Research
Elevating creativity through meaningful research.
About
Faculty research is integral to the vibrant intellectual, scholarly, and creative community at the College of Humanities & Fine Arts.
Research opportunities are a hallmark of the HFA experience. Working closely with faculty, students gain the skills and insights to produce new knowledge and continue to expand the HFA disciplines in new directions. Our students are producing performances and podcasts driven by their research; recreating lost historic sites through 3D mapping; devising the next generation of smart buildings; and making surprising archaeological discoveries about the earliest forms of urban life at our dig in Poggio, Italy.
HFA research project participants gain confidence as creators, collaborators, and communicators of knowledge—lifelong skills essential in a complex, interdependent world. They also experience firsthand the excitement and rewards of working at the intersections of disciplines through HFA’s interdisciplinary research projects, which bring together art and technology, science and social justice, and medicine and ethics, and more.
Awards
Scholarships and Fellowships Awarded
Internship Assistance Grants
Interdisciplinary Research Initiatives
Closely mentored by faculty, Humanities and Fine Arts interdisciplinary research project participants gain confidence as creators, collaborators, and communicators of knowledge—lifelong skills essential in a complex, interdependent world.
Presenting Innovative Research
Faculty members in the College of Humanities & Fine Arts present the results of their research, creative, and scholarly efforts at conferences, educational institutions, and professional meetings nationally and internationally.
Research Grants
The college is committed to helping its full-time faculty members at all ranks further their research, scholarly, and creative pursuits. HFA Research Grants are available to support a broad range of activities.
Conference Grants
Conference Grants offer partial support for events to be held at UMass Amherst. To be eligible, applicants are required to secure funding from other sources. Grants of up to $1,500 will be made based on a 1 to 2 match.
Research organizations
Arthur F. Kinney Center for Interdisciplinary Renaissance Studies
The Kinney Center for Interdisciplinary Renaissance Studies advances fresh research in the early modern humanities.
Arts Extension Service
The Arts Extension Service is a nationally recognized arts service organization that provides consultation and training for arts professionals in the field.
Center for the Study of African American Language
The center’s mission is to foster scientific research on language in African American communities and apply that research in educational and social realms.
DEFA Film Library
The DEFA Film Library is the only archive and study center outside Europe devoted to the study of a broad spectrum of filmmaking by East German filmmakers.
Digital Humanities Initiative
DHI seeks to create an interest-based community that allows faculty to learn from each other, get mentoring on grant applications, and collaborate on projects.
Ellsberg Archive Project
The Ellsberg Archive Project is an initiative exploring the life and legacy of Daniel Ellsberg, the whistleblower who leaked the Pentagon Papers.
Institute for Holocaust, Genocide, and Memory Studies
The institute’s principal activities include: teaching and research, conferences and workshops, public events, and visits to the permanent exhibition.
Interdisciplinary Studies Institute
Interdisciplinary Studies Institute faculty engage with one another through intellectual and creative adventure in a range of settings and environments.
The Writing Program
Since 1982, the Writing Program has been an independent academic unit serving the entire campus and it remains a key part of undergraduate general education.
Translation Center
The Translation Center at UMass Amherst combines multilingual services with scholarship and education.
Warring States Project
The Warring Project’s research began with a focus on the classical Chinese texts from the “Warring States” period, the basis of China’s philosophical heritage.
Contact
Amy Fleig
Amy Fleig is the Director of Faculty Development and Programs for the College of Humanities & Fine Arts.
