Our Initiatives

Our Initiatives

With more than $2 million in competitively awarded external funding, the Center for the Humanities is spearheading some of the most exciting — and impactful — humanities projects on campus.

Public Humanities

The humanities center supports a range of projects in the public humanities, including research and writing, long-term collaborations with community partners and public-facing events and programs.

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Environmental Humanities

The Center for the Humanities supports cross-disciplinary collaborations that study the roots and impacts of environmental issues as well as those that engage with the cultures, politics and contexts that help shape how these environmental issues manifest.

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Redefining Doctoral Education in the Humanities (RDE)

Drawing inspiration from the efforts led by the Modern Language Association (ConnectedAcademics) and the American Historical Association (Career Diversity) to reimagine doctoral training, RDE focuses on the developing the best pedagogical practices for instilling capacities essential for success both within academia and in the world beyond.

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Global Humanities

At the Center for the Humanities, we understand the global humanities as the exploration of human culture, values, practices and societies on a transnational scale. The center hosts research groups and fellows and organizes programming that all seek to understand how diverse cultures have evolved on their own terms as well as how they have shaped and interacted with one another over time.

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