The Center for Arts and Humanities (CAH) at the American University of Beirut is a member of the Global Humanities Network , anchored at the University of Cambridge, which brings together leading universities from around the world “to permanently transform the way we teach, research, and think about the Humanities.”
CAH participates in the GHN Mobility Scheme to foster scholarly exchange that leads to joint teaching ventures and new research initiatives.
CAH is excited to support up to two AUB faculty members to participate in the GHN Mobility Scheme in 2026/27 and spend up to four weeks at any one of the GHN partner universities in the UK (University of Cambridge), China (Fudan, Nanjing), India (Ashoka), the Middle East (American University of Beirut), Latin America (Universidad Diego Portales, Chile), West Africa (University of Ghana), and Turkey (Sabanci University).
You can find more information about the call for applications here .
Eligibility: AUB professorial-rank faculty members in the arts and humanities. Priority will be given to junior faculty applicants.
Budget: $3,000 lump sum for all travel-related expenses
Application deadline: November 9, 2026
In 2025/26, Dr. DeVan Ard and Dr. Varak Ketsamanian from AUB were selected to participate in the GHN Mobility Scheme. Devan's project on “Translanguaging from Medieval England to Modern Lebanon" took him to Cambridge, and Varak's project on “Non-Muslims in Late Ottoman Istanbul: Communal Property, Urban Governance, and Imperial Belonging" to Sabanci University.
