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central to the pressing issues of our time.
The HI has additional Faculty Scholars in Residence spots available for themes related to the parameters of the Center for Humanities and Information (or CHI, incorporated into the HI as of 2025) for AY 2026-2027. Faculty members whose work focuses on the role information plays in the production of social meaning and value across the human sciences, from the orality-literacy transition to the new digital media, and addresses questions of information’s role in governmentality, social memory, communication, literature and culture, philosophy, and history are welcome to apply under this heading. Please follow all specifications found on the HI website, and enter “CHI” under Keywords in the application form when applying: https://hi.psu.edu/opportunities-for-scholars/hi-funding-opportunities/faculty-details-and-application/
Special CHI/Faculty Scholar Deadline for AY 2026-2027: Monday, February 2, 2026
For Graduate Scholars in Residence Applications: We likewise have a few Graduate Scholars in Residence spots available for themes related to the parameters of the Center for Humanities and Information (or CHI, incorporated into the HI as of 2025) for AY 2026-2027. Graduate students whose work focuses on the role information plays in the production of social meaning and value across the human sciences, from the orality-literacy transition to the new digital media, and addresses questions of information’s role in governmentality, social memory, communication, literature and culture, philosophy, and history are welcome to apply under this heading. Please follow all specifications found on the HI website, and enter “CHI” under Keywords in the application form when applying: https://hi.psu.edu/opportunities-for-scholars/hi-funding-opportunities/grad-student-details-and-application/
Graduate Scholars in Residence Deadlines:
Monday, February 2, 2026 for Summer applicants
Monday, March 16, 2026 for Fall/Spring applicants
Register here by Monday, January 19, 2026
The Humanities Institute invites all faculty and graduate students interested in or actively participating in community-engaged humanities work to join us for a Public Humanities Forum. The purpose of the forum is to collaboratively exchange ideas, build connections, discuss challenges, and strengthen resources regarding publicly engaged humanities research, teaching, and projects.
Episode 9 of HumIn Focus, “Teaching Humanity: The Social Value of Higher Education” premiered on WPSU on October 24th, 2024, at 9:00 p.m. 📰 Click here to read more about this episode.
HumIn Focus is a multi-part web series centering on pressing social issues through the lens of the work of humanities scholars. To learn more about the web series, visit the HumIn Focus website.
In partnership with our humanities colleagues in the Commonwealth Campuses, an initiative demonstrating the value of humanities education is ongoing. Humanities Works tells the stories of people who use the skills and knowledge of the humanities to face real-world challenges and to make better solutions. Read more at https://www.humanitiesworks.psu.edu/.
Welcome to 2025-2026 at the Humanities Institute!
A Note from our Director, John Christman:
This will be another exciting year for the Institute. We look forward to continuing our support of humanities faculty and students, both in their research and teaching. Our Faculty and Graduate Student Resident Fellows will be sharing their work throughout the year (see our listserv for dates), and we will be supporting a number of other events throughout the fall and spring. We are also pleased to announce that the Center for Humanities and Information, ably led by Eric Hayot since 2015, will be joining our fold. We plan to spearhead this transition in ways that will make the CHI even more relevant and cutting edge in its programing and support opportunities. Stay informed by joining our listserv, following us on social media, or checking back here.
Acknowledgement of Land
The Pennsylvania State University campuses are located on the original homelands of the Erie, Haudenosaunee (Seneca, Cayuga, Onondaga, Oneida, Mohawk, and Tuscarora), Lenape (Delaware Nation, Delaware Tribe, Stockbridge-Munsee), Shawnee (Absentee, Eastern, and Oklahoma), Susquehannock, and Wahzhazhe (Osage) Nations. As a land grant institution, we acknowledge and honor the traditional caretakers of these lands and strive to understand and model their responsible stewardship. We also acknowledge the longer history of these lands and our place in that history.