Due to the current closure of the Hatcher Graduate Library—and in order to support the University of Michigan’s ongoing efforts to slow the spread of the coronavirus—access to the Collaboratory’s physical space is temporarily closed. We continue to support the research being done by our teams.

The COVID crisis underscores the importance of the humanities and the benefits of collaborative research. At this time, the Humanities Collaboratory does not anticipate that its upcoming grants cycle will be affected by the university’s recently announced financial restrictions, given that research is considered essential. However, certain components of grants are not allowed at this time (e.g., travel, consultants, conferences) and we ask our applicants to apply with these restrictions in mind. For further information, please contact us by phone (734) 764-3766 or by email: collaboratory@umich.edu.

“… work in the humanities is critical to living in a world that’s increasingly interdependent and complex and often mysterious.”

—Sara Blair, Patricia S. Yaeger Collegiate Professor of English Language and Literature, Vice Provost for Academic and Faculty Affairs

I’m very excited to have that commitment from my own institution, from the University of Michigan, to do humanities research in a collaborative format.”

— Johannes von Moltke, Professor of Germanic Languages and Literatures and Professor of Film, Television and Media