Humanities Council
The governing body of the Alice Kaplan Institute for the Humanities is the Humanities Council. Appointed by the Dean of the Weinberg College of Arts and Sciences, the Council reflects the university’s commitment to a broad and inclusive definition of the humanities.
Council Director
Wendy Wall, WCAS, English
S. Hollis Clayson, WCAS, Art History is on leave in 2009-2010
Kaplan Humanities Scholars Program Director
Jules Law, WCAS, English
Council Members
Thomas Bauman, School of Music, Music Studies
Wendy Espeland, WCAS, Sociology
Dilip Gaonkar, SoC, Communication Studies—Radio/TV/Film
Robert Gundlach, WCAS, The Writing Program
Laura Hein, WCAS, History
Sarah Maza, WCAS, History
Charles Mills, WCAS, Philosophy
Laurie Shannon, WCAS, English
Samuel Weber, WCAS, German, Comparative Literary Studies, Critical Theory
Council Members on leave in 2009-2010
Mary Dietz, WCAS, Political Science
Benjamin Frommer, WCAS, History
