COVID-19 Updates, Restrictions, Cancellations - More information
Kahn Liberal Arts Institute
Since 1998, the Louise W. and Edmund J. Kahn Liberal Arts Institute has supported collaborative research among Smith and Five College faculty, Smith students and visiting scholars—all without regard to the traditional boundaries of departments, programs and academic divisions. Each year the institute supports long- and short-term projects that are proposed, planned and organized by Smith College faculty.
Announcements
A Note from the Director: The Kahn Institute's Role in Changing Times
Where are Institutes like the Kahn amid today's pandemics, of both coronavirus and global systemic injustice and inequity? The Kahn Institute has worked beautifully in its usual way for a long time, but these times are unprecedented, and our support response must match it. We will almost all be working with constrained resources and conditions going forward, but in the wake of these pandemics, the urgency of repairing and restoring our human networks is a high priority. The Kahn is ready to reshape itself to meet the needs of the faculty and the Smith community however it can.
Kahn 20-21 Yearlong Projects Imagining Climate Change and Technophilia/Technoskepticism to begin in September
Planning for the Kahn Institute’s 2020–21 projects, Imagining Climate Change and Technophilia/Technoskepticism, will continue through the summer. Both projects will begin in September as scheduled. Read more details. The Kahn is currently accepting proposals for short-term projects for 2020-21.
Important COVID-19 Information
All events on campus have been canceled for spring 2020. For updates on Smith’s response to the COVID-19 outbreak, please visit the Coronavirus Disease 2019 (COVID-19) page.
The Kahn Chronicle
The Kahn Chronicle is a biannual newsletter to update the Smith community on projects, events and happenings of interest at the Kahn Institute.
Research Without Boundaries
“The Kahn Institute is unique. No other college has anything quite like it—an incubator for cross-disciplinary research, debate and colleagueship, and a haven for free speech.”
“Being a Kahn student fellow had a huge influence on me and ultimately inspired me to pursue a doctorate in history.”
Rachel Johnson ’12
