Welcome to the Humanities Initiative

Welcome to the Humanities Initiative

Created in 2007, the Humanities Initiative at NYU draws on the talents and energies of our faculty and students across the university to provide a forum for cross-disciplinary discussion and collaboration in the humanities and arts. To foster and enhance the humanities community at NYU, the Initiative sponsors a number of endeavors aimed at promoting interdisciplinary dialogue, teaching, and research.

Call for Proposals: NEH Summer Stipends Program

The National Endowment for the Humanities Summer Stipend Program is an opportunity for faculty in the humanities to carry out research over a two-month period. New York University may submit two proposals. Nominees may be either senior or junior faculty. Awardees receive $6,000 for two consecutive summer months of full-time research and writing. Read more.


Upcoming Events

May 12 - July 18: "John Wood: On the Edge of Clear Meaning." An exhibit hosted by Grey Art Gallery. Read more.

         

June 5 - August 8: "Down these Mean Streets." An exhibt by Will Steacy, 2008 Tierney Fellow. Read more.


External Funding

American Council of Learned Societies
Collaborative Research Awards

Bellagio Center Residency Competition for Scholars and Creative Artists

Fulbright Programs for US Scholars

Harry Ransom Center Fellowships

The Institute for Human Sciences

Traditional Fulbright Scholar Program

The Humanities Initiative Congratulates Its Newest Award Recipients

Faculty Research Fellowships
Emily Apter (French; Comparative Literature)
Martin Daughtry (Music)
Michah Gottlieb (Hebrew & Judaic Studies)
Crystal Parikh (Social & Cultural Analysis; English)
Arvind Rajagopal (Media, Culture, & Communication)
Zhen Zhang (Cinema Studies)

Graduate Student Research Fellowships
John Diehl (History)
Paul Sager (French Studies; History)
Peter Valenti (History; Middle Eastern and Islamic Studies)

Honorary Graduate Student Research Fellowships
Elena Bellina (Italian Studies)
Melis Erdur (Philosophy)
John Melillo (English)

Team-Teaching Stipends
Joyce Apsel (Liberal Studies)
Nina Cornyetz (Gallatin)
Stephen R. Duncombe (Gallatin)
Fiona J. Griffiths (History)
Jonathan R. Kahana (Cinema Studies)
Catherine King (Liberal Studies)
Peter W. Meineck (Classics, Ancient Studies)
Martin R. Scherzinger (Media, Culture, & Communication)
Laura M. Slatkin (Gallatin)
Kathryn A. Smith (Art History)

Working Research Group Grants
Jim Anderson (Recorded Music)
Gabriella Coleman (Media, Culture, & Communication)
Sybille Fischer (Spanish & Portuguese)
Ben Kafka (Media, Culture, & Communication)
Bradley Lewis (Gallatin)
Jacques Lezra (Comparative Literature; Spanish & Portuguese)
Jerome Lowenstein (Medicine)
Jennifer Morgan (Social & Cultural Analysis; History)
Robert Rowe (Music & Performing Arts Professions)
Lidia Santarelli (European & Mediterranean Studies)
Clifford Siskin (English)
Robert Young (English; Comparative Literature)


Humanities Initiative Program Deadlines

The 2008-2009 deadlines have passed. Please check back this summer for the 2009-2010 deadlines.

Faculty Research Fellowships
Monday, November 10, 2008

Graduate Student Research Fellowships
Monday, November 10, 2008

Grants-in-Aid
Monday, November 3, 2008
Wednesday, April 1, 2009

Team-Teaching Stipends
Monday, January 26, 2009

Working Research Groups
Monday, January 26, 2009

 

20 Cooper Square

The Humanities Initiative's offices are located at:

20 Cooper Square
(at East 5th Street)
Fifth Floor
New York, NY 10003-7112

We are excited to have a bright, spacious environment with large and small seminar rooms, a library for our Graduate Student Fellows, shared office space for our Faculty Fellows, and comfortable lounge areas. We are also pleased to have as our neighbors on the fifth floor the NY Institute for the Humanities, the Hemispheric Institute of Performance and Politics, the Institute for Public Knowledge, and the Institute on the Arts and Civic Dialogue.

Please come and visit us. We look forward to welcoming you here for future talks and activities.


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