HNY Humanities Centers Initiative
The Humanities Centers Initiative (HCI) is an innovative statewide partnership between Humanities New York and a network of humanities centers based at nine New York State universities, including the UB Humanities Institute. Launched in 2012, the HCI supports humanities institutes, faculty, and graduate students in their commitment to public engagement.
Institute for Advanced Studies in the Humanities
Wendy Wall, Director
Associate Professor of History
The Center for the Humanities
Kendra Sullivan, Director
Society of Fellows and the Heyman Center for the Humanities
Eileen Gillooly, Director
Associate Faculty of English and Comparative Literature
Society for the Humanities
Paul Fleming, Director
Professor of German Studies and Comparative Literature
The Center for the Humanities
Ulrich Baer, Director
Professor of German and Comparative Literature
Humanities Institute
Michael Rubenstein, Director
Associate Professor of English
Humanities Center
Vivian May, Director
Professor of Women's and Gender Studies
University at Buffalo
Humanities Institute
Elizabeth Otto, Director
Professor of Modern and Contemporary Art History
Humanities Center
Peter Christensen, Director
Arthur Satz Professor of the Humanities, Department of Art and Art History
About Humanities New York
Formerly the New York State Council for the Humanities, Humanities New York provides support for the Buffalo Humanities Festival and the HCI Graduate Public Humanities Grants.
Humanities NY has been committed to fostering, supporting and advocating for the public humanities across the State of New York for more than 40 years.
The mission of Humanities New York is to strengthen civil society and the bonds of community, using the humanities to foster engaged inquiry and dialogue around social and cultural concerns. To realize its mission, Humanities New York has identified three broad goals with attendant objectives to guide its work over the next three years.
- To expand the outreach and programming impact of HNY so that all New Yorkers may access the tools and experiences of the humanities.
- Reach vulnerable communities and other new audiences and to create programming to serve those communities.
- Expand outreach efforts that build the capacity of communities and organizations.