News & Stories
Meet IAS Residential Fellow Nina Medvedeva
Meet Nina Medvedeva, an interdisciplinary doctoral fellow for 2021–2022 at the IAS working on a dissertation about the political economy of short-term rentals, the evolving concept of home, and the racialized and gendered history of urban development.
Meet IAS Residential Fellow Zozan Pehlivan
Meet Zozan Pehlivan, IAS Residential Faculty Fellow for Fall 2021. She is at work on a project demonstrating the diverse impacts of El Niño-related climate fluctuations on peasants and pastoralists in late Ottoman Kurdistan/Armenia.
Meet IAS Residential Fellow Shannon Drysdale Walsh
Meet Shannon Drysdale Walsh, an IAS residential fellow for Fall 2021. She is at work on a project titled “Women Confronting Terror: Violence against Women and the State in Central America,” a comparative case study based on 22 months of fieldwork observations and interviews in Guatemala, Nicaragua, and Costa Rica.
Meet IAS Residential Fellow Sean Drysdale Walsh
Sean Drysdale Walsh joins the IAS as a scholar in residence for Fall 2021 to work on his project “Moral Psychology and the Ethics of Perpetrator Risk.” Read on to learn more about Sean’s project (and how reducing perpetrator risk is different from someone just being... a good person), and more!
IAS in the News: August 2021
A collection of recent news featuring IAS community members and programs.
Meet an IAS Staff Member: Angela Carter
We are thrilled to welcome Angela Carter to the team, who recently joined the Mellon-funded initiative Minnesota Transform as Access and Inclusion Pedagogy Specialist.
Announcing the Fall 2021 IAS Thursdays Schedule
Registration is now open for our full semester of IAS Thursday events! Join us for a full season of eclectic, wide-ranging, discussions designed for scholars from all walks of life. Featured guests include Minnesota Attorney General Keith Ellison, independent journalist Georgia Fort, NASA scientist Kate Marvel, Pulitzer Prize-finalist composer Lei Liang, and many others!
The 2021–2022 Spotlight Series: Reconsidering Patriotism, Public Service, and Civic Engagement
We are pleased to announce the 2021–2022 Spotlight Series: Reconsidering Patriotism, Public Service, and Civic Engagement. The series is FREE and open to the public (registration requested), and will be held online via Zoom and in person at Northrop. Learn more about the year’s six events here, and register now!
Meet an IAS Staff Member: Skyler Dorr
Please help us welcome Skyler Dorr, who is joining us as a project specialist and front desk receptionist. Skyler will also be supporting the Heritage Studies and Public History master’s program.
Meet a MnDRIVE Human in the Data Fellow: Christian Bell
Meet Christian Bell, a performance practitioner and scholar working with Citizen Science data and site-specific performances. Christian is a summer 2021 MnDRIVE Human in the Data Fellow, working in the MnDRIVE category of global food.