{"nodes":[{"node":{"nid":"114486","title":"ASU Humanities Institute announces spring 2026 seed grant recipients","body":"Every semester, the Humanities Institute seed grant program at Arizona State University funds faculty projects that creatively employ humanities methodologies that engage with social challenges in the past, present and future.Of the spring 2026 recipients, Humanities Institute Director Ron Broglio\u2026","post_date":"\u003Ctime datetime=\u00222026-05-19T13:18:48-07:00\u0022\u003E05\/19\/2026-1:18pm\u003C\/time\u003E\n","clas_teaser":"Every semester, the Humanities Institute seed grant program at Arizona State University funds faculty projects that creatively employ humanities methodologies that engage with social challenges in the past, present and future.","teaser":"Every semester, the Humanities Institute seed grant program at Arizona State University funds faculty projects that creatively employ humanities methodologies that engage ","story_images":"","hero_image":"https:\/\/news.asu.edu\/sites\/default\/files\/PaloVerdeBlooms.jpg","path":"https:\/\/news.asu.edu\/b\/20260519-asu-humanities-institute-announces-spring-2026-seed-grant-recipients","hide_byline":"0","contributor-contact-information-affiliation":"Humanities Institute","contributor-contact-information-name":"Alyssa Arns","contributor-contact-information-e-mail":"{{ mail }}","contributor-contact-information-phone_number":"","contributor-contact-information-campus":"Tempe campus, West Valley campus","feed_image_link":"","image_url":"https:\/\/news.asu.edu\/sites\/default\/files\/PaloVerdeBlooms.jpg","image_alt":"","image_caption":"","related_story":"","news_units":"School of Art|School of Humanities, Arts and Cultural Studies|School of International Letters and Cultures|The GAME School|School of Historical, Philosophical and Religious Studies|Department of English|Sidney Poitier New American Film School|Humanities Institute|The College of Liberal Arts and Sciences|New College of Interdisciplinary Arts and Sciences","interests":"","audiences":"","locations":"Tempe campus|West Valley campus","u_n_sustainable_development_goals":"","field_feed_herberger":"","field_feed_nursing":"","field_feed_knowledge_enterprise":"","content_type":"feed_only_article","field_saf":""}},{"node":{"nid":"113916","title":"ASU Humanities Institute announces research development fellow","body":"The Humanities Institute at Arizona State University is pleased to announce that\u0026nbsp;Daniel Gilfillan, associate professor in\u0026nbsp;the School of International Letters and Cultures, has been named the 2026\u201327 Research Development Fellow. 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It depends on\u0026nbsp;who you ask.At\u0026nbsp;the Humanities Institute, center director Ron Broglio is intentional about advancing humanities research beyond the institute\u2019s home on the Arizona State University Tempe campus. Through a variety of funding\u2026","post_date":"\u003Ctime datetime=\u00222026-03-20T09:43:03-07:00\u0022\u003E03\/20\/2026-9:43am\u003C\/time\u003E\n","clas_teaser":"From AI to plant and health humanities, new funding and community-driven initiatives are helping ASU faculty turn bold ideas into impactful research beyond Tempe.","teaser":"Is the state of the humanities in flux? 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