Category: 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.

Viacheslav Zahorodniuk wins Hume Studies essay prize

The essay, "Painted Red: The Soviet Interpretations of Hume’s Epistemology," will be published in November 2025.

Book by Elizabeth Athens shortlisted for Athenaeum of Philadelphia Literary Award

Winners of the award will be announced on April 7, 2025.

Viacheslav Zahorodniuk to give talk for CREECA

The talk is entitled "Writing the Soviet History of Philosophy in the 1960s–1980s."

Lisa H. Cooper to give Friday lunch talk at Center for the Humanities

The talk is entitled "Knives Out: Medieval Recipes, Culinary Violence, and Literary Character"

New article by Kristin Phillips-Court now published

The article is entitled "Vasari's Other Poet."

Winter 2025 IRH Newsletter is now out!

Featuring interviews with current and former fellows and a crossword puzzle.

“The Humanities Respond to Global Challenges” 2025 Seed Program now accepting applications

New Grant Opportunity for UW Faculty

New article by Lisa H. Cooper now published

The article is entitled "Perpetual Illumination: The Ordinal of Alchemy and Another Technology of the Self."

Brittle Paper releases “100 Notable African Books of 2024” list

The list features books of a variety of genres, including speculative fiction, mystery, thriller, experimental, memoirs, and dramas.

Marla Ramírez to give Friday Lunch Talk at the Center for the Humanities

The talk is entitled "Banished Women: A Hidden History of Mexican Repatriation."