ARHU Secures $1.25 Million in Mellon Funding

For "Synergies among Digital Humanities & African American History & Culture: An Integrated Research and Training Model"

Read more in this news release from the College of Arts and Humanities. The project builds on strengths in MITH and in departments across the College; a list of those engaged in scholarship surrounding African American History & Culture is available here.

Faculty in our department whose work relates to this effort include Ralph Bauer, Vincent Caretta, Merle Collins, Julius Fleming, Neil Fraistat, Robert Levine, Shirley Wilson Logan, Matthew Kirschenbaum, Kari Kraus, Zita Nunes, Sharada Balachandran Orihuela, Barry Pearson, Sangeeta Ray, Mary Helen Washington, and Edlie Wong.

The Area Groups for African American/African Diaspora and Textual & Digital Studies foster teaching and research exchange around these topics.