

Nick DeFord is an artist, educator, and arts administrator who resides in Knoxville, TN. He received his MFA from Arizona State University, and a MS and BFA from the University of Tennessee. Nick has exhibited at the Bascom Center for Visual Arts, The Houston Center for Contemporary Craft, and the Knoxville Museum of Art. His artwork and writing has been published in Surface Design Journal, Elephant Magazine, Hayden Ferry Review, and Willow Springs.

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]]>tag:localist.com,2008:EventInstance_5351884884659935.968695-83.920421Wed, 10 Feb 2027 11:00:00 -05002027-02-10T11:00:00-05:00https://calendar.utk.edu/event/nick-deford-a-vague-uneasinessExhibits & FilmsFeb 10, 2027: Artist Lecture | Nick DeFord at Art + Architecture Building, McCarty AuditoriumJoin us for an artist lecture by UT Downtown Gallery exhibiting artist, Nick DeFord.

Featuring a new series in embroidery and repetitive embellishment on found objects, A Vague Uneasiness examines contemporary anxiety through the tradition of the uncanny and weird tales. This exhibition is curated by Mike Berry.

Nick DeFord is an artist, educator, and arts administrator who resides in Knoxville, TN. He received his MFA from Arizona State University, and a MS and BFA from the University of Tennessee. Nick has exhibited at the Bascom Center for Visual Arts, The Houston Center for Contemporary Craft, and the Knoxville Museum of Art. His artwork and writing has been published in Surface Design Journal, Elephant Magazine, Hayden Ferry Review, and Willow Springs.

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]]>tag:localist.com,2008:EventInstance_5354911799324435.952525-83.929589Wed, 10 Feb 2027 17:30:00 -05002027-02-10T17:30:00-05:00https://calendar.utk.edu/event/artist-lecture-nick-defordLectures & PresentationsFeb 11, 2027: Nick DeFord | A Vague Uneasiness at Downtown GalleryFeaturing a new series in embroidery and repetitive embellishment on found objects, the exhibition examines contemporary anxiety through the tradition of the uncanny and weird tales. This exhibition is curated by Mike Berry.

Nick DeFord is an artist, educator, and arts administrator who resides in Knoxville, TN. He received his MFA from Arizona State University, and a MS and BFA from the University of Tennessee. Nick has exhibited at the Bascom Center for Visual Arts, The Houston Center for Contemporary Craft, and the Knoxville Museum of Art. His artwork and writing has been published in Surface Design Journal, Elephant Magazine, Hayden Ferry Review, and Willow Springs.

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]]>tag:localist.com,2008:EventInstance_5351884884864835.968695-83.920421Thu, 11 Feb 2027 11:00:00 -05002027-02-11T11:00:00-05:00https://calendar.utk.edu/event/nick-deford-a-vague-uneasinessExhibits & FilmsFeb 12, 2027: Nick DeFord | A Vague Uneasiness at Downtown GalleryFeaturing a new series in embroidery and repetitive embellishment on found objects, the exhibition examines contemporary anxiety through the tradition of the uncanny and weird tales. This exhibition is curated by Mike Berry.

Nick DeFord is an artist, educator, and arts administrator who resides in Knoxville, TN. He received his MFA from Arizona State University, and a MS and BFA from the University of Tennessee. Nick has exhibited at the Bascom Center for Visual Arts, The Houston Center for Contemporary Craft, and the Knoxville Museum of Art. His artwork and writing has been published in Surface Design Journal, Elephant Magazine, Hayden Ferry Review, and Willow Springs.

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]]>tag:localist.com,2008:EventInstance_5351884884967335.968695-83.920421Fri, 12 Feb 2027 11:00:00 -05002027-02-12T11:00:00-05:00https://calendar.utk.edu/event/nick-deford-a-vague-uneasinessExhibits & FilmsFeb 13, 2027: Nick DeFord | A Vague Uneasiness at Downtown GalleryFeaturing a new series in embroidery and repetitive embellishment on found objects, the exhibition examines contemporary anxiety through the tradition of the uncanny and weird tales. This exhibition is curated by Mike Berry.

Nick DeFord is an artist, educator, and arts administrator who resides in Knoxville, TN. He received his MFA from Arizona State University, and a MS and BFA from the University of Tennessee. Nick has exhibited at the Bascom Center for Visual Arts, The Houston Center for Contemporary Craft, and the Knoxville Museum of Art. His artwork and writing has been published in Surface Design Journal, Elephant Magazine, Hayden Ferry Review, and Willow Springs.

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]]>tag:localist.com,2008:EventInstance_5351884885172235.968695-83.920421Sat, 13 Feb 2027 10:00:00 -05002027-02-13T10:00:00-05:00https://calendar.utk.edu/event/nick-deford-a-vague-uneasinessExhibits & FilmsFeb 16, 2027: Julia Olson, “Undoing Masculinity: The ‘Woman as Humiliator’ in the Book of Judges"Julia Olson is currently serving as a Visiting Assistant Professor in Judaic Studies at the University of Cincinnati. She received her Ph.D. in Judaic, Hebraic, and Cognate Studies from Hebrew Union College in May of 2025. Her research examines the ideology of subordination that affects female characters throughout the Hebrew Bible and the ways that it influences biblical interpretation. Prior to her work at UC, she held teaching fellowships at Xavier University and the University of Dayton where she taught courses on biblical interpretation and Hebrew language as well as the history and archaeology of the ancient Middle East and Eastern Mediterranean.

Almost every male character in the book of Judges is deeply flawed, experiencing both military and personal failures which are typically brought about by a woman. By intertwining anthropologist Maurice Bloch’s theories of language formalization and the subordination of women, I seek to highlight a formalized character in the book of Judges, the “woman as humiliator.” Despite her varied appearances and methods of humiliation, her function is consistent throughout the book. Because it is her only function, she is significantly underdeveloped in every other way. I will argue that author of Judges employs a critique of war and violence by using this formalized woman to humiliate traditional masculine leadership.

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]]>tag:localist.com,2008:EventInstance_53506136589250Tue, 16 Feb 2027 18:00:00 -05002027-02-16T18:00:00-05:00https://calendar.utk.edu/event/julia-olson-undoing-masculinity-the-woman-as-humiliator-in-the-book-of-judgesLectures & PresentationsFeb 17, 2027: Nick DeFord | A Vague Uneasiness at Downtown GalleryFeaturing a new series in embroidery and repetitive embellishment on found objects, the exhibition examines contemporary anxiety through the tradition of the uncanny and weird tales. This exhibition is curated by Mike Berry.

Nick DeFord is an artist, educator, and arts administrator who resides in Knoxville, TN. He received his MFA from Arizona State University, and a MS and BFA from the University of Tennessee. Nick has exhibited at the Bascom Center for Visual Arts, The Houston Center for Contemporary Craft, and the Knoxville Museum of Art. His artwork and writing has been published in Surface Design Journal, Elephant Magazine, Hayden Ferry Review, and Willow Springs.

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]]>tag:localist.com,2008:EventInstance_5351884885274735.968695-83.920421Wed, 17 Feb 2027 11:00:00 -05002027-02-17T11:00:00-05:00https://calendar.utk.edu/event/nick-deford-a-vague-uneasinessExhibits & FilmsFeb 18, 2027: Nick DeFord | A Vague Uneasiness at Downtown GalleryFeaturing a new series in embroidery and repetitive embellishment on found objects, the exhibition examines contemporary anxiety through the tradition of the uncanny and weird tales. This exhibition is curated by Mike Berry.

Nick DeFord is an artist, educator, and arts administrator who resides in Knoxville, TN. He received his MFA from Arizona State University, and a MS and BFA from the University of Tennessee. Nick has exhibited at the Bascom Center for Visual Arts, The Houston Center for Contemporary Craft, and the Knoxville Museum of Art. His artwork and writing has been published in Surface Design Journal, Elephant Magazine, Hayden Ferry Review, and Willow Springs.

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]]>tag:localist.com,2008:EventInstance_5351884885582035.968695-83.920421Thu, 18 Feb 2027 11:00:00 -05002027-02-18T11:00:00-05:00https://calendar.utk.edu/event/nick-deford-a-vague-uneasinessExhibits & FilmsFeb 18, 2027: Haines-Morris Lecture at John C Hodges LibraryDr. Kalmoe's talk will share insights from the book he is finishing now. How We Make American Democracy: A Practical Guide to a Free & Fair Future for Everyone synthesizes expertise from practitioners and scholars on the nature of American politics and how people in all walks of life can be more effective at making an America with equal say and equal rights for all.

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]]>tag:localist.com,2008:EventInstance_5393846519188235.95495-83.92993Thu, 18 Feb 2027 16:00:00 -05002027-02-18T16:00:00-05:00https://calendar.utk.edu/event/haines-morris-lectureLectures & PresentationsFeb 18, 2027: AIA/East Tennessee Society presents Anne Austin at Frank H. McClung Museum of Natural History and CultureJoin the AIA/East Tennessee Society and McClung Museum for a presentation by Anne Austin.

Dr. Anne Austin is an Assistant Professor of Anthropology at the Univeristy of Missouri-Saint Louis. Dr. Austin received her B.A. in Anthropology from Harvard University, and she earned her M.A. and Ph.D. in the Archaeology program at UCLA. She joined UMSL in 2017 after completing a three-year postdoctoral fellowship at Stanford University in the History Department. Her research combines the fields of osteology and Egyptology in order to document medicine and disease in the past. Specifically, she uses data from ancient Egyptian human remains and daily life texts to reconstruct ancient Egyptian health care networks and identify the diseases and illnesses people experienced in the past. While working in Egypt, Anne discovered the only known ancient Egyptian tattoos on a mummy with over 30 different tattoos. Anne's next research project will focus on the practice of tattooing in ancient Egypt and its potential connections to gender, religion, and medicine. In addition to her interested in Egyptology and osteology, Anne works on improving archaeological data management practices through her participation in an international, collaborative ethnographic research study on archaeological field schools.

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]]>tag:localist.com,2008:EventInstance_5393162616907435.952298-83.926407Thu, 18 Feb 2027 18:00:00 -05002027-02-18T18:00:00-05:00https://calendar.utk.edu/event/aiaeast-tennessee-society-presents-anne-austinLectures & PresentationsFeb 19, 2027: Nick DeFord | A Vague Uneasiness at Downtown GalleryFeaturing a new series in embroidery and repetitive embellishment on found objects, the exhibition examines contemporary anxiety through the tradition of the uncanny and weird tales. This exhibition is curated by Mike Berry.

Nick DeFord is an artist, educator, and arts administrator who resides in Knoxville, TN. He received his MFA from Arizona State University, and a MS and BFA from the University of Tennessee. Nick has exhibited at the Bascom Center for Visual Arts, The Houston Center for Contemporary Craft, and the Knoxville Museum of Art. His artwork and writing has been published in Surface Design Journal, Elephant Magazine, Hayden Ferry Review, and Willow Springs.

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]]>tag:localist.com,2008:EventInstance_5351884885684535.968695-83.920421Fri, 19 Feb 2027 11:00:00 -05002027-02-19T11:00:00-05:00https://calendar.utk.edu/event/nick-deford-a-vague-uneasinessExhibits & FilmsFeb 20, 2027: Nick DeFord | A Vague Uneasiness at Downtown GalleryFeaturing a new series in embroidery and repetitive embellishment on found objects, the exhibition examines contemporary anxiety through the tradition of the uncanny and weird tales. This exhibition is curated by Mike Berry.

Nick DeFord is an artist, educator, and arts administrator who resides in Knoxville, TN. He received his MFA from Arizona State University, and a MS and BFA from the University of Tennessee. Nick has exhibited at the Bascom Center for Visual Arts, The Houston Center for Contemporary Craft, and the Knoxville Museum of Art. His artwork and writing has been published in Surface Design Journal, Elephant Magazine, Hayden Ferry Review, and Willow Springs.

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]]>tag:localist.com,2008:EventInstance_5351884885889435.968695-83.920421Sat, 20 Feb 2027 10:00:00 -05002027-02-20T10:00:00-05:00https://calendar.utk.edu/event/nick-deford-a-vague-uneasinessExhibits & FilmsFeb 21, 2027: Public Books Circle: Everything Inside by Edwidge Danticat at Denbo Center for Humanities & the ArtsThe Denbo Center for Humanities & the Arts is hosting Public Books Circle, a program free to all adult readers. Public Books Circle meetings are held in person at the Denbo Center at Cherokee Mills, on Sutherland Avenue in Knoxville.

This year’s Circle is led by the DCHA Public Books Scholar, Professor Natalie Graham (Head, Africana Studies at UT) and follows the DCHA theme, “Authenticity: Identity and Place.”

We encourage participants to buy the books from a great local bookstore, read the books in preparation for discussion, and bring books with them to the meetings. However, don't let the reading keep you from the conversation. This will be a casual conversation open to all.

Schedule for "A Close Look at a Curious Place: Exploring Authenticity, Place, and Identity through Florida's Literature" Public Books Circle

Oct 18, 2:30: Their Eyes Were Watching God by Zora Neale HurstonNov 22, 2:30: Florida by Lauren GroffJan 24, 2:30: Alligator Tears by Edgar GomezFeb 21, 2:30: Everything Inside by Edwidge DanticatApr 18, 2:30: Florida Water by aja monet

Questions? Email us at humanitiesctr@utk.edu

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]]>tag:localist.com,2008:EventInstance_5394837771794435.95618-83.952515Sun, 21 Feb 2027 14:30:00 -05002027-02-21T14:30:00-05:00https://calendar.utk.edu/event/public-books-circle-everything-inside-by-edwidge-danticatFeb 22, 2027: Creative Writing Series: Chris Bachelder & Jennifer Habel at John C Hodges LibraryThe UT Creative Writing Program is excited to present a reading by writers Chris Bachelder & Jennifer Habel. The reading will take place Monday, February 22 at 7pm in the Lindsay Young Auditorium of John C. Hodges Library on the UT Campus. The event is free and open to the public.

Chris Bachelder and Jennifer Habel are the authors of the novel Dayswork, which was named a best or notable book of 2023 by The Washington Post, The Paris Review, NPR, and Kirkus, among others. Bachelder is the author of four previous novels, including The Throwback Special, a National Book Award finalist and winner of the Terry Southern Prize for Humor. His fiction and essays have appeared in The Paris Review, McSweeney's, The New York Times, and The Sewanee Review, and he is the recipient of the Award in Literature from the American Academy of Arts and Letters. Habel is the author of the poetry collections Good Reason and The Book of Jane, which won the Iowa Poetry Prize. As both poet and novelist she has received four Individual Excellence Awards from the Ohio Arts Council, and her work has been published in The Sewanee Review, The Believer, Gettysburg Review, and Gulf Coast. Married since 2002, Habel and Bachelder live in Cincinnati, Ohio. Their novel in progress, a companion to Dayswork, is tentatively titled Housework.

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]]>tag:localist.com,2008:EventInstance_5351767687318935.95495-83.92993Mon, 22 Feb 2027 19:00:00 -05002027-02-22T19:00:00-05:00https://calendar.utk.edu/event/creative-writing-series-chris-bachelder-jennifer-habelLectures & PresentationsMar 4, 2027: Rachel Slutsky, “Discerning the Deity’s Will in Second Temple Literature"Rachel Slutsky, Ph.D., is the Monsignor John Oesterreicher Assistant Professor of Jewish Studies and Jewish-Christian Relations in Antiquity at Seton Hall University. Slutsky's work explores the ways in which ancient and modern discourses employ Jewish law to cultivate communal self-understanding in juxtaposition to other Jews and the non-Jewish world more broadly. She has forthcoming articles on related topics in both the Review of Rabbinic Judaism and Jewish Studies Quarterly, and she is currently working on her first monograph. She completed her doctorate in ancient Judaism at Harvard University in May 2022, where she held the Isadore Twersky Fellowship (2021-2022) and served as the assistant director of undergraduate studies in the Committee on the Study of Religion (2020-2021).

This talk focuses on the texts of Ezra-Nehemiah, Esther, and Daniel. One notable commonality between them is prophecy’s virtual absence. This is curious in light of prophecy’s utility, specifically, as an epistemological tool to convey knowledge about the Deity and the Deity’s will. How did these three texts deal with the epistemological vacuum left in prophecy’s absence? Certain common beliefs and practices emerge in these texts regarding means of determining the divine will: first, a belief in Torah and its pedagogues to guide the people toward right action and therefore away from punishment; second, a belief in individual prayer as the way to interact directly with God and possibly persuade the divine mind to act within the world; third, a Heilsgeschichte affirming that God continues to be a God of salvation; and fourth, a theology of punishment which does not require consultation with a prophet.

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]]>tag:localist.com,2008:EventInstance_53506145063886Thu, 04 Mar 2027 18:00:00 -05002027-03-04T18:00:00-05:00https://calendar.utk.edu/event/rachel-slutsky-discerning-the-deitys-will-in-second-temple-literatureLectures & PresentationsApr 6, 2027: Oren Yirmiya, “An Intertextual Alterity: North African Piyyut and Modern Mizrahi Hebrew Poetry"Oren Yirmiya is an Assistant Professor of Hebrew Literature in the Department of Near and Middle Eastern Civilizations and the Anne Tanenbaum Centre for Jewish Studies at the University of Toronto. His research asks what it means to be a person in and through poetry, focusing on Mizrahi Hebrew poetry and piyyut as sites where devotional practice, political critique, and lyric form converge around questions of personhood and shared language. He is currently completing the book manuscript The Other('s) Lyric: Piyyut, Identity, and Alterity in Modern Mizrahi Hebrew Poetry and is co-editing, with Iris Rachamimov, a volume on trans history and culture in Israel

This lecture examines the rich world of piyyut, liturgical Hebrew poetry composed for synagogue performance, communal worship, and life cycle events. It asks how we should think about modern Hebrew literature's so-called "revival" when piyyut never died out but continued to be written and sung among Jewish communities across the Middle East and North Africa throughout the medieval and modern periods. In doing so, the lecture challenges conventional narratives of Hebrew literary and religious history, which overlook continuous living devotional traditions in the region while overstating the creative ingenuity of the rupture caused by European Jewish secularization during the nineteenth century. Tracing piyyut's enduring legacy and its influence on the emergence of Mizrahi poetry in 1970s Israel, the lecture argues that attending to liturgical and devotional composition offers a fuller picture of Jewish textual modernity. Through comparative readings of early modern piyyut and mid-twentieth-century Mizrahi poetry, the lecture introduces the concept of "polyphonic supplementary intertextuality" to show how both poetic corpora weave multiple voices through citation and allusion, drawing on biblical, Talmudic, and Midrashic sources to critique social marginalization, represent transgressive desire, and articulate a model of selfhood constituted through heteronomous communal religious commitment rather than individual autonomy. This framework ultimately challenges dominant paradigms in modern Hebrew studies and the study of Jewish religious practice, suggesting that the boundary between devotional and secular writing in modern Jewish life is far more porous than has been assumed, and that this porosity carries its own liberatory political power.

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]]>tag:localist.com,2008:EventInstance_53506153385641Tue, 06 Apr 2027 18:00:00 -04002027-04-06T18:00:00-04:00https://calendar.utk.edu/event/oren-yirmiya-an-intertextual-alterity-north-african-piyyut-and-modern-mizrahi-hebrew-poetryLectures & PresentationsApr 12, 2027: Creative Writing Series: Chiagoziem Jideofor & Gabriel Reed at John C Hodges LibraryThe UT Creative Writing Program is excited to present a reading by poets Chiagoziem Jideofor & Gabriel Reed. The reading will take place Monday, April 12 at 7pm in the Lindsay Young Auditorium of John C. Hodges Library on the UT Campus. The event is free and open to the public.

Chiagoziem Jideofor is Queer and Igbo. Her debut collection, local remedies, was recently published by Host Publications, and her poems have appeared or are scheduled to appear in The Hopkins Review, Hayden’s Ferry Review,Poetry, Michigan Quarterly Review, Passages North, South Carolina Review, Waxwing, I Witness: Documentary, Witness, and Research-based Poetics, the minnesota review, Quarterly West, Callaloo, and elsewhere.

Gabriel Antonio Reed is a poet from New Market, TN. He is the author of Reach: A Poem, which Brenda Hillman selected for the 2026 Academy of American Poets First Book Award. He holds an MFA from Hollins University and a PhD from the University of TN, Knoxville. His work has appeared in Kenyon Review, El Nieuwe Aca, Seneca Review, and Red Flag Poetry.

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]]>tag:localist.com,2008:EventInstance_5357692631036035.95495-83.92993Mon, 12 Apr 2027 19:00:00 -04002027-04-12T19:00:00-04:00https://calendar.utk.edu/event/creative-writing-series-chiagoziem-jideofor-gabriel-reedLectures & PresentationsApr 18, 2027: Public Books Circle: Florida Water by aja monet at Denbo Center for Humanities & the ArtsThe Denbo Center for Humanities & the Arts is hosting Public Books Circle, a program free to all adult readers. Public Books Circle meetings are held in person at the Denbo Center at Cherokee Mills, on Sutherland Avenue in Knoxville.

This year’s Circle is led by the DCHA Public Books Scholar, Professor Natalie Graham (Head, Africana Studies at UT) and follows the DCHA theme, “Authenticity: Identity and Place.”

We encourage participants to buy the books from a great local bookstore, read the books in preparation for discussion, and bring books with them to the meetings. However, don't let the reading keep you from the conversation. This will be a casual conversation open to all.

Schedule for "A Close Look at a Curious Place: Exploring Authenticity, Place, and Identity through Florida's Literature" Public Books Circle

Oct 18, 2:30: Their Eyes Were Watching God by Zora Neale HurstonNov 22, 2:30: Florida by Lauren GroffJan 24, 2:30: Alligator Tears by Edgar GomezFeb 21, 2:30: Everything Inside by Edwidge DanticatApr 18, 2:30: Florida Water by aja monet

Questions? Email us at humanitiesctr@utk.edu

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]]>tag:localist.com,2008:EventInstance_5394838366667335.95618-83.952515Sun, 18 Apr 2027 14:30:00 -04002027-04-18T14:30:00-04:00https://calendar.utk.edu/event/public-books-circle-florida-water-by-aja-monetApr 26, 2027: Creative Writing Series: Graduate Student Award Winners at John C Hodges LibraryThe UT Creative Writing Program is excited to present a reading by the winners of its annual graduate student creative writing awards in the categories of fiction, poetry, and creative nonfiction. The reading will take place Monday, April 26 at 7pm in the Lindsay Young Auditorium of John C. Hodges Library on the UT Campus. The event is free and open to the public.

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]]>tag:localist.com,2008:EventInstance_5357711084929235.95495-83.92993Mon, 26 Apr 2027 19:00:00 -04002027-04-26T19:00:00-04:00https://calendar.utk.edu/event/creative-writing-series-graduate-student-award-winnersLectures & Presentations