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Interdisciplinary seminars for Cornell graduate students & advanced undergraduates

Courses

Our fellows offer experimental interdisciplinary seminars on research topics related to the year's focal theme. These seminars are offered one time only! The theme for 2025-26 is "Scale."

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Fall 2025 Courses Humanities Scholars Program Spring 2026 Courses

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Enroll in Fall 2025 Scale courses!

Our Fall 2025 seminars explore concepts of queer kinship, politics of expression in Asian, Figurines in the Middle Ages, and more, delving deeply into intersectional interpretations of the focal theme, Silence.

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SHUM 3750: Humanities Scholars Research Methods

Designed specifically for undergraduate students, the goal of the seminar is to teach and refine research methods (library research, note taking, organizing material, bibliographies, citation methods, proposals, outlines, etc.) as well as to guide students through the initial stages of a research project of your own design. Part of the Humanities Scholars Program.

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2.11.25 Invitational Lecture Slide
2.11.25 Invitational Lecture Slide

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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