The Immanent Frame was formed in collaboration with projects at the SSRC and was initially imagined as an experimental blog.
It was formed in conjunction with projects on at the Social Science Research Council (SSRC). Initially conceived as an experimental blog that invited multiple contributions from a number of leading scholars in the humanities and social sciences, The Immanent Frame was launched in October 2007 by an SSRC team led by program director , who served for several years as editor-in-chief. 
