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  Search for the Next Humanities Research Institute Director

  Dec 1, 2025 9:15 am

  After more than a decade of visionary leadership and lasting impact, Professor Antoinette Burton has decided to step down after completing her second five-year term as director of the Humanities Research Institute (HRI), effective August 15, 2026. A campus-wide search to fill the position is underway.

• Job Posting: Humanities Without Walls Consortium

  May 19, 2025 10:30 am

  The Humanities Research Institute at the University of Illinois Urbana-Champaign is seeking a Visiting Assistant Director at Humanities Without Walls.  Application deadline: June 9

• Apply for HRI’s Graduate Student Advisory Committee

  Apr 29, 2025 2:45 pm

  The Humanities Research Institute (HRI) invites applications from graduate students in the humanities, arts, and related fields who would like to serve on the Graduate Advisory Committee for academic year 2025–26. Read more...

• HRI Job Opportunity: Levis Events and Space Manager

  Mar 31, 2025 10:45 am

  If you’re an organized and energetic individual who enjoys engaging with the public, HRI would like to talk to you. We are seeking an experienced professional to manage the Levis Faculty Center, including working with service providers and coordinating space usage...

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  Support Odyssey Project During Orange & Blue Week!

  Mar 3, 2025 11:45 am

  This week, we’re coming together to support educational access with the Odyssey Project. Gifts to Odyssey make a tangible difference—providing books and supporting events, field trips, and hands-on activities for low-income adult learners in this humanities-based program. 

• Applications Being Accepted for Odyssey Project Internship

  Feb 20, 2025 1:00 pm

  Are you interested in educational access and building a sense of belonging? Would you like to serve as a bridge between the campus and the C-U community? Undergraduate majors in the humanities, arts, humanistic social sciences, and education are invited to apply for a paid internship with the Odyssey Project, a program through the Humanities Research Institute that offers free college courses to income-eligible residents of the Champaign-Urbana community. Read more

• HRI Job Opportunity: Interseminars Project Coordinator

  Oct 31, 2024 10:30 am

  If you have great organizational and communication skills, enjoy working both collaboratively and independently, and have experience in project/program management, check out the full details of this new opportunity.

• Job Opportunity at HRI: Communications Specialist

  May 29, 2024 3:00 pm

  Are you a skilled writer with an interest in the humanities? The Humanities Research Institute (HRI) is seeking a creative, motivated communicator to support and expand our efforts amplifying the research, programs, and opportunities of the institute as well as the Humanities Without Walls consortium, a Mellon grant-funded initiative headquartered at HRI. Read more>>>

• Call for Applications: HRI Faculty and Graduate Fellowships 2025–26

  May 3, 2024 10:00 am

  The Humanities Research Institute (HRI) is pleased to announce that its 2025–26 Fellowship year theme is “Story and Place.”

  HRI welcomes applications from all disciplines and departments with an interest in humanities and humanities-inflected research. HRI is especially interested in fostering interdisciplinary work, both within the humanistic disciplines, and between the humanities and the arts. The application portal opens September 1, 2024. Read more...

• HRI-We CU Research Assistantship - Apply by March 25

  Mar 4, 2024 1:45 pm

  Applications are now open to PhD students in the humanities for a yearlong (AY 2024–25) RA-ship with the We CU Community Engaged Scholars Program (We CU). We CU empowers undergraduate and graduate students to make a positive impact in the community while building their resume and enriching their university experience. We CU honors students for their community-based work and provides them with training, connection to like-minded peers, access to service opportunities with partner organizations, and support from We CU program leaders.