Former Fellows and Directors

Former Fellow Cohorts, 2008-2025

Historic Former Fellows List*

*This list was created before the IRH website and only contains fellow names, fellowship years, and fellowship type.

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Washburn Observatory, home to IRH from 1959 until 2007

Former Staff

Former IRH Directors 1959-2026

Steve Nadler smiles at camera. He is wearing a blue checkered button down shirt and wire-rimmed glasses. He has grey hair.

Steven Nadler

Department: Philosophy

Years as Director: 2018–2026

Director Profile

Ullrich Langer

Ulrich Langer

Department: French & Italian

Years as Director: 2017–2018 (Interim Director)

Emeritus Page

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Tejumola Olaniyan

Department: English and African Languages and Literature

Years as Director: 2011–2012 (Interim Director)

Memorial

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Susan Stanford Friedman

Department: English and Gender and Women’s Studies

Years as Director: 2007–2017

Memorial

David Sorkin

David Sorkin

Department: History and Center for Jewish Studies

Years as Director: 2003–2007

Emeritus Page

David Lindberg

David C. Lindberg

Department: History of Science

Years as Director: 2002–2003, 1987-1993

Memorial

Sally Banes

Sally Banes

Department: Dance

Years as Director: 2001–2002

Memorial

Paul Boyer

Paul S. Boyer

Department: History

Years as Director: 1993–2001

Memorial

Robert Kingdon

Robert M. Kingdon

Department: History

Years as Director: 1975-1987

Memorial

Emmett Bennett

Emmett L. Bennett

Department: Classics

Years as Director: 1974-1975 (Interim Director), 1986-1969

Memorial

David Cronon

E. David Cronon

Department: History

Years as Director: 1969-1974

Memorial

Setton

Kenneth M. Setton

Department: History

Years as Director: 1965-1968

Memorial

Germaine Brée

Germaine Brée

Department: French & Italian

Years as Director: 1964-1965

Memorial

Marshall Clagett

Marshall Clagett

Department: History of Science

Years as Director: 1959-1964

Memorial

Former Fellow Group Images: 1962-2007

IRH Fellows, 1962-63: Back row: Friedrich Solmsen, Emmett Bennett, Leonardo Taran, Jan Vansina Front row: Elaine Marks, Germain Brée, Lloyd Austin
IRH Fellows, 1963-64: Back row: Ricardo Quintana, Robert Scholes, Alain Renoir, Emmett Bennett, Marshall Clagett, Stanley Rosen Front row: Friedrich Solmsen, Germain Brée, Roland Mousnier
IRH Fellows, 1964-65: Back row: James John, Emmett Bennett, Gwyn McPeek, Julian Harris, Loretta Freiling, Balachandra Rajan, John Chadwick, John Barker, Alexander Mourelatos Front row: Julius Weinberg, Germaine Brée, Eugene Vinaver, Friedrich Solmsen, Phyllis Turnbull
IRH Fellows, 1965-6: Back row: Bernard Fleischmann, Robert M. Kingdon, Emmett Bennett, Friedrich Solmsen, Kenneth M. Setton, Paul Theiner, William Wyatt Front row: William Hay, Frieda Brown, Helen White, Hubert Jedin
IRH Fellows, 1966-67: Back row: John Toews, Friedrich Solmsen, Loretta Freiling, Fredrich Haberman, Steve Nichols, David Keyt Front row: Basil Laourdas, Kenneth M. Setton, Germaine Brée, Julius Weinberg, Charles Edson
IRH Fellows, 1967-68: Back row: Walter Kaegi, Chauncey Wood, Loretta Freiling, Claude Pichois, Diego Catalan, Douglas Kelly Front row: Julius Weinberg, Germaine Brée
IRH Fellows, 1968-69: Back row: Paul Fortier, Michael Predmore, Benito Brancaforte, Augustine Riska, Stan Kinser, Walter Rideout, Julius Weinberg, E. Bennett Front row: Marilyn Stokstad, Cyrena Pondrom, Friedrich Solmsen, Germaine Brée
IRH Fellows, 1969-70: Back row: Jackson Hershbell, Julius Weinberg, Gordon Mork, Diego Catalan, Dennis Stampe Front row: E. David Cronon, Emmett Bennett, Germaine Brée, Loretta Freiling
IRH Fellows, 1970-71: Back row: Friedrich Solmsen, Adrian Cook, Sam Kinser, Emmett Bennett Middle row: Frank Clover, Richard Jackson, Loretta Freiling, William Coleman Front row: H. Pockmann, Susan Flader, David Cronon, Germaine Brée, Madeleine Doran, James Longrigg
IRH Fellows, 1971-72: Back row: David Cronon, R. Waddington, M. Velimirovic, E. Neale-Silvia, E. Bennett, Jan Vansina, M. Masi, J. P. Larsen, Front row: Germaine Brée, Diane Hughes, Madeleine Doran, Biruté Ciplijauskaite, Loretta Freiling
IRH Fellows, 1972-73: Back row: Klaus Berghahn, David Cronon, Friedrich Solmsen, Terry Penner, Loretta Freiling, Emmett Bennett, William Courtenay, Front Row: Maureen Mazzaoui, Ann Stewart, Elisabeth Labrouse, Madeleine Doran, Germaine Brée
IRH Fellows, 1973-74: Back row, Emmett Bennett, N. G. L. Hammond, S. Grosseclose, Max Baecaumer, John Phelan, Robert Drews, Jurgen Eichhoff, Eugene Ryan, Jerome Taylor, David Cronon, Front row: Phil Hesrring, Ruth-Ellen Joeres, Madeleine Doran, Loretta Freiling, Lloyd Gunderson, Friedrich Solmsen
IRH Fellows, 1974-75: Back row: Emmett Bennett, Loretta Freiling, David Cronon, Ronald Lightbrown, Robert M. Kingdon, David C. Lindberg, Christopher Kleinhenz, Joseph Wiesenfarth, Max Baeumer Front row: Marcia Colish, Madeleine Doran, Helmut Kreuzer, Biruté Ciplijauskaite, James Stephens
IRH Fellows, 1975-76: Back row: Emmett Bennet, Ivan Soll, David Bathrick, Fred Miller Third row: Loretta Freiling, Robert Frykenberg Second row: Jon Moline, Michael Petrovich First row: Ardath McKee, Biruté Ciplijauskaite, Max Baeumer, Robert M. Kingdon, Lawrence Johnson
IRH Fellows, 1976-77: Back row: William Weary, Nicholas Visser, Walter Hinderer, John Tedeschi Third row: Loretta Freiling, Robert M. Kingdon, Emmett Bennett, John Cooper, Second row: Fannie Le Moine, Biruté Ciplijauskaite, Sydney Levy First row: Madeleine Doran, Edward Wilson, Richard Schwartz
IRH Fellows, 1977-78: Back row: Emmett Bennett, Nicholas Visser, Keith Yandell, Max Baeumer, John Harrison, Philip Harth, Frank Gentry, Frank Clover, Biruté Ciplijauskaite, Loretta Freiling, Al Senn Front row: Marcia Jacobson, Darilyn Bock, Robert M. Kingdon, Nicholas Hammond, Susan Flader
IRH Fellows, 1978-79: Back row: William Prior, David Lovejoy, William Coleman, Sargent Bush, Joe Snow, Jurgen Herbst, Phillip Harth, Emmett Bennett Middle row: Michael Screech, Robert M. Kingdon, Loretta Freiling, Biruté Ciplijauskaite First row: Vincent Carretta, Madeleine Doran, Max Baeumer, Ted Karp
IRH Fellows, 1979-80: Back row: Emmett Bennett, Marcel Muller, Edward Gargan, Peter Smith Fourth row: Dale Van Kley, Rudolf E. Kuenzli, Christopher Stocker Third row: Theodore Hamerow, Edward Thompson, Phillip Harth Second row: Loretta Freiling, Biruté Ciplijauskaite, William Andrews First row: Madeleine Doran, Max Baeumer, Jane Donawerth
IRH Fellows, 1980-81: Back row: Loretta Freiling, Emmett Bennett, Phillip Harth, Kathleen Shelton, Reinhold Grimm, Inca Rumold, Rainer Rumold, Kenneth Sacks Front row: Robert M. Kingdon, Sherry Reames, Kiril Taranovsky, Biruté Ciplijauskaite, Madeleine Doran, Max Baeumer
IRH Fellows, 1981-82: Back row: Aldo Scaglione, Edward Coffman, Max Baeumer, Biruté Ciplijauskaite, Michael Fox, Loretta Freiling, Phillip Harth, Emmett Bennett Front row: Allen George Debus, Robert M. Kingdon, Madeleine Doran, Joan King, Lee Mitchell, Gail Geiger
IRH Fellows, 1982-83: Back row: Robert M. Kingdon, Donald Crawford, Alexander Silbiger, Steve Orso, James Miller, Stanley Payne, Phillip Harth, Max Baeumer, Emmett Bennett Front row: Emiko Ohnuki-Tiernay, Walter Hinck, Madeleine Doran, Thompson Webb, Mary Reardon, Loretta Freiling
IRH Fellows, 1983-84: Back row: Olga Montero, Robert M. Kingdon, Loretta Freiling, Max Baeumer, Marcus Singer, Phillip Harth, Emmett Bennett, Bruce Redford, Lynn Martin, Tom Shick Front Row: Lynn Keller, Biruté Ciplijauskaite, Thomas Palaima (with Tater), James McFarlane, Madeleine Doran, A. K. Narain
IRH Fellows, 1984-85: Back row: John Tedeschi, Max Baeumer, M. MacDonald, Emmett Bennett, Phillip Harth, Jeffrey Steele, Kathryn Hoffman, W. Vosskamp, J. Kloczowski, Stephen Humphreys Front row: Sharon Granke, Madeleine Doran, Henry Kamen, Robert M. Kingdon, Loretta Freiling, Denise Schmandt-Besserat
IRH Fellows, 1985-86: Back row: Virginia Wolf, Sharon Granke, John Tedeschi, Sal Calomino, Robert M. Kingdon, Stephen Lucas, Stuart Brades, Peter Burkholder, Mary Pinkerton, William Eamon, Loretta Freiling, Kevin Van Anglen, Eric Rothstein Front row: Dena Goodman, Emmett Bennett, Menahem Haran, Madeleine Doran, Biruté Ciplijauskaite, Max Baeumer
IRH Fellows, 1986-87: Back row: Susan Friedman, Lauren Berlant, Erna Kelly, John Tedschi, Yu-sheng Lin, Charles Cohen, John Friedman, Steven Orso, Phillip Harth, Loretta Freiling, Howard Weinbrot, Craig Werner, Benjamin Rhodes Front row: Robin Wallace, Sharon Granke, James Stokes, Madeleine Doran, Biruté Ciplijauskaite, Max Baeumer, Robert M. Kingdon
IRH Fellows, 1987-88: Back row: Loretta Freiling, Phillip Harth, Sharon Granke, Emmett Bennett, Max Baeumer Third row: H. Posthumus-Meyjes, Anthony Cutler, Florencia Mallon, Robert M. Kingdon Second row: Vasili Aravantinos, David C. Lindberg, Suzanne Desan First row: Claire Farago, Joshua Scodel, M. Aravantinos, Richard Hogan, David Bordwell, Ullrich Langer
IRH Fellows, 1988-89: Back row: Jan Golinski, Loretta Freiling, Phillip Harth, Max Baeumer, Wendy Dickinson, Frank Clover, Steven Hutchinson, Emmett Bennett Middle row: James Jaffe, Faye Getz, Larry Earp, Biruté Ciplijauskaite, Margot Peters, Jane Bowers Front row: Lawrence Earp, Robert Wolensky, David C. Lindberg, Jane Tylus, Lawrence Klein, Robert M. Kingdon
IRH Fellows, 1989-90: Back row: Susan Stevens, Klaus Berghahn, Loretta Freiling, Heinz Schilling, Phillip Harth, Ben Harris, Richard Knowles, William Skelton, Emmett Bennett, David Cartwright, Michael Shank, John Bennet Front row: Kathryn Lindberg, Paul Boyer, Mary Layoun, Robert M. Kingdon, David C. Lindberg, David Cronon, Linda Gordon, Kristen Thompson, wm. Courtenay, Julie Smith
IRH Fellows, 1990-91: Back row: Dennis Martin, Merry Wiesner-Hanks, Susan Stevens, John Scarborough, Douglas Kelly, Alberto Moreiras Third row: William Courtenay, Stanley Kutler, Robert M. Kingdon, Phillip Harth, Verena Conley, Tom Conley, Loretta Freiling, Donald Crafton Second row: George Wright, Jane Schulenburg, Paul Boyer, David Cronon, Peter Jones, Margarita Zamora, Klaus Berghahn First row: Emiko Ohnuki-Tierney, Martine Debaisieux, David C. Lindberg, Biruté Ciplijauskaite, John Paul
IRH Fellows, 1991-92: Back row: Rudy Koshar, John Buenker, Matt Kramer, Steve Nadler (with Benjamin), Loretta Freiling, Phillip Harth, Douglas Kelly Third row: Emmett Bennett, James Lorence, Robert M. Kingdon, Biruté Ciplijauskaite, James Stoke Second row: E. David Cronon, Paul Boyer, David C. Lindberg, Nellie Y. McKay, Klaus Berghahn First row: R. Anderson Sutton, Maarten Hoenen, Charles Camic
IRH Fellows, 1992-93: Back row: Ian Morris, Phillip Harth, Kees van der Kooi, Anatoly Khazanov, William Cronon, Guido Podesta Third row: Matthew Kramer, James Dean, Erik Thurin, Loretta Freiling, Biruté Ciplijauskaite, Douglas Kelly, Jan Miernowski Second row: David Cronon, Martin Tweedale, Robert M. Kingdon, Dennis Feeney, Klaus Berghahn First row: Paul Boyer, Heather Dubrow, David Sorkin, Panivong Norindr, David Lowenstein, William Courtenay, David C. Lindberg
IRH Fellows, 1993-94: Back row: Matthew Kramer, Douglas Kelly Andrew O’Shaughnessy, Richard Goodkin, André Wink Third row: Phillip Harth, David McDonald, David Cronon, Robert M. Kingdon, Walter Goffart, Judith Leavitt, Jennifer Ham, Klaus Berghahn Second row: Loretta Freiling, John Roberts, Biruté Ciplijauskaite, Keping (Kelly) Weang, Justin London First row: David C. Lindberg, David Bordwell, Paul Boyer, Stefania Bluccini, Margaret Atherton, Mark Bassin
IRH Fellows, 1994-95: Back row: Christopher Rowe, Emmett Bennett, Phillip Harth, Simon Sibelman, Douglas Kelly Third row: Loretta Freiling, Susanne Wofford, Sally Kent, Robert Storch, Neil Whitehead, Bron Taylor Second row: Susan Friedman, John Killen, Kathleen Wilson, Gretchen Kreuter, Robin Lefere, Patrick Rumble First row: Paul Boyer, Jeanne Boydston, Barbara Goff, Heather Dubrow, Biruté Ciplijauskaite, David Bordwell, Kirk Freudenburg
IRH Fellows, 1995-96: Back row: Emmett Bennett, Cristina Ortiz, Robert M. Kingdon, Jack Kugelmass, Phillip Harth, Loretta Freiling, William De Boer Third row: Jarle Simensen, Emily Bartels, Imtiaz Moosa, Marcy North, Kathleen Corley, Tomislav Longinović Second row: Heather Dubrow, Stanley Payne, Joseph Manning, Sally Banes, Izaly Zemtsovsky, Quitman Eugene (Gene) Phillips First row: John Stenhouse, Renne Baernstein, Paul Boyer, Biruté Ciplijauskaite, David Bordwell, Rachel Brenner, Susan Brewer
IRH Fellows, 1996-97: Back row: Fabien Capeilleres, Stanley Payne, Laura Weigert, B. Malone, Richard Flores, Gordon Hutner, Benjamin Kaplan, David Crook Third row: Phillip Harth, R. Baccolini, Loretta Freiling, Joseph Reed, Timothy Dykstal Second row: Kirk Ormand (Kevin), Michael O’Brien, Sharon Hutchinson, Biruté Ciplijauskaite, David Bordwell, Mark Kleinman Front row: Robert M. Kingdon, Theresa Kaminski, Gretchen Kreuter, Paul Boyer, Ken’ichi Takahashi, Thongchai Winichakul
IRH Fellows, 1997-98: Back row: Loretta Freiling, David Bordwell, James Sstokes, William T. Lawlor, Giuseppe Ghini Middle row: Michael Murray, Noël Carroll, Gretchen Kreuter, Ole O. Moen, Wayne Wiegand, Lynn Courtenay, George Wright, Susan Friedman, Phillip Harth Front row: David Woodward, Heather Dubrow, Ronald Radano, Paul Boyer, Andrew Riggsby, Patricia Rosenmeyer, Frances Foster, Elena Levy-Navarro
IRH Fellows, 1998-99: Back Row: Noël Carroll, Rudy Koshar, Phillip Harth, Loretta Freiling, Victoria Morse, Philip Gorski Third row: Kirk Ormand, Stanley Payne, Daniel Brownstein, Franca Barricelli, David Woodward Second row: Jane Schulenburg, Edward Linenthal, Heather Dubrow, Barbara Butler, Robert M. Kingdon First row: Alger Doane, David Sorkin, Paul Boyer, Rachana Kamtekar (Owais Noorani-Kamtekar), Donna Wong, David Schalkwyk
IRH Fellows, 1999-2000: Back row: Kimberly Rivers, Florence Vatan, Rudy Koshar, Michael Driedger, David Schalkwyk, Loretta Freiling, Robert M. Kingdon Third row: Seth Meisel, Lynn K. Nyhart, David Woodward, Michelle Fontaine, Stanley Payne Second row: Michael Shank, Pamela Potter, Lynn Keller, Claudia Egerer, Anthony Michels Front row: John Coletti, Phillip Harth, Paul Boyer, Naranyana Rao, Florencia Mallon, David Sorkin
IRH Fellows, 2000-01: Back row: Jeffrey Bowman, Noël Carroll, Stephan Jaeger, Robert M. Kingdon, M. Bernard-Donals, Evgeny Zaitsev Third row: David Coury, Loretta Freiling, Phillip Harth, Florence Vatan, Rudy Koshar, Matthew Roller, Emmett Bennett Second row: Soon-Ai (Vicki) low, Ullrich Langer, Florencia Mallon, David Sorkin, David Woodward Front row: Michael Shank, Silvia Montiglio, Paul Boyer, Roberta Maguire, Valentina Peguero, Mark Chavalas
IRH Fellows, 2001-02: Back row: Noël Carroll, Paul Boyer, Robert M. Kingdon, Loretta Freiling, Scott Bruce, Stephan Jaeger, Deborah Buffton, Michael Shank, Rudy Koshar, Jesus Cuellar Middle row: Paula Gottlieb, David Woodward, Ignacio Navarrete, Ullrich Langer, Jeanie Grant Moore, Lynn Keller, Florencia Mallon, Laura McClure, John Longeway, Susan Lape Front row: Phillip Harth, Nicholas Rand, Biruté Ciplijauskaite, Sally Banes, Emmett Bennett, Margarita Zamora, Rob Nixon
IRH Fellows, 2002-03: Back row: Lee Wandel, Emmett Bennett, Robert M. Kingdon, Phillip Harth, Charles Hedrick, Corianne Demsey, James Stokes Third row: Joann Skrypzak, Hong Jiang, Marjorie Rhine, Hans Blom, Ullrich Langer, David Lowenstein, Second row: Amanda Wunder, Henry Drewal, Florencia Mallon, Loretta Freiling, Biruté Ciplijauskaite Front row: David Lindgerg, Rebecca Walkowitz, Leonid Beliaev, Claudia Card, Michael Shank
IRH Fellows, 2003-04: Back row: Gabriel Herman, Johannes Heil, Loretta Freiling, Robert M. Kingdon, Robert LaFleur Third row: Tom Broman, Andrew Laird, David Williams, Frank Salomon, Florencia Mallon Second row: Nan Enstad, Julia K. Murray, David Lowenstein, Michael Shank, Zhou Yongming Front row: Theresa Vatan, Theresa Kelley, David Sorkin, Biruté Ciplijauskaite, Claudia Card
IRH Fellows, 2004-05: Back row: Andrew Merrills, Loretta Freiling, Phillip Harth, Robert M. Kingdon, Mary Louise Roberts, Carlos Galvao-Sobrinho, David Morgan, John Niles Third row: David Chan, Steven Johnstone, Florencia Mallon, David Lowenstein, Anne Enke Second row: Barbara Obrist, Judith Kornblatt, David Sorkin, Gina Bloom, Stacey Smith Front row: Biruté Ciplijauskaite, Ullrich Langer, José Lanters, Cynthia Miller, Claudia Card
IRH Fellows, 2005-06: Back row: Michael Kulikowski, Lee Wandel, Anthony Corbeill, David Morgan, Dale Van Kley, Tejumola Olaniyan, Loretta Freiling, Paul Erickson, Rainer Godel Third row: Richard Boyd, Jean B. Lee, Frank Salomon, John Niles, James Stokes Second row: Robert M. Kingdon, Marc Silberman, Katherine Bowie, Ernesto Livorni, V. N. Rao, Cyrena Pondrom Front row: Yotam Hotam, Hilary Teynor, David Sorkin, Guillemina De Ferrari, Claudia Card, Biruté Ciplijauskaite
IRH Fellows, 2006-07: Thongchail Winichakul, Jean B. Lee, David Morgan, Jack Niles, Richard Keyser, Lee Wandel, Loretta Freiling, Tom Safley, Don Davis Middle row: Michael Lower, Katja Vehlow, Gudrun Bühnemann, Rachel Buff, Robert M. Kingdon, Leah DeVun Front row: Claudia Card, Lianna Farber, David Sorkin, Frank Salomon, Biruté Ciplijauskaite, Jill Casid