<p>What is the role of humanities centers and institutes, and what can they do to spark change in graduate education? In this episode, we speak with our mentors, Dr. Barbara Mennel (UF CHPS) and Dr. Kelly Anne Brown (UCHRI), in a wide-ranging conversation about how humanities centers and institutes function as an incubator for intellectual and professional networks, hubs for experimental programming, and safe spaces for grad students. We discuss how underfunding the humanities might lead to a host of issues downstream, including space for cutting-edge scholarship. We also speak about distributed models of mentorship and how they can prepare students for multiple career paths.</p>

Under Review is a podcast about rethinking humanities graduate education, produced and hosted by two recent PhD graduates in the humanities, June Ke and Lauren Burrell Cox. In a time when 70 percent of academic positions are off the tenure track, we speak to experts about issues surrounding prestige, labor, contingency, and diverse post-doctoral pathways. This podcast is a collaboration of the University of California Humanities Research Institute and the University of Florida Center for the Humanities and the Public Sphere.