Timothy Murray, professor of comparative literature and literatures in English, has been elected chair of the board of directors of Humanities New York (HNY), a nonprofit humanities council founded in 1975 that supports and advocates for public humanities across the state.

Humanities New York is the sole statewide partner of and is supported by funding from the National Endowment for the Humanities. During the pandemic, it received federal funding to re-grant to the field through both the CARES and ARP acts. 

“I’m eager to spearhead HNY’s engagement through the humanities with diverse communities across the state, expand HNY’s program of grants to local communities, and support HNY’s state and national initiatives in the humanities and the environment, incarceration and the humanities, and democratic history and principles,” Murray said.

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