Humanities faculty, like celebrated author and creative writing professor Dana Spiotta, demonstrate academic excellence and instructional innovation.
Humanities Scholarship, Research and Creative Work
Welcome to the Humanities at Syracuse University
Collaborate and connect with colleagues in this vibrant and supportive community of scholars and researchers. Explore the many possibilities, below, for engaging with society's most pressing questions.
Centers and Initiatives
Center for Global Indigenous Cultures and Environmental Justice
Funded in part by the Andrew W. Mellon Foundation, the Center facilitates research and student engagement opportunities in cultural heritage preservation and language revitalization, defending political sovereignty, and climate change and the environment.
Central New York Humanities Corridor
The CNY Humanities Corridor is a dynamic research consortium linking 11 universities and colleges across the region, supported by an award from the Mellon Foundation. The network cultivates innovative collaborative research, teaching and programming.
Community Folk Art Center (CFAC)
Community Folk Art Center, Inc. (CFAC) is a vibrant cultural and artistic hub that promotes and develops artists of the African Diaspora. Part of the Department of African American Studies, its public programming includes exhibitions, films, classes and more.
Engaged Humanities Network (EHN)
EHN is committed to the pursuit of more inclusive, interconnected, and just communities and institutions. The network seeds, supports, and fosters exchanges across publicly engaged research, teaching and creative projects.
La Casita Cultural Center
La Casita is a program of Syracuse University established to advance an educational and cultural agenda of civic engagement through research, cultural heritage preservation, media, and the arts—bridging the Hispanic communities of the University and Central New York.
Syracuse University Humanities Center
At the Humanities Center, and across the region via the CNY Humanities Corridor, their work highlights how the humanities are vital to the public good. The Center also facilitates engagement and collaboration, and supports diverse forms of humanities research.
Recent Books and Creative Works
Humanities faculty are at the forefront of their fields, pushing boundaries of form, function and content.
Recent Humanities News
Mellon Foundation Recognizes Syracuse Black/Arab Racial Justice Research Project
Professors Carol Fadda and Dana Olwan will examine the impact of racism and discrimination on Arab and Black communities living in the city of Syracuse.
Chancellor Leads Ceremony Recognizing Crown Honors Professors
The newly formed Renée Crown Professor in the Sciences and Mathematics and Renée Crown Professor in the Humanities will enrich the undergraduate experience for Honors students.
Mike Goode
As the William P. Tolley Distinguished Teaching Professor in the Humanities, Mike Goode is going beyond science to understand the effects of climate change on people and the planet.