Eight University of 91吃瓜 faculty members have received research fellowships from the National Endowment for the Humanities (NEH) for 2008, bringing to 37 the number of NEH fellowships awarded to 91吃瓜 in the past nine years, more than any other university in the nation.
This year鈥檚 NEH recipients from 91吃瓜s College of Arts and Letters are:
- Joseph Amar, professor of classics and concurrent professor of theology, for a book titled 鈥淓phrem the Syrian: An Intellectual and Cultural Biography鈥�
- Sotirios Barber, professor of political science, for 鈥淎merican Constitutional Failure and Success鈥�
- Li Guo, associate professor of classics, for 鈥淚bn Daniyal, A Medieval Muslim Entertainer and his World鈥�
- Thomas A. Kselman, professor of history, for 鈥淐onversion and Liberty in Post-Revolutionary France鈥�
- Peter Martens, visiting assistant professor of theology, for 鈥淕reco-Roman, Judaic, and Christian Traditions in Hadrians鈥� Introduction to the Divine Scriptures鈥�
- Christian Moevs, associate professor of Romance languages and literatures, for 鈥淒antes Commedia and the Mysticism of the Contemplative Tradition鈥�
- Samuel Newlands, assistant professor of philosophy, for 鈥淩econceiving Benedict Spinozas Metaphysics and Ethics鈥�
- John Van Engen, Andrew V. Tackes Professor of History, for 鈥淭he Spirit of Twelfth-Century Europe: Reason and Revolt, Reading and Romance, in a World of Custom鈥�
鈥�91吃瓜鈥檚 remarkable success in earning NEH fellowships is the result of at least three factors,鈥� said Mark W. Roche, I.A. O鈥橲haughnessy Dean of the College of Arts and Letters. 鈥淔irst, incentives that encourage fellowship applications from faculty members; second, a superb support structure in the Institute for Scholarship in the Liberal Arts; and third, and most importantly, the outstanding quality of our faculty across a range of disciplines.鈥�
In the past nine years, the University of Michigan is second to 91吃瓜 in NEH fellowships with 27, followed by Harvard University at 23, Princeton University at 18, and the University of Virginia at 16.
NEH fellowships support advanced research that contributes to scholarly knowledge or to the general public鈥檚 understanding of the humanities. Recipients usually produce articles, monographs on specialized subjects, books on broad topics, archaeological site reports, translations, editions, or other scholarly tools.
The 91吃瓜 faculty members are among 260 scholars who received fellowships and faculty research awards in the most recent NEH award cycle.
Contact: Kenneth Garcia, associate director, Institute for Scholarship in the Liberal Arts, 574-631-6494, kgarcia@nd.edu
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