Overview
The Council provides funds, connections, and logistical support for faculty and research staff who wish to establish or maintain interdisciplinary reading and discussion groups. In some cases, the Council will publicize the opportunity by issuing a wide call for potential participants; other smaller, more focused groups may be formed by invitation only. Past initiatives have included the “Classical Literature Workshop” and the “Avant-Garde Workshop.” Current initiatives include discussion groups in comparative diplomatics, archival silences, and bodies of knowledge. Groups may invite guest speakers or periodically host interdisciplinary conferences and symposia.
These funds are intended to provide full support for new initiatives or to help sustain those that are not home based in a department or program. Requests for co-sponsorship of a reading group should be submitted through the “conference and project co-sponsorship” funding portal.
Eligibility
Faculty, staff, and postdoctoral fellows may propose humanities-related reading and discussion groups. Graduate students submitting proposals should name a faculty sponsor and arrange for a brief email from their department chair(s) endorsing the project. Graduate students are encouraged to apply first to the Interdisciplinary Doctoral Program in the Humanities (IHUM) for funding to support graduate reading groups.
How to apply
Members of the Princeton University community who wish to constitute such groups are invited to email Kathleen Crown, Executive Director, with a proposal.
Deadlines
Rolling Basis
See a full list of Humanities Council funding opportunities.
