Announcements
INCOMING FELLOWS 2008-2009
The Alice Kaplan Institute for the Humanities has named seven Fellows for the 2008-2009 academic year, plus one Library Fellow. Read more >>
INCOMING FACULTY AND GRADUATE AFFILIATES 2008-2009
All NU faculty and advanced doctoral students from across the University are invited to apply to become Institute Faculty and Graduate Affiliates. Read more >>
RESEARCH WORKSHOPS 2008-2009
The Alice Kaplan Institute for the Humanities is pleased to announce the 2008-2009 Research Workshops. Read more >>
FACULTY NEWS
Ken Alder, Professor of History, Milton H. Wilson Professor in the Humanities, Director, Science in Human Culture Program, Humanities Institute Council member, and outgoing Director of the Kaplan Humanities Scholars Program, has been awarded a 2008 Guggenheim Fellowship.
Edward Muir, Professor of History, Clarence L. Ver Steeg Professor in the Arts and Sciences, and Humanities Institute Council member, has been awarded a National Endowment Fellowship at the Newberry Library for 2008-2009.
Upcoming Events
2008-2009 LECTURE SERIES
Hayden White
University Professor Emeritus, University of California, Santa Cruz and Professor of Comparative Literature, Stanford University
"The Practical Past."
Wednesday, October 15, 5:00 pm
McCormick Tribune Forum
Carlo Ginzburg
Scuola Normale Superiore, Pisa and Professor Emeritus, History Department, UCLA
"The Invisible Text: Dante on Reading and Writing"
Wednesday, January 14, 5:00 pm
Hardin Hall
Kay Kaufman Shelemay
G. Gordon Watts Professor of Music and Professor of African and African American Studies, Harvard University
"'Traveling Music': Mulatu Astatke and the Genesis of Ethio-Jazz."
Wednesday, May 6, 5:00 pm
Hardin Hall
The 2008-2009 Lecture Series is made possible in part by the generous support of the Harris Lecture Fund, these lectures are FREE and OPEN TO THE PUBLIC.
Evanston Northwestern Humanities Lecture Series
Jeffrey Garrett
"Screams and Smiles: The Cultural Anthropology of Children's Book Illustration."
Thursday, October 23, 7:00 p.m.
This series is sponsored by the Kaplan Institute for the Humanities and the Evanston Public Library and is open to the public.
