Research Initiatives
Northeastern University’s Humanities Center, spanning our global campus network, promotes collaborative, innovative, and publicly-engaged humanities research and programming. Through our global fellows program, hosted projects, collaborative research pop-ups, faculty works-in-progress series, and event support, the Humanities Center aims to showcase leading humanities research, stimulate dialogue, and build community.
The Humanities Center Global Fellowship program brings together Northeastern faculty and graduate student Humanities scholars from our Boston, London, and Oakland campuses. 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 participation in the kickoff event and ongoing meetings.
A call for applications is announced each spring semester. Both faculty and graduate students are selected to form a fellowship cohort for the following academic year.
The Northeastern University Humanities Center welcomes requests to sponsor events for the 2025–2026 academic year. We are eager to help cultivate an active humanities culture at Northeastern across three of our global campuses: Boston, London, and Oakland. Events should align with the Humanities Center mission and values (https://cssh.northeastern.edu/humanities/aboutus/) and should showcase leading humanities research, stimulate dialogue, and build community.
We offer two types of funding:
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Major funding (up to $2,500): for significant events such as panels, headline speakers, day-long or multi-day symposia. These should include required attendance from at least one class or a history of strong attendance for annual events.
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Minor funding (up to $500): for smaller events such as single speakers, discussions, online events.