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.

Louis Betty Publishes Without God: Michel Houellebecq and Materialist Horror

Former UW System Fellow Louis Betty has published Without God: Michel Houellebecq and Materialist Horror. For more information, click here.

Leslie Bow Featured in Wisconsin State Journal

Senior Fellow Leslie Bow’s opinion piece on Snapchat’s racial filter has been featured in the Wisconsin State Journal. For more information, click here.

Marguerite Helmers Publishes Harry Clarke’s War

Former UW System Fellow Marguerite Helmers has published Harry Clarke’s War: Illustrations for Ireland’s Memorial Records, 1914-1918. For more information, click here.

Theresa Kaminsky to Give Talk on Book Angels of the Underground

Former UW System Fellow Theresa Kaminski will be giving a talk Thursday, June 16th at Mystery to Me on her recent book, Angels of the Underground: The American Women who Resisted the Japanese in the Philippines in World War II, published through Oxford University Press. For more information, click here.

Susan Brewer Publishes Why America Fights

Former UW System Fellow Susan Brewer has published Why America Fights: Patriotism and War Propaganda from the Philippines to Iraq. For more information, click here.

Patrick William Kelly to Publish with Cambridge University Press

A.W. Mellon Postdoctoral Fellow Patrick William Kelly has been awarded a book contract with Cambridge University Press for his work entitled Sovereign Emergencies: Latin America and the Making of Global Human Rights Politics. 

IRH Announces New and Returning Fellows for 2016-2017

The Institute for Research in the Humanities has chosen the fellows for the upcoming 2016-2017 academic year. This year the IRH will be supporting over forty fellows from diverse fields within the humanities. Click here for a full list of fellows.

Vincent Lloyd Publishes Black Natural Law

Kingdon Fellow Vincent Lloyd has published Black Natural Law through Oxford University Press. For more information, click here.

Anthony W. Fontes Receives Harry Frank Guggenheim Foundation Grant

A. W. Mellon Foundation Postdoctoral Fellow Anthony W. Fontes has received a Harry Frank Guggenheim Foundation Grant, in conjunction with a colleague, for research on drug related violence in Central Asia and South America.

Esther Eidinow Publishes Envy, Poison, and Death

Former Solmsen Fellow Esther Eidinow has published Envy, Poison, and Death: Women on Trial in Ancient Athens. For more information, click here.