Past Programs

The Global Humanities Institute on “Climate Justice and Problems of Scale” convened an international team of scholars committed to developing a research program and model for inclusive collaborative work in the environmental humanities at the University of Pretoria and online, from July 29, to August 7, 2022.

The Global Humanities Institute on “Migration, Logistics and Unequal Citizens in Contemporary Global Context” was a two-week institute comprising working sessions conducted by the active participants in different forms of collaboration, keynote speeches, and artistic activities. The Institute was held virtually from June 1st-10th, 2021, and hosted by the International Center for Cultural Studies, NCTU.

The Global Humanities Institute on "Crises of Democracy through the Prism of Cultural Trauma" was a two-week long institute delivered by a seasoned collaborative consortium of humanities scholars spanning four continents and a range of disciplines. The Institute was held in Dubrovnik, Croatia, from July 15 to 24, 2019, and was opened to early career scholars affiliated with CHCI member centers and institutes.

The Global Humanities Institute on "Theoretical Issues, Practical Densities: Violence, Memory, and the Untranslatable" was a two-week institute comprising working sessions conducted by the active participants in different forms of collaboration, keynote speeches, and artistic activities. The Institute was held in Santiago, Chile, from July 15 to 26, 2019.

The first CHCI Africa Workshop, Addis 2019: Africa as Concept and Method: Emancipation, Decolonization, Freedom, will be held at Addis Ababa University (Ethiopia) in January 2019. Hosted by the Consortium of Humanities Centers and Institutes (CHCI) in collaboration with the College of Performing and Visual Art and the Center of African Studies at Addis Ababa University, the workshop will include intensive seminars, mentoring and training workshops, and guest lectures.

Four member-driven collaborative projects that advanced CHCI’s commitment to fostering innovative inter-institutional, interdisciplinary and international models of humanities theory and practice in the twenty-first century.