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.

Event: “Early Modern Otherworlds” presented by the Center for Early Modern Studies

Featuring a presentation by IRH open-topic senior fellow Mario Ortiz-Robles.

Mario Ortiz-Robles Focus on the Humanities Lecture

Rewilding the Zoo: Animal Captivity and the Future of Extinction

New book by IRH fellow Esther Fernández

El Alma (Inst. Nacional de Artes Escenicas y de Teatro, 2024)

New book by IRH fellow Elizabeth Athens

William Bartrand's Visual Wonders: The Drawings of an American Naturalist (University of Pittsburgh Press, 2024)

New book by former IRH fellow Susan A. Brewer

The Best Land (Cornell University Press, 2024)

Darshana Sreedhar Mini to give lecture for the Center for Visual Cultures

The lecture will be based on Darshana's new book, Rated A: Soft-Porn Cinema and Mediations of Desire in India.

Allison M. Prasch to give University Roundtable talk

The talk is entitled "Why U.S. Presidential Rhetoric Still Matters."

Daniel Davies featured in University of Houston article

Daniel discusses his research and IRH Solmsen Fellowship with his home institution.

Save the date for Anne C. Vila’s Burdick-Vary symposium

February 28, 2025. Location and time TBD.

Daniel Kapust appointed College of Letters & Science Honors Program director

IRH congratulates Dan on his new position.