National Endowment for the Humanities Chairman’s visit marks 10th anniversary of the UF Center for the Humanities and the Public Sphere

On April 5, the Center for the Humanities and the Public Sphere at the University of Florida (founded in 2005 and launched in 2009), held a celebration in honor of its ten-year anniversary. The two-hour event welcomed special guests Kent Fuchs, President of the University of Florida, Steve Seibert, Executive Director of the Florida Humanities Council, and Jon Parrish Peede, Chairman of the National Endowment for the Humanities (NEH), who delivered the keynote address. 

Rothman Chair and Director of the Center for the Humanities and Public Sphere, Dr. Barbara Mennel said, “The anniversary of the Center for the Humanities and the Public Sphere at the University of Florida was a great occasion to take stock and look forward as we engage the UF campus with its many constituencies and the public in questions of human and cultural values. Collaborating with the National Endowment for the Humanities and the Florida Humanities Council has allowed us to engage with diverse communities in Florida.”