The Norman Freehling Visiting Professorship was established in 1987 by a generous gift from Mrs. Edna Freehling in honor of her husband. This prestigious fellowship provides funding for a visiting scholar conducting humanities related research to be in residence at the institute for up to one year. Scholars are invited to the institute by the director based on recommendations by the institute's executive committee and humanities faculty.
Norman Freehling Visiting Professors at the University of Michigan
| 2024-25 | Jacob Lederman, University of Michigan, Flint, Sociology |
| Winter 2024 | Jodi Melamed, Marquette University, English |
| Winter 2023 | Susana Morris, Georgia Institute of Technology, Literature, Media & Communication |
| Winter 2022 | Chandan Reddy, University of Washington, Gender, Women & Sexuality Studies |
| Fall 2021 |
Elizabeth DePalma Digeser, University of California, Santa Barbara, History |
| Winter 2020 | Sara McDougall, City University of New York, History |
| Fall 2019 | Daniel Y. Kim, Brown University, English |
| Fall 2018 | Sam White, The Ohio State University, History |
| Winter 2017 | Anne Lafont, University of Paris-Marne la Vallee, Art History |
| 2015-16 | Marjorie Rubright, University of Toronto, English |
| Winter 2015 | Laura Kuhn, Bard College, Performance Art |
| Fall 2012 | David Mitchell, Temple University, Education |
| 2011-12 | Uwem Akpen, Nigeria, Writer |
| 2009-10 | Jean Hebrard, Ecole de Hautes Etudes en Sciences Sociales, History |
| 2007-08 | Haiping Yan, UCLA and East China Normal University, Theater |
| 2005-06 | Marian Hobson, University of London, French |
| 2004-05 | Sarah Thomasine Beckwith, Duke University, English and Religious Studies |
| 2003-04 | Denise Riley, University of E. Anglia, English & American Studies |
| 2002-03 | John Baines, University of Oxford, Egyptology |
| 2001-02 | Gayle Rubin, University of Michigan, Anthropology |
| 2000-01 | Felipe Ortega, New Mexico, Potter |
| 1999-2000 | Anne Carson, McGill University, Classics |
| Fall 1998 | Carole Bier, Textile Museum, East Hemisphere Collections |
| Fall 1997 | Alain Boureau, Ecole des Hautes Etudes in Sciences Sociales (Paris), History |
| Winter 1996 | Victor Nell, University of South Africa, Psychology |
| Fall 1996 | Simon Goldhill, Cambridge University, Classics |
| Fall 1995 | Susan McClary, University of California Los Angeles, Musicology |
| Winter 1994 | Arjun Appadurai, University of Chicago, Anthropology |
| Fall 1994 | Richard Lanham, University of California Los Angeles, English |
| Fall 1993 | Billie Melman, Tel Aviv University, History |
| 1992-93 | Carol Neely, University of Illinois, English and Women's Studies |
| 1991-92 | Sidra Ezrahi, Hebrew University of Jerusalem, Comparative Literature |
| 1990-91 | Thomas Laqueur, University of California Berkeley, History |
| Winter 1990 | Donald McCloskey, University of Iowa, Economics |
| Fall 1989 | Alvin Kernan, Princeton, English |
| 1988-89 | A.K Ramanujan, University of Chicago, South Asian Languages and Civilizations |
