Arts and Humanities

The Vice Provost for Arts, Humanities, and Multicultural Affairs provides university-wide academic leadership across the global network university,  especially with respect to cross-school programs and initiatives.  The Vice Provost provides strategic advice to the Provost and President on the university's schools, centers, curricula and initiatives in the arts and humanities across the university, including strategic advice on hiring and funding priorities.  Working with and across the schools, and in conjunction with University offices of development and research administration, the Vice Provost will initiate efforts and provide support to academic units to obtain external funding for the arts and humanities.  

The Vice Provost's responsibilities include oversight of provostial institutes and centers, including: Institute of African American Affairs, Asian/Pacific/American Institute, Center for Dialogues: Islamic World-U.S.-The West,  China House, India House, Hemispheric Institute of Performance and Politics, Humanities Initiative, New York Institute for the Humanities, Center for the Study of Gender and Sexuality, and Scholars at Risk Network at NYU.  

The Vice Provost has broad responsibility for strategic leadership for the University's diversity initiatives consistent with NYU's commitment to diversity as a core value, including ongoing programs, such as the Task Force on Faculty Diversity and the MLK Jr. Scholars Program, as well as new initiatives to achieve a diverse faculty and student body, showcase and integrate diversity throughout the University, and promote research and teaching on diversity. 

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