Centering The Humanities Across The Globe
The Consortium of Humanities Centers and Institutes is a global forum that strengthens the work of humanities centers and institutes through advocacy, grant-making, and inclusive collaboration. CHCI advances cross-institutional partnerships, recognizes regional humanities cultures, and mobilizes the collective capacity of the humanities to engage the most pressing issues in society today.
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Global Humanities Institute 2025: Indigenous Mobilities, Tourism, and Racial Capitalism
This GHI will explore how Indigenous communities creatively respond to the cascading effects of mega-development projects and mass tourism—such as neglect of local needs, dispossession and displacement, destruction of local ecosystems, and other consequences—at various sites around the world.
Global Humanities Institute 2024: Design Justice AI
Design Justice AI will explore community-centered, humanistic, and interdisciplinary engagement of “Generative AI,” the statistical modeling of human languages, communication, arts, and cultures.
TRaCE Transborder: A Report on Humanities PhD Career Pathways Across Five Continents
The TRaCE Transborder project hosted by McGill University in Canada is reimagining outcomes for humanities PhDs across the globe. This report maps the career trajectories of humanities PhD graduates (graduating cohorts, 2013-2022) in the academy and beyond the academic realm.
Annual Report 2023-24
CHCI is thrilled to present our 2023-2024 Annual Report, which includes a letter from President Stephen Best and a preview of the year ahead.
Rhodes College names director of new Spence Wilson Center for Interdisciplinary Humanities
Rhodes College has announced the appointment of Dr. Scott Newstok, professor of English, as its inaugural executive director of the Spence Wilson Center for Interdisciplinary Humanities. Newly established at Rhodes thanks to a generous donation, the center will gather faculty, students, visiting scholars, and community members to address complex global questions through humanistic inquiry.
Roanoke College announces artist and concept for memorial to enslaved laborers
Roanoke College is pleased to announce the commission of Richmond-based artist Sandy Williams IV’s “Authors and Architects,” a memorial dedicated to recognizing and honoring the role of enslaved people in the college’s history.