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.
JOB OPENING: Managing Director, Institute for Advanced Study
The Institute for Advanced Study at the University of Minnesota seeks a new Managing Director to direct the day-to-day operations and manage the finances of the IAS, a system-wide interdisciplinary center located on the Twin Cities campus.
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 Spring 2024 (In)Justice Series and Spotlight Series
The (In)Justice Series from the University of Minnesota’s Institute for Advanced Study brings together scholars, artists, activists, and community leaders to discuss different visions for what justice might look like. In Spring 2024, our events investigate and celebrate how different communities use joy as resistance.
JOB OPENING: Graduate Fellowship, Sawyer Seminar on Just Policing
The Andrew W. Mellon Foundation Sawyer Seminar on “Just Policing: Transnational Perspectives on the Definition and Possibility of Justice in Law Enforcement,” housed at the IAS invites applications for two graduate fellows during the 2024-25 Academic Year.
Call for Proposals: Rights, Conflict, and Water
Open Rivers: Rethinking Water, Place & Community is currently inviting proposals for our 2025 issue on Rights, Conflict, and Water. We invite proposals from scholars, activists, artists, professionals, policymakers, community members, scientists, and practitioners (including faculty, staff, and students) who offer insight on rights, conflicts, and water broadly conceived.
Consortial Partners Reflect on Humanities Without Walls’s Evolution
The Mellon-funded Humanities Without Walls network has created stronger, lasting institutional connections at the University of Minnesota and beyond. Here, several consortial partners, including the IAS, discuss the footprint of the project on their campuses.