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University of Rochester names new Humanities Center director

Peter Christensen succeeds Joan Shelley Rubin as CNY Humanities Corridor co-director

June 20, 2022 • University of Rochester press release

Peter Christensen , an internationally recognized scholar of architectural history and design, has been named the new Ani and Mark Gabrellian Director of the University of Rochester’s Humani...


CNY Humanities Corridor introduces new writing retreat initiative

Minnowbrook Conference Center, Blue Mountain Lake

Nov. 30, 2021 • Diane Drake

The Central New York Humanities Corridor expands its impact on research by establishing an annual writing retreat opportunity for tenure-line faculty in the Humanities and related interdisciplines....


Disability advocate Eli Clare to speak on COVID-19

Oct. 22, 2021 • Emily Parsons

Disability justice advocate Eli Clare has been chosen as a Distinguished Visiting Collaborator in the  Central New York Humanities Corridor , and he will be hosted for two virtual talks by the  ...


Disability Justice Advocate Eli Clare is the CNY Humanities Corridor’s 2021 Distinguished Visiting Collaborator

Author and activist Eli Clare

Oct. 19, 2021 • Dan Bernardi

The Syracuse University Humanities Center , in partnership with the Cornell Society for the Humanities , welcomes author and social justice educator, Eli Clare , as a Distinguished Visiting Coll...


‘Visions of Dante’ exhibition opens at the Johnson Museum

“Dante and Virgil in the Bark of Charon, Inferno 3” by Felice Giani (Italian, 1758–1823) courtesy of Rare and Manuscript Collections/Cornell University Library

Sept. 14, 2021 • Cornell Chronicle

A new exhibition on the Ithaca campus celebrates the enduring legacy of the Italian poet Dante Alighieri (1265–1321) and showcases one of the most significant collections on the writer in the Unite...


“TEXTURES” lecture celebrates the history and art of Black hair

Tameka Ellington (Kent State University) speaks at Cornell University as part of the "Fashion & Social Justice" lecture series.

Sept. 14, 2021 • By Ayesha Chari - Cornell Chronicle

Sonia Clark’s “ Black Hair Flag ” is a striking image. The four-foot-tall cloth art piece is painted with the infamous flag of the Confederacy — but stitched into its fabric are the traditional A...


Register for 6/7 Writing Support Workshop & Access NEH Video

May 13, 2021 •

Finding Focus: Reclaiming Your Writing in an Age of Distractions presented by James Lang Monday, June 7, 2021 10-11:30 am EDT Zoom [Registration NOW CLOSED] Syracuse Universi...


Spring 2021 CFP

Feb. 22, 2021 •

This proposal period has now closed. The deadline was 3/29/2021. View CFP as PDF Who Can Apply? We welcome proposals by new and existing Working Groups compr...


Workshops for Spring 2021

Feb. 8, 2021 •

February 8, 2021 Inkwell Writing Workshop on 2/12 NEH Workshop on 3/19 Corridor Call for Proposals coming soon! Unstuck: How to Move Past Your Writing Fears Friday, February 12, 2021...


Corridor Featured in SU News

Dec. 10, 2020 •

A Vital Space: CNY Humanities Corridor Offers Unique Resource to Writers Authors build rewarding collaborations through the Corridor’s working group structure. Dec. 9, 2020, by Dan Bernardi ...