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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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.
Society Research/Funding Resources
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: 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 |
News
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.
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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.