April 10 lecture focuses on formation of revolutionary China
Mitter’s talk will re-examine the classic question, “Did the communists win or the nationalists lose the Chinese civil war?”
Read moreEstablished in 1966, the Cornell Society for the Humanities brings distinguished visiting fellows, Cornell faculty, and graduate student fellows together each year to pursue research on a rotating interdisciplinary focal theme. Legendary seminars and experimental, innovative courses fuel an unmatched research and learning environment.
Mitter’s talk will re-examine the classic question, “Did the communists win or the nationalists lose the Chinese civil war?”
Read moreAnnouncing the 2024-25 cohort of Silence Fellows at the Society for the Humanities.
Read more“Beyond the World as Picture: Worlding and Becoming the Whole World [devenir tout le monde],”will examine philosophical accounts of the ways in which we organize the concept of reality.
Read moreFunding is available for faculty and students with projects related to rural humanities.
Read moreA series of four lectures — two in the spring and two in the fall of 2024 — will focus on “Unmasking the CCP: History, Politics, and Society in Post-1949 China."
Read moreIn this year’s Invitational Lecture hosted by the Society for the Humanities, Hu Pegues will examine the story of Tillie Paul, a Tlingit woman in Alaska
Read moreLeading academics from around the country will join Cornell experts in a semester-long series, “Antisemitism and Islamophobia Examined.”
Read moreThe Society’s fall conference on Friday, Oct. 27, will feature talks by seven multidisciplinary fellows.
Read moreSummer Graduate Fellowship in Digital Humanities: March 25
Humanities Corridor Working Groups: March 25
Humanities Centers Initiative (HCI) Public Humanities Grant: March 31
Joseph E. Connolly Memorial Prizes: April 10
Rural Humanities Summer Practicum: April 15
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