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Learning from rural New York's histories, cultures, challenges, and futures

Rural Humanities

Rural Humanities is an Andrew W. Mellon supported initiative in public and engaged humanities that uses the tools of the humanities to critically approach, learn from, make visible, and support the realities of rural America, particularly in Central-Western New York: its histories, cultures, challenges, and futures.

Oct 19
Saturday 02:00 PM

BIOphelia: A Performance-Infused Scholarship Symposium

Schwartz Center for Performing Arts Film Forum
Nov 04
Monday 03:00 PM

Teaching about Climate Change

ILR Conference Center
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Now accepting proposals!

Cornell faculty from any discipline to apply for up to $10,000 in support of public-facing research humanities projects and/or engaged community humanities initiatives on rural New York State issues. 

Faculty, graduate students, and undergraduate students can also apply for Rural Humanities microgrants.

Grant End Date: June 30, 2025

Rural Humanities news

Peter Loewen

Peter Loewen named dean of Arts and Sciences

Coming from the University of Toronto, where he is the director of the Munk School of Global Affairs and Public Policy, Loewen begins his five-year appointment as the Harold Tanner Dean of the College of Arts and Sciences Aug. 1.

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Exemplary Project: Saint-Sauveur

Alexandre Saint-Sauveur is a junior at Horace Mann School in the Bronx, New York. This essay describes his transformative research internship with the Underground Railroad Research Project.

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Out Here: 3 Short Films about Rural LGBT Life

This spring event, sponsored by Cornell's Rural Humanities Initiative, will feature three award-winning short films by writer/director Austin Bunn, Associate Professor in the Department of Performing and Media Arts.

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