The IHC Research Focus Groups (RFG) program aims at bringing together faculty and graduate students with shared research interests from different fields and departments/programs to foster the development of interdisciplinary research agendas. Convened by individuals from at least two departments/programs, the RFGs meet regularly (at least three times a quarter) during the academic year to present work in progress, read and discuss texts and current scholarship, and/or plan and implement common research projects.

Application Guidelines
Administrative Guidelines

In 2007-2008, the IHC provides support for following Research Foci Groups:

Ancient Borderlands
Archaeology
Chicano/Latino
Culture, Gender and Aesthetics
East Asian Cultures
Environmental Media
Jewish Studies
Language, Interaction and Social Organization
Mediterranean Studies
Modernism
Performance Studies
South Asian Religions and Cultures
Torture and the Future
Translation Studies

In 2006-2007, the IHC provided support for following Research Foci Groups:

African Studies
Ancient Borderlands
Citizenship and Democracy in the 21st Century
Culture, Gender and Aesthetics
East Asian Cultural Studies
Interdisciplinary Archaeology
Language, Interaction, and Social Organization
Mediterranean Studies
Modernism
Music as Media
Native American Indigenous Languages
Performance Studies
Sound in the Arts
South Asian Religions and Cultures
Synaesthesia in the Arts, Religion, and Cognitive Neuroscience
Translation Studies

RFGs from previous years

Chicano/Latino/Mexican Studies
Catholic Studies
Early American Studies
Eastern and Central Europe
History and Ecological Restoration
Jewish Studies
Labor Studies
Lament Traditions
Queer Theory
Religion, Science, and Nature

Visual Culture

RFG Event Publicity
To publicize for IHC Research Focus Group events please complete the Publicity Request Form.