We are delighted to announce that Emine Hande Tuna has been awarded a prestigious fellowship at the National Humanities Center for the 2025–26 academic year. Selected from a highly competitive pool of 588 applicants, she will join a cohort of 32 distinguished scholars as part of the Center’s forty-eighth class of resident fellows.
Professor Tuna has been named the Quinn Fellow. During her time at the Center, she will be completing her second book, Imaginative Resistance, which is under contract with Oxford University Press. The book offers the first comprehensive account of the philosophical puzzle known as imaginative resistance, drawing together insights from aesthetics, moral psychology, and the philosophy of mind to explore the limits of imagination and the role of value in shaping fictional engagement.
The National Humanities Center is the world’s only independent institute dedicated exclusively to advanced study in the humanities. Its fellowship program supports scholars with the resources and intellectual community necessary to pursue ambitious research projects. Fellows participate in interdisciplinary dialogue through seminars, lectures, and collaborative events throughout the year.
