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.

Sara Trevisan Writes about “History and tradition”

Solmsen Fellow Sara Trevisan publishes “History and tradition: Genealogical practice before 1700” on the Public History Commons. For more information, click here. 

Incoming Fellows for 2015-2016

The Institute for Research in the Humanities is pleased to accounce its Fellows for the 2015-2016 academic year. For the names of incoming fellows, click here. 

Costica Bradatan Publishes Dying for Ideas: The Dangerous Lives of Philosophers

Former Solmsen Fellow Costica Bradatan has published Dying for Ideas: The Dangerous Lives of Philosophers with Bloomsbury Academic. For more information, click here.

Karen Britland, Jordan Zweck, and Craig Werner Receive Distinguished Teaching Awards

Former Resident Fellows Karen Britland and Jordan Zweck and former Senior Fellow Craig Werner were selected to receive three of the twelve UW–Madison Distinguished Teaching Awards granted this year. For more information, click here. 

Darien Lamen Receives Multimedia Award

Mellon Postdoctoral Fellow Darien Lamen has received the Multimedia Award from Wisconsin Without Borders for his documentary, created in collaboration with Commissǎo Pastoral da Terra-Anapu, Pará Brazil and entitled “Caminhando e Cantando (Walking and Singing): The Pilgrimage of the Forest in the Brazilian Amazon” (2014). For more information, click here.