The Society of Fellows in the Humanities Annual Report 2017–2018 Society of Fellows Mail Code 5700 Columbia University 2960 Broadway New York, NY 10027 Phone: (212) 854-8443 Fax: (212) 662-7289
[email protected] www.societyoffellows.columbia.edu By FedEx or UPS: Society of Fellows 74 Morningside Drive Heyman Center, First Floor East Campus Residential Center Columbia University New York, NY 10027 Posters courtesy of designers Amelia Saul and Sean Boggs Contents Report From The Chair 5 Special Events 33 • New Books in the Society of Fellows 36 Members of the 2017–2018 Governing Board 8 • Explorations in the Forty-Third Annual Fellowship Competition 9 Medical Humanities 38 Fellows in Residence 2017–2018 11 Heyman Center Events 43 • Joelle M. Abi-Rached 12 • Event Highlights 44 • Christopher M. Florio 13 • Public Humanities Initiative 52 • David Gutkin 14 • Heyman Center Series and Workshops 54 • Heidi Hausse 15 Politics of the Present 54 • Arden Hegele 16 Uprising 13/13 Seminar Series 55 • Lauren Kopajtic 17 New Books in the Arts and Sciences 55 • Whitney Laemmli 18 • María González Pendás 19 Heyman Center Fellows 2017–2018 59 • Carmel Raz 20 Alumni Fellows News 63 Thursday Lectures Series 21 In Memoriam 65 • Fall 2017: Fellows’ Talks 23 Alumni Fellows Directory 67 • Spring 2018: “Supernatural” 26 2017–2018 Fellows at the annual year-end Spring gathering (from left): Heidi Hausse (2016–2018), Arden Hegele (2016–2019), Lauren Kopajtic (2017–2018), Whitney Laemmli (2016–2019), Christopher Florio (2016–2019), Carmel Raz (2015–2018), David Gutkin (2015–2017), and Joelle M. Abi-Rached (2017–2019).