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Established in 1966, the Cornell Society for the Humanities brings distinguished visiting fellows, Cornell faculty, and graduate student fellows together each year to pursue research on a rotating interdisciplinary focal theme. Legendary seminars and experimental, innovative courses fuel an unmatched research and learning environment.
Our fall 2026 seminars explore concepts of the impacts of Japanese American wartime incarceration literature, political geology, precarity poetics and more, delving deeply into intersectional interpretations of the focal theme, Survival.
The School of Criticism and Theory at Cornell University, a six-week summer program that serves as a hub for interdisciplinary inquiry in the humanities and social sciences, celebrated its 50th anniversary with events June 16-17.
Cornell doctoral students, including some based in the College of Arts and Sciences, engaged in legislative opportunities in Washington, D.C. this spring. Some students attended an American Association for the Advancement of Science workshop, others a Cornell-organized Advocacy Day.
The Society for the Humanities at Cornell University seeks faculty fellows for year-long residential fellowships who are conducting interdisciplinary research projects exploring play.
College of Arts and Sciences student Jeffrey Ho ’26 learned through Cornell University Library’s archives how the campus dealt with HIV/AIDS and COVID-19. Ho curated the exhibit "Public Health on the Hill: Creating Community through Communication," up through June 10, 2026 in Kroch Library.
Location: A. D. White House, Guerlac Room
Location: A. D. White House
Location: A. D. White House
Location: A. D. White House, Guerlac Room
In 2026, Cornell's Society for the Humanities celebrates our 60th anniversary as a fellowship program and humanities center.
We are holding a Fellows Alumni Reunion on the Ithaca campus during the weekend of September 18-19, 2026. This reunion will bring together former fellows and directors, current fellows, faculty, and students to reconnect, reflect on the Society’s history, and celebrate its impact on interdisciplinary humanities research over the past six decades. The event combines alumni networking, scholarly discussions, faculty engagement, and anniversary celebrations to strengthen the Society’s intellectual community across generations.
If you’re a former fellow of Cornell's Society for the Humanities, this page is for you!
One-year residential fellowships at Cornell University with a $68,000 stipend. Fellowships are focused on an annual theme. Deadline: September 1, 2026 | |
| Faculty Fellowships | Open to Cornell faculty members only. One-year fellowships focused on an annual theme. Located at the A.D. White House. Deadline: October 30, 2026 |
Open to Cornell graduate students only. Nine-month fellowships focused on an annual theme. Includes a $35,661 stipend, tuition, and student health insurance. Located at the A.D. White House. Deadline: October 30, 2026 |
The Society for the Humanities at Cornell is proud to present our new podcast, The Humanities Pod. Informal conversations with Society Fellows, Cornell Faculty, community collaborators, and special guests shine a light on some of the new work, the current conversations, and the latest ideas of humanists at and around Cornell.
