Elizabeth Hennessy interviewed about her latest book “On the Backs of Tortoises: Darwin, the Galapagos, and the Fate of an Evolutionary Eden.”
News and Announcements
Short news items relevant to the Institute and current or past fellows including award announcements, calls for papers, new fellowship offerings, and significant changes to IRH policies.
Nandini Pandey Awarded The CAMWS 2020 First Book Award
Dr. Pandey’s “The Poetics of Power in Augustan Rome: Latin Poetic Responses to Early Imperial Iconography” (Cambridge University Press, 2018) honored.
Erica Kanesaka Kalnay Honored with Campus-Wide TA Award
IRH Doran Dissertation Fellow honored with Exceptional Service Award.
National Endowment for the Humanities Application-Writing Workshops Announced
L&S and IRH will host Mary Macklem from the NEH for a series of application-writing workshops on Thursday, February 20, 2020.
IRH Announces UW-Madison Faculty Fellows for 2020-2021
IRH Director Steven Nadler is pleased to announce the 2020-2021 faculty cohort.
Campus Mourns Teju Olaniyan, Renowned Scholar of the African Diaspora
Former IRH Senior Fellow Tejumola (Teju) Olaniyan died suddenly at his home in Madison on November 30th.
Erica Kanesaka Kalnay Publishes “Beatrix Potter’s Mycological Aesthetics”
IRH Doran Dissertation Fellow publishes in the Oxford Literary Review.
Biruté Ciplijauskaité Fellowship Deadline Extended
The application deadline for the 2020-2021 Biruté Ciplijauskaité Fellowship has been extended to Monday, December 2, 2019.
Maren Elisabeth Schwab Publishes “Grasping Antiquity“ (“Antike begreifen”)
Friend of IRH Maren Elisabeth Schwab publishes book “Grasping Antiquity.“
Jennifer Gaddis Book Featured in WI Book Festival
Former IRH Resident Fellow Jennifer Gaddis’s new book will be featured as part of the 2019 Wisconsin Book Festival.