Serious interdisciplinary research often requires established scholar-teachers to pursue formal substantive and methodological training in addition to pursuing their PhD. New Directions Fellowships assist faculty members in the humanities and humanistic social sciences who seek to acquire systematic training outside their own areas of special interest.
Farm Aid 40's “Week of Farm Aid” programming and pre-festival events are all about people, power and place.
Several Institute for Advanced Study Affiliates from across the University of Minnesota have worked to organize numerous Farm Aid 40 Community Events in partnership with the IAS at various University and community venues. We hope you join us!
We are thrilled to announce two Interdisciplinary Doctoral Fellows joining the Institute for Advanced Study for 2025–2026.
Interdisciplinary Doctoral Fellows spend a year in residence at the IAS. Together with our Faculty Fellows, Visionary Community Fellow, postdocs, and other scholars in residence, they contribute to a supportive interdisciplinary intellectual community in which they work intensively on their own research and creative projects and meet regularly to discuss their work and exchange ideas.
The Institute for Advanced Study is pleased to announce that seven graduate students from the University of Minnesota have been selected to participate in the Summer 2025 MnDRIVE Human in the Data Fellowship.
The Institute for Advanced Study (IAS) seeks a Communications Assistant to support our storytelling, design, and outreach efforts.
The Department of American Studies at the University of Minnesota is seeking a Global Humanities Institute (GHI) Student Assistant to provide critical support for the planning, coordination, and executio
Application Deadline:
May 1, 2025, by 11:59 pm Central Daylight Time (GMT -5)
Institute / Diplomado Dates: January 5-16, 2026
The Center for Canon Expansion and Change (CCEC) at the University of Minnesota Twin Cities invites applications for the Fellowship in Ancient Philosophy. This program is an exciting opportunity to contribute to a groundbreaking initiative aimed at diversifying and expanding the philosophical canon.
February 27, 2025
The Institute for Advanced Study is pleased to announce that a project that will engage community members in identifying environmentally sound food justice solutions—helmed by two faculty members from the University of Minnesota Duluth’s (UMD) College of Arts, Humanities, and Social Sciences (CAHSS)—was awarded a $500,000 grant from the Mellon Foundation.
February 25, 2025
The Institute for Advanced Study at the University of Minnesota is pleased to announce that the Center for Canon Expansion and Change (CCEC) has received a $500,000 grant from the Mellon Foundation to support and expand its mission of broadening the philosophical canon and training educators to teach around a broader set of ideas.