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Kaplan Humanities Scholars

This unique first-year program allows students to work closely with a small team of the university's top professors in a 2-part series of courses that traverse the boundaries of academic disciplines. Kaplan Scholars learn to form complex opinions, argue for important values, and discriminate among competing forms of evidence—excellent preparation for any major or field of study at Northwestern!

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2025 Humanities in Translation Prize

Winner of the 2025 Humanities in Translation Prize, The Book of Mating, showcases one of Indonesia’s most stunning literary voices.

The Buffett Institute for Global Affairs, the Alice Kaplan Institute for the Humanities, and Northwestern University Press are proud to announce that Annie Tucker is the winner of the 2025-26 Humanities in Translation (HiT) Prize for The Book of Mating, her translation of Indonesian writer Laksmi Pamuntjak’s short story collection Kitab Kawin. Tucker will receive a total cash prize of $5,000 as well as publication by Northwestern University Press.

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Announcing Kaplan Fellows for 2025-2026

 

The Kaplan Humanities Institute is delighted to announce our 2025-2026 cohorts of Faculty Fellows, Franke Graduate Fellows, and Library Fellow and Affiliate!

 

Friday Morning Faculty Writing Sessions

 

Ease into the weekend feeling productive! Join us in the Kaplan Seminar Room (Kresge 2351) on Friday mornings (9am-12pm) to work quietly, but in community, on your own writing project. You make it a habit, and we’ll make the coffee! No sessions over summer — see you in Fall quarter!

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