Cogut Institute for the Humanities
Cogut Institute for the Humanities
Fostering collaboration and community around humanities research at Brown
Cogut Institute for the Humanities
Fostering collaboration and community around humanities research at Brown
Selected Publications by Our Faculty and Fellows
The research emerging from the Cogut Institute is fascinating and extraordinarily diverse, reflecting Brown University’s vibrant humanities community.
News
2024–25 Annual Report
This past academic year saw exciting new developments at the institute. In addition to inaugurating Andrews House, the institute’s beautifully renovated new home, we launched the Center for Environmental Humanities at Brown (CEHAB) and a three-year Collaborative Humanities Lab exploring AI. Our 2024–25 offers a snapshot of the remarkable work of our vibrant humanities community.
Shelley Lee and Tara Nummedal Appointed as New Humanities Initiative Scholars
These new five-year appointments at the Cogut Institute recognize the outstanding achievements of Brown University faculty. Both appointees will receive support to develop programming and teaching around a specific research project.
Upcoming Events
Program Spotlight
Cogut Institute Fellows Seminar
Every year, the Cogut Institute hosts a cohort of research fellows at all levels — undergraduate, graduate, postdoctoral, and faculty. Fellows meet together weekly to share and discuss work-in-progress, creating a lively space of interdisciplinary learning and community.
Models-Scale-Context: AI and the Humanities
This three-year collaborative humanities lab led by historian Holly Case and computer scientist Suresh Venkatasubramanian explores the modes of thinking, being, and doing that have shaped AI and could shape its possible futures.
Center for Environmental Humanities at Brown (CEHAB)
The center, emerging from a grassroots initiative started by Brown University facutly and graduate students, advances research and pedagogy on the more-than-human world and unfolding environmental crises. It is led by inaugural director Macarena Gómez-Barris (Modern Culture and Media).
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