Year: 2016

Theresa Kaminski Publishes Angels of the Underground: The American Women who Resisted the Japanese in the Philippines in World War II

Former UW System Fellow Theresa Kaminski has published Angels of the Underground: The American Women who Resisted the Japanese in the Philippines in World War II. For more information, click here.

Andreas Schwab Awarded Grant for Research Project on “Religion in Ancient Narrative”

Solmsen Fellow Andreas Schwab has been awarded a 2016-2017 Research Mobility Grant for his project “Religion in Ancient Narrative” through the Ruprecht-Karls-University of Heidelberg. The grant supports this interdisciplinary project in conjunction with scholars from Classics, Egyptology, Ancient Near Eastern Studies, and Religious Studies from Europe and the United States.

David Krugler Publishes 1919, The Year of Racial Violence: How African Americans Fought Back

Former UW System Fellow David Krulger has published 1919, The Year of Racial Violence: How African Americans Fought Back. For more information, click here.

Vincent Lloyd Publishes Co-edited Volume Race and Secularism in America

Kingdon Fellow Vincent Lloyd has published the co-edited volume, Race and Secularism in America. For more information, click here.

Costica Bradatan’s Dying for Ideas to be Published in Several Foreign Languages

Former Solmsen Fellow Costica Bradatan has published a book, Dying for Ideas: The Dangerous Lives of the Philosophers, which is being translated into several foreign language editions including Chinese, Dutch, Turkish, and Vietnamese. For more information on the Dutch translation, click here.

Ronald Radano and Tejumola Olaniyan Publish Co-edited Volume Audible Empire: Music, Global Politics, Critique

Senior Fellow Ronald Radano and former Senior Fellow Tejumola Olaniyan have published the co-edited volume, Audible Empire: Music, Global Politics, Critique. For more information, click here.

Todd Reeser Publishes Setting Plato Straight: Translating Ancient Sexuality in the Renaissance

Former Solmsen Fellow Todd W. Reeser has published Setting Plato Straight: Translating Ancient Sexuality in the Renaissance. For more information, click here.

Steven Nadler Serves on Spinoza Excommunication Reinvestigation

Senior fellow Steven Nadler served on a committee co-sponsored by the University of Amsterdam to reinvestigate Baruch Spinoza’s 1656 excommunication from the Jewish community. Alongside other Spinoza scholars, Nadler provided reasons against rescinding the excommunication, a decision that was supported by the Amsterdam congregation. For more information, click here and here.

Craig Werner’s Book Named One of Best of 2015 by Rolling Stone

Doug Bradley and former Senior Fellow Craig Werner’s book We Gotta Get Out of This Place: The Soundtrack of the Vietnam War (University of Massachusetts Press, October 2015) named one of the best music books of 2015 by Rolling Stone. For more information, click here.