Institute for Advanced Study / en Ellie Hisama and Mahua Sarkar named members of the Institute for Advanced Study /celebrates/ellie-hisama-and-mahua-sarkar-named-members-institute-advanced-study <span class="field field--name-title field--type-string field--label-hidden">Ellie Hisama and Mahua Sarkar named members of the Institute for Advanced Study</span> <div class="field field--name-field-awards-type field--type-entity-reference field--label-hidden field__items"> <div class="field__item"><a href="/celebrates/awards-type/research-innovation" hreflang="en">Research &amp; Innovation</a></div> </div> <span class="field field--name-uid field--type-entity-reference field--label-hidden"><span>rahul.kalvapalle</span></span> <span class="field field--name-created field--type-created field--label-hidden"><time datetime="2024-07-09T13:03:40-04:00" title="Tuesday, July 9, 2024 - 13:03" class="datetime">Tue, 07/09/2024 - 13:03</time> </span> <div class="field field--name-field-awards-people field--type-entity-reference field--label-hidden field__items"> <div class="field__item"><a href="/celebrates/awards-people/faculty" hreflang="en">Faculty</a></div> </div> <div class="field field--name-field-awards-campus field--type-entity-reference field--label-hidden field__items"> <div class="field__item"><a href="/celebrates/awards-campus/st-george" hreflang="en">St. George</a></div> <div class="field__item"><a href="/celebrates/awards-campus/scarborough" hreflang="en">Scarborough</a></div> </div> <div class="field field--name-field-awards-tags field--type-entity-reference field--label-hidden field__items"> <div class="field__item"><a href="/celebrates/awards-tags/faculty-music" hreflang="en">Faculty of Music</a></div> <div class="field__item"><a href="/celebrates/awards-tags/u-t-scarborough" hreflang="en">ΗΡΧΣΦ±²₯ Scarborough</a></div> </div> <div class="field field--name-field-image-orientation field--type-list-string field--label-hidden field__item">landscape</div> <div class="field field--name-field-image field--type-image field--label-hidden field__item"> <img loading="lazy" src="/sites/default/files/%5Bdate%3Acustom%3AY%5D-%5Bdate%3Acustom%3Am%5D/hisama-and-sarkar.jpg" width="750" height="500" alt="&quot;&quot;"> </div> <div class="clearfix text-formatted field field--name-field-cutline-long field--type-text-long field--label-hidden field__item"><p><em>L-R: Ellie Hisama and Mahua Sarkar (photo of Hisama by Johnny Guatto)</em></p> </div> <div class="clearfix text-formatted field field--name-body field--type-text-with-summary field--label-hidden field__item"><p><strong>Ellie Hisama</strong>, dean and professor of music at the Faculty of Music, and <strong>Mahua Sarkar</strong>, professor in the department of sociology at ΗΡΧΣΦ±²₯ Scarborough, have been named members of the <a href="https://www.ias.edu/scholars/current-scholars">Institute for Advanced Study (IAS)</a> for 2024-25.</p> <p>Established in 1930 in Princeton, N.J., IAS is dedicated to advancing fundamental discovery in an interdisciplinary, collaborative environment. Each year, the institute welcomes <a href="http://www.ias.edu/scholars/current-scholars">more than 250 of the most promising senior and post-doctoral researchers and scholars</a> to carry out cutting-edge research across four areas: historical studies, mathematics, natural sciences and social sciences.</p> <p><a href="http://www.ias.edu/scholars/ellie-m-hisama">Hisama’s stint at the IAS</a> will see her focus on a book project on composer and musician&nbsp;Julius Eastman, titled&nbsp;<em>The Fragment and the Long Song of Julius Eastman.</em> β€œIt is a highlight of my career to be part of the IAS, an institution I have long admired for its steadfast support of field-changing research,” Hisama said. β€œIt is a special honour to be part of an institution where <strong>Natalie Zemon Davis</strong>, the<a href="/news/remembering-u-t-s-natalie-zemon-davis-renowned-social-historian"> distinguished historian and ΗΡΧΣΦ±²₯ professor</a>, was a member.”</p> <p><a href="http://www.ias.edu/scholars/mahua-sarkar">Sarkar will also work on a book</a>, titled&nbsp;<em>Moving Stories: Contemporary Guest Work and Bangladeshi Contract Migrants</em>.&nbsp;"It is an honour and a privilege to be asked to join the Institute of Advanced Study in Princeton as a member," Sarkar said.&nbsp;"Having spent time at similar institutes in Europe and Asia in the past, I have a deep appreciation for the quality of intellectual exchange possible at such institutions, and the time they afford for reflection and writing.</p> <p>"And of course, the IAS in Princeton is the oldest of such spaces, and has served as a model for many others. In short, I am thrilled."&nbsp;</p> <p>Hisama and Sarkar join the ranks of several ΗΡΧΣΦ±²₯ faculty members to have been appointed to the prestigious institute, <a aria-label="Link whose past and present scholars" href="https://www.ias.edu/scholars/all-scholars" rel="noreferrer noopener" target="_blank" title="https://www.ias.edu/scholars/all-scholars">whose past and present scholars</a>&nbsp;include 35 Nobel Laureates, 44 of the 62 Fields Medalists, several MacArthur and Guggenheim fellows and winners of the Wolf, Holberg, Kluge and Pulitzer Prizes.</p> <h3><a href="https://www.music.utoronto.ca/moments-outcomes.php?moID=250">Read the Faculty of Music story on Ellie Hisama</a></h3> <h3><a href="https://www.utsc.utoronto.ca/sociology/mahua-sarkar">Read about Mahua Sarkar's research</a></h3> </div> <div class="field field--name-field-source field--type-string field--label-hidden field__item">UTC</div> <div class="field field--name-field-top-story-hub-page- field--type-boolean field--label-above"> <div class="field__label">Top Story (Hub page)</div> <div class="field__item">On</div> </div> <div class="field field--name-field-add-new-story-tags field--type-entity-reference field--label-above"> <div class="field__label">Add new tags</div> <div class="field__items"> <div class="field__item"><a href="/celebrates/awards-tags/institute-advanced-study-0" hreflang="en">Institute for Advanced Study</a></div> </div> </div> Tue, 09 Jul 2024 17:03:40 +0000 rahul.kalvapalle 308370 at