Renowned professor and founder of the Court Theatre Nick Rudall passed away on June 19, 2018. Throughout his professional life, he lived in two worlds: the classroom by day and the theater by night.
Five faculty members in the Division of the Humanities received named professorships or were appointed distinguished service professors. James Chandler, Michèle Lowrie, and Richard Neer received distinguished service professorships; and Robert L. Kendrick, and Deborah L. Nelson received named professorships.
A distinguished scholar of Chinese art, Wu Hung has been selected as the National Gallery of Art’s 2019 A.W. Mellon lecturer.
Four Humanities faculty members and a visiting faculty member have won John Simon Guggenheim Memorial Foundation fellowships.