Underwriting much of the Franklin Humanities Institute’s programming is a generous three-year grant from the Andrew W. Mellon Foundation, received in 2002 for an initiative called “Making the Humanities Central.” In addition to supporting many areas of the FHI’s programming, the grant also provides the means for the Humanities Institute to become a clearinghouse for communications about arts- and humanities-related events sponsored by Duke's core humanities departments. Finally, the grant supports an annual dinner of Duke department chairs designed to promote friendship and collegiality among practitioners of the humanities, arts, and narrative social sciences at the university.

Humanities Communication and Publicity

If you have humanities- or arts-related events, accomplishments, or announcements you would like publicized through the Humanities Institute’s channels (web site, listservs, contacts with the Duke News Service, and eventually, a newsletter), please contact the Making the Humanities Central Project Manager, Anne Mitchell Whisnant.