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Oakley Center for the Humanities and Social Sciences

The Oakley Center for the Humanities and Social Sciences was established in 1985 to provide significant support for faculty research, development, and renewal. In the fall of 1989, the Center moved into its permanent home in Makepeace House. Faculty members from all three divisions participate in research and discussion seminars on topics in the humanities and the social sciences. One important mission is to facilitate intellectual exchange and collaboration among faculty members whose research and teaching cross or elude disciplinary boundaries.

The Center organizes and supports semester-long or year-long faculty seminars, arranges conferences, and sponsors visiting speakers of special interest to groups of faculty members engaged in interdisciplinary research. In addition to the seminar program, the Center provides working space and research support for Resident Fellows. Center Fellowships are awarded, competitively, to Williams faculty members on leave. Selection is made by the Faculty Committee for the CHSS on the basis of research proposals submitted to it each spring for the following year. Occasionally a Visiting Fellow from one of Williams' neighboring institutions will be appointed.

The Center is run by the Director and the Assistant to the Director. Advisory committees help to organize and review the Center's programs (see also Research Support).

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