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The Institute for the Humanities is a center for innovative, collaborative study in the humanities and arts.

Drawing on Michigan’s remarkable resources, we are a national leader in advocating for the humanities in higher education and serve as a national and international center for scholarly research in the humanities and creative work in the arts. By engaging with the Institute through your gifts, you directly support the university and the Institute in our mission to:

• Engage and address the world as a premier Institute that boldly integrates the humanities with the arts • Stand at the forefront of public outreach and service through the humanities and arts • Maximize scholarly impact by funding time and opportunities for Michigan’s best emerging scholars • Encourage and promote cutting-edge research across the humanities and the arts

Please support the Institute for the Humanities generously as together we make a profound and continuing difference in our university and the world.

The Institute is currently focused on raising funds in support of the art gallery and its exhibitions. The Institute’s gallery has gained national attention for the high quality of its curated shows mounted annually. The Gallery and Arts Programming Fund, an expendable gift fund, was established in 2019 for this very purpose. The Institute is also seeking to establish endowments to name the gallery and/or one of its three to five annual shows ensuring the Institute is able to continue its tradition of superb exhibitions that showcase the synergies between the work of humanities scholars and creative artists. It will also enable the Institute to expand outreach to undergraduate students and the general public through programming centered on gallery exhibitions and visiting artists.

HOW TO GIVE One of the easiest ways to support the humanities is through an outright gift to the Institute for the Humanities. The University of Michigan makes giving such gifts very easy through its secure gift website (https://leadersandbest. umich.edu/find/#!/scu/ lsa), search on the term “humanities” and available funds will be listed.

To discuss establishing an endowment or bequest in detail please contact us at humin@umich.edu or 734.936.3518 or contact the Institute’s advancement officer Jeff Jelinski, LSA Advancement, 734.615-6333 or jjelinsk@umich.edu.