“A Woman Is Not Created Mute: An Ethnography of Gender and Voice on Islamic Radio in Tanga, Tanzania”
News and Announcements
Short news items relevant to the Institute and current or past fellows including award announcements, calls for papers, new fellowship offerings, new publications, and changes at the IRH.
Lisa H. Cooper to lead artist discussion at Abel Gallery
Lisa will moderate a talk with three painters featured in the gallery’s “Modern Medieval” exhibit.
Michelle Karnes wins Medieval Academy of America’s Jerome Singerman Prize
The prize is awarded annually for the Best Second Monograph in Medieval Studies.
Jeremy Morris featured in L&S article
Jeremy talks about how AI may impact the music industry.
Allyson Gross to begin faculty position at UT Austin in August
Allyson has accepted a position as Assistant Professor of Rhetoric and Writing.
IRH Winter 2026 Newsletter is now out!
Featuring interviews with current fellows, an announcement of a new AI research center, and trivia!
New article by Lisa H. Cooper
“Knives out: Culinary violence, alimentary texture, and Chaucerian character”
New book by Jeremy Phillip Brown
A World of Piety: The Aims of Castilian Kabbalah
Book edited by Jack Stetter now out
The Edinburgh Critical History of Early Modern and Enlightenment Philosophy
New article by Jeremy Phillip Brown
“God as Androgyne in Medieval Kabbalah: Toward a History of the Doctrine”