About the Center

The human fingerprint maps our identity, the ties that bind us, the lingering traces we leave on this earth. As humanists, we explore the durability as well as the fragility of the human condition — opening windows onto worlds near to home and oceans away, worlds we interpret through stories and images, poems and performance, history and narratives, sounds and silence. At Washington University in St. Louis, the Center for the Humanities facilitates the labor of humanists by nurturing innovative research, transformative pedagogy, and vibrant community engagement locally and globally.

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Funding new research in the humanities

Pursuing new scholarly ideas about the world takes funding — whether it's for a two-month tour of research sites in Japan or a two-week trip to an archive to view materials available only there — that can be hard to find via regular channels. The Center for the Humanities fills this gap with a number of funding opportunities for Washington University faculty in the humanities and humanistic social sciences. Learn more about their stories!

upcoming
events

Divided City Graduate Summer Research Fellows Colloquium

Danforth University Center, Room 234

Presentations of the public-facing work of the 2024 Divided City Graduate Summer Research Fellows

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“These Stones Will Shout” Annual Lecture in Biblical Archaeology and Historical Geography of the Holy Land

Concordia Seminary

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The Unbearable Burden of Black Studies and the Enduring Fight for American Democracy

Hillman Hall, Clark-Fox Forum + Zoom

Khalil Gibran Muhammad, the Ford Foundation Professor of History, Race, and Public Policy, Harvard University’s John F. Kennedy School of Government – McLeod Lecture on Higher Education

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Faculty Fellowships at Center for the Humanities

Time devoted exclusively to research and writing is integral to academic productivity. Faculty fellowships provide the opportunity to make significant strides.

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Keep up with all the news and events organized by the Center for the Humanities — and dive into some great feature stories from our blog, Human Ties. The newsletter is published monthly during the academic year, and events are promoted throughout the year. We welcome all readers!

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