A.W. Mellon Postdoctoral Fellow Lisa Ruth Rand‘s research has been featured in the History Channel web article “How Our Galactic Garbage May Come Back to Haunt Us.” Read the full article here.
IRH Senior Fellow Lynn K. Nyhart has published the co-edited interdisciplinary book Biological Individuality: Integrating Scientific, Philosophical, and Historical Perspectives. Click here for more information.
UW Faculty Russ Castronovo (English), Stephen Kantrowitz (History, IRH Senior Fellow) and Christy Clark-Pujara (Afro-American Studies) will discuss Charlottesville on September 14th as part of the “Humanities NOW” lecture series. For more information, see here.
Former Solmsen Fellow Michael D. Bailey has published Magic: The Basics. For more information on the book, see here.
Former IRH Fellows Pablo F. Gómez (Medical History and Bioethics, UW–Madison) and Víctor Goldgel-Carbello (Spanish & Portuguese, UW–Madison) will convene a symposium titled Sensing the Caribbean: Art, Culture, History, and the “Sensory Turn” in September. For more details, see event poster.
The Institute for Research in the Humanities has chosen the University of Wisconsin fellows for the upcoming 2017-18 academic year. Click here for a full list of UW fellows.
Former IRH Honorary Fellow Devaleena Das has published the co-edited volume Claiming Space for Australian Women’s Writing. For more information, click here.
Katie Apsey will be joining the IRH staff soon as the incoming PA. She has worked most recently at the College Art Association as Manager of Programs helping to run CAA’s annual conference, award juries, and professional development programs. For more information on her previous work, click here.
Biruté Ciplijauskaité, lifetime senior fellow at the Institute for Research in the Humanities from 1974 until her retirement in 1997, passed away peacefully on June 19, 2017. Professor Ciplijauskaité was a prolific researcher, writing twelve books and penning over one hundred articles throughout her career. She was also consistently engaged with the IRH community, even …
IRH PA Danny Kim will join the faculty of Portland State University through a Korea Foundation grant this fall. For more information, click here.
