Welcome to the Humanities Initiative

2012-2013 AWARD COMPETITIONS

We will announce the next round of our award competitions and their deadlines in Fall 2012.
TO APPLY: If you are interested in applying to any of our programs, please follow the links below to the corresponding program descriptions and guidelines. Please contact Asya Berger at This e-mail address is being protected from spambots. You need JavaScript enabled to view it  with any questions.

Grant Programs and Deadlines:

Faculty Research Fellowships
Monday, November 7, 2011

Graduate Student Research Fellowships
Monday, November 7, 2011

Grants-in-Aid
October 17, 2011
March 1, 2012

Team-Teaching Stipends
Wednesday, January 25, 2012 

Working Research Group Grants
Wednesday, January 25, 2012 

• Artistic Activism
• Radical Future Pasts: Political Theory and its Contemporary Interlocutors
• The Sylvester Manor Archive

• Addressing the Digital Humanities
• The History of Science
• The Lucrece Project
• Reading Freud as Scientist and Humanist
• Theorizing Sound Writing
• Translation Studies Across the University

UPCOMING 2012 EVENTS

May 31-June 2: Now! Visual Culture Conference. Held at NYU. The goal of this multi-day event is to showcase as broad and diverse a range of visual culture practice as possible in order to create a snapshot of the field of visual culture as it is currently practiced from Cape Town to California. See complete schedule and more details HERE. Register HERE.

UPCOMING GRANT DEADLINES

Rolling deadline: Call for Nominations - Scholars at Risk/Vivian G. Prins Fellowships for 2012-13. The fellowships are available to support temporary visits to NYU of up to one year by scholars who have shown potential as important contributors to their discipline and community, and who suffer intimidation or persecution in their home country or country of current residence. Fellowships are expected to last for a maximum of one year. Fellows will be appointed through the inviting host center, department, or school. Award amounts will vary based on the fellow's level and needs, as well as other available support. Total fellowship awards will be in the range of $50,000 - $70,000 per annum (including fringe benefits and any additional host support). Direct questions to: Clare Robinson, Scholars at Risk Network, NYU, 194 Mercer Street, 4th Floor, 212-998-2179 (tel), This e-mail address is being protected from spambots. You need JavaScript enabled to view it . To apply and for more information, visit http://scholarsatrisk.nyu.edu.

SPRING 2012 MULTIMEDIA

*April 20, 2012: Matthew Gold (CUNY) on his new book, Debates in the Digital Humanities

*April 17, 2012: Andrew Ross (NYU) on his new book, Bird on Fire: Lessons from the World's Least Sustainable City

*April 3, 2012: Eric Klinenberg (NYU) on his new book, Going Solo: The Extraordinary Rise and Surprising Appeal of Living Alone

*March 21, 2012: The Wisdom of the Humanities: Building Meaningful Lives and Successful Careers Panel

*March 1, 2012: Writing the Dissertation: Tips and Trouble Spots Panel

*February 7, 2012: Excerpts from Ranjana Khanna (Duke) on The Lumpenproletariat, The Subaltern, The Mental Asylum