New Faculty Fall 2024
Nussbaum to Receive 2015 Inamori Ethics Prize
Martha C. Nussbaum, the Ernst Freund Distinguished Service Professor of Law and Ethics, has been awarded the 2015 Inamori Ethics Prize by the Inamori International Center for Ethics and Excellence at Case Western Reserve University. The annual prize, which will be presented to Nussbaum at a ceremony in October, honors an individual “who has demonstrated exemplary ethical leadership” and “whose actions and influence have greatly improved the condition of humankind.”
Tableau Receives Circle of Excellence Award
The Division of the Humanities' bi-annual magazine, Tableau, was honored with a silver award in the category of external audience newsletters from the Council for the Advancement and Support of Education (CASE), during the organization’s annual Circle of Excellence competition.
Outstanding Teaching, Mentoring, and Scholarship Recognized at 523rd Convocation
Five faculty members and two graduate students in the Division of the Humanities have been honored for their commitment to excellence in scholarship, pedagogy, and student mentoring. The recipients will be recognized at ceremonies during the 523rd Convocation on 13 June.
Norman W. Ingham, Scholar of Medieval Slavic Literature, 1934-2015
Prof. Emeritus Norman W. Ingham, a meticulous and erudite scholar of medieval Slavic literature, died April 27 in Wilbraham, Mass. Ingham’s expertise spanned languages and time periods: He spoke Polish, Russian, Czech, Spanish, English, French, Italian, Old Church Slavonic and Greek, and studied 18-century Russian literature as well as early Slavic literature and folklore. He also wrote extensively on the works of Gogl, Turgenev and Tolstoy.
