What are Humanities Center Fellows?
This program works with a cohort of students who are interested in, curious about, or passionate advocates for the humanities, broadly defined to include arts, languages and qualitative social sciences.
Opportunities for Humanities Center Fellows
Humanities Center Fellows are given the opportunity to explore the humanities with peers and professors in engaging, informal settings. This happens through:
- The winter course IDSC 111, “Perspectives on the Humanities” open by instructor permission only
- Partial-credit classes devoted to humanistic skills chosen by the cohort (e.g. grant writing, essay revisions for journal submissions or writing samples, meeting with scholars about their research practices)
- Trips to performances or other special events in the Twin Cities
- The chance to meet with visiting speakers about their work
- Study hours and social gatherings of different kinds
Fellows are encouraged to take, (and have instructor permission to enroll in) the 1-credit course IDSC 111, “Perspectives on the Humanities” offered during winter term. This ungraded seminar meets once a week for discussion with faculty members from different departments and programs in the humanities.
The program is intended:
- to enhance student understanding of and participation in humanities classes, activities, and other programming on campus
- to increase community among students interested in the humanities and arts at Carleton
- to increase visibility of and excitement about the fields comprising the humanities broadly understood, and their impact on the world
- to provide student perspectives to the Humanities Center about its activities, planning, and partial-credit course offerings
Who can be a Humanities Center Fellow?
The program is open to all first- and second-year students interested in deep engagement with the humanities, arts, and non-quantitative social sciences as well as in community with other humanities-interested students.
How will the Fellows be Chosen?
Students who apply will provide a brief essay about their interest in humanistic topics and will designate one faculty reference, who will be asked to fill out a brief, confidential recommendation. The Humanities Center Advisory Board will review all applications toward the end of the fall term.
Student Humanities Fellow Application
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