THE HUMANITIES COUNCIL
The role of the Humanities Council is (1) to support the interests of the humanities and to promote the intellectual vigor of the humanities at Cornell; (2) to serve as advisory body to the Director of the Society for the Humanities; and (3) to advise and assist the Dean and the Provost in designing and implementing special projects such as the Mellon Postdoctoral Fellowship Program.
The Humanities Council election procedure is as follows: After soliciting names from the humanities faculty, the co-chairs of the Humanities Council and the Director of the Society submit a slate of candidates to the Dean's Office. They consider the representation of departments, disciplines, and fields of continuing and outgoing members of the Council. One of their major concerns in composing a slate of nominees is to arrive at as broad a representation as possible. After the Dean has approved the slate of candidates, a ballot is sent by e-mail and hard copy to all humanities departments.
Members of the Humanities Council serve three year terms.
Current members of the Council are:
Chair, Rayna Kalas (English)
term ends 2011
Susan Buck Morss (Government)
term ends 2010
Jonathan Culler (Comp. Lit./English)
term ends 2010 (on leave 2007-2008)
Grant Farred (Africana Studies/English)
term ends 2011
María Fernández (History of Art)
term ends 2009
Sabine Haenni (Theatre, Film & Dance)
term ends 2010
María Antonia Garcés (Romance Studies)
term ends 2009
Bernadette Meyler (Law)
term ends 2011
Suman Seth (Science & Technology Studies)
term ends 2010 (on leave Fall 2007)
Deborah Starr (Near Eastern Studies)
term ends 2010
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