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Jason M. Kelly, PHD FSA FRHistS FRSA

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About

Jason M. Kelly is founding Director of the IU Indianapolis Arts and Humanities Institute (IAHI) and Professor of History at Indiana University Indianapolis. He is also an Adjunct Professor of Africana Studies and American Studies. He is a Fellow of the Society of Antiquaries of London, the Royal Historical Society, and the Royal Society of Arts.

Dr. Kelly received his Ph.D. from the University of California, Santa Barbara and is the author of The Society of Dilettanti: Archaeology and Identity in the British Enlightenment (Yale University Press and the Paul Mellon Centre for Studies in British Art, 2010), lead editor of Rivers of the Anthropocene (University of California Press, 2017), and co-editor of An Anthropocene Primer (2017).

As Director of the IUPUI Arts and Humanities Institute, Dr. Kelly supports IUPUI’s research mission by developing and fostering interdisciplinary and transdisciplinary research collaborations, organizing research workshops and symposia, and supporting faculty research endeavors. Additionally, he facilitates public arts and humanities partnerships, including research projects, performances, lectures, and exhibitions.

Dr. Kelly’s research focuses on the histories of the environment, sciences, and art and architecture. He is currently writing a monograph titled Family, Environment, and Empire in the Long Eighteenth Century. It examines the lived experiences of families throughout the British Empire and the ways in which they experienced and contributed to environmental change. He leads several collaborative projects, including Civics Kits: Tools for a Democratic Future and Global Ethics, Civic Character, and Leadership. He is co-PI on two NSF-funded projects: INSECt: Insects for a Sustainable Environment and Circular Bioeconomy and Improving Data Literacy of Liberal Arts Students through Project-based Intervention in Liberal Arts Courses.

Dr. Kelly has received grants from the National Endowment for the Humanities, the National Endowment for the Arts, National Science Foundation, the Wenner-Gren Foundation, Lilly Endowment, and the Allen Whitehill Clowes Charitable Foundation, among others. He is the recipient of the IUPUI Research Trailblazers Award (2013), two IU Trustees Teaching Awards (2011, 2008), the IU School of Liberal Arts at IUPUI Student Council Outstanding Academic Adviser Award (2010), and the IU Bicentennial Medal (2021).