Cornell's Society for the Humanities was established in 1966 as one of the first humanities institutes in North America. Located in the historic home of Cornell's first president, Andrew Dickson White, the Society brings distinguished Visiting Fellows and Cornell Faculty and Graduate Student Fellows together each year to pursue research on a broadly inter-disciplinary focal theme. In addition to participating in our legendary Wednesday Fellows seminar, Fellows offer one experimental, innovative seminar on their research topic. The Society's presence at Cornell has fostered path-breaking interdisciplinary dialogue and theoretical reflection on the humanities at large with our internationally recognized Fellows. The Society is proud to sponsor numerous internal grants, workshops and funding opportunities for Cornell faculty and graduate students in the Humanities, as well as hosting over 100 annual lectures, workshops, colloquia and conferences organized by Cornell's distinguished humanities faculty.
Department websiteJulia Jong Haines
Mellon Postdoctoral Fellow
Departments and programs
Leonardo Velloso-Lyons
Mellon Postdoctoral Fellow
Carla Hung
Society Fellow
Kevin T Duong
Society Fellow
Dennis Wegner
Mellon Graduate Fellow
Publications
Publications
“Queer Constellations, Cosmic Contacts: Trans-Forming the Narrative of Europe in Sasha Marianna Salzmann’s Meteoriten.” German Studies Review 48, no. 2 (forthcoming 2025).
“Gothic Cinema and Sexology in the Weimar Republic: Towards a Queer Gothic Aesthetic on Screen.” In Queer Gothic. An Edinburgh Companion, edited by Ardel Haefele-Thomas, 78–96. Edinburgh: Edinburgh University Press, 2023.