News & Stories
Dr. Rachel Hardeman named to TIME’s annual TIME100 list of the 100 most influential people in the world
Dr. Rachel Hardeman, former IAS Residential Faculty Fellow and founding director of the Center for Antiracism for Health Equity, has been named to the 2024 TIME100, TIME's annual list of the 100 most influential people in the world.
Treasure Tinsley: Exploring the Racial Politics of Urban Renewal in Cedar-Riverside
Treasure Tinsley, 2023-2024 Interdisciplinary Doctoral Fellow at the Institute for Advanced Study, discusses the clash between top-down development and community resilience in the local neighborhood of Cedar-Riverside. Her research uncovers the racial and gender dynamics shaping the urban landscape.
Former IAS Residential Fellow Michael Lackey Named Obama Institute Fellow
Former IAS Residential Fellow (Spring 2009) and University of Minnesota Morris Professor of English Michael Lackey is one of five scholars from across the United States to be invited to lecture and work at Johannes Gutenberg University Mainz as part of the Obama Fellowship program.
Announcing the 2024–2025 IAS Interdisciplinary Doctoral Fellows!
We are delighted to announce the Interdisciplinary Doctoral Fellows joining the Institute for Advanced Study for 2024–2025: Tyler Akeem Anderson (American Studies) and Richard Lim (American Studies).
Announcing the 2024–2025 IAS Residential Faculty Fellows!
The Institute for Advanced Study is delighted to announce our Residential Faculty Fellows for 2024–2025. Together with our Interdisciplinary Doctoral Fellows and other scholars in residence, they constitute a supportive interdisciplinary intellectual community in which they work intensively on their own research and creative projects and gather regularly to collaborate, discuss their work, and exchange ideas.
Announcing the 2023–2024 IAS Faculty Fellows!
We are delighted to announce the IAS Residential Faculty Fellows for 2023–2024. Faculty fellows spend a semester in residence at the IAS. Together with our Interdisciplinary Doctoral Fellows, they constitute a supportive interdisciplinary intellectual community.
Announcing the Summer 2022 MnDRIVE Human in the Data Fellows!
We are pleased to announce that eight graduate students from the University of Minnesota have been selected to participate in the Summer 2022 MnDRIVE Human in the Data Fellowship. Each fellow will receive $7,000 as well as a range of professional development opportunities while participating in the summer cohort to pursue a range of interdisciplinary projects.
Meet IAS Residential Fellow Shaden M. Tageldin
Shaden M. Tageldin is associate professor in the Department of Cultural Studies and Comparative Literature at the University of Minnesota Twin Cities. She joins the IAS as a residential faculty fellow for Spring 2022. Shaden is at work on a project titled The Place of Africa, in Theory: Of Continents and Their Doscontents, which asks the question, “What would it mean to center Africa in a reinterpretation of the global politics by which the world’s literatures and cultures came into comparative perspective in the nineteenth and early twentieth centuries?”
Announcing the Five 2022–2023 IAS Interdisciplinary Doctoral Fellows!
We are delighted to announce that the five IAS Interdisciplinary Doctoral Fellows for 2022–2023. Interdisciplinary Doctoral Fellows spend a year in residence at the IAS alongside our Faculty Fellows and Scholars in Residence.
Announcing the 2022–2023 IAS Faculty Fellows!
We are delighted to announce the IAS Residential Faculty Fellows for 2023–2023. Faculty fellows spend a semester in residence at the IAS. Together with our Interdisciplinary Doctoral Fellows, they constitute a supportive interdisciplinary intellectual community.