2026-28 Kling Undergraduate Honors Fellowship cohort announced
The humanities center welcomes six rising juniors to its signature two-year undergraduate research fellowship.
2026-27 Graduate Student Fellows selected
Here’s a look at the Graduate Student Fellows joining the humanities center for the 2026-27 academic year. The competitively selected students actively participate in the center’s intensive, interdisciplinary intellectual environment.
Power, politics and pressure: Race and city leadership
From St. Louis to cities nationwide, the potential of Black political representation collides with the hard limits of power, resources and expectation, writes Kling Fellow Lauren Perkins.
Beyond English: Why multilingual thinking matters
PhD candidate Jey Sushil talks with comparative literature scholar Bhavya Tiwari about recognizing the U.S. as a bilingual nation, the importance of reading in de-centering oneself in the world and her own journey through India’s education system to study comparative literature.
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