PBS will be airing a new documentary, "The Lie Detector," in their American Experience series on January 3 . The film draws extensively on Northwestern Professor of History Ken Alder's book, The Lie Detectors. Alder, the Milton H. Wilson Professor of...
Historian İpek Yosmaoğlu has been elected the next President of the Ottoman and Turkish Studies Association – the field’s flagship professional association. The Ottoman and Turkish Studies Association is a private, non-political organization of scholars, students, and other persons interested in...
David Schoenbrun, Professor of History at Northwestern, has been awarded the 2022 Bethwell A. Ogot Prize by the African Studies Association (ASA) for his book, The Names of the Python: Belonging in East Africa, 900 to 1930. The Bethwell A. Ogot...
Professor Daniel Immerwahr recently published an op-ed in The Guardian which outlines correlations between historical political conflict and physical geography. In the article, Immerwahr describes how much of the world’s political history has been the direct result of physical geography. Immerwahr...
Weinberg College welcomes Professor Sarah Schulman to the Department of English! Schulman recently gave insight into her academic background and why she chose to teach at Northwestern. In addition to teaching, Schulman has published 21 books, four audiobooks, and two plays. Where are you...
Historian Geraldo Cadava recently published an op-ed about the different political leanings of Latino voters and their effects on the current landscape. In the article, Cadava discusses the power of narratives about Latino citizens — chief among them being that they...
Weinberg College welcomes Assistant Professor of Instruction Michal J. Wilczewski of the Department of Slavic Languages and Literature! Wilczewski recently gave some insight into his background and why he chose to teach at Northwestern. Where are you from? Where did you study? I...
Northwestern researchers Vicky Kalogera, Wen-Fai Fong, and Charlie Kilpatrick were recently chosen as finalists to be part of a NASA-led team that will launch a research facility into space in 2028. The winning team will pilot a groundbreaking new mission named STAR-X and will receive $300 million...
Eugene Lowe, Jr., who has served as assistant to the president for more than two decades, announced Monday he will step down from his role at the University at the end of Fall Quarter. Lowe joined Northwestern in 1995 as associate...
