The Humanities Research Series
The Humanities Research Series brings to our campus distinguished editors of university presses and journals, representatives of humanities research centers, and directors of humanities fellowship programs. The goal of the series is to provide a public forum for information about fellowships and publication opportunities in the humanities, and in addition, to offer private consultations for faculty members preparing to submit fellowship applications and book proposals.
The short history of the series has included the following roster of visitors:
- Paul Szarmach
Editor, Speculum
Cambridge, Massachusetts
- Jerome Singerman
Senior humanities editor
The University of Pennsylvania Press
Philadelphia, Pennsylvania
- Lucy Jilka
Director
Scholar Administration Office
Woodrow Wilson Center
Washington, DC
- Linda Bree
Editorial Director, Arts and Literature
Cambridge University Press
Cambridge, England - Frances Ferguson
Senior editor
ELH [English Literary History]
Johns Hopkins University
Baltimore, Maryland
- Brigitta van Rheinberg
Executive editor
Princeton University Press
Princeton, New Jersey - Saul Fisher
Director of Fellowship Programs
The American Council of Learned Societies
New York, New York - Carmela Franklin
Director
The American Academy in Rome
Rome, Italy - Andrew Riess
Assistant Director of Outreach and Public Affairs
Fulbright Scholar Program
Washington, D.C.
- Alan Thomas
Editorial Director, Humanities and Sciences
The University of Chicago Press
Chicago, Illinois - Adam Wolfson
Director of Research Programs
The National Endowment for the Humanities
Washington, DC - Geoffrey Harpham
Director
The National Humanities Center
Research Triangle, North Carolina
We welcome suggestions for future invitations. Please send these to the UT Humanities Center at humanitiesctr@utk.edu.