Arts & Humanities

Kathleen Belew, Associate Professor of History, has been featured many times over in the news lately to comment on the rise of white nationalist extremism, and, specifically, Trump's meeting with white supremacist leader Nick Fuentes. Belew, author of Bring the War...

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...

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...

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...

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...

Shannon Millikin, Associate Professor of Instruction in the Department of Spanish and Portuguese, has created an eTandem language learning exchange between Northwestern students taking Intermediate Spanish 121, and students and English learners at universities abroad. Millikin coordinates and teaches Spanish 121,...

Vivica Lewis she/her Class of 2023 Arch Programs Bio&Chem EXCEL Major/Minor Sociology and Global Health Studies Why did you decide to participate in Arch? From the first email I received about the program, I was interested! I was excited for the opportunity to connect with other students from...

Weinberg College welcomes Associate Professor of Instruction Julia Oliver Rajan to the Department of Spanish and Portuguese! Rajan recently answered a few questions about her current research and what inspired her to pursue linguistics. In addition to teaching, Rajan is a certified...