Society for the Humanities

In the College of Arts and Sciences .

• Fellows for 2012-2013

Course Offerings 

Timothy Murray, Director

Cornell’s Society for the Humanities was established in 1966 as one of the first humanities institutes in North America. Located in the historic home of Cornell’s first president, Andrew Dickson White, the Society brings distinguished Visiting Fellows and Cornell Faculty and Graduate Student Fellows together each year to pursue research on a broadly inter-disciplinary focal theme. In addition to participating in our legendary Wednesday Fellows seminar, Fellows offer one experimental, innovative seminar on their research topic. These seminars are open to graduate students, suitably qualified undergraduates, and interested auditors. Students who want credit for a seminar should formally register in their own college. Persons other than those officially enrolled may attend as visitors with permission of the fellow. The Society for the Humanities does not offer a major or a minor.  For more information, see: www.arts.cornell.edu/sochum/index.html

Fellows for 2012-2013

“Risk @ Humanities”

Paulina Aroch-Fugellie

Bishnupriya Ghosh

Patricia Keller

Gaspar Mairal

Annie McClanahan

Emily Nacol

Erin Obodiac

Annelise Riles

Bhaskar Sarkar

Matthew Smith

Claudia Verhoeven

Marina Welker

The Society annually awards fellowships for research in the humanities. The fellows offer, in line with their research, seminars intended to be exploratory or interdisciplinary. These seminars are open to graduate students and suitably qualified undergraduates. The theme for 2012–2013 is “Risk @ Humanities.”