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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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
| HSP Postdoctoral Associates | One-year postdoctoral associate positions at Cornell University with a $62,000 annual stipend working within the Humanities Scholars Program for undergraduate students. Deadline: February 1, 2025 |
| Central NY Humanities Corridor Writing Retreat | Annual writing retreat in the Adirondacks with two nights' lodging, meals, and tuition, scheduled October 10-12, 2025. Deadline: January 22, 2025 |
| Society for the Humanities Faculty Writing Retreat | Award includes lodging and all meals for a two-night unstructured writing residency in the Adirondacks (May 9-11, 2025). Deadline: February 19, 2025 |
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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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Crowdfunding launch supports Ways of Knowing podcast at Cornell
A crowdfunding campaign launched Nov. 1 to support a Cornell-based season of "Ways of Knowing,” a new podcast created by The World According to Sound.
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Short films from Rural Humanities course selected for festivals
Three short documentaries produced in a Rural Humanities Seminar, taught by PMA Associate Professor Austin Bunn, are headed to film festivals this fall.
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‘Silence’ theme of Society for the Humanities Fall presentations
Six fellows from a broad swath of humanities fields will present their projects in progress during the annual Fall Fellows’ conference, on Friday, Oct. 25.
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Zeavin delivers Annual Digital Humanities Lecture at the Society for the Humanities
The Society for the Humanities & CNY Humanities Corridor, in partnership with Cornell's Media Studies Colloquium, present: The Annual Digital Humanities Lecture - Tuesday, October 22, 5:00pm
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A&S announces membership in MLA Strategic Partnership Network
“We felt this is an important resource that should be available to our humanists at all levels, whether they have the resources to pay for membership or not,” said Peter John Loewen, the Harold Tanner Dean of Arts and Sciences.
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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.