Profiles
13 February 2026 / 13 February 2026 by Ja Bulsombut | Leave a Comment
Aivan Bach and Courtney (Court) Sugano are 2025-26 Humanities EXPLORE Fellows working as Co-Lead Interns at The Okinawa Memories Initiative (OMI) — a collaborative, international public history project housed at […]
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Grants News
5 February 2026 / 10 February 2026 by Ja Bulsombut | Leave a Comment
Deadline: March 8th, 2026 The UCSC Earth Futures Institute is pleased to announce the fifth year of our program of undergraduate research opportunities called EFI Frontier Fellowships. Each Frontier Fellowship […]
5 February 2026 / 5 February 2026 by Ja Bulsombut | Leave a Comment
Application Deadline: March 30th, 2026 Amount: $6,000 THI invites applications for our graduate Public Fellows program. THI Public Fellows contribute to research, programming, communications, and fundraising at companies, non-profit organizations, […]
Application Deadline Extended until Friday, February 27, 2026Please note that we do not accept any late application materials. Amount: $6,000 Fellowship for Summer 2026 The C.L. Barber Fellowship provides for […]
3 February 2026 / 3 February 2026 by Ja Bulsombut | Leave a Comment
Jamie Penilla is a fourth-year History and Spanish Studies double major at UC Santa Cruz. She currently is a 2025-26 THI Undergraduate Research Fellow and previously was a 2024-25 Humanities […]
27 January 2026 by Ja Bulsombut | Leave a Comment
Yağmur Kiper is a fourth-year Ph.D. candidate in the Linguistics department and was a 2025–26 THI Summer Research Fellow. She was also a THI Graduate Student Success Fellow in 2022-2023. […]
23 January 2026 / 23 January 2026 by Ja Bulsombut | Leave a Comment
Arlo Fosburg is a seventh-year Ph.D. candidate in the Feminist Studies department, with a designated emphasis in Critical Race and Ethnic Studies, and was a 2025–26 THI Summer Dissertation Fellow. […]
15 January 2026 / 15 January 2026 by Ja Bulsombut | Leave a Comment
Daniel Arias is a fifth-year Ph.D. Candidate in Literature and was a 2025 THI Summer Public Fellow and 2021-2023 THI Graduate Student Success (GSS) Fellow. Arias’ dissertation, titled “Poetic Innovations: […]
5 January 2026 / 5 January 2026 by Ja Bulsombut | Leave a Comment
Shelly Chan is an Associate Professor of History at UC Santa Cruz and History alumna. This year she is a 2025-26 Faculty Fellow at The Humanities Institute. Her current project, […]
16 December 2025 / 16 December 2025 by Ja Bulsombut | Leave a Comment
Application Deadline: February 2, 2026Please note that we do not accept any late application materials (including letters of recommendation). Amount: $5,000 fellowship for Summer 2026 Summer Pathways Fellowships provide first […]
Application Deadline Extended until Monday, February 2, 2026Please note that we do not accept any late application materials (including letters of recommendation). Amount: $7,500 fellowship for Summer 2026 Funded by […]
Application Deadline: February 2, 2026 Please note that we do not accept any late application materials (including letters of recommendation). Amount: $5,000 Summer Dissertation Fellowships provide students financial support to […]
16 December 2025 / 12 January 2026 by Ja Bulsombut | Leave a Comment
Application Deadline: Monday, February 2, 2026 Please note that we do not accept any late application materials (including letters of recommendation). Amount: $500 – $2,000 Summer research fellowships are to […]
30 November 2025 / 1 December 2025 by Ja Bulsombut | Leave a Comment
Call for Submissions: The Coha-Gunderson Prize in Speculative FuturesDEADLINE: January 16th, 2026 The Coha-Gunderson PrizeThe Speculatively Scientific Fictions of the Future THI project announces its seventh campus-wide competition, open to […]
19 November 2025 / 19 November 2025 by Ja Bulsombut | Leave a Comment
Sophia Coffing is a second-year Psychology and Literature major and The Humanities Institute’s Communications assistant for the 2025-26 Academic Year. In addition, Sophia is also working with Literature Professor Zac […]
6 November 2025 / 6 November 2025 by Ja Bulsombut | Leave a Comment
J. Ramos is a 3rd year PhD student in Literature and a 2025-26 THI Graduate Public Fellow. Through this fellowship, J. spent the past summer working with The Pollen Initiative […]
5 November 2025 / 26 November 2025 by Ja Bulsombut | Leave a Comment
Call for Proposals Deadline: November 24, 2025Please note that we do not accept any late application materials (including letters of recommendation). THI Research Fellowships provide faculty in the Humanities Division […]
30 October 2025 / 26 November 2025 by Ja Bulsombut | Leave a Comment
Call for Applications Due: November 24th, 2025Please note that we do not accept any late application materials (including letters of recommendation). These fellowships support undergraduate research projects at UC Santa […]
20 October 2025 / 20 October 2025 by Ja Bulsombut | Leave a Comment
Lilith Frakes is a 3rd year PhD student in History of Consciousness and a 2025-26 THI Summer Research Fellow. With this support, Lilith conducted preliminary fieldwork in Malaysia for her […]
News
16 October 2025 / 17 October 2025 by Ja Bulsombut | Leave a Comment
Brian Kantor is a PhD student in the History of Consciousness department and a 2025 THI Moving Image Lab Public Fellow working with the Isaac Julien Studio on a research […]
13 October 2025 / 13 October 2025 by Ja Bulsombut | Leave a Comment
Francesca Gibson is a 2nd year PhD student in History and a 2025-26 Summer Pathways Fellow. With this support, Francesca conducted archival research at the Bodleian Libraries and Wellcome Collection […]
1 October 2025 / 1 October 2025 by Ja Bulsombut | Leave a Comment
Dolly Kikon is a Professor of Anthropology and Director of the Center for South Asian Studies (CSAS), housed at The Humanities Institute at UC Santa Cruz. She is also a […]
24 September 2025 / 26 September 2025 by Ja Bulsombut | Leave a Comment
The Humanities Institute (THI) is thrilled to announce the 2025-26 Oaxacan Languages THI Public Fellows. Three THI Graduate Public Fellows will spend the upcoming academic year working on community-engaged research […]
Fellows News
5 June 2025 / 5 June 2025 by Ja Bulsombut | Leave a Comment
The Humanities Institute is thrilled to help announce the 2025 Center for South Asian Studies Graduate Fellows. This graduate fellowship supports research and research-based travel projects related to South Asia, […]
