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A visitor engages with the immersive video installation for Endurance Protocols: 36.5/A Durational Performance with the Sea
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Attendees participate in a hands-on egg decorating workshop during The Humble Egg, an event curated by the 2025-26 Center for the Humanities Undergraduate Fellows
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Authors in the Humanities pose with their publications; from left to right: Ameya Tripathi with The Oxford Handbook of George Orwell, Kimberley S. Johnson with Dark Concrete: Black Power Urbanism and the American Metropolis and Jini Kim Watson with Ends of the Global City: Disaffection, Displacement and the New Cultural Ecologies of the Urban
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Members of Verbatim Performance Lab look on as director Joe Salvatore addresses the audience
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Community members “Write like the Tide!” During a 12-hour collaborative writing session mirroring the local tidal cycle inspired by artist Sarah Cameron Sunde (Photo by Ava Filan)

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Live: Work Group Grants Application

Working Group grants cultivate community and interdisciplinary exchange by bringing NYU faculty and graduate students together for planned meetings on focused humanistic topics. These grants are designed to support collaborative research and dialogue where interdisciplinary approaches are likely to be particularly fruitful. Deadline: March 23rd 2026

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Live: Undergraduate Fellowship Application

The Humanities Fellowship is a student-led community for NYU undergraduates emphasizing peer-to-peer knowledge sharing. Fellows meet bi-weekly for cross-disciplinary discussions and field trips, empowering them to steer their own intellectual growth. This collaborative program includes a $600 annual stipend to support participation. Deadline: March 10th 2026

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Opportunities

The Center for the Humanities supports NYU faculty and graduate students through a range of programs designed to promote interdisciplinary dialogue, teaching, and research in the humanities and the arts.

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Featured Fellow

Jacob Floyd

2025-2026
Faculty Fellow
Assistant Professor, Department of Cinema Studies