Jane Bennett to deliver Culler Lecture in Critical Theory
Bennett, a founding scholar of the field of new materialism, will talk about the limits of “data” as the unit of humanistic study.
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University Lecture examines ‘The Narrative Brain’
Our minds and the ways we tell stories are closely attuned, research shows, and scholar Fritz Breithaupt will explore how that connection works during a March visit as University Lecturer.
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2025-26: The Year of Scale
Announcing the 2025-26 cohort of Scale Fellows at the Society for the Humanities.
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Explore home space in a teenage sitcom during upcoming lecture
"Sanctuary from the Storm: Making (My) Room with The Torkelsons," will explore Sheppard’s fondness for the 1990s television show and what the show’s representation of home spaces can tell us about the way television influences living practices.
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New Course Offerings Spring 2025
Society for the Humanities' new course offerings for Spring 2025. Enroll Today!
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Poets in Japan experiment at the edge of media
Andrew Campana, 2024-25 Society for the Humanities "Silence" Faculty Fellow (Asian Studies), releases new book, December 2024.
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Exhibit highlights art/tech intersections in student work
The event invited undergraduate and graduate students from all disciplines to display their projects at the historic A.D. White House.
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The A.D. White House: Andrew’s abode is a campus gem
Commissioned by Cornell’s inaugural president, the villa later became an art museum—and has long hosted a humanities group.
Read moreUpcoming Society Events
Mar
19
Wednesday
05:00 PM
Annual Culler Lecture in Critical Theory: Jane Bennett
A. D. White House
Guerlac Room
Apr
25
Friday
09:00 AM
Society for the Humanities: Spring Fellows' Conference on the theme of "Silence"
A. D. White House
Guerlac Room
May
02
Friday
09:30 AM
Humanities Scholars Undergraduate Research Conference
A.D. White House
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Upcoming Application Deadlines
| Humanities | Impact Grants | Grants of up to $10,000 for Cornell faculty members to support research projects that engage in broader public conversations with a social impact in mind. Deadline: March 21, 2025 |
| Humanities Research Grants | Grants of up to $5,000 for Cornell faculty members holding regular appointments in humanities departments. Deadline: March 21, 2025 |
| Brett de Bary Interdisciplinary Writing Groups | Up to $5,000 in funding for activities related to writing and publication by groups of faculty and graduate students in the humanities. Deadline: March 21, 2025 |
| Interdisciplinary Monograph Writing Group | Funding for activities related to writing monographs by a group of Cornell faculty in the humanities. Deadline: March 21, 2025 |
| Timothy Murray Graduate Travel Grants | Grants of up to $1,000 to support travel for doctoral research. Deadline: March 21, 2025 |
| Dissertation Writing Groups | Funding for writing groups of graduate students with a common interdisciplinary focus. Deadline: March 21, 2025 |
| Joseph E. Connolly '72 Memorial Prizes | Prizes for undergraduate essays on the intersection of religion and politics or society. Deadline: April 18, 2025 |
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