Opportunities and Successes

UConn's Humanities Institute runs our Consortium membership with the Folger with an interdisciplinary approach. Students and faculty from across our departments and schools—including but not limited to History, English, LCL and the Fine Arts—have attended programs and taken funded research trips to the Folger. UCHI uses its Consortium membership to strengthen the UConn's intellectual community through the “Early Modern Studies” program series, which focuses on scholarly exchange, skills development, and professionalization. The “Early Modern Cultural Encounters” reading group explores ideas on a global scale and introduces participants to scholarship that frequently lies well outside their area of specialty.

The “Transcribathon” is an ongoing paleography workshop that not only hones research skills but also will produce, through association with the Folgers’ “Early Modern Manuscripts Online” project, an edition of a previously unpublished manuscript from the Library’s collections.

And a running lecture series—consisting of invited outside speakers and works-in-progress presentations by UConn scholars—connects our students and faculty with a diverse range of practitioners in the field.

UConn’s Consortium membership and its “Early Modern Studies” initiative provide a range of opportunities for students, staff, and faculty; all are encouraged to take part regardless of school or department. Our UConn community members may take advantage of Folger opportunities by applying for their fellowships and scholarly programs, which include workshops of varying lengths held in DC and throughout the consortium of forty-six universities.