LAUNCHING NEW RESEARCH IN THE HUMANITIES: PRESENTATIONS BY THE IHC’S 2018-19 FACULTY FELLOWS – Elena Aronova, Karen Lunsford, Amit Shilo, Martha Sprigge

Please join us in celebrating our 2018-19 Faculty Fellows, whose works-in-progress are supported this year by IHC release-time awards. Fellows will give a short presentation of their work. A reception will follow.

Elena Aronova, History
“Making Science History: The Forgotten Socialist Roots of Big History and Big Data”

Karen Lunsford, Writing Program
“The Effects of Intellectual Property Law in Writing Studies: Ethics, Gatekeepers, and Academic Knowledge-Making”

Amit Shilo, Classics
“The Afterlife in the Oresteia: Ethical and Political Perspectives”

Martha Sprigge, Music
“Socialist Laments: Musical Mourning in the German Democratic Republic”