News & Announcements

The Institute of the Humaities and Global Cultures is pleased to have offered dissertation prospectus development fellowships for three graduate stduents working across departments in the College of Arts & Sciences: Brittany Acors, Isabelle Ostertag, and Rebekah K. Latour.
Brittany Acors (PhD student, Religious...

For the 2022-23 academic year, the Institute of the Humanities and Global Cultures is pleased to welcome Elizabeth Shanks Alexander (Religious Studies) and Oludamini Ogunnaike (Religious Studies) as faculty fellows! Learn More

The IHGC is proud to support three working groups from 2022 to Fall 2023: the Environmental Humanities (EH) working group, Global Histories and Transgender Studies in the Humanities, and Theories and Practices of Listening. See a lineup of each group's events here
Clay Endowments & Grants
Clay Endowments & Grants
The Institute of the Humanities and Global Cultures (IHGC) invites proposals for funding from the Buckner W. Clay Endowment to support innovative work in the global humanities at the University of Virginia. The Endowment provides an ambitious basis of support for faculty and student research and teaching to be conducted under the auspices of the IHGC. Faculty and students from across all schools and disciplines at the university are welcome and encouraged to apply.
Bologna

Summer School in Global Studies and Critical Theory
The Academy of Global Humanities and Critical Theory is a new research entity jointly promoted by the University of Virginia, Duke University and the University of Bologna. It is conceived as an intellectual space for scholars coming from different research fields and geographical regions to work together on the redefinition of the humanities in a global age.