A Cornerstone for the Humanities: The Institute of Arts and Humanities

FAIN: CHA-261867-19

Regents of the University of California, San Diego (La Jolla, CA 92093-0013)
Cristina Della Coletta (Project Director: March 2018 to present)

The construction of a new Institute of Arts and Humanities, located in the university’s Arts and Humanities Building, to support scholarly research and collaborative programming in the areas of global, public, and digital humanities.

This proposal seeks NEH funding to support construction costs of a new home for the Institute of Arts and Humanities on the 6th floor of a brand new Arts and Humanities Building to be completed in 2020-21. The Institute of Arts and Humanities launched in 2016-17 connects 15 interdisciplinary programs and centers and it is currently constrained by space limitations. Under the banner of the Institute of Arts and Humanities, curricula will be revised, interdisciplinary collaborations undertaken and high-quality scholarly research completed with programs initiated in the areas of global, public and digital humanities. The institute will bring visibility to the humanities on a largely STEM campus, attracting top-caliber scholars, graduate students and undergraduate majors in the humanities. Additionally, off-campus visitors and the greater community will find this new location easily accessible to the many public programs being offered.

Associated Products

Arts and Humanities Building (Building)
Name: Arts and Humanities Building
Abstract: The NEH infrastructure grant directly funded construction of a new location for the School of Arts and Humanities Institute of Arts and Humanities, which includes the entire sixth floor of the Arts and Humanities Building in the forthcoming North Torrey Pines Living and Learning Neighborhood. This location serves as a center of interdisciplinary collaboration.
Director: Cristina Della Coletta
Year: 2021
Address: School of Arts and Humanities UC San Diego 9500 Gilman Drive, MC-0406 La Jolla, CA 92093-0406
Primary URL: https://artsandhumanities.ucsd.edu/initiatives/living-learning-neighborhood.html
Primary URL Description: The North Torrey Pines Living and Learning Neighborhood

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