Our Initiatives
With more than $2 million in competitively awarded external funding, the Center for the Humanities is spearheading some of the most exciting — and impactful — humanities projects on campus.
Public Humanities
The humanities center supports a range of projects in the public humanities, including research and writing, long-term collaborations with community partners and public-facing events and programs.
Learn more about Public Humanities initiativesEnvironmental Humanities
The Center for the Humanities supports cross-disciplinary collaborations that study the roots and impacts of environmental issues as well as those that engage with the cultures, politics and contexts that help shape how these environmental issues manifest.
Learn more about Environmental Humanities initiativesReproductive Justice
Humanistic knowledge across fields — Black studies, women’s and gender studies, queer studies, ethnic studies, history, sociology, anthropology, literature — can help us to understand and respond to past and current attacks on reproductive freedom.
Learn more about Reproductive Justice initiativesRedefining Doctoral Education in the Humanities (RDE)
Drawing inspiration from the efforts led by the Modern Language Association (ConnectedAcademics) and the American Historical Association (Career Diversity) to reimagine doctoral training, RDE focuses on the developing the best pedagogical practices for instilling capacities essential for success both within academia and in the world beyond.
Learn more about the RDE initiativeBECHS-Africa Fellowship Program
Washington University’s Center for the Humanities, in partnership with the University of Ghana, American University in Cairo and Stellenbosch University, with University of Ghana as the lead Institution, has received funding from The Andrew W. Mellon Foundation for a three-year transnational program, aimed at enhancing research capacity for early career scholars in the humanities.
Learn more about BECHS-Africa