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Introduction The Institute for Research in the Humanities supports research in the study of literature, philosophy, history, culture, and the arts. It also promotes interdisciplinary scholarship while cultivating methodological diversity and breadth. The Institute is newly located at Bradley Memorial at 1225 Linden Drive (across from Van Hise), having left its home of 46 years at the Washburn Observatory. The Institute, a unit of the College of Letters and Science, cooperates with humanities departments of the University of Wisconsin-Madison in sponsoring lectures, conferences, and visiting professorships. Fellows from the University of Wisconsin-Madison, the University of Wisconsin System, and other universities form a stimulating intellectual community from across the disciplines in the humanities. Institute seminars feature the fellows presenting their work for extended discussion with the potential for rich, interdisciplinary exchanges. Institute seminars and events are open to interested scholars outside the community of fellows. In addition to regular seminars for the fellows, the Institute sponsors a number of different programs throughout the academic year, including lectures, symposia, and scholarly lunches. The Institute also cooperates extensively with the Center for the Humanities in co-sponsoring lectures, a faculty development seminar, and other initiatives in the humanities. As part of its commitment to the humanities on campus, the Institute also co-sponsors or affiliates with a number of other initiatives such as the Border and Transcultural Studies Group, the Human Rights Initiative, lthe WUN (World-Wide University Network) Gender and Postcolonial Groups, the Global Studies Program, the Holtz Center in Science and Technology Studies, the American Studies Collective, and so forth. The World Literature's Discussion Group of the Global Studies Program meets monthly at the Institute. The Institute welcomes ties with other campus organizations interested in the humanities. The Institute for Research in the Humanities was founded in 1959,with a grant from the Johnson Foundation, a grant from the American Council of Learned Societies, and funds from the University of Wisconsin-Madison College of Letters and Science. It was the first institute in North America devoted solely to the support and encouragement of scholarship in the humanities and to creating a community of resident and visiting fellows in the humanities. The founder and first director (1959-1964) was Marshall Clagett, an historian of science. The Institute, a unit of the College of Letters and Science, cooperates with humanities departments of the University of Wisconsin-Madison in sponsoring lectures, conferences, and visiting professorships. Susan Friedman, Director
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