About the Institute
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The Alice Kaplan Humanities Institute fosters interdisciplinary conversations among Northwestern faculty, visiting faculty, graduate students, undergraduates, and the public. It sponsors lectures and workshops that address topics of importance to the humanities, and challenge the assumptions that govern the humanities. It also supports occasions for faculty and graduate students to exchange ideas and share scholarly or artistic work-in-progress in an informal setting.
Programs and events are sponsored by the Institute to enrich the humanities dialogue on campus. Annual fellowships are offered to faculty in the Weinberg College of Arts and Sciences, the School of Music, and the School of Communication. Humanities faculty and graduate students are encouraged to apply to be Institute Affiliates. Interdisciplinary humanities classes are offered for undergraduates and graduate students, and undergraduates may elect the Humanities minor. The Institute also cosponsors other humanities events on campus and outside the university, such as the annual Chicago Humanities Festival.
In the winter of 2009, the Institute will relocate to a newly renovated space in Kresge Centennial Hall. Changes will include new programs, altered spaces, and the recruitment of new faculty, and a commitment to broaden and deepen interdisciplinary conversation among faculty and student humanists across the university.
The Institute is currently located at 2010 Sheridan Road. It is the third house north of Foster St. Please see the NU campus maps page if you require directions to the Institute or parking information or contact hum@northwestern.edu.
