Long-Term and Short-Term Visiting Fellows
Each year, the Council welcomes distinguished scholars, artists, writers, and practitioners as Long-Term and Short-Term Visiting Fellows, who enrich the University community through their work in and beyond the classroom. Visiting fellows are nominated by chairs of humanities departments with support from directors of interdisciplinary programs in the humanities.
Long-Term Visiting Fellows, who are “in residence” at the University, teach or co-teach a course for a full semester. Short-Term Visiting Fellows visit the University campus for three to five days, where they lecture and participate in class discussions, colloquia, performances, or other informal events within their nominating departments.
The Program was created with a gift from Frank E. Taplin, Jr. ’37 in honor of Whitney J. Oates, the distinguished classicist and founder of the Humanities Council. The program also hosts Belknap Fellows in Arts and Letters, Stewart Fellows in Religion, and Edward T. Cone ’39*42 Fellows, named in memory of the eminent composer, musicologist, professor and benefactor of the arts and humanities.
Departments interested in nominating fellows should visit our Visiting Fellowships page for information about deadlines and procedures.
Old Dominion Research Professors
This program is designed to provide additional research time for faculty members and to enhance the humanities community more broadly by providing a core group of senior faculty with time and resources to engage colleagues and students from across the university in sustained discussions of their work. Old Dominion Professors are tenured professors in the humanities and humanistic social sciences.
Old Dominion Professors are appointed for a term of one year, one semester of which would otherwise have been devoted to a regular sabbatical leave. The Professorship extends that leave to one full year.
Old Dominion Professors are expected to be in residence for the year and to engage in the intellectual life of the Humanities Council and the university. During their term, Old Dominion Professors are invited to share their research and participate in Council activities, whether leading workshops, speaking at the Annual Humanities Colloquium, participating in a series of conversations and lectures, or serving as Faculty Fellows in the Society of Fellows in the Liberal Arts.
Faculty interested in applying should visit the Research Professorships webpage for information about deadline and procedures.
Behrman Professors in the Humanities
Behrman Professors are faculty of tenured rank who are appointed for a three-year term to teach in the Program in Humanistic Studies and to ensure continuity in our academic program and among our undergraduates. In recognition of the commitment of three continuous years to the program, Behrman Professors are guaranteed a semester’s leave at the end of the three years.
Learn more about eligibility and upcoming deadlines on the Council’s Research Professorships webpage.
Stewart Visiting Fellows in Religion
Supported by the Virginia and Richard Stewart Memorial Fund, Stewart Fellows are distinguished visiting scholars of world religion. Fellows are nominated by department chairs through the Council’s Long-Term and Short-Term Visiting Fellows program.
Ferris Professors of Journalism and McGraw Professors of Writing
These notable visitors, including writers, reporters, podcasters, and filmmakers, bring a wealth of knowledge and expertise to the Program in Journalism, helping students to tell stories of impact and navigate the changing media landscape. Each visiting professor teaches an intensive undergraduate course in journalism or creative nonfiction within the Humanities Council, the academic home of the long-running Ferris and McGraw Seminars. Learn more about the Program in Journalism and read about our current visitors and faculty.
Society of Fellows in the Liberal Arts
Established in 1999 by a gift from the late charter trustee Lloyd Cotsen and the Humanities Council’s leadership, the Society of Fellows in the Liberal Arts at Princeton offers outstanding scholars with a recent Ph.D. the opportunity to enhance their teaching and research over a three-year term. Fellows meet regularly for formal and informal discussions, seminars, workshops and reading groups to pursue new knowledge and understanding within and across disciplines.
Associate Research Scholars and Lecturers
The Council supports a number of associate research scholars and lecturers in the Program in Humanistic Studies, the Center for Digital Humanities, the Department of Religion, and the Program in South Asian Studies.
