Research Clusters
The IHR facilitates and supports diverse Research Clusters at ASU. Our aim is to assist research and communication among scholars and to enrich the intellectual climate of the university. The Research Clusters may serve as an entry point for faculty to engage with the IHR. They should support activities related to the IHR mission to:
· foster innovative interdisciplinary and transdisciplinary research;
· examine today’s most important issues from humanistic perspectives;
· promote and support excellence in humanities scholarship;
· engage the university community in meaningful dialogue and exploration.
Please contact the project facilitator if you would like to take part in a Research Cluster.
Alternative Ideas of Sustainability and Human Flourishing
Facilitators: Nalini Chhetri, School of Letters and Sciences (Downtown) and the Center for Science, Policy, & Outcomes; Ann Hibner Koblitz, Women and Gender Studies, School of Social Transformation; Farzad Mahootian, School of Letters and Sciences (Downtown)
Comparative Accounts of Catastrophes, Collapses, and Chronic Failures
Facilitators: George M. Thomas, School of Politics and Global Studies; Stephen West, Chinese Professor, School of International Letters and Cultures
Gender, Language, and Performance in 21st Century Comparative Literature
Facilitators: Elizabeth Horan, English Department; Isis McElroy, School of International Letters and Cultures; Claudia Sadowski-Smith, English Department
Interdisciplinary Perspectives on Human Rights and Social Justice
Facilitators: Roxanne Doty, School of Government, Politics, and Global Studies; Margaret Walker, Philosophy, School of Historical, Philosophical, and Religious Studies
Philosophy and Literature
Facilitators: Patricia Huntington, Humanities, Arts and Cultural Studies, New College (ASU West); Sharon Kirsch, Humanities, Arts and Cultural Studies, New College (ASU West); Emil Volek, School of International Letters and Cultures
Religion, Gender, and Reform
Facilitators: Souad Ali, School of International Letters and Cultures; Mirna Lattouf, School of Letters and Sciences (Downtown)