DFR Innovation Fund for New Ideas in the Humanities

Three Humanities projects awarded funding from Office of the Dean for Research
June 17, 2024
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Written by Catherine Zandonella, Office of the Dean for Research

The New Ideas in the Humanities fund encourages innovative scholarship on original theories as well as enduring questions.

Project awarded funding Innovation Fund for New Ideas in the Humanities
Sept. 30, 2022

The Dean for Research Innovation Fund for New Ideas in the Humanities was awarded in 2022 to:

Art Hx: Visualizing the medical legacies of British colonialism

Anna Arabindan-Kesson, associate professor of Art and Archaeology and African American Studies will…

Two new projects in humanities research receive innovation funding
July 21, 2021
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Written by Catherine Zandonella, Office of the Dean for Research

Catalyzing scholarship on original theories as well as enduring questions, the Dean for Research Innovation Fund for New Ideas in the Humanities aims to advance disciplines through support for activities such as conferences, new collaborations and creative work. Two projects will be funded:

Preserving Black theater histories

New ideas in the humanities awarded Dean for Research funding
April 18, 2019
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Written by Catherine Zandonella, Office of the Dean for Research
The translation into English of a major work of African literature and an exploration into the lives of writers and artists through their book-borrowing habits in 1920-30s Paris have been chosen to receive support from the Dean for Research Innovation Funds.
Funds enable bold and creative new projects in the humanities
April 20, 2016
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Written by Catherine Zandonella, Office of the Dean for Research
New ideas in the humanities

The Enlightenment as a global phenomenon: Sophie Gee and Sarah Rivett associate professors of English…

Innovation funds awarded to support humanities projects
Feb. 24, 2015
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Written by Catherine Zandonella, Office of the Dean for Research
New ideas in the humanities

Sarah Chihaya, assistant professor of English, Joshua Kotin, assistant professor of English, and