IU Indianapolis has a vibrant, interdisciplinary community of scholars who specialize in the arts and humanities. The mission of the IAHI is to support their scholarship and to help them enrich the cultural landscape of central Indiana.
Established in 2012, the IU Indianapolis Arts and Humanities Institute (IAHI) supports research and creative activity across the IU Indianapolis campus; serves as a liaison to the central Indiana community; and fosters ongoing partnerships and ventures that advance arts and humanities endeavors at IU Indianapolis, in central Indiana, and beyond.
The IAHI showcases and promotes the major intellectual and scholarly contributions that IU Indianapolis faculty members from across the disciplines are making in the arts and humanities, serving individual faculty members, groups, and interdisciplinary teams through grant programs, workshops, symposia, and research collaborations.
As an urban-based institute, the IAHI works closely with the Indianapolis community, connecting local institutions and residents with IU Indianapolis. Working with Indianapolis’ diverse publics to create engaging new programming and forums for dialogue, creativity, and experiment, the IAHI also facilitates experiential and service learning opportunities for faculty-led student teams in academic programs across campus.
The IAHI seeks to become a national model for an urban-based arts and humanities institute that is both a leader in academic research and creative activity and an active participant in its community.