Advancing the Humanities at Clemson
The Clemson Humanities Hub, an outreach project of the Humanities Advancement Board, intends to advance the outreach, scholarly, and teaching activities of the Humanities. We aim to coordinate and publicize off-campus Humanities events, turning the scholarly inquiry and public presentations of the Humanities fields into an outreach activity. In so doing, it hopes to act as a coordinator of campus presentations, an incubator for scholarship, and a steward of humanities pedagogy. We hope to offer historical perspective, cultural awareness, and considerations of value in the creation, application, and preservation of knowledge.
Led by our Humanities Advancement Board, the Humanities Hub connects faculty and undergraduate scholars with funding to continue their academic pursuits. Learn more about the opportunities available to support the work of the humanities at Clemson and the people who make it possible.
Director of the Humanities Hub
Associate Professor David Coombs has been a member of the Clemson English faculty since 2012, holding a master’s and Ph.D. in English from Cornell University, as well as his undergraduate degree from Indiana University. He is an authority on Victorian literature and the history of science, and authored the book "Reading with the Senses in Victorian Literature and Science" (University of Virginia Press, 2019). Coombs served as director of undergraduate studies for the English Department from 2019-2022, he is a member of Phi Beta Kappa and he was previously an Andrew Mellon Postdoctoral Fellow at Wesleyan University’s Center for the Humanities.
Humanities Advancement Board Humanities Excellence fund
Partner with us!
If you are a Clemson Humanities faculty member bringing a visiting speaker or speakers to campus we can help with travel and hotel arrangements. We can help publicize events, through a webpage, a facebook page, and through the College of Arts and Humanities announcements, campus monitors, etc.
If you are interested in working with us, email humhub@clemson.edu
Fellowships and Grant Programs
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American Antiquarian Society Fellowships
The American Antiquarian Society offers three broad categories of visiting research fellowships, with tenures ranging from one to twelve months.
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Friends of the Turnbull Library Research Grant
The Friends of the Turnbull Library offers an annual research grant available to scholars whose research involves use of the Alexander Turnbull Library. The grant is worth up to $15,000.
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National Endowment for the Humanities Fellowships
The Huntington Library will award $50,000 for a nine- to 12- month in-residence fellowships to scholars to work in the holdings of the Huntington collections.
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Melon Fellowship
The Huntington Library will provide an awards of $50,000 for nine to 12 months to support in-residence fellowships for scholars to work in the holdings of the library's collections.
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Molina Fellowship in the History of Medicine and Allied Sciences
The Huntington Library provides awards of $50,000 for nine to twelve months in-residence fellowships to scholars to work in the holdings of its library collections. Applicants for this specific fellowship must be pursuing scholarship in the history of medicine and related sciences, including public health.
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Visiting Researchers - Rose Library - Emory University
The Rose Library offers a variety of programs to support the use of its research collections. From travel subsidies to awards for the best use of primary sources, Rose Library encourages the Emory and broader research communities to engage with the rich materials found in our holdings.
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The Nancy Weiss Malkiel Scholars Award
The Nancy Weiss Malkiel Scholars Award is supported by the Andrew W. Mellon Foundation and administered by the Woodrow Wilson National Fellowship Foundation. The Malkiel Scholars Award offers a $17,500 stipend—$10,000 to be used for summer research support and $7,500 for research assistance during the academic year. The award is structured to free the time of junior faculty who have passed their midpoint tenure review—including those from underrepresented groups and others committed to eradicating disparities in their fields—so that they can both engage in and build support for systems, networks, and affinity groups that make their fields and campuses more inclusive.
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Arthur and Lila Weinberg Fellowship for Independent Researchers
The Arthur and Lila Weinberg Fellowship for Independent Researchers will be awarded to an independent scholar or researcher who wishes to participate in the rich and varied scholarly and public programming of the Newberry Library. Preference is given to scholars working on historical issues related to social justice or reform.
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Postdoctoral Fellowships
The UCLA Center administers a number of programs for senior and postdoctoral scholars. Applications are considered once each year. Applications for appointments to be held anytime during a given fiscal year (from 1 July to 30 June) must be received in the preceding fiscal year, by 1 February.
