Jackman Humanities Institute
The Jackman Humanities Institute is currently closed to the public. All staff members are telecommuting. All events, working groups, and fellowship activities are being provided online.
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Titles and short descriptions of research projects participating in Scholars-in-Residence 2021
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JHI Blog: Humanities at Large
Submitted by Sonja Johnston on February 24 2021.
Melissa J. Gismondi by Katherine HollandMelissa J. Gismondi—JHI's New Media and Public Humanities Postdoctoral Fellow for 2020-2021—recently gave a public workshop about podcasting. Melissa is a writer and journalist, who holds a PhD in American…
Submitted by Sonja Johnston on January 27 2021.
As COVID-19 progressed in spring 2020, Scholars in Residence organizers and participating faculty worked diligently to transfer the residency to a completely online experience. Faculty supervisors and undergraduate RAs were able to find new ways to…
Submitted by Sonja Johnston on January 27 2021.
JHI Alumni Spotlight features past Fellows and their current work
Andrew Campana—now Assistant Professor in the Department of Asian Studies at Cornell University—was a JHI Undergraduate Fellow in 2010-2011 during our Image and Spectacle theme…
Our current exhibition
Birds of a Feather
28 Oct 2020 to 25 Jun 2021
Curated by Ameen Ahmed
Exhibition site
Presented in conjunction with the Jackman Humanities Institute. Birds of a Feather is composed of artists’ works that directly respond to Jackman Humanities Institute Research Fellows’ projects. The works offer tools, commentary, and/or encouragement through visual or conceptual means. Silently, but not necessarily quietly, they image different forms of commonality and collectivity, incorporation and inclusion.