The Public Scholar Program supports the creation of well-researched books in the humanities intended to reach a broad readership. Some humanities scholarship is necessarily specialized, but the humanities can also engage broad audiences in exploring subjects of general interest.

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The Library's John W. Kluge Center seeks proposals from scholars worldwide that will generate deep, empirically-grounded understanding of the consequences of the digital revolution on how people think, how society functions, and how international relations shift.

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Our Mission

The Humanities Institute (HI) supports research and creative engagement with what it means to be human in a constantly changing world. The HI connects university and partner communities in celebrating the best of what the Humanities can accomplish across cultures, time and space.

The Desert Humanities Initiative fosters work in the arts and humanities that is in relation to desert spaces. We seek to connect that work to projects in the sciences and social sciences and to share it with communities beyond ASU.

Radcliffe Fellows receive office or studio space in Byerly Hall and full-time Harvard appointments as visiting fellows, granting them access to Harvard University’s various resources, including libraries, housing, and athletic facilities.