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CHR awarded a $50,000 seed grant from Mason’s Anti-Racism and Inclusive Excellence (ARIE) Task Force for its project “IndigenoUs Northern Virginia: Activating Local and Diasporic Native Identities at Mason.”

The Center for Humanities Research is now accepting applications for Summer 2023 faculty research grants. Grants of up to $3,000 are available to support humanities-related research. Applications due April 3.

The residential research fellows for fall 2023 and spring 2023 are drawn from across a variety of departments and programs in the College of Humanities of Social Sciences as well as the Schar School of Policy and Government. Their diverse projects explore the CHR's 2023-24 theme of "Democracy, Disposability, and Repair."

On November 18, two panels of scholars whose work centers on religion, race, history, and media, will discuss some of the historical causes of polarization in American society. Members of the Mason community are welcome.

In this interview Ted Kinnaman, early modern scholar and long-time Mason philosophy professor, talks about what got him interested in philosophy, what his parents thought of him majoring in philosophy, and what it's like teaching at Mason.

Mason's Center for Humanities Research has issued a call for papers for its interdisciplinary symposium, "Connecting/Not Connecting," seeking proposals from faculty and advanced PhD candidates. The symposium takes place April 27-28; proposals are due November 30.

The Center for Humanities Research's 2023-24 theme calls for literary, cultural, historical, philosophical, artistic, linguistic, anthropological, religious, and archival engagements with the question of disposability. Learn more and apply to be a fellow. Applications due at noon on November 21.

CHR introduces its new GRA Kristofer Stinson.

The Center for Humanities Research has announced its fall 2022 series of talks centering on its annual theme, Connecting/Not Connecting: Formations of Community, Solidarity, Alienation, Antipathy. Each of the talks will be in a hybrid in-person and virtual format.