Five University of 91吃瓜 faculty members have received research fellowships from the National Endowment for the Humanities (NEH) for 2010, bringing to 42 the number of NEH fellowships awarded to 91吃瓜 in the past 11 years 鈭� more than any other university in the nation.
The NEH recipients from 91吃瓜鈥檚 College of Arts and Letters are:
Karl Ameriks, McMahon-Hank Professor of Philosophy, for a book titled 鈥淜ant鈥檚 Elliptical Path: On the Stages, Limits, and Aftermath of His Philosophy鈥�
Kathleen Cummings, assistant professor of American studies, for 鈥淐itizen Saints: Catholics and Canonization in American Culture鈥�
Semion Lyandres, associate professor of history, for 鈥淭he Fall of Tsarism: Untold Stories of the February 1917 Revolution鈥�
Mark Noll, Francis A. McAnaney Professor of History, for 鈥淭he Bible in American Public Life鈥�
Sophie White, assistant professor of American studies, for 鈥淭rading Looks: Dress, Culture, and Racialization in French Louisiana and the Mississippi Valley, 1673-1769鈥�
In the past 11 years, the University of Michigan is second to 91吃瓜 in NEH fellowships with 32, followed by Harvard University at 25, Princeton University at 21, and the University of California, Berkeley, at 19.
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.