Faculty Fellowships
IASH offers up to five fellowships a semester to Binghamton University faculty. IASH Faculty Fellows are released from teaching one course during either the Fall or the Spring semester and their department/program is remunerated for the release as needed either by Harpur College or if not Harpur faculty, by the appropriate unit dean. Fellows receive a small research allowance from IASH. During the fellowship semester, Faculty Fellows participate in the IASH meeting and publicly present their work. IASH meets on Wednesdays noon – 1:30pm.
Faculty who have had an IASH Fellowship in the past can apply again. The waiting period between Fellowships is three years. For example, if your most recent Fellowship was in Fall 2023, your next Fellowship can be in Fall 2026 and you would apply for it in Fall 2025.
To facilitate innovative work in the public humanities, digital humanities, as well as innovative teaching, IASH encourages faculty to submit proposals in these areas. These proposals are considered on par with traditional research-writing proposals.
Current Faculty Fellows
"Racial War and Cultural Festivity in Cold War British Guiana, c. 1950-1964"
"Another World is Possible: Disruptive Protests as Transformative Experiences”
Olivia Holmes (English/CEMERS)
"Medieval Embryology, Personal Immortality, and Dante's Transhumanism"
"Chaco Pilgrimage: Archaeological Journeys to the Center Place"
"Life is Cheap: Buying and Selling Industrial Life Insurance in Britain"
Doctoral Fellowships
The Institute for Advanced Studies in the Humanities (IASH) offers up to two Doctoral Fellowships (DF) to Binghamton University Ph.D. students per semester. DFs receive a stipend, a tuition scholarship, and a small research allowance. Students applying for an IASH DF must be ABD by the May commencement of the application semester, and their funding from Binghamton University (including the IASH DF) cannot exceed the limits set by Binghamton University. Occasionally, IASH considers exemptions from the university's funding rules.
Current Doctoral Fellows
Yong Hyeon Kim (History)
"Are You a Patriarch Longer?" - Settlement House Studies of Working-Class Masculinity in the Great Depression"
Md Hasan Ashik Rahman (English)
"Adaptation as Solidarity: Transnational Influences in Early Bangladeshi Cinemas (1960s-1970s)"
Application Deadlines
Applications for 2025-26 Doctoral Fellowships are now open. (To access the application, use your bmail account.) The due date is Friday, March 21st, 2025.
Applications for the 2025-26 Faculty Fellowships are now closed. Applications for 2026-27 fellowship applications will open in Fall 2025.
