Environmental Humanities Initiative Support
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Impact Goal
Support the Environmental Humanities Initiative, which has served the University of Minnesota for a decade as the primary unit in the College of Liberal Arts where faculty, students and staff can pursue interdisciplinary research and collaborative work in the environmental humanities.
Funding
Project Leads
Department of Asian and Middle Eastern Studies
Department of English
Investing in a Sustainable Future Through the Humanities
Environmental humanists bring cultural, historical, political and economic expertise to the complicated networks of human, animal and plant life. Their work is essential in stewarding human and nonhuman communities through this unprecedented phase on our planet.
The Environmental Humanities Initiative (EHI) bolsters environmental humanist work at the University by supporting faculty research, pedagogical experiences and community outreach and engagement. The EHI formulates broadly humanistic approaches to environmental issues that stretch across the globe.
This non-competitive project supports the EHI to continue its work and prepare for future competitive funding by aiding the development of platforms through which it publicizes EHI collaborative projects, research, events and curricular activities.
Project Goals
- Hire a staff person to connect with EHI members across campus and update the website
- Update the bios of members active in EHI
- Publish stories about awardees of grants and their current work in the field of the environmental humanities
- Update the list of University classes that teach environmental humanities-related subjects and their activities
This project was funded outside the competitive RFP process as a strategic Impact Goals investment.
Meet the Project Team
Project Lead
Project Status
Last Updated
Aug 05, 2026
Impact Location
Minneapolis
Start Date
Expected Completion
Jun 30, 2028