The Geoffrion Family Fellowship is available to outstanding Miami students who seek an opportunity to explore collaborative, interdisciplinary scholarship in the humanities and a sense of what it is like to be a professor of history, philosophy, language, literature, or culture. Fellows interact with distinguished visiting intellectuals, shadow faculty, conduct independent research and collaborate on a public humanities project. Applications are due Friday, March 7, 2025.
Each year, the Humanities Center helps undergraduates get started with independent research. The Path to Research is a one-hour introduction coving the nature of humanities research; benefits for career and graduate school; how to get started and be successful; how to win funding for your project; and how to take advantage of Humanities Center workshops, fellowships, and apprenticeships. Fall sessions will be held Thursday, September 19, 2024, from 5 to 6 p.m. in Williams Hall 160 and Wednesday, October 16, 2024 from 5 to 6 p.m. in Williams Hall 160.
This workshop helps students get started on research in the humanities. Participants learn how to develop a viable research project, find a supervisor, craft an abstract and bibliography, and create a formal proposal that can secure research funding and credit.
Each year this program places outstanding students and faculty in mutually beneficial collaborations aimed at advancing faculty research. Apprentices develop one-on-one relationships with faculty, gain valuable experience in humanities methods, and contribute to an ongoing faculty project. Apprenticeship opportunities are announced beginning in September. Interested students should inquire directly to faculty project directors.
Humanities Labs are high-impact programs for students seeking meaningful connections between the classroom and the community. With the guidance of a faculty team, students who enroll in a lab turn the topics and skills learned in humanities courses into a project that connects with a public audience. Faculty are invited to apply for lab funding by Friday, November 8, 2024. Lab opportunities are announced early in the spring semester.
The Winter Institute allows students to journey to London and explore archival research in the British Library under the supervision of Professor Kimberly Hamlin of Miami's Department of History.
The Altman Graduate Fellowship is available to an outstanding Miami graduate student who seeks the opportunity to explore collaborative, interdisciplinary scholarship in the humanities and a sense of what it is like to be a professor of history, philosophy, language, literature, or culture. Each year one or two graduate students join the Altman faculty in aims of furthering academic discussion around the current Altman Program topic. Student fellows will attend public lectures, seminars, and other events in addition to completing both independent and collaborative research projects. Applications are due Friday, March 7, 2025.
Each year the Humanities Center offers special classes for visiting high school students from Ohio and around the nation as part of Miami University's Bridges Program.
With major support from the Teagle Foundation, the Humanities Center and the College of Arts and Science host a select group of high school students on campus in June. In critical thinking and writing seminars with Miami faculty, participants explore classic texts, form relationships with undergraduate mentors, and experience the power of the traditional liberal arts to address urgent societal issues.