Humanities Scholars Program - Cornell University

Humanities Scholars ➡️ Humanities Advocates

Earlier this month a group of four Humanities Scholars Program students, along with two graduate students sponsored by the Society for the Humanities - Cornell University, travelled to Washington D.C. to participate in the National Humanities Alliance Annual Meeting and Advocacy day.

The opportunity allowed students to engage on the future of the Humanities with academics from across the U.S., and brought them into the offices of representatives from New York and their home states to advocate on behalf of funding for the National Endowment for the Humanities, and speak to the importance of continued support for the humanities in education.

Read the full article: https://as.cornell.edu/news/humanities-students-take-dc-trip-advocate-funding

Photo 1: HSP students, along with graduate students Anna Whittemore, Anthropology, and Sully Howard, Anthropology, and Prof. Durba Ghosh, Taylor Family Director of the Society for the Humanities, in front of the U.S. Capitol

Photo 2: HSP students Elly Conrad, Basil Bob, Hannia Arevalo and Hiba Loukssi, all class of 2027, with Thomas Johnson, ‘19, Legislative Assistant to NY-19 Rep. Josh Riley inside the Cannon House Office Building.

Special thanks to the representatives’ offices who took the time to meet with our students from Cornell University: Rep. Josh Riley,
Senator Chuck Schumer, Rep. Monica De La Cruz, Rep. Mike Turner, Senator Susan Collins, Senator Mark Kelly

Humanities Scholars Program Director Verity Platt, professor of classics and history of art, announces new book, "Epistemic Impressions: Making and Mediating Classical Art and Text."

Released in February 2026 as a part of Oxford University Press' "Classics in Theory" series, the book "explores how Greek authors ... formulated relationships between texts and objects. Drawing on theories of media and moving beyond the concepts of description (ekphrasis) and imitation (mimesis), which have dominated so much scholarship on the text-image relationship in antiquity, it focuses on the language of the impression (typos) ..." (https://classics.cornell.edu/verity-platt)

Professor Platt sat down with Cornell University College of Arts and Sciences to speak about the book and its significance. Read "Making an impression: A new approach to classical concepts of the image" here: https://as.cornell.edu/news/making-impression-new-approach-classical-concepts-image

Tonight at the A.D. White House!

Wednesday 3/4, 5pm: How to understand the contemporary conjuncture of technology and fascism? Hear from Prof. Zahid R. Chaudhary of Princeton's English department.

https://events.cornell.edu/event/culler-lecture-technofascism-by-zahid-chaudhary

Annual Culler Lecture in Critical Theory
Society for the Humanities 3/4/26

Princeton University's Zahid R. Chaudhary (English, So. Asian Studies) presents "Technofascism," exploring how modern power is sustained by "widening practices of impunity." Moving beyond simple political-economic analysis, this lecture investigates the pleasures of the apocalypse and the aesthetics of the digital conjuncture. A must-attend for anyone interested in postcolonial studies, visual culture, or the future of democracy.

📅Wednesday, March 4, 5:00pm
📍Cornell University's Society for the Humanities (A.D. White House, Guerlac Room).

https://events.cornell.edu/event/culler-lecture-technofascism-by-zahid-chaudhary

Applications to join the Humanities Scholars Program are due Sunday, March 1!

Sophomores from any college at Cornell University are invited to apply if they plan to major or minor in the humanities.

Check out the program requirements, and find our application here: https://as.cornell.edu/research/humanities-scholars-program -program-structure

Email [email protected] with questions.

Are you a Cornell undergraduate interested in majoring or minoring in the humanities?

You're invited to the Humanities Scholars Program Winter Open House.
Monday, Feb. 9, 2026
5:00-6:00 PM
A.D. White House, RM 110
https://events.cornell.edu/event/humanities-scholars-program-winter-open-house

Learn more about the program from HSP faculty and staff, enjoy snacks and a hot cocoa bar, and craft a personalized bookmark.

Open to CU freshmen and sophomores from any college; students who apply to the Humanities Scholars Program must intend to or have declared a major or minor in the humanities.

Visit as.cornell.edu/research/humanities-scholars-program to explore HSP's full offerings.

Attention Sophomores - Applications Open!

The Humanities Scholars Program (https://as.cornell.edu/research/humanities-scholars-program) invites applications from Sophomores (or undergraduate students with two years of study left to complete) who plan to major or minor in a humanities field. Students do not need to be in Arts & Sciences; we welcome students with humanities minors from all colleges.

The Humanities Scholars Program (HSP) is a two-year program housed in the Society for the Humanities that provides a supportive environment for students who are majoring or minoring in a humanities field. HSP offers advising and mentoring from HSP faculty and Postdoctoral Associates, funding for research and internships, and cohort-building activities. Program requirements include three core courses, two electives, and one senior research project.

Applications Due: Sun., March 1, 2026.
Apply Now: https://as.cornell.edu/research/humanities-scholars-program -to-apply

*CU faculty members are encouraged to share this opportunity with undergraduates.

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Interested in applying, but want to learn more about the program?

You're invited to the Humanities Scholars Program Winter Open House.

Monday, Feb. 9, 2026
5:00-6:00 PM
A.D. White House, RM 110
https://events.cornell.edu/event/humanities-scholars-program-winter-open-house

Learn more about the program from HSP faculty and staff, enjoy snacks and a hot cocoa bar, and craft a personalized bookmark.
Open to CU freshmen and sophomores from any college; students who apply to the Humanities Scholars Program must intend to or have declared a major or minor in the humanities.

Visit as.cornell.edu/research/humanities-scholars-program to explore the programs' full offerings.

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Questions? Contact [email protected].

Virtual info session tomorrow, 1/22/26, from 4:30 - 5:30pm (EST) with faculty director Verity Platt
Register now: https://events.cornell.edu/event/virtual-info-session-humanities-scholars-program-2026-27-postdoctoral-associate-positions

** application and info session open only to Cornell PhD candidates and recent Cornell PhDs

The Humanities Scholars Program, an undergraduate research initiative in Cornell University’s College of Arts & Sciences, invites applications from Cornell PhD candidates and recent Cornell PhDs for one-year Postdoctoral Associate positions beginning August 1, 2026. Each position offers a salary of $67,000/year and a $2,000 research fund for the year. Two Postdoctoral Associates will be appointed.

More info: https://as.cornell.edu/research/hsp-postdoctoral-fellowships

Applications will be accepted on the AJO platform through February 3, 2026.
Apply now: https://academicjobsonline.org/ajo/jobs/31380

Questions? Contact [email protected]

Call for Applications (Cornell PhD candidates and recent Cornell PhDs)

The Humanities Scholars Program, an undergraduate research initiative in Cornell University’s College of Arts & Sciences, invites applications from Cornell PhD candidates and recent Cornell PhDs for one-year Postdoctoral Associate positions beginning August 1, 2026. Each position offers a salary of $67,000/year and a $2,000 research fund for the year. Two Postdoctoral Associates will be appointed.
More info: https://as.cornell.edu/research/humanities-scholars-program -for-postdoctoral-associates

Applications will be accepted on the AJO platform through February 3, 2026.
Apply now: https://academicjobsonline.org/ajo/jobs/31380

A Virtual Info Session about the positions is planned for Thursday, January 22, from 4:30 - 5:30pm (EST) with faculty director Verity Platt. Registration to the info session is required.
Register here: https://events.cornell.edu/event/virtual-info-session-humanities-scholars-program-2026-27-postdoctoral-associate-positions

Questions? Contact Chloe Wray, Humanities Scholars Program Coordinator, at [email protected]

First-years and sophomores from across Cornell are invited to stop by the A.D. White House between 5-6pm on Thurs. 10/30 to inquire about the Humanities Scholars Program. The event will be hosted by the program's faculty director, Verity Platt (Classics, History of Art & Visual Studies).

Read more on Cornell's Events Calendar:
https://events.cornell.edu/event/humanities-scholars-program-fall-open-house-2772

Don't miss this incredible opportunity to engage with contemporary artist Harmonia Rosales! Growing up visiting the Art Institute of Chicago, Rosales was captivated by Renaissance painting — but years later, her daughter's simple observation that "they don't look like me" exposed the exclusion at the heart of that tradition. Rosales' paintings reimagine Renaissance and Baroque masterpieces with Black protagonists and West African spirituality.

When: Monday, October 20, 2025 @ 5:15pm
Where: Milstein Auditorium, Milstein Hall
Organized by Cornell University College of Arts and Sciences Humanities Scholars Program - Cornell University and Cornell University College of Architecture, Art, and Planning Department of Art, cosponsored by the Department of History of Art and Visual Studies

https://events.cornell.edu/event/artist-lecture-harmonia-rosales