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.

Monica White is featured in Madison Magazine

Monica White, IRH Race, Ethnicity, and Indigeneity Fellow (2020-2021), is featured in an article in Madison Magazine (November 2020 Issue)

Simon Newman’s article is awarded the Sutherland Prize for the best article related to British legal history

Simon Newman's article “Freedom-seeking slaves in England and Scotland, 1700-1780,” English Historical Review, was awarded the Sutherland Prize for the best article related to British legal history.

Monica White Receives Outstanding Women of Color Award

Monica White, Race, Ethnicity, and Indigeneity Fellow (2020-2021), received the Outstanding Women of Color Award.

Amy Burnett’s Debating the Sacraments (2019) awarded the Gerald Strauss Prize

Debating the Sacraments (2019) written by Amy Burnett, Solmsen Fellow (2020-2021), was awarded the Gerald Strauss Prize by the Sixteenth Century Society & Conference.

Cherene Sherrard-Johnson featured in OnWisconsin

Cherene Sherrard-Johnson, Senior Race, Ethnicity, and Indigeneity Fellow (2017-2021), and Amaud Jamaul Johnson are featured in an OnWisconsin article titled "Poetry of the Moment."

Elizabeth Hennessy “Tortoises All the Way Down” Lecture

Elizabeth Hennessy, IRH Resident Fellowship (2017-2018), is giving a lecture on Nov. 18th, 2020 from 6:30 PM - 7:30 PM (CST).

Simon Balto, IRH ACLS Postdoctoral Resident Fellow, awarded the 2019 Hooks National Book Award

Simon Balto, IRH ACLS Postdoctoral Resident Fellow, has been awarded the 2019 Hooks National Book Award

Think Least of Death by Steven Nadler in the New Yorker

Think Least of Death: Spinoza on How to Live and How to Die, by IRH Director, Steven Nadler, appeared in the “Books” section of the October 5th 2020 issue of the New Yorker. Click here for more information.

Grimoire by Cherene Sherrard-Johnson in the NY Times Book Review

Senior Race, Ethnicity, and Indigeneity Fellow Cherene Sherrard-Johnson’s book Grimoire was recently mentioned in the New York Times Book Review. Click here for more information.

External Fellowships and Residencies Applications

In light of the COVID-19 pandemic and the extreme slow-down at U.S. embassies in issuing visas, we encourage international scholars (i.e., non-U.S. citizens) living outside of the United States not to apply this year for Solmsen, Kingdon, or Ciplijauskaité Fellowships for 2021-2022, but to wait until next year’s competition.