Announcing Jane Bennett, Johns Hopkins University, to give Cornell Society for the Humanities 's Annual Culler Lecture in Critical Theory. Weds., March 19, 5pm A.D. White House More event info, here: events.cornell.edu/event/annual-c…

Call for applications: Joseph E. Connolly ’72 Memorial Prizes for Cornell undergraduate essays on religion and politics/society Due April 18 Detailed instructions can be found here: societyhumanities.as.cornell.edu/connolly-prize

Political theorist Jane Bennett to give Annual Culler Lecture. A founding scholar in the field of new materialism, Bennett’s talk will address the role of the humanities in relation to the rise of “data science” as a prime focus of the 21st c. American research University.

TODAY is #CornellGivingDay! The Society has been going strong for almost 60 years--help us continue our mission to bring interdisciplinary humanities scholars together at the historic A.D. White House by giving at givingday.cornell.edu/donate?campaig… through midnight tonight

"Jane Bennett['s] path-breaking work on ... ‘the political lives of things’ has defined the state of the field across the humanities for over a decade." -Alexander Livingston, associate director Cornell Society for the Humanities Bennett to speak 3/19, 5pm, AD White House tinyurl.com/2bu4kkjp

Cornell faculty and graduate students, the deadline to apply for a Society for the Humanities grant is this Friday, 3/21! Read more about funding opportunities and apply here: societyhumanities.as.cornell.edu/grants-and-fun… 📷: Sreang "C" Hok

Featuring 30-minute humanities talks on "Silence," our annual Fellows' conference takes place Friday 4/25 @ Cornell's A.D. White House. Keynote 3:15pm by Middlebury College's Susan Burch entitled "Re-storying Silence: Mad, deaf, and disability histories." events.cornell.edu/event/Spring_F…

Susan Burch (Middlebury College, American Studies), will trace some of the multivalent relationships "Silence" has to institutionalization, institutionalized people, and to their kin on the outside in her keynote lecture: 4/25, 3:15pm, A.D. White House. tinyurl.com/Silence425

Check out this preview of our Spring Fellows' Conference! tinyurl.com/Silence2025

Join us April 24th @ A.D. White House for a sound and photo installation featuring work by Ivonne Kienast and Annie Lewandowski. "The Elephants of Dzanga Bai" will be on view from 5-7pm on the first floor, with a reception included as part of the event. events.cornell.edu/event/the-elep…

Today! On display at the AD White house from 5-7pm. Step into the unique environment of the Dzanga Bai forest clearing, where  "marvelous colors mix, and low frequency roars and infrasonic rumbles create ... [a]n ecstatic experience that awakens all of the senses."

Ready for pre-enroll! Our Fall 2025 seminars explore concepts of queer kinship, politics of expression in Asia, figurines in the Middle Age, and more, delving deeply into intersectional interpretations of the focal theme, Scale. For more information visit: societyhumanities.as.cornell.edu/fall-2025-cour…

Congratulations to our wonderful cohort of "Silence" Fellows' on an outstanding conference last week, and thank you to all others who attended and contributed to the atmosphere of inquiry and support. We cannot wait to see how these projects evolve! 📸: rachel philipson

Tomorrow at the A.D. White House - stop by to hear from Seniors with projects in the Humanities!

Check out this year’s CornellArts&Sciences Extraordinary Journeys feature depicting the unique journeys taken by some of the College's graduating seniors, among them five from HSP. Congratulations to all! as.cornell.edu/extraordinary-…

Students from the A&S Humanities Scholars Program presented their work at the Humanities Scholars Spring Research Conference. Projects spanned topics from Confederate cemeteries to Korean textiles, from Indigenous short stories to Latin poetry and more. as.cornell.edu/news/posters-p…

Check out this article by HSP student Benjamin Leynse '27 and A&S Communications on the Humanities Scholars Spring Research Conference that took place at the Cornell Society for the Humanities A.D. White House last month! as.cornell.edu/news/posters-p…

We invite applications for residential fellowships from Cornell graduate students whose research projects reflect on the 2026-27 theme of Survival. Applications are due 10/31/25. societyhumanities.as.cornell.edu/mellon-graduat… Image: Coral Confection, Lauren Kussro, laurenkussro.com