Cogut Institute for the Humanities
Initiatives and Centers
Advancing cutting-edge programming and interdisciplinary community.
Initiatives and Centers
Advancing cutting-edge programming and interdisciplinary community.
Initiatives and Programs
Directed by Amanda Anderson, Director of the Cogut Institute for the Humanities and Andrew W. Mellon Professor of Humanities and English
Fostering collaboration and community in the interdisciplinary field of disability studies.
Directed by Peter Szendy, David Herlihy Professor of Humanities and Comparative Literature
Led by a steering committee of Brown University faculty, fellows, and students
Directed by Leela Gandhi, John Hawkes Professor of the Humanities and English
Directed by Lingzhen Wang, Professor of East Asian Studies
Directed by Adi Ophir, Visiting Professor of Humanities and Middle East Studies
Centers
Directed by Andrew Laird, John Rowe Workman Distinguished Professor of Classics and Humanities and Professor of Hispanic Studies
Directed by Lewis Seifert, Professor of French and Francophone Studies
Brown University's Humanities Initiative
Brown University's Humanities Initiative, through high-profile faculty appointments and programming awards, advances both disciplinary and cross-disciplinary research. Launched in 2010 as a collaboration between the Cogut Institute and the Office of the President, the initiative is a major, long-term investment in the humanities at Brown.
Past Initiatives
Directed by Tina Campt, Owen F. Walker Professor of Humanities and Modern Culture and Media, from 2019 to 2022