Institute for Humanities Research (IHR) Research Clusters
The IHR facilitates and supports diverse Research Clusters at ASU. Our aim is to assist research and communication among scholars and to enrich the intellectual climate of the university. The Research Clusters may serve as an entry point for faculty to engage with the IHR. They should support activities related to the IHR mission to:
· foster innovative interdisciplinary and transdisciplinary research;
· examine today’s most important issues from humanistic perspectives;
· promote and support excellence in humanities scholarship;
· engage the university community in meaningful dialogue and exploration.
The Jenny Norton Research Cluster on Women
2008-2009 Research Clusters
The following clusters were funded for AY08-09. Descriptions will be posted shortly.
Please contact the project facilitator if you would like to take part in a Research Cluster.
Interdisciplinary Perspectives on Human Rights and Social Justice
Facilitators: LaDawn Haglund, School of Justice and Social Inquiry; Stephen Batalden, Melikian Center for Russian, Eurasian and East European Studies and History
Religion, Gender, and Reform
Facilitators: Souad Ali, School of International Letters and Cultures; Mirna Lattouf, Letters & Sciences. Recipient of the Jenny Norton Award.
Cultural Landscapes, Places, Identities, and Representations
Facilitators: Kate Duncan, School of Art; Elizabeth (Betsy) Brandt, School of Human Evolution and Social Change
Gender, Language, and Visual Culture in 21st Century Comparative Literature
Facilitators: Elizabeth Horan, English; Isis McElroy, School of International Letters and Cultures; Claudia Sadowski-Smith, English. Recipient of the Jenny Norton Award.
2007-2008 Research Clusters
The Narrative Prisms of Women and Sustainability
Facilitators: Maria Luz Cruz-Torres, Women and Gender Studies; Angelita Reyes, African and African-American Studies/English
Note: This cluster was also the first to receive the Jenny Norton award for a research project that focuses on women.
Cycles of Linguistic Change
Facilitator: Elly van Gelderen, English
Migration and Belonging
Facilitators: Karen Leong, Asian-Pacific American Studies; Monica Varsanyi, School of Justice and Social Inquiry
Cultures of Urban Systems and Spaces: International Perspectives
Facilitators: Victoria Thompson, History; Wendy Plotkin, History
African Diaspora: The African Diaspora and the Idea of Pan-Africanism
Facilitators: Andrew Barnes, History; Chouki El Hamel, History
Controversy in Memory and Remembrance: Memorials, Monuments and Public Art
Facilitators: Kelly McDonald, Hugh Downs School of Communication; Nancy Dallett, History
Migration Narratives: Bridges Across Peoples, Nations, and Disciplines
Facilitator: Amira de la Garza, North American Center for Transborder Studies
2006-2007 Research Clusters
The African Diaspora
Facilitators: Chouki Hamel, History; Andrew Barnes, History
Bioethics and Bioengineering
Facilitators: Jason Scott Robert, Biology and Society; Stephen Helms Tillery, Harrington Department of Bioengineering
Cultures of Urban Systems & Spaces: International Perspectives
Facilitators: Victoria Thompson, History; Wendy Plotkin, History
Exploring Common Ground Between China and the U.S. for the 21st Century
Facilitators: Owen Anderson, Integrative Studies, ASU West; Hoyt Tillman, History; Ning Wang, Global Studies
Migration Narratives: Bridges Across Peoples, Nations, and Disciplines
Facilitators: Amira De la Garza, North American Center for Transborder Studies; Daniel Ramirez, Religious Studies; Ramon Rivera-Servera, Theater and Film
Speaking Arizona
Facilitators: Karen Adams, English; Holly Cashman, Languages and Literatures
2005-2006 Research Clusters
Comparative Colonialism, Conversion, and Globalized Religion
Facilitator: Eugene Clay, Department of Religious Studies
What is Europe? Definitions, Boundaries, Identities
Facilitators: Juliann Vitullo, Languages & Literatures; Kent Wright, History
Migration
Facilitators: Tod Swanson, Religious Studies; Brian Gratton, History; Anna Holian, History
Race in All Its Formations
Facilitator: Karen Leong, Asian Pacific American Studies/History/Women’s Studies
Interdisciplinary Perspectives on Women’s Health
Facilitator: Monica Green, History
Language, Identities, and Ideologies
Facilitators: Helene Ossipov, Languages & Literatures; Holly Cashman, Languages & Literatures
Place, Space, Society, and Culture
Facilitators: Susan Gray, History; Paul Hirt, History; Wendy Plotkin, History