It has been my great honor to be selected as the 2026 Jeannette K. Watson Distinguished Visiting Professor in residence at Syracuse University, NY. Here is the SU description of the residency program and a link with more information and a list of previous awardees. https://humcenter.syr.edu/people/distinguished-professors/

The Jeannette K. Watson Distinguished Visiting Professorship in the Humanities is a preeminent lectureship originally established by the Watson family to support on-campus residencies of prominent humanities scholars, writers, and artists. Previous holders of the professorship include: Saul Bellow, Laura Freixas, Angela Davis, Hans Mommsen, Toni Morrison, Martha Nussbaum, Mario Vargas Llosa, Leo Steinberg, Teresa de Lauretis, Stephen Greenblatt, Gesa Kirsch, William E. Wallace, Anthony Grafton, and Margaret Atwood.

Watson Professors engage the university community via public lectures, mini-seminars, readings or performances, and more. Now awarded on a biennial basis, these visiting scholars are in residence for approximately two weeks, every other spring semester.