NEWS
SOLIDARITY STATEMENT
​
The Franke Institute for the Humanities has worked with the Consortium of Humanities Centers and Institutes to draft a statement of solidarity with Black Lives Matter and related movements around the world. We post it here on behalf of CHCI and as a declaration of the Institute’s own values and commitments: Solidarity Statement.
For more on the Consortium of Humanities Centers and Institutes and this statement, please see CHCI's website.
​
Franke Residential Fellowship Recipients, 2026-27
On behalf of the Governing Board of the Franke Institute, we are delighted to announce the 2026-27 Franke Faculty Residential Fellows:
​
Katherine Buse
Assistant Professor, Cinema & Media Studies
Technoscientific World Building from the Planet to the Database
Carlos Halaburda
Assistant Professor, Romance Languages & Literatures
Buenos Aires' Velvet Siege: Queering Material Culture in the Glamorous Cosmopolis, 1880-1930
Timothy Harrison
Associate Professor, English Language & Literature
The Anthropology of John Milton
Pamela Klasova
Assistant Professor, Middle Eastern Studies
The Endless Journey: Early Arabic Poetry and its Transformations
Noémie Ndiaye
Associate Professor, English Language & Literature
Dark Times: Shakespeare, Race, and Temporal Affect
Thomas Pendlebury
Assistant Professor, Philosophy
Kant's Conception of Metaphysics
Eugene Raikhel
Associate Professor, Comparative Human Development
Degrees of Distress: College and the Transformation of Mental Health
Darya Tsymbalyuk
Assistant Professor, Slavic Languages & Literatures
Where the Apricots Grow: Visions of the East of Ukraine​
​
The 2024-25 Franke Bulletin
The Franke Bulletin newsletter for 2024-26 is available to view or download at the top of the Newsletters page.
In Memoriam​
The Franke Institute for the Humanities mourns the loss of
​
RICHARD J. FRANKE
23 June 1931 - 15 April 2022
​
Rich was a visionary, a supporter of humanistic research, teaching and engagement at every level—and, with his wife Barbara, the warmest of friends. We are honored to bear his name and inspired to carry forward his ideals, now more than ever:
​
“We need to make the humanities available not merely for survival in an increasingly commercial world, but for the sake of democracy.”
​
DEADLINES​
​
Franke Event Funding
The deadline to apply for Franke Event Funding is Friday, April 24, 2026. More info.
Franke Faculty Grants
The deadline to apply for Franke Faculty Grants is Friday, April 24, 2026. More info.
​
Franke Book Manuscript Workshop Grants
The deadline to apply for Franke Faculty Grants is Friday, April 24, 2026. More info.
​
​​
​