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.

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.

New and Returning IRH Fellows for 2019-2020

IRH Director Steven Nadler is pleased to announce the 2019-2020 Fellow Cohort.

William J. Courtenay Publishes “Rituals for the Dead…”

In his new book, based on the Conway Lectures he delivered at Notre Dame in 2016, Courtenay examines aspects of the religious life of one medieval institution, the University of Paris, in the 13th and 14th centuries.