More than a place—the WHC is a center of gravity for boundary-crossing research, creative expression, and intellectual exchange in the humanities.

Our four lecture series bring distinguished speakers to Yale to discuss literature, human values, and the humanities’ most pressing questions.

Your starting point for the humanities at Yale: explore programs, centers, and more.

We host a wide range of film-related events, from screenings of Hollywood and world cinema classics to panel discussions with documentarians. 

We help scholars in the humanities navigate the publication process—from first article to first book and beyond.

Our working groups bring together faculty, students, and researchers to explore topics spanning cuneiform to video game studies.

Grants for faculty research expenses, such as travel, acquisition of inaccessible books or visuals, and research assistance.

Financial support for expenses related to publishing a scholarly book. Available to full-time, early-career faculty in the humanities at Yale.

Grants for multidisciplinary teams of researchers to gather with scholars from across the US and beyond at the Whitney Humanities Center.

Annual funding for discipline-based and transdisciplinary working groups on a variety of topics, from cuneiform to video game studies.