The Institute for the Humanities facilitates work that examines humanities traditions broadly across space and time; deepens synergies among the humanities, the arts, and disciplines across the university; and brings the humanities to public life. Each year it provides fellowships for Michigan faculty, graduate students, and visiting scholars who work on scholarly and artistic projects. It also offers a wide array of public and scholarly events, including public lectures, workshops, and discussions. The Institute for the Humanities Gallery—a fully curated, vibrant exhibition space—is known for bringing to campus artists whose work directly addresses current social issues and concerns.
Since its inauguration in 1987, the institute has granted fellowships to over 375 Michigan faculty fellows, Michigan graduate student fellows, and visiting fellows.
2023-24 Faculty Fellowships
For faculty at the University of Michigan campuses in Ann Arbor, Dearborn, and Flint. Faculty fellows are released from their usual teaching and service duties to pursue their proposed research project full time while receiving their normal salary and benefits. Faculty fellows take up residence at the institute for the full academic year (September 1 - May 31), participate in the weekly fellows seminar, and present a lecture in our Hear, Here: Humanities Up Close series.
Deadline: Monday, December 5, 2022 at 5pm.
Complete details here.
2023-24 Graduate Student Fellowships
The graduate student fellowship is ten months long (September 1 - June 30). Graduate student fellows pursue their research and participate in a cross-disciplinary, weekly seminar with faculty fellows. We seek applicants working in humanities research areas who demonstrate capacity to contribute to and gain from interdisciplinary exchange through the fellows seminar.
Deadline: Monday, January 9, 2023 at 5pm.
Complete details here.
2023 Summer Faculty Fellowships
The Institute for the Humanities' Summer Fellowship program supports an intellectual community of tenured/tenure-track and lecturer II/III/IV faculty to spend six to eight weeks in residence in the institute. Summer fellows will pursue their research and participate in nine cross-disciplinary seminars coordinated by the institute's director from May 25 - July 1. We seek applicants working in humanities research areas who demonstrate capacity to contribute to and gain from interdisciplinary exchange through the summer fellows' seminar.
Deadline: Monday, January 30, 2023 at 5pm.
Complete details here.
