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Announcing: New Faculty Scholar in Residence Opportunity for 2026-2027

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