Twelve students will enter the two-year Gaines Fellowship program designed to enrich undergraduate education through interdisciplinary coursework, independent research and community engagement.
Beaux Hardin’s lecture will explore poetry as a medium that invents new language, connecting people across cultures and creating an immaterial space that redefines identity.
Applications for the prestigious 2026 Edward T. Breathitt Undergraduate Lectureship in the Humanities, presented by the UK Gaines Center for the Humanities, are now open.
Brandon Erby, assistant professor in writing, rhetoric and digital studies in the UK College of Arts and Sciences, will present this year’s Gaines Lecture for Outstanding Research in the Humanities.
The Gaines Humanities Cooperatives foster collaboration across departments and colleges by providing funding, space and institutional support to groups coalescing around shared interests and goals.
The UK Appalachian Center and the UK Graduate Appalachian Research Community invite students from all majors to submit proposals for the 15th annual Appalachian Research Symposium & Arts Showcase.
The UK Gaines Center for the Humanities is now accepting applications for the 2026-28 cohort of Gaines Fellows, one of the university’s most prestigious undergraduate opportunities.
This spring, the Gaines Center for the Humanities will host the 2026 Mary C. Bingham Seminar — HMN 300: Sustainable Futures Design Lab — an extraordinary opportunity for students to combine academic inquiry with hands-on, real-world engagement.
