The Wolf Humanities Center is currently offering 2027–2028 fellowships to standing faculty at Penn in the humanities and allied departments. The fellowships are for research that relates to Practice, the Center's theme for the year.
Fellows are required to attend the Wolf Humanities Center's weekly Mellon seminars (Tuesdays, noon–1:30pm, September 2026–April 2027). Fellows present their research at one osession and respond to a colleague's paper at another sessions during the year. In addition to Penn Faculty Fellows, seminar members include Mellon Postdoctoral Fellows, Regional Faculty Fellows, Doctoral Fellows, and the Center's Director, Ayako Kano (East Asian Languages and Civilizations), and "Practice" Topic Director, Glenda Goodman (Music).
Approval of any course relief is required from the applicant's department chair by the application deadline. Requests for replacement funds from the Wolf Humanities Center must be made by the fellow's department chair. Interested applicants are advised to check well ahead with their department/s to avoid conflicts in scheduling classes and other obligations.
Wolf's fellowship program does not support lecturers or professors of practice at this time. Non-tenure-stream faculty are welcome to apply for the Center's professional development and funding opportunities (e.g., Manuscript Workshops, Humanities Against Discrimination, Event Cosponsorship).
Application deadline: October 1, 2026
Applicants are required to submit an up-to-date CV and a single PDF including the following:
If you are applying for course relief, please ask your department chair to email Sara Varney by October 1, 2026 with their written approval of your application and course relief request.
Decisions will be announced in November 2025.
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