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.

Steven Nadler Co-publishes Graphic Novel

IRH Senior Fellow Steven Nadler has co-published the graphic novel Heretics! with Ben Nadler. For more information, click here.

Anthony W. Fontes Publishes Op-Ed

A.W. Mellon Postdoctoral Fellow Anthony W. Fontes published and Op-Ed in The New York Times entitled “The American Dream Meets a Central American Nightmare.” For more information, click here.

Elaine Fisher Publishes Book

Former A.W. Mellon Postdoctoral Fellow Elaine Fischer has published the book Hindu Pluralism: Religion and the Public Sphere in Early Modern South India. For more information, click here.

Daniel Kapust and Helen Kinsella Publish Co-edited Book

Former IRH Resident Fellows Daniel Kapust and Helen Kinsella have published the co-edited book Comparative Political Theory in Time and Place: Theory’s Landscapes. For more information, click here.

Theresa Kelley to Present at Holtz Center

IRH Senior Fellow Theresa Kelley will give a presentation entitled “Ripe or Overripe? Rethinking Analogy Between Literature and Science” for the Robert F. and jean E. Holtz Center for Science & Technology on Thursday, January 26 at 12:30 in Social Science Building Room 8411. For more information click here.

Brian Sandberg Publishes War and Conflict in the Early Modern World: 1500 – 1700

Former Solmsen Fellow Brian Sandberg has published War and Conflict in the Early Modern World: 1500 – 1700. For more information, click here.

Daegan Miller Joins Global Health Institute and Health and Air Quality Applied Sciences Team

Former A. W. Mellon Postdoctoral Fellow Daegan Miller has joined the Global Health Institute and the Health and Air Quality Applied Sciences Team as grant writer and communications coordinator. For more information click here.

David Ebrey Seminar Schedule Change (10/4)

David Ebrey’s Institute for Research in the Humanities seminar, “Plato’s Phaedo: The Initiation of a Philosopher,” has been rescheduled to Tuesday, October 4, 2016, 3:30-5:00 pm in Room 212, University Club Building. Refreshments will be available at 3:00-3:30pm in Room 211 for informal conversation. A follow-up discussion of David’s presentation will take place on Wednesday, …

Alex Dressler Publishes Personification and the Feminine in Roman Philosophy

Former UW Resident Fellow Alex Dressler has published Personification and the Feminine in Roman Philosophy. For more information, click here.

Steve Stern Receives Honorary Doctorate

Senior Fellow Steve Stern was awarded an honorary doctorate from the Catholic University of Peru for his “significant contributions to the development of current studies on history and society in Latin America and Peru.” For more information, click here (link in Spanish).