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.

Allyson Gross to begin faculty position at UT Austin in August

Allyson has accepted a position as Assistant Professor of Rhetoric and Writing.

IRH Winter 2026 Newsletter is now out!

Featuring interviews with current fellows, an announcement of a new AI research center, and trivia!

New article by Lisa H. Cooper

"Knives out: Culinary violence, alimentary texture, and Chaucerian character"

New book by Jeremy Phillip Brown

A World of Piety: The Aims of Castilian Kabbalah

Book edited by Jack Stetter now out

The Edinburgh Critical History of Early Modern and Enlightenment Philosophy

New article by Jeremy Phillip Brown

"God as Androgyne in Medieval Kabbalah: Toward a History of the Doctrine"

Darshana Sreedhar Mini receives book prize honorable mention

Her book Rated A: Soft-Porn Cinema and Mediations of Desire in India was recognized by the MLA's Scaglione Prize.

Event Wrap-up: Dragoncillo performs at Wisconsin Book Festival

The event delighted adults and children alike!

New book by Brandon Smith

The Search for Mind–Body Flourishing in Spinoza’s Eudaimonism

Event Recap

Grace Delmolino at Vassar, and Jill Casid at IAVC conference.