Profiles
29 May 2026 / 29 May 2026 by Ja Bulsombut | Leave a Comment
Sofi Di Cesare-Bystrowicz is a sophomore double-majoring in Sociology and History, and a 2025-26 THI Undergraduate Research Fellow and 2025-26 Humanities EXPLORE Fellow. Sofi’s project for her THI Fellowship examines […]
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Fellows News
27 May 2026 / 1 June 2026 by Ja Bulsombut | Leave a Comment
The Humanities Institute is pleased to announce a new cohort of graduate student fellows for 2026-27. THI research awards support graduate students at all stages of research from initial dissertation […]
20 May 2026 / 20 May 2026 by Ja Bulsombut | Leave a Comment
Grace Menagh is a senior majoring in History and Literature at UC Santa Cruz and a 2025–26 THI Undergraduate Research Fellow. Her research focuses on the history of French North […]
14 May 2026 / 14 May 2026 by Ja Bulsombut | Leave a Comment
Carla Suarez Soto is a 3rd-year Ph.D. student in the Education Department and a 2025-26 Oaxacan Languages Public Fellow at The Humanities Institute. Carla’s research examines language ideologies amongst Indigenous […]
6 May 2026 / 6 May 2026 by Ja Bulsombut | Leave a Comment
Joshua Lieberstein is a first-year MA student in Linguistics and was a 2024-25 THI Undergraduate Research Fellow. His fellowship project examined verbless clauses – grammatical structures that provide a complete […]
29 April 2026 / 29 April 2026 by Ja Bulsombut | Leave a Comment
Inez Lynch Alfaro is a senior majoring in Studio Art and Feminist Studies at UC Santa Cruz and a 2025–26 THI Undergraduate Research Fellow. Her THI project combines feminist auto-ethnography, […]
Grants
27 April 2026 / 27 April 2026 by Ja Bulsombut | Leave a Comment
Paid Summer Fellowship with Digital Heritage Mapping Sponsored by The Humanities Institute and the Center for Jewish Studies at UCSCFor Undergraduates Digital Heritage Mapping (DHM) is a multi-disciplinary 501(c)(3) non-profit […]
15 April 2026 / 16 April 2026 by Ja Bulsombut | Leave a Comment
Kiley McLaughlin is a Ph.D. Candidate in Literature with designated emphases in Critical Race and Ethnic Studies and Feminist Studies. She was a 2025-26 THI Summer Dissertation Fellow. Kiley’s dissertation […]
8 April 2026 / 8 April 2026 by Ja Bulsombut | Leave a Comment
Sam Kahn is a second-year Ph.D. student in Philosophy and was a 2025 THI Summer Public Fellow. During his Public Fellowship, Sam collaborated with the Philosophy Learning and Teaching Organization […]
31 March 2026 / 31 March 2026 by Ja Bulsombut | Leave a Comment
Anjali Arondekar is the Peggy and Jack Baskin Foundation Presidential Chair of Feminist Studies at UC Santa Cruz and Founding Director of the Center for South Asian Studies from 2020-2024. […]
25 March 2026 / 25 March 2026 by Ja Bulsombut | Leave a Comment
Danielle Chaplin is a third-year Intensive History major, with a concentration in Europe and the Mediterranean, at UC Santa Cruz and a 2025-26 THI Undergraduate Research Fellow. Danielle was awarded […]
Fellows Grants News
18 March 2026 / 18 March 2026 by Ja Bulsombut | Leave a Comment
The Humanities Institute (THI) is thrilled to support nine THI Undergraduate Research Fellows during the 2025-2026 academic year. Research Fellows come from a range of majors and are pursuing a […]
12 March 2026 / 12 March 2026 by Ja Bulsombut | Leave a Comment
Hashna Bannerjee-Stevens is a third-year Literature major at UC Santa Cruz and intern for the Deep Read, an annual program of The Humanities Institute at UC Santa Cruz that brings […]
3 March 2026 / 10 March 2026 by Ja Bulsombut | Leave a Comment
Jacob Sirhan is a second-year Ph.D. student in the History of Art and Visual Culture department and a 2025–26 Center for the Middle East and North Africa (CMENA) Arabic Language […]
Feature Fellows Grants News
26 February 2026 / 11 March 2026 by Ja Bulsombut | Leave a Comment
We are excited to announce three THI Faculty Research Fellows who will receive support for their academic projects in the 2026-2027 academic year. This fellowship aims to provide faculty at […]
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 […]
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, […]
