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ABOUT THE HUMANITIES PROJECT

University of Rochester President Joel Seligman has committed $150,000 annually from the President's Venture Fund to create the Humanities Project, an interdepartmental endeavor designed to support work by Rochester faculty in all fields of humanistic inquiry. Read more >>

THE PROJECTS

Learn more about the nine projects that were selected this year and the exciting line-up of speakers, films, symposia, courses, conferences, panels and exhibitions.

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HUMANITIES AT ROCHESTER

Housed in eight departments and incorporating dozens of disciplines, the humanities at Rochester are dedicated to the critical examination of the documents and objects that reflect the meaningful past and present of humankind.

Please visit the College's Departments and Programs website and the individual Humanities Departments and Programs that it houses to learn more about the faculty, research, courses and events at River Campus.

Visit the Eastman School of Music's Academic Departments to learn more about the people and the areas of performance and scholarship on the Eastman Campus, or to learn more about upcoming performances and events see the Eastman School Concerts & Events page.

Please visit the University of Rochester's Memorial Art Gallery to learn more about the museum's permanent collection, educational programming, and exhibition and event schedule.

Find out more about the Center for Ethics, Humanities and Palliative Care at the University of Rochester's School of Medicine and Dentistry.

NEWS AND FEATURED EVENTS

New Funding Opportunities

NOW CLOSED

Call for Project Proposals (2008/09)

Deadline: May 30, 2008

The promotion and expansion of Humanistic Studies at the University of Rochester are annually showcased through funds allocated by President Joel Seligman. These funds support the Humanities Project which is currently governed by the Chairs of Departments in the Humanities and Humanistic Social Sciences and the Senior Associate Dean of Humanities.

In the interest of fostering conversations across discipline and departmental boundaries, we invite our colleagues to submit proposals for the academic year 2008-2009.

Of particular appeal are projects that employ or showcase innovative research and alternative perspectives — initiatives that would increase our faculty's profile while fortifying intellectual communities. Projects involving or expanding our awareness of research in the areas of Asian Studies, Globalization, and Digital Humanities will receive most attention, but projects unrelated to these rubrics will be considered as well. Small grants may be awarded for curricular initiatives that foster cross-disciplinary and interdisciplinary research at both the graduate and undergraduate levels.

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