Amy Elias
@amyjelias.bsky.social
Humanities advocate; narrative, time/history, contemporary arts. Gardener. Dog lover. Will not curb my enthusiasm.
Wonderful collaboration this week with Knoxville’s Central Cinema and the #DenboCenter for Humanities & the Arts! We sponsored a $5 public screening of Neptune Frost, dir. by Saul Williams, in conjunction with Monday’s Distinguished Lecture Series talk by C. Riley Snorton. Best kind of synergy!
October 4, 2025 at 2:04 AM
Wonderful collaboration this week with Knoxville’s Central Cinema and the #DenboCenter for Humanities & the Arts! We sponsored a $5 public screening of Neptune Frost, dir. by Saul Williams, in conjunction with Monday’s Distinguished Lecture Series talk by C. Riley Snorton. Best kind of synergy!
Join us at the #DenboCenter this Monday and Tuesday for our 2-Day Faculty Writing Challenge! Kick off your day with a calming breathing meditation followed by focused writing sessions from 9 am to 1:30 pm. Lunch provided. For dedicated writers, feel free to stay until 4 pm!
October 4, 2025 at 2:01 AM
Join us at the #DenboCenter this Monday and Tuesday for our 2-Day Faculty Writing Challenge! Kick off your day with a calming breathing meditation followed by focused writing sessions from 9 am to 1:30 pm. Lunch provided. For dedicated writers, feel free to stay until 4 pm!
Fascinating talk by C. Riley Snorton at @uthumanitiesctr.bsky.social today on plants, nonbinary identity, film!
September 30, 2025 at 1:50 AM
Fascinating talk by C. Riley Snorton at @uthumanitiesctr.bsky.social today on plants, nonbinary identity, film!
Our amazing 2025-26 fellowship cohort at the Denbo Center! Film, Art, queer studies, Lit, German SF, philosophy, anthropology—going to be a fantastic year! @uthumanitiesctr.bsky.social
August 18, 2025 at 1:37 AM
Our amazing 2025-26 fellowship cohort at the Denbo Center! Film, Art, queer studies, Lit, German SF, philosophy, anthropology—going to be a fantastic year! @uthumanitiesctr.bsky.social
Getting into the weirdness of Julian Bleecker …
August 18, 2025 at 1:15 AM
Getting into the weirdness of Julian Bleecker …
Cutleaf Coneflower (asteraceae) this year in front garden
July 26, 2025 at 10:45 PM
Cutleaf Coneflower (asteraceae) this year in front garden
*This* is the part of the story: still offering us an outstretched hand
May 10, 2025 at 9:32 AM
*This* is the part of the story: still offering us an outstretched hand
Wonderful DH Showcase of student work today at the Denbo Center. We support faculty and student work in DH and UT’s new DH interdisciplinary program!
May 6, 2025 at 2:07 AM
Wonderful DH Showcase of student work today at the Denbo Center. We support faculty and student work in DH and UT’s new DH interdisciplinary program!
FANTASTIC EVENT Denbo Center's Digital Games Research Seminar hosted LunaTone CEO Baro Hyun and speakers Gosia Citko-DuPlantis & Tore Olsson with Volun2025 esports!
humanitiescenter.utk.edu/seminar/digi...
humanitiescenter.utk.edu/seminar/digi...
April 15, 2025 at 9:34 AM
FANTASTIC EVENT Denbo Center's Digital Games Research Seminar hosted LunaTone CEO Baro Hyun and speakers Gosia Citko-DuPlantis & Tore Olsson with Volun2025 esports!
humanitiescenter.utk.edu/seminar/digi...
humanitiescenter.utk.edu/seminar/digi...
The UT Denbo Center public talk last week by evolutionary biologist Menno Schilthuizen on the ways in which animals adapt to urban environments and collaborated with the UT EEB to run a Bioquest with Schilthuizen at Twin Forks in the Great Smoky Mountains National Park. Great stuff!
#UTArtSci
#UTArtSci
April 15, 2025 at 9:20 AM
The UT Denbo Center public talk last week by evolutionary biologist Menno Schilthuizen on the ways in which animals adapt to urban environments and collaborated with the UT EEB to run a Bioquest with Schilthuizen at Twin Forks in the Great Smoky Mountains National Park. Great stuff!
#UTArtSci
#UTArtSci
Returning from Miami and this year’s ISSN NARRATIVE conference—what an great group of people, and such good work! And so glad to speak on a panel honoring my friend Brian McHale, who won the society’s lifetime achievement award.
April 5, 2025 at 8:46 PM
Returning from Miami and this year’s ISSN NARRATIVE conference—what an great group of people, and such good work! And so glad to speak on a panel honoring my friend Brian McHale, who won the society’s lifetime achievement award.
Ukrainian “ethno chaos” band DakhaBrakha at @BigEarsFestival. Indian, Arabic, African, and Ukrainian traditional instrumentation—and now incredibly moving appeals to support Ukraine in their war effort.
March 31, 2025 at 1:09 AM
Ukrainian “ethno chaos” band DakhaBrakha at @BigEarsFestival. Indian, Arabic, African, and Ukrainian traditional instrumentation—and now incredibly moving appeals to support Ukraine in their war effort.
Set by experimental sound artist William Basinski at Church Street venue for @ BigEarsFestival
March 31, 2025 at 12:54 AM
Set by experimental sound artist William Basinski at Church Street venue for @ BigEarsFestival
Fred Moten with spoken word poetry and Brandon Lopez on dialogic bass today at @BigEarsFestival . Standing ovation for a stunning avant-garde performance at the @knoxart, hosted by the UTK Denbo Center
March 30, 2025 at 4:06 AM
Fred Moten with spoken word poetry and Brandon Lopez on dialogic bass today at @BigEarsFestival . Standing ovation for a stunning avant-garde performance at the @knoxart, hosted by the UTK Denbo Center
Amazing BigEarsFestival show with esperanza spalding.
She is *mesmerizing*
She is *mesmerizing*
March 29, 2025 at 1:35 AM
Amazing BigEarsFestival show with esperanza spalding.
She is *mesmerizing*
She is *mesmerizing*
At @BigEarsFestival now: Meshell Ndegeocello,
NO MORE WATER - THE GOSPEL OF JAMES BALDWIN
“love takes off the mask we fear we can’t live without”
NO MORE WATER - THE GOSPEL OF JAMES BALDWIN
“love takes off the mask we fear we can’t live without”
March 29, 2025 at 1:32 AM
At @BigEarsFestival now: Meshell Ndegeocello,
NO MORE WATER - THE GOSPEL OF JAMES BALDWIN
“love takes off the mask we fear we can’t live without”
NO MORE WATER - THE GOSPEL OF JAMES BALDWIN
“love takes off the mask we fear we can’t live without”
So great @uthumanitiesctr.bsky.social to host Fred Moten and bassist Brandon Lopez at the start of BigEarsFestival 2025 today at the Knoxville Museum of Art!
March 28, 2025 at 2:54 AM
So great @uthumanitiesctr.bsky.social to host Fred Moten and bassist Brandon Lopez at the start of BigEarsFestival 2025 today at the Knoxville Museum of Art!
So, apparently Speculative Light is available at the MoMA shop if you’re in the city
March 13, 2025 at 2:21 AM
So, apparently Speculative Light is available at the MoMA shop if you’re in the city
South Carolina declares state of emergency as wildfires burn over 4,200 acres forcing evacuations.
March 2, 2025 at 10:08 PM
South Carolina declares state of emergency as wildfires burn over 4,200 acres forcing evacuations.
So happy to host a luncheon at the @uthumanitiesctr.bsky.social with Beauford Delaney Estate Executor Derek Spratley, honoring the exceptional Monique Y. Wells of Les Amis de Beauford Delaney, a pivotal resource in Beauford Delaney studies! And so many other Delaney supporters!
February 24, 2025 at 1:31 AM
So happy to host a luncheon at the @uthumanitiesctr.bsky.social with Beauford Delaney Estate Executor Derek Spratley, honoring the exceptional Monique Y. Wells of Les Amis de Beauford Delaney, a pivotal resource in Beauford Delaney studies! And so many other Delaney supporters!