Interdisciplinary Research Groups are intended to support scholarly collaboration among faculty and graduate students from different departments on shared scholarly interests that cross disciplines. These groups meet regularly throughout the year and designate 1 convener or 2 co-conveners to provide leadership, one of whom must be a faculty member. The Center offers support by assisting in booking meeting spaces and covering the cost of meals during meetings. Prior to each Fall and Spring semesters, each Interdisciplinary Research Group provides content for updating their webpage on the Center's website, describing the overall project, individual programs, schedule for the semester, as well as contact information for convener(s) of the group. Groups are free to determine their own goals, which may include the workshopping of papers, the development of an interdisciplinary research project, etc.
Faculty interested in forming a new Interdisciplinary Research Group are asked to set up a meeting with the Director, Professor Phil Harling.
In addition to Interdisciplinary Research Groups, the Center for the Humanities also invites graduate students to propose Graduate Student-Led Interdisciplinary Research Groups. Although graduate students are eligible to participate in the fully developed IRGs, those students wishing to take on more leadership may consider proposing a Graduate Student-Led IRG. If approved, the Graduate Student-Led IRG’s are eligible for the same support provided to the IRGs. These student-led groups are only asked to make a commitment of 1 year and may apply for renewal of support from the Center on an annual basis, assuming that the group can identify new leadership as the co-conveners graduate.
Guest Speaker Funding
All Interdisciplinary Research Groups are encouraged to propose a guest speaker for the following Lecture Series: Henry King Stanford Distinguished Professors in the Humanities or the Edith Bleich Lecture Series. Nominations from the Interdisciplinary Research Groups are welcomed, because the nominators are already from various humanities departments.
