Mayberry to lecture on the power of community-made video
Lecture Announcement: "Why Voice Matters: Lessons from India for America's Future," Monday, September 29, 5:00pm, A.D. White House (Guerlac Room)
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The Society for the Humanities conducts several grant competitions for research, writing, and travel throughout the year. These grants are intended to foster the excellence in humanities research and writing for which Cornell faculty and graduate students are known. The Society places particular emphasis on innovative, interdisciplinary projects that involve Cornell colleagues from across the various disciplines of the humanities. In addition, the Society is proud to provide funding for humanities events organized by Cornell’s distinguished faculty as well as sponsor six to eight Visiting Fellows each year.
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Upcoming Application Deadlines
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: October 16, 2025 |
| Humanities Research Grants | Grants of up to $5,000 for Cornell faculty members holding regular appointments in humanities departments. Deadline: October 16, 2025 |
| Faculty Fellowships | Open to Cornell faculty members only, one-year residential fellowships located at the A.D. White House. Application deadline: October 31, 2025. |
| Mellon Graduate Fellowships | Open to Cornell graduate students only, nine-month residential fellowships located at the A.D. White House, includes a $35,661 stipend, tuition, and student health insurance. Application deadline: October 31, 2025. |
| Mellon Postdoctoral Fellowships | Two-year postdoctoral fellowships at Cornell University hosted by rotating humanities departments. Deadline: October 31, 2025 (History of Art and Visual Studies) Deadline: November 14, 2025(Literatures in English) Deadline: January 15, 2026 (Science & Technology Studies) |
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Dual-campus visit highlights A.D. White Professors-at-Large lineup 
Best-selling writer and technology blogger Cory Doctorow will make the A.D. White Professor-at-Large program’s second dual-campus visit, ending his week at Cornell Tech in New York City. Four other professors will visit Cornell this fall.
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Film series: Scale on Screen
This series features a dynamic selection of films that approach questions of scale from different perspectives. Screenings will be introduced by this year’s Society for the Humanities Fellows and are inspired by the topics and themes of their fall course offerings.
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New Course Offerings Fall 2025
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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2026-27: The Year of Survival
The Society for the Humanities at Cornell University seeks fellows for year-long residential fellowships who are conducting interdisciplinary research projects exploring the literary, historical, ethical, and political registers of survival.
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Irina R. Troconis on her new book, The Necromantic State
The Fellows’ Q&A series continues with a spotlight on Irina Troconis, Irina R. Troconis is Assistant Professor of Latin American Studies in the Department of Romance Studies at Cornell University and 2021-22 “Afterlives” Faculty Fellow. Her book The Necromantic State: Spectral Remains in the Afterg...
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Media Objects podcast releases 'sonic essays' based at Cornell
“Media Objects,” a podcast collaboration between Cornell media experts and sound artists The World According to Sound, is now available in full on all streaming services, including Spotify and Soundcloud, and the Media Studies homepage.
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From posters to precedent, humanities scholars showcase their research
Projects spanned topics from Confederate cemeteries to Korean textiles.
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Rural Humanities
Rural Humanities is an Andrew W. Mellon-supported initiative in public and engaged humanities that uses the tools of the humanities to critically approach, learn from, make visible, and support the realities of rural America, particularly in Central-Western New York: its histories, cultures, challenges, and futures.
Society’s Rural Humanities initiative, supported by the Andrew W. Mellon Foundation, features a Radically Indigenous focus in the academic year 2021-22, collaborating with the American Indian & Indigenous Studies Program, Cornell faculty, and local community partners to offer a Spring Seminar and a Summer Practicum that address the past, present, and future of Indigenous lives in Central New York and beyond. Additionally, students and faculty can apply for funding to support radically Indigenous research projects.