2026-2027 Global Fellowship Application: Revolutions

The Northeastern Humanities Center is pleased to invite applications for its second annual Global Fellowship Program! The 2026–2027 Humanities Center Global Fellowship Program will bring together Northeastern faculty and graduate student Humanities scholars from our Boston, London, and Oakland campuses. We welcome applications from tenured, tenure-track, research, and teaching faculty from Northeastern University’s Boston, London, and Oakland campuses (previous Fellows may reapply after six years).

The Fellowship program provides a focused period for Northeastern Humanities Fellows to pursue dedicated research, collaborate around a common theme, and share their work with the global Northeastern community. Fellowship awards include a lowered teaching or administrative load (depending on the Fellow’s home campus), and a research award of $1,000. Fellows will participate in a kickoff symposium and workshop sessions. Fellows will also present their research to the wider Northeastern Community.

The theme for our 2026-2027 Global Fellowship Program is Revolutions. A revolution signals a foundational shift in action and thought. Whether they take the form of political uprisings, social movements, or collective struggles, revolutions transform our understanding of the world and our place in it by remaking our epistemologies and modes of relating. The word “revolution” also carries a physical and astronomical meaning: a full turn, a return, or a cyclical rotation. A revolution can signal either a dramatic break with the past or the completion of a cycle. Hence revolutions can serve as an entry point to discussions about the nature of change, progress, disruption, and time in our societies. We welcome proposals for Humanities research projects that engage the theme of revolutions, broadly conceived.

Fellowship support includes:

• One course release to enable research and participation (Boston and Oakland) / 0.1 time allocation in London Workload Allocation Model (London)
• Release from most departmental service for pre-tenure faculty during the fellowship period (Boston and Oakland only)
• $1,000 of research funds
• Travel and accommodation for non-Boston faculty and students to attend a Kickoff Symposium

LONDON––INFORMATION FOR FACULTY:

The Humanities Center will support 2 Faculty from London to participate in the 2026-27 Global Faculty Fellowship Program. Successful applicants will be allocated 0.1 of their time in the Workload Allocation Model to support participation. Applications are welcome from those on both permanent T&R and T&S contracts. Faculty should seek approval from both their Line Manager and relevant Faculty Director before submitting their application.

LONDON––INFORMATION FOR POSTGRADUATES:

The Humanities Center will support 2 PhD students from London to participate in the 2026-27 Global Faculty Fellowship Program. Students must have completed their 10 month probationary review and have approval from their primary supervisor and the Head of the Doctoral School. Students research projects should speak to the theme of ‘revolutions’ but also relate to their overarching PhD dissertation, e.g. a chapter, contribution to a literature review, journal article stemming from dissertation research.

BOSTON––INFORMATION FOR GRADUATE STUDENTS:

This call is open to Ph.D. candidates in the College of Social Sciences and Humanities who are funding eligible and have completed all requirements for the Ph.D. except the dissertation by July 31, 2026.

Fellowship Requirements:

• Attend September 2026 Global Fellowship Symposium in Boston.
• Deliver a Works-In-Progress presentation on the Fellowship project.
• Participate in online meetings.
• Cohort Meetings (3-4 over the academic year) with all Global Fellows.
• Faculty Fellows Discussions: Participation in monthly conversations with a research cluster.
• Graduate Student Fellows Meetings: Participation in regular conversations with Humanities Center Leadership team mentors.

Applications are due by 11:59 PM PST March 1st, 2026. The Humanities Center will provide notification of awards by mid-March.

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For any questions about the process, please email Simon Rabinovitch, Humanities Center Director, at [email protected].