UCI Foundation
For The Humanities Research Institute
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Amount$300,000
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Program
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Date Awarded3/31/2021
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Term15.0 Months
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Type of SupportGeneral Support/Program
Overview
The University of California Humanities Research Institute supports interdisciplinary, collaborative research by UC faculty and graduate students on key contemporary and historical issues across the humanities and interpretive social sciences. Research topics include environmental challenges, understanding both the historical and contemporary conditions and expressions of racial, ethnic, and gendered cultures; the impacts and implications of technology for society; the social constitution of data; algorithmic bias; changing conceptions of the human; and the role of religion in society; and the changes over time. This grant will provide flexible funding to the University of California Humanities Research Institute.
About the Grantee
Grantee Website
www.ucifoundation.org
Address
100 Theory Suite 250, Irvine, CA, 92617, United States
Grants to this Grantee
for sponsorship of a conference on American democracy
This sponsorship grant will help support a conference in February 2020 at University of California - Irvine: "Can American Democracy Survive the 2020 Elections?" The two-day conference will bring together election administrators, public officials, and scholars of law, political science, media, and technology to discuss the threats and how to bolster public confidence in election outcomes.
for the Humanities Research Institute
The University of California Humanities Research Institute supports interdisciplinary, collaborative research by UC faculty and graduate students on key contemporary and historical issues across the humanities and interpretive social sciences. Research topics include environmental challenges, understanding both the historical and contemporary conditions and expressions of racial, ethnic, and gendered cultures; the impacts and implications of technology for society; the social constitution of data; algorithmic bias; changing conceptions of the human; and the role of religion in society; and the changes over time. This grant will provide flexible funding to the University of California Humanities Research Institute.
